Thread: Bemistaken's Workbook

Thanks for the explanations, bemistaken!

My normal meditation posture at the moment is at the sofa with stretched out legs. For me, this solves a number of problems such as aches in back and legs as well as helps maintain wakefulness, but is not the best posture if one would like to allow for wilds. With regards to that, I can relate to the benefits of your posture. I also agree that comfort should be a priority and one has to use the posture that they feel is best for them.

I am a very light sleeper thanks to my insomnia, so going to sleep in my bed is usually the last thing I think about. I can only really meditate (or should I say WILD) when I am very very tired and I have not quite figured out why yet. It could be that with WILD you have to go to sleep and when I am ready for a nap I meditate first and then I know a WILD is right around the corner. But if I am not that tired and I meditate I usually don't WILD because I am not that sleepy.

Whatever the reason, it seems that the odds are in your favor. Also, whatever you decide to do, whether it is simply meditation or letting go for a wild, you are always benefitting. How awesome is that!

P.S. Any suggestion on how I can get myself to be right side up? I tried my best but at one point I was upside down going round and round like a ferris wheel when I tried to 'will' myself right side up.

Sure, I've got an number of things you can try out and see which ones work best for you if the situation repeats:

1. Willing yourself right side up - you said this yourself. This is the simplest one and might work out. If not try something else.
2. Using whatever body parts are available - if you have tactile sensations and a normal dream body, just grab a nearby object and rotate yourself.
3. Create lines from anywhere in your dream body. You can create lines from your hands, eyes, or the center of your body and pull yourself in the desired direction. They can be lines that connect you to something, stretch into infinity or are ropes connected to nearby objects.
4. Change your perspective - I love this one! I remember reading a comment from the female astronaut Karen Nyberg about how she managed her sensations of discomfort from having to walk on a side surface (I'm not sure if this was outside the space station or inside, it would make more sense that she was peforming some external repair work).

In free space there is no gravity, so there is no ground, or ceilling or wall. Anything can be anything. And in dreams it works the same way! I remember it worked precisely like that with the "walk on the walls and ceiling" task. Once you switch perception, the ceiling becomes the floor and problem solved!

These are the ones I can think of right now, if I remember anything else will add it.