From: "Wm Perry" Newsgroups: alt.out-of-body Subject: Cool Numb Feeling! Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 23:43:45 -1000 X-Posted-Path-Was: not-for-mail X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-ELN-Date: 11 Nov 1999 07:44:40 GMT X-ELN-Insert-Date: Wed Nov 10 23:45:13 1999 Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc. X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Lines: 31 NNTP-Posting-Host: 1cust168.tnt3.bremerton.wa.da.uu.net Message-ID: <80ds58$9qe$1@fir.prod.itd.earthlink.net> Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!newspeer.te.net!news.indigo.ie!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!nntp.earthlink.net!posted-from-earthlink!not-for-mail Hi, All! I have been reading the book "Superlearning" by Ostrander & Schroeder. It includes a set of exercises (mainly controlled breathing) which, when applied, help to synchronize your left-right brain connection, and synch your breathing and pulse rate with your brain functions. This is a HOLISTIC approach used in a learning technique called suggestopedia, based on a learning method developed by Georgi Lozanov of Bulgaria. Ideally, the pulse rate should be around 60bpm. This morning, I practiced the breathing exercise presented in the "beginning" section of the book. The breathing is performed as follows: 1)Hold your breath for a count of three(3) heartbeats, 2)breathe in for a count of six(6) heartbeats, 3)Hold your breath for a count of three(3) heartbeats, repeat as long as necessary until your heart beats around 60bpm (1 beat per second). I have found that this method, is excellent if practiced while lying down to go to sleep. I did this, and after I got EXTREMELY drowsy, and could no longer reliably maintain proper count, I merely focused on my heart beating in my chest, letting my breathing resume as normal. What was weird, though, is tha tI seemed to wake up from sleep after a few minutes, but I could tell I was in the twilight stage (hypnagogic, right?) and as if by the fip of a switch, my entire body went NUMB, lost ALL feeling, and I remembered from reading posts here, that it might be sleep paralysis, so I tried to "ride it out." I tried to focus my attention on the numbness, and tried to "lift out", but fell asleep. Somebody please tell me what I'm doing wrong? BillP ###### From: "dorothy dunne" Newsgroups: alt.out-of-body References: <80ds58$9qe$1@fir.prod.itd.earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Cool Numb Feeling! Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 09:51:55 -0800 Lines: 42 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 NNTP-Posting-Host: sanduser1076.bossig.com X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: sanduser1076.bossig.com Message-ID: <382b0001@nntp-out.newsnerds.com> X-Trace: 11 Nov 1999 11:42:25 -0600, sanduser1076.bossig.com Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newspeer1.nac.net!news.new-york.net!uunet!ffx.uu.net!dfw.uu.net!nntp-out.newsnerds.com!sanduser1076.bossig.com Wm Perry wrote: >....a set of exercises (mainly controlled breathing) which, when > applied, help to synchronize your left-right brain connection, and synch > your breathing and pulse rate with your brain functions. > I have found that this method, is excellent if practiced while lying > down to go to sleep. > I did this, and after I got EXTREMELY drowsy, and > What was weird, though, is tha tI seemed to wake up from sleep after a > few minutes, but I could tell I was in the twilight stage (hypnagogic, > right?) and as if by the fip of a switch, my entire body went NUMB, lost ALL > feeling, and I remembered from reading posts here, that it might be sleep > paralysis, so I tried to "ride it out." I tried to focus my attention on > the numbness, and tried to "lift out", but fell asleep. > Somebody please tell me what I'm doing wrong? > BillP Hi Bill, What's wrong is you're too tired. Go to bed early and set your alarm to go off a couple of hours before you normally get up. (You might want to do this on your days off from work until you get a new routine established.) Get up and walk around or do something until you feel you're completely awake.Then follow your usual breathing/meditation exercise. I had a similar experience last night, due entirely to tiredness. I've had more or less spontaneous OBEs for 30 years, but only in the last year or so have I been focusing on achieving more control. Last night I stayed up late and when I finally went to bed I told myself there was no use trying to go "out". But I decided to give it a shot anyway. I was very excited when I began to feel the vibrations, which I had never experienced before. Then I simply put my attention there and almost immediately rolled out of my body very gently. I was very jazzed about this but was feeling sluggish. Normally, once I'm out and about I just zoom off some place, but this time I only managed to float off to the living room and then out to the front yard. Once there, I just .... fell asleep! A rather anti-climactic ending to my first "at will" OBE!!!