What exactly is trance? & Why do my limbs jerk?

[Grendel]

It sounds like your "jerks" are myoclonic (or hypnagogic) jerks.  This is where your body is going into the sleep stage, and for whatever reason, your body reacts to something and "jerks" you awake.  Quite often it's associated with an image that you're playing in your head, like falling or doing something.  (My most recent one was when I was sliding into 2nd base.)

[Zarklon]

So that means I'm getting close to the sleep/awake state ?

What should I do once I reach this state? I notice it EVERY time I relax and get ready to project. Soon after though , the mental imagery just BOOM makes me fall asleep and I wake up from the slightest thing like I've been awake the whole time.

please someone give me as much info and suggestions as you can muster!

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[Zarklon]

Can someone explain to me why trance may be good for projection and what are some of the signs that you are in a trance and maybe what to do when you reach it? I've heard so much about trance I sorta forgot exactly what it was..


Also , I reach a state of relaxation where my body begins to jerk , mostly my hands and arms recently .. any thought that sneaks up on me ( hypnagogic imagery) while I'm relaxing , has a tendancy to jerk one of my limbs and it sorta goes with the mental image that just came through . ( i.e. I saw myself with a white sheet over me playing liek i was a ghost and when I raised my arms up in that mental movie , my real arms sorta jumped up with the imagery )

I notice at some point that my breathing and mentally saying IN and OUT creates a sorta mental movie that hides kinda in the background of my mind ad I'm breathing .. I dont know how to explain it ..  while I'm saying in and out  , I get something that comes to mind and goes along with the IN OUT that I'm saying ..  like..once when I was counting my breaths , I saw christmas lights popping up on a string with each count... that sorta stuff .. it just starts to go along with whatever I'm conciously doing and sneaks up on me while I'm relaxing. What kind of progress am I making?  I usually fall asleep after this but when someone wakes me up , I feel like I have been awake the whole time even thought hours may have passed! Its very wierd ...

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