Advancing meditation and lucidness

So basically I recently came to be able to reach a "zone" during meditation, when my body is numb, I only feel my jaw and abdomen, and my mind wanders. I hear random faint sounds, yells, speech, etc.
I was surprised achieving this was so easy, as I maybe meditated 10 times in my life, and today I could reach this "zone" consistently, within 5-10 minutes of starting to meditate.


I have a few questions:

1.I use foam ear plugs. Yay or nay?

2.I drink 2-3 cups of coffee a day. Could this interfere? Sugar prevents me from sleeping for example, but I can drop unconscious like a brick in bed even if I drank a full cup of coffee just prior.

3.Like I said I feel my jaw. I have to consciously keep it shut, otherwise my mouth opens and I start getting saliva down my throat. Should I keep my teeth together, let them part with my lips sealed or keep my mouth wide open?

4.How do I go past the random thoughts and sounds in my current "zone"? I still try to focus on breathing , but I get distracted by passing thoughts randomly. I quickly retain my focus, but can't seem to push further. I tried for about 10-15 minutes, does reaching every new state take longer?

5.I tried SSILD while laying down and got hypnagogia and wild vibrations, but fell asleep. Should I rather try it sitting up during the night? Does it wake you up too much?

6.What state of meditation is used for self suggestion and thinking?

7.I'm an avid tank fan and World of tanks player. 16 000 matches :cheeky: Anyway this causes more than 50% of my remembered dreams to be about tanks, from a 3rd person vehicle perspective. How do I realize I'm lucid from this??? I mean they are even more true to the actual game than my RL dreams are true to RL :eek:


Thanks in advance! :panic:

Tom - it sounds like you have been able to consciously access Theta or Delta brainwave oscillation patterns, where the electricity in the brain circulates at a lower cycle per second.

1.I use foam ear plugs. Yay or nay?

I will often use foam earplugs in meditation from time to time and do not see an issue preliminarily, however as your chakras develop you may find your ears will need to be open in order to "hear-see" if that makes sense...

2.I drink 2-3 cups of coffee a day. Could this interfere? Sugar prevents me from sleeping for example, but I can drop unconscious like a brick in bed even if I drank a full cup of coffee just prior.

Avoid caffeine if possible

3.Like I said I feel my jaw. I have to consciously keep it shut, otherwise my mouth opens and I start getting saliva down my throat. Should I keep my teeth together, let them part with my lips sealed or keep my mouth wide open?

Leave your jaw open, let it hang comfortably. You will find that yawning and controlling your yawn in mediation will eventually introduce you to your amygdala which clicks in your brain (they are almond shaped nuclei in the brain), they are what send information via electricity into the frontal lobe. Another tip since we are talking about the mouth is when you are breathing in, touch your tongue to the roof of your mouth and then rest your tongue the exhale.

4.How do I go past the random thoughts and sounds in my current "zone"? I still try to focus on breathing , but I get distracted by passing thoughts randomly. I quickly retain my focus, but can't seem to push further. I tried for about 10-15 minutes, does reaching every new state take longer?

Find a mantra that works for you and stick with it, a mantra can be anything at all that you repeat to yourself over and over "banana banana banana", this will help you remain conscious as you experience the waves of other realities begin to wash over you.

5.I tried SSILD while laying down and got hypnagogia and wild vibrations, but fell asleep. Should I rather try it sitting up during the night? Does it wake you up too much?

I haven't tried SSILD so I can't give you a good answer on this.

6.What state of meditation is used for self suggestion and thinking?

You may find that brainwave entrainment/guided meditation can assist you with this. Check out Hemi Sync if you haven't already - they have a lot of options and I have personally found a lot of success with their binaural beat audio files.

7.I'm an avid tank fan and World of tanks player. 16 000 matches Anyway this causes more than 50% of my remembered dreams to be about tanks, from a 3rd person vehicle perspective. How do I realize I'm lucid from this??? I mean they are even more true to the actual game than my RL dreams are true to RL

Be patient and consistent.

Good luck! Feel free to PM me if you have anymore questions.

Thanks man.