Message #45254

[guest633]

Thanks for your interest Lucca. I am remembering, now that you mention it, your sleep paralysis episodes.

I have learned that sleep paralysis is the computer system that is our physical body going into rest mode. Except your awareness, which is often identified with the physical body, does not.

This, first and foremost, shows us the reality behind astral projection and that our awareness does not reside in our physical host bodies only. But because we are often identified with these physical counterparts, the sudden dissociation and distortion causes us to panic. We start reaching for what we are familiar with, what's easiest to access? We are put into fight or flight because that is a natural response to sudden danger or perceived threat.

Most people don't stop and realize they are seeing their room behind closed eyes. Or wherever they are falling asleep. Once you shift the focus from feeling afraid- your vision in this space really opens up. Before I found joy in the experience, I would experience anger and freight(fight or flight) and would try slamming my head forward to wake up. That fear of impending danger would manifest shadowy challengers or figures of malevolent energy. If you think the world is a mirror- wait until your flung into the astral again. What you experience in the astral can feel extra potent. Think of heighted senses. And think of your power to create. I have since learned the quickest method to wake up is to dispel fear and regain control in the moment.

You have to tell yourself, "Ah, I am awake and my body is asleep." and proceed to say, "I am going to send my awareness to my big toe." I would send mine to my right toe. As you regain control over your senses through concentration, you calmly tell your self... "I am now going to wiggle my big toe" and make the attempt. Do not pay attention to anything else but these commands. Suddenly, your body begins waking up and your awareness is nestled back in its usual/comfortable resting place. The first time I did this it was like I lifted the spell. But what that really was, was the computer system coming back online and my awareness aligning itself with the physical host body. 

It's a rather amazing place to be, a place which can be experienced without sleep paralysis but from a meditative state. I think fear is common because sleeping leaves us vulnerable. Your body is sleeping and you can't seem to move, is it any wonder panic sets in? Except we can move, but not with our physical host bodies. In the past, I have recognized these moments as an opportunity for a, "out of body experience." Every negative entity I've ever encountered has been an aspect of my self- if the fear outweighed whatever lesson was trying to speak to me I have always been saved by the archangels. I am often afraid, and yet, I have always been protected.

It's really an entirely new world when you consider what the astral is, and what we really are.