(editing's more work)

also, don't try to consciously control your breathing. it will take care of itself the same way it always does when you are drifting off to sleep...i spoiled about half a dozen attempts by fearfully inhaling when it felt like i wasn't breathing.

but if you get that feeling, ignore it. trust me, you won't stop breathing and pass out or anything..trust you body's natural processes. but maintain an ember of awareness smoldering underneath the sheet of ash...and wait until a lucid dream brings it flaring up again don't i wax poetic giving advice while partaking of hashish.,..