How do you stay concious?

[Buster0]

I would really like to hear some techniques on how to stay concious going from awake to asleep because I have tried about 6 times (I know its a low number but I am getting nowhere) and my brain always gives up and the subconcious takes over.

Is there any good visualisation techniques or anything really, thanks.

[Mydral]

While breathing in think: "Mind awake" and visualise your head glowing in a color (maybe red) from a third person perspective
While breathing out think: "Body asleep" and visualise your body glowing in a color different from the head (maybe blue) in a third person perspective

(Note this technique has a copyright on it I think... its not mine and I picked it up here in a different post)

Maybe that will work for you.

Simpler would be to just think "In" while breathing in and "out" while breathing out. You can do visualisations with it if you want.

Some visualisations are:
Imagine a flag blowing in the wind
Imagine a flame
Imagine a ball of light

The best way is to find your own personal one I think. I sometimes visualise geometric shapes forming and twisting themselfs and interplaying with each other.

[Buster0]

While breathing in think: "Mind awake" and visualise your head glowing in a color (maybe red) from a third person perspective
While breathing out think: "Body asleep" and visualise your body glowing in a color different from the head (maybe blue) in a third person perspective

(Note this technique has a copyright on it I think... its not mine and I picked it up here in a different post)

Maybe that will work for you.

Simpler would be to just think "In" while breathing in and "out" while breathing out. You can do visualisations with it if you want.

Some visualisations are:
Imagine a flag blowing in the wind
Imagine a flame
Imagine a ball of light

The best way is to find your own personal one I think. I sometimes visualise geometric shapes forming and twisting themselfs and interplaying with each other.

thanks mate I will try those

[Buster0]

just tried them, I got to a certain level of the body being relaxed but couldn't put it to sleep, mind was wide awake tho

[Stookie]

It takes LOTS of practice. It's not something the average person would learn in a week, so if you really want to do it, stay diligent. Instead of trying to relax the body and put it to sleep, focus inwardly and ignore your body. It's not as much putting your body to sleep as it is focusing your attention elsewhere - your body will do it's own thing, which may be falling asleep.

[Awakened_Mind]

A conscious mind is like a mountain, it does not latch onto thoughts as a mountain does not latch onto clouds, it just lets them drift past.

Meditation is your best bet. In a state of trance you will learn how to control and hold a still/empty mind. Familiarise yourself with this state of being and the answer to your question will come inevitably.

There are many methods of meditation available on these forums.

-AM

[jilola]

I tend to think it's not really that important to notice the transition from the usual awake state.
What is important is the firm intention set forth before the transition.
Think about it it terms of platform diving. You set forth the intention to enter the water and take a few steps. It's not necessary to recall the 2 seconds of freefall in between.
I've been at it for the better part of 20 years and still can't make an uninterrupted transition with any technique.

2cents & L&L
jouni

[Alaskans]

A conscious mind is like a mountain, it does not latch onto thoughts as a mountain does not latch onto clouds, it just lets them drift past.
-AM

I wish my brain was like that, it latches onto thoughts like a monkey falling out of a tree. I've had the same song play in my head for 2 weeks nonstop, when asleep or awake. Go to sleep it was there, wake up it was still there. Sometimes I nearly lost it because I was so irritated that I couldnt stop the music. If I did manage to stop it, some other random song appeared. I think theres some reason for the music, like it is smoke screen covering something, or my subconcious doing something. It might have something to do with my strange sleep state. When I'm asleep I'm often concious, but often not in controll. Im a weird boy 

It probably happened from years of thinking to myself as I'm falling asleep, my train of thought keeps going even after I'm asleep. sometimes I even wake up with the last few sentences of my sleeping thoughts. Perhaps I'm just nutty as a squirrel in a jar of peanuts, who knows.