Strange paralysis

[Andali27]

I haven't posted for a while because I kind of went off AP but something odd happened last night and I need answers so I thought, hey, this is the place to come.

I woke up last night, due to lots of rain and thunder and was trying to get back to sleep when I heard this massive rushing sound in my ears and felt this pressue as well as I high pitched sound and odd alien ringing and pulsing in my ears.  All I could hear was this rushing and my entire body had pins and needles and I couldn't move, much as I had liked to.  I remember wincing and it might have been painful but I can't recall.  It probably lasted about a minuet and then faded away though I remember thinking, what the hell just happened.

It happened again later on in exactly the same manner but I was on my back and not my stomach and I remember thinking to no one "please stop" and the feeling faded.  I was not even thinking let alone thinking about AP and the first thought that came to my mind was aliens and then mind awake, body asleep, a state similar to sleep paralysis though I was awake when it occured and usually in SP, you awake to find yourself unable to move.

Would someone please let me know what happened?  I'm at a loss for an explanation.

Andali

[MisterJingo]

Sleep paralysis can have many strange effects, including what you described. I have had many paralysis episodes which have been very uncomfortable, and even though such states hold no fear for me I have, on occasion, felt a stiring of fear.
During periods where I meditated/practiced trance states/energy work/hemi-sync regularly I would have a very high incident of SP and Ap related experiences which would come when least expected and they where definately not tried for.

[Andali27]

How can I explain the strange sounds I was hearing and that I had had no intention or even thought regarding AP?

Andali

[MisterJingo]

Have you ever heard of the hypnogogic state? It's literally the border between sleep and wakefulness. Most nights as I am going to sleep I hear aural hallucinations (noises, usually a voice calling my name etc) and also start seeing visual images/scenarios - which if I become too involved in I fall into sleep itself.
Many people who have never heard of OBEs or even sleep paralysis have had scary experiences where they've seen people in their room, or heard scary noises in their house on the border of sleep or waking (hynopompic state.)
How long have you been attempting to OBE? And what methods have you been using/practicing?
I've discovered that intentionally altering my consciousness over time has actually changed (and continues to change) my perception of reality as the years have progressed. It's not a case of no longer conceptually seeing the world as I used to, it actually looks, feels and emotionally resonates in a different fashion. It seems familiarity with subtle states of consciousness makes us more aware of the smaller nuance's of consciousness more of the time. So if a person has been practicing such techniques for a while, even if they don't intentionally attempt to make things happen, things can still happen. Grounding oneself in 'mundane' reality lessens these effects - eventually making them (strange uncalled for events) far and few between. If any of this makes sence?

[Andali27]

I haven't been trying for long and only had one semi sucessful attempt.  I haven't been doing anything to do with the subject of AP for months because someone I know kind of freaked me out of it.  I'm familiar with the border of sleep and how you hear noises and snippits of conversation mostly from during your day and things you've thought about during the course of it.  I understand what you're getting at.   I've heard of the hynopompic state but you've defined it for me, thanks.  As for methods, mostly Robert Monroe's basic technique.  I also tried some things with chakras and have dabbled a bit in reading auras.  I'm staying mostly with the safe stuff for now but the problem was, I wasn't bordering on sleep.  I was wide awake and now it's become more frequent.  During the mornings.  I'm sleeping in because of the school holidays and most mornings I get pretty much three paralysis episodes in rapid sucession.  It's getting easier to break out of them then it was the first time where I totally freaked out because I had no idea whatsoever as to what was going on.  I haven't been trying to alter my conscious state at all.  I had only been attempting AP for a few months but reading stuff about the whole garden of psychic things for roughly a year.

I don't know if this will help but perhaps you could give me an idea of "gounding myself in mundane reality".  True, I have an overactive imagination but that shouldn't make things worse could it?

Andali

[MisterJingo]

AP practice, chakra cleansing, meditation etc all alter consciousness . If such states have been practiced over time then in my personal experience they have longer lasting effects on 'baseline' (c1) consciousness.
How many hours sleep have you been getting with your sleep-ins and how many hours sleep do you usually get? I ask because if I stay in bed and get a few hours extra sleep, I experience a lot of SP, AP, LD episodes which just happen with no intention on my part.
I usually think (not necessarily with the surface mind) all the time on matters of reality, mind, self etc and such thoughts carry with it a slight change of consciousness/focus away from physical reality. If I feel things are getting too much, I stop all such thoughts, all meditation, AP, energy work etc practice. I stop reading into this area completely. This is part of what I consider grounding myself. The other part is to jump feet first into normal life. Surround yourself with people, go to work/college. Focus on these matters more than 'spiritual' matters etc. Just pull the illusion of current human society high over your head like a blanket until you start feeling more yourself. If in time your curiosity picks up again, then start practicing and looking into these things.

[Andali27]

I average about 10 hours on the holidays and when school starts up again, I'll probably get about 8 average.  I'm not too grounded in reality as it is because I write a lot of fiction/fantasy, but yeah, 8-10 hours which seems to be alright to me.

[BigOrangeBox]

Is it possible to induce an OBE from the hypnogogic state?