It's nice to read how others use their HIs, sometimes, I'm like duh, okay, now what?
On a side note, I also have these when going to bed for the night. Not after a few hours of not sleeping but the whole day.
Personally, I prefer to HI as I'm going to bed for the night as that's the best chance for me to sit undisturbed for a period of time, but after a small amount of sleep seems to help with HIs as well.
I notice sometimes that I hear the voices and stuff and have "mini dreams" when i am falling asleep at night
I usually take that as a sign that I'm starting to get into the state that I'm looking for, that cusp of wake and sleep.
I may try to deep breath and relax if I'm too "awake/amped/hyper"(for lack of better term), but generally I alternate between listening in or focusing in, usually I'll listen for what it may sound like dream fragments....like a radio on a weak station, anyway, I'll move my focus around till I can get a clearer signal so to speak, then I start to focus in on the dream-like imagery. If I'm struggling or coming up dry, I'll just try another night. I like to use the states to explore my subconscious as well as learn about how my mind functions.
So for example, if I crudely sum it up, I found it highly effective in treating early childhood trauma....as some (HI)work took weeks or months to full accomplish, where I would locate a memory or all the better, in the midst of having a flashback at night, then, rather than replay the memory, I changed it. Although the past is unchanged, it really had a profound effect on my psyche. I actually stumbled across this by accident during a rough night where my sister had called earlier in the day asking about an early memory, for some reason she had to know the amount of blood spilled(my parents tried to kill each other and my older sister had to mop it up). That night was rough, but life changing. So in general, for a while at first especially, my HIs revolved around seeing myself as a kid or infant, family members, and a friend;...sounds of screaming, crying, gunshots, furniture breaking, doors slamming, etc.; occasionally I could actually feel the actions which jolted be awake just from the surprise of it. I just found it really interesting, and a cool tool for learning.(Plus more effective than years of therapy )
I'd say the coolest thing that occurred during an HI was looking at a family member who looked like they were just pure energy, glowing, swirling light but still a body shape/form. And my next favorite is "looking" around and seeing inside my hubby. As I was falling asleep, I listened in and heard an argument, I thought it was from me(HI), but when I focused in on myself I got silence, so I scanned the room for the disturbance, and focused in on the source; I "saw" several mini-hubbies arguing inside my hubby as he lye beside me, so I tried to focus on what they were saying, It was hard to hear clearly, but there was a heated debate as whether to try to go asleep or get out of bed. I laughed to myself about it, how funny(and seemingly random) HIs can be. Then my avatar pic is inspired from another HI, the pic is similar, but my eyes were open, and my HI was overlayed on reality, I decided to experiment with my HI, so I rubbed one eye, and the HI cracked and one row of flowers changed rotation, I rubbed my other eye, it(the HI) cracked in another location, and rotated counter-clockwise, I watched it for a bit and fell asleep, slightly perplexed.
|
|
Bookmarks