There's a state of sleep in which you can be aware without perceptions (neither physical or mental). No imagery, sight, sound, or touch. No perception-based thoughts. Just pure existence in the moment. I got into doing this by accident when using intention for dream recall. So here's what I did, for those who want to try for themselves: Set your intention to be aware at the ends of dreams. These can be in between dream cycles, when you wake up naturally in the night, or waking up in the morning. Placing intention on awareness at this time is key. This allows you to be aware between the dream and waking states. We naturally switch states at this time (going from sleep to waking), so you have a moment of change and heightened awareness going from one state to the next. It's a gentle shift you can influence. Instead of making that full switch, you choose to stay asleep, allowing the dream to have ended without waking life beginning. You'll stay in the in-between moment. It's uneventful, but in a good way—very calm and quiet. Enjoy!
Updated 11-30-2022 at 12:55 AM by 99032
Last night I had substantially less success with the technique I used, as this morning I couldn't fall back asleep, and I also couldn't recall a single dream I had, not even a fragment. Not the worst thing that's ever happened to me or anything, but it's disappointing.
So last night was kind of disappointing. I reached a point while I was trying to fall asleep, where my body turned warmer, my sight grew brighter under my eye lips, and my mind was soothingly drifting into the dream world.. but it didn't happen! Three times it felt just as if it was about to happen, the whole night I kept repeating my mantras, but it turned out to be a dreamless night, when I finally fell asleep : (
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