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I took a sleeping pill containing valerian root and melatonin last night, soon after lying down in bed the vibrations came on strong, I used the rope technique for a while with no luck, got frustrated and snapped myself out of it.  For the 1 1/2 hours I went in and out of the vibration state pretty much at will simply by laying on my back... no luck projecting, many lucid dreams, falling and floating feelings, strange images and voices... at one point I was sure I had just been speaking to my mother who had entered my room to tell me something.  I even entered the vibration state on my stomach which I have never done before.  I'm not positive but I believe I even was able to move while in the vibration state without snapping out of it, although if I chose to snap out I could.  I'm not sure what's going on, sometimes I enter the vibration state before my body is relaxed enough, I know when this happens because it is rather painful,  part of my body feels like it's shuddering, like one of my chakras is a sputtering engine.  Normally, if I go into the vibration state I only get one crack at it, usually fail to project, then have to wait many nights for the vibrations to come on again.  I theorize last night was different because of the valerian or melatonin, anyone have any ideas?

Does anyone know of any food or other substance(herbs, drugs) that assist in raising spiritual energy, or help bring about the vibration state?
I occasionally take a sleeping pill containing melatonin and valerian root, I've noticed it sometimes seems to help me get into the vibration state faster, no luck projecting yet though, and then the rest of the night I have VIVID dreams.  Anyone have any thoughts/ideas?

Since I was young I have had the ability to go into deep trance quite rapidly.  It used to scare the hell out of me before I knew what was going on, but recently I've practiced staying calm and attempting OBEs.  Here is what happens: I lay on my back with a pillow under my neck, within minutes intense vibration/energy fills my body.  And I mean it is often VERY intense, the other night it was like I could feel my eardrums vibrating, fortunately I've become used to this and am usually able to remain calm.  I've also mastered the ability to snap out of it by focussing on wiggling a finger.  When I open my eyes during this I get all manner of frightenning images/hallucination, so recently I've kept my eyes shut and concentrated on staying calm.  I was happy to read the other day that OBEs can only be attained with eyes shut, although I don't really understand why this is so.  Often I will get very real sensations of movement, either side to side or up and down, often I've been sure that my physical body is about to fall off the bed only to open my eyes and realize I haven't moved.  I'm a bit discouraged in that I have never attained my "astral sight".  Could someone give me any tips on how to acheive this?  Tonight I'm going to try the ROPE, up until now I've never used any technique except mentally saying "out" over and over, and simply trying to will myself out of my body.  Another oddity, if I have several drinks on one night, it's a 100% guarantee that I will reach the vibration trance the next night without any effort.  Anyone have a clue to why this could be?  I'm concerned that I'm "cheating", it seems strange to be able to reach this state without any relaxation excersizes or meditation.  It feels like the alcohol knocks something lose in my brain making trance much easier the folowing night.  How bizarre is this?  Thanks for any advice!