Just as a note, I don't like the way Newport and Jeff word things, that was half the point of my first post.

This is why you should NEVER use fucking new-age shit terminology.
I am only defending the method, which works. Even if we don't know why. I measure success not only by the length, but by the sheer volume of people in that thread that report good experiences and seem to be able to relate.

Unfortunately, this method of teaching is the only way people pay attention, and in cases such as this it works well! You cannot deny that this works well, even though he doesn't give proper science.

Giving the theory behind a technique is an assured way to make sure nobody ever uses it. I've seen this happen time and time again. The second you start taking about the parasympathetic nervous system and medulla, which essentially represent "the body" in this simple example, people click the back button.

PS: SP doesn't occur during REM. Sleep paralysis refers DISTINCTLY to paralysis when you are conscious.

I dismissed it as rubbish. I'm really sorry, I don't mean to offend anyone but it is just huey to try to claim the body has some sort of personal agenda like that. Like S/E has asked a thousand times: which part of the body "decides" to do this testing? The appendix? The femur? The iliac artery?
I'm always thrilled when there is evidence that people have actually bothered read my posts -_-