Today I used Xanths/Franks noticing type of meditation, and after about a ½ hour I felt my breathing getting very heavy like my lungs where made of iron, giving me the feeling of having hard to breed - probably a illusion.
My question: Is this is a sign that I'm entering sleep paralysis? - I haven't been in SP before.
Regards
DanishGuy
I experience the same thing, never really thought it was a big of a problem though. :-D
It's a sign that your focus is still too much on your physical body. This gives a feeling of fight or flight, which both are not helpful in AP.
You need to create your NP focus, but not keep focusing back on your physical body. It's like you are playing an never ending game of ping pong.
It's a fear test and something you will need to get over. It's hard because you basically have to trust wholeheartedly that your "machine" is going to keep operating while your consciousness goes out on adventures. Your "machine" keeps you alive every night when you go to sleep. It doesn't shut off for good until you no longer need it to experience this current physical existence.
Quote from: Lionheart on April 22, 2014, 19:44:57
It's a sign that your focus is still too much on your physical body. This gives a feeling of fight or flight, which both are not helpful in AP.
You need to create your NP focus, but not keep focusing back on your physical body. It's like you are playing an never ending game of ping pong.
It's a fear test and something you will need to get over. It's hard because you basically have to trust wholeheartedly that your "machine" is going to keep operating while your consciousness goes out on adventures. Your "machine" keeps you alive every night when you go to sleep. It doesn't shut off for good until you no longer need it to experience this current physical existence.
I think you are right in it all. I need to practice to hold my focus on the NP and only NP.
Thanks for your helpfullness.
Just to be fair... it's 100% Frank's. ;)
And yes, Lionheart is dead on. Just forget your have a body entirely.
i know this heavy breathing, its like during inhale breath, i only inhale 10% of oxygen, and it is very thin breath.
Quote from: Xanth on April 22, 2014, 20:56:39
Just to be fair... it's 100% Frank's. ;)
And yes, Lionheart is dead on. Just forget your have a body entirely.
I realise we are all different. We are all correct in what we say. What works for one person may not work for another. It is important for me to notice my body if it is feeling different, my breathing and how my mind feels. That is how I ap. When I notice that I am snoring I know I can get out of my body so I do. That is one example. Am I the only one that notices my body?