Thread: Strange way to attain lucidity

Originally Posted by NyxCC

^^ Well done with the research. I tried doing this ear plugging thing that kind of sounds like wind into your ears and observing in the mirror. Slight movement in the neck area and interestingly my eyelids lower as if about to blink as I initiate it. You may indeed feel like yawning if done longer.

Thanks! It's called the eustachian tube and connects the middle ear with a few other things, tough it doesn't seem to have any relation with sleep other than its blockage being more common on people with sleep apnea. It is known to cause auditory problems when blocked but mainly due to the accumulation of fluids. Its function is to regulate the difference of pressure between the air outside the ear and inside, so as to avoid a negative difference in pressure.

"Swallowing or yawning opens the eustachian tube and allows air to flow into or out of the middle ear, keeping the air pressure on both sides of the eardrum equal. If the eustachian tube is blocked, the air pressure in the middle ear is different than the pressure on the outside of the eardrum."

I would say that what we do is open the passage wide and actually "hear" the air flow. So we now know what it is, but what does it have to do with LD? Maybe we should focus more on the eye thing?

Edit: Yep, mistery solved, he seems to open his tubes wide and then LD or someting - "Tilt your head back and thrust your jaw forward. Looking to the sky will put your eustachian tubes into the proper position. Thrusting your jaw forward may help promote a yawn, and may open your Eustachian tubes and relieve the pressure."

I guess now experimentation is the way to go? I did try and WILD this way yesterday but fell asleep.