P.S. I also wanted to add after I read my post again. You might hear yourself snoring. Whether I hear myself snoring or I see dreams or dream bits forming lets me know where I am on the spectrum of awareness. Sometimes I notice my body twitching. Other times I close my eyes and I might be in a dream. The mantra is used to center the mind and has benefits in terms of its content like an affirmation. A focused mind is a mind at peace. When we are at peace we can relax. How quickly I can relax seems to be the magic on how long it takes to get there. I do stands as a tree chi kung before I do it. My body is left exhausted but my mind is very alert. This is ideal for obvious reasons I hope. the mind-body mirror one another. When one gets relaxed the other does so the mantra focuses and calms the mind while carrying your awareness into the dream. After u use any command or signal and accompany it with a specific state of awareness, strong emotion positive or negative then your body associates that command with that state of awareness or emotional state. So with time the association of your consistent mantra becomes more powerful and thus more practical leading you to that state of awareness more quickly a second time. |
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