You revert back to the physical for energy?

[zareste]

I was in a trance the other day and realized that I was using a lot of energy. Physical energy - I actually have to go into my trances a half-hour after eating, otherwise I'll run low on nutrition quickly, and my ability to to function and telepathize runs dry. These trances use a tremendous amount of energy just for etheric biological systems.

I've also noticed that dreaming requires a lot of energy. Sleep itself conserves energy, but when you're dreaming, your etheric form is going to other places and using energy to function. Sometimes you'll be in the middle of a great dream and you're able to fly and be free and do things, but gradually your freedom wears off as your energy depletes. You start to have complications flying, you can't move as fast, sometimes there's a predator coming for you that you can't seem to avoid, then eventually you wake up. I've noticed this pattern happening many times.

We've always thought of energy as only going toward physical actions, but that's seeming less true. You actually need to have heightened energy to sleep well. If your energy is too low at night, you can't sleep properly and instead go into a sort of stupor with no dreams or bad dreams, and wake up feeling bad. Conversely, when you're awake and feel a little too energetic, it's actually the jitters resulting from a lack of energy (adrenaline released so you don't get dangerously low). See, when your energy is genuinely high, you feel calm.

I'm wondering if we belong in a heightened, calm, trance/dream state, but we 'wake up' and revert back to our everyday state of mind when we run out of energy and need more.

[Contenteo]

That. Is an awesomely interesting POV.

I gotta sleep on that one.

Cheers,
Contenteo

[Lionheart]

 I'm sure there is truth to this, I am always hungry after a good Phase Session. Actually a lot of times my sessions come to an end due to my stomach growling, lol. 

[roman67]

I haven't heard that dreaming requires lot of energy. That means, dreaming consumes lot of energy because we are free to do anything whatever we want to do. That is strange. Hey, thanks for sharing this.

[PattyBakes]

Very interesting thought!  I had my first experience with projection last night, and although I didn't experience a full OBE, I repeatedly came very close to full separation.  After each attempt, I definitely felt mildly "drained," and I had to spend time breathing deeply and bringing more energy into my body before I felt confident trying again.  I think there could definitely be some truth to this idea.