Quote Originally Posted by ZenVortex View Post
Surely a better meditation technique is to use a position where you DO fall asleep !!! The goal is to fall asleep consciously while repeating "I'm dreaming" as you breathe.
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Perhaps this is a better meditation technique for night time practice (the one I mentioned would be for during the day), but like I said many will just want to do a quick 10 to 15 meditation and not fall asleep and wake up 4 hours later from a nap; many don't have that luxury of spare time. But you reminded me of a very important point in the method; at night when you're falling asleep keeping your consciousness on your breathing is very important as you've been doing the whole day. This isn't any WILD or MILD this is just simply awareness linked to your breath which is ALWAYS with you. You are ALWAYS breathing aren't you? The mantra is there to help you focus on that awareness of your breath, but also can help to lead to lucidity - true.