Trying to OBE for 1-2 hours do I wake up exhausted and as if I went to bed 2 hours later?
I'm a bit confused about that.
I can't speak for the rest of the people here, but I never try for that long. If it takes that long, then I am focused too much on the physical and staying awake.
Just ask yourself, "Does it normally take me 1-2 hours to go to sleep?" Probably not. Practicing how to OBE is very similiar. Instead of trying something different, imagine everytime you lie down as an amusement park ride: The Sleep Coaster!
Seriously, imagine that you are on a train, if you will, of sleep. You slowly ride that train further and further towards the border between awake and asleep. You don't have to DO anything. All you have to do is maintain a sliver of awareness, so that you're aware of what's going on. You don't have to analyze it, force energy this way and that, etc. Just go with your body's natural course of action, but take your awareness along for the ride.
Many times, you will end up falling asleep, but IMO this is much more productive than staying awake for 2 bloody hours, which only proves to me that you're too alert to allow your mind to drift off towards sleep borderline state.
I would recommend more energy work, as you might be feeling drained from having overextended yourself energetically, though it might as well be a lack of sleep (though the purpose of sleep is to renew yourself energetically, so sleep requisites and increased energy capacity might be related.)
It could take me almost 3 hours to fall asleep since it's very noisy here.
I used to sleep for about 6-7 hours then I would have the high conscious experiences for 3-5 hours, total of 10-12 hours of sleep. Now my sleep cycle has gone crazy, it happens anytime. It's cool, but I used to know that I had enough sleep after I had an AP, now I can't tell anymore.
Quote from: Jeff_MashI can't speak for the rest of the people here, but I never try for that long. If it takes that long, then I am focused too much on the physical and staying awake.
Just ask yourself, "Does it normally take me 1-2 hours to go to sleep?"
Unfortunately, at least.