Thread: odd feelings...

It could be something to do with the first phases of WILD. Maybe you should check out the tutorial, see if anything matches.

Last night I tried some sort of meditation thing before I went to sleep, and I had a sensation similar to yours, minus the voices, before I fell asleep. It was almost like I was sinking down into the pillow, farther and farther, as I became almost numb, (almost like a small amount of laughing gas), but still felt perfectly aware of my surroundings at the same time.

I would also like to add that that was the fastest I have ever been able to fall asleep. I can usually lay in bed and watch the hours tick by.

Sounds exactly like the beginning stages of a WILD to me. If you can acheive this so easily you shoudl read the tutorial and practice WILDs.

Hot Spot, what meditation method did you use? It takes me a long time to fall asleep, even when I try to meditate. I woudl lvoe to try what you did.

I dont thin it was really any particular method, but whe i went to bed, I closed my eyes, and just cleared my mind. I replaced everything I had been thinking of with one thought: "Tonight, I am going to dream and remember." I am not sure whether my method was particuarly effective or if I was just really tired, but after a few minutes concentrating on that single thought, I began to have the sensation that I descibed.