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The key is to keep your eyes closed, then all you have to worry about is sounds

Nope. Had some crazy hallucinations though. It actually felt like the sleep paralysis was trying to trick me into opening my eyes at times. They would make it sound like the TV turned on and try to distract me with stuff like that. Often, I would think that I finally broke free, but I didn't. One time I had a voice that was reading my mind and saying out loud every word I was thinking in real time. That stuff doesn't happen to me anymore though since I leave immediately. Also, I haven't had sleep paralysis in like a year, since I fixed my sleep schedule.

Actually pretty accurate advice you got there. I've never tried the hold your breath thing, might work. Basically, you just close your eyes and think happy thoughts. If you are scared, your environment will become scary, so you gotta keep calm and take deep breaths. Keep your eyes closed and do your best to move your body, while imagining happy scenarios to distract yourself. Something that really works for me is thinking about sex. It completely distracts me from sleep paralysis, as weird as it sounds. I've gotten to the point where I can get out every time. You can even use it as a gateway for lucid dreaming. Simply imagine a scenario you want to be in, and sort of imagine yourself entering into it.

Your meditations work really well for me. They're simple and work instantly. Thanks.

ohh I thought you were talking about your actual eye vibrating I think eyelid twitches are a much more common phenomena. I have had it before too. https://www.healthline.com/health/eyelid-twitch#causes

idk You probably just have a very mild form of it. Or it just might be something else entirely. good idea

I can do it at will. Involuntary seems to be a problem though. https://www.spokaneeye.com/specialties/pediatric-eye-care/diseases-and-disorders/nystagmus-eye-shaking/#:~:text=Nystagmus is a medical condition,can be fast or slow.

I like this video because it makes you realize you're doing all this to yourself out of love. It sort of removes the idea that everything is being "forced" onto you. Might help you.

Thoughts are just thoughts, that is what is true about them

Self is dual. No-self is the removal of a superficial duality. "Self" is an imaginary distinction you create. "No-self" is the removal of that distinction. This is just the problem of language being inherently dualistic. There is no "I" left if "I am not." So, there is nothing left to be separate. You're not separating "I", you're realizing it never existed.

hahaha wow I had a dream once, where I fell asleep in the dream, and then started lucid dreaming while in the new dream which was inside that dream. Then, when I woke up inside the dream, I stopped lucid dreaming. And then I woke up again to actual reality.

yes

Oh wow, I didn't even think to look there, as obvious as it may seem. I thought it was some really old and obscure post.

strange loop

might help

what section of the website is this even from lmao

90% of people who follow religions don't understand what they're following. It's still pretty narrow. I don't understand your logic here. You're basing all of this on a metaphor describing the path as "narrow". It makes no sense to me. This is talking about the controversy and disturbance his teachings will bring. It will make conflicts and disturbances between people and divide them. It's not saying that non-duality is false. All religious teachings can be dissected like this, and you will notice a pattern, which is that all of them point to non-duality. It's just a matter of being able to interpret the metaphors used.

Jesus also said: "When you make the two into one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and when you make male and female into a single one, so that the male will not be male nor the female be female, when you make eyes in place of an eye, a hand in place of a hand, a foot in place of a foot, an image in place of an image, then you will enter [the (Father's) domain]."

Subjective = objective "Subjective" and "objective" are superficial dualities imagined by you. They're both the same thing. Try to imagine what it actually means for something to be objective. What would proof that something is objective look like to you?

I would say still works. There is nothing that requires conscious attention for such noises to work. Even if you were conscious, it's not like you have to focus on the sounds for them to work. So, the entire process is probably unconscious/subconscious.

Well, how would dreaming and being awake at the same time look like? I don't think it is possible since your perspective has to be focused on one of them, so one needs to be shut off first. The closest we can get to such a thing is our thoughts. I am able to have very vivid thoughts. So, for me, thoughts are very similar to dreams actually, but the difference is that you are able to experience them while awake. I have personally seen my thoughts slowly manifest into dreams while I was drifting into sleep, so I am sure there is some sort of connection there. I actually think dreams are just very vivid thoughts, to the point where you start identifying with the characters in there. This would also explain the fact that it is actually impossible to have any inner monologue with yourself while inside a dream. The less associated you become with the waking state, the more easier it becomes to drift into and become a part of your thoughts. You can actually catch this happening while you drift into sleep. Teal has a pretty good video on the more metaphysical aspects of dreaming, I think it is pretty accurate based on my experience.

Colour pertains to shape, they are relative to each other. No colour = no shape and no shape = no colour The reason it seems like you should be able to imagine them separately is because you've created a superficial duality between "colour" and "shape", when in fact they are the same thing. Classic ego-mind.

Yeah this is normal. He's probably talking about people who do it wrong.

1. I believe Deja Vu is in fact stored up memories, usually a memory of a dream. You re-enact a lot of daily things in your dreams and you will often do those things in real life as well, and then remember that memory of doing it in a dream and think "wait, didn't I do this before?" Thing is, dream memories can be very vague and get stored in your subconscious, so when you do something similar you might not even realize it was from a dream and think "woah I swear I've done this before" because it feels so familiar. But, it doesn't necessarily have to be from a dream. So, in conclusion, I think it's a memory you had from before which predicted the future. 2. Synchronicity is a great reminder that you are in the mind of God right now. It's like a message from the Universe to wake you up. People call it "coincidence" or 'chance" but those words do not invalidate it at all. Probability and coincidence is just the vehicle/mechanism the universe uses to bring its synchronicities to you. It reminds me of how people use the word "placebo" to invalidate certain affects. Like, placebo is literally you healing yourself through the power of your imagination. That's magic right there. If your house burned down in a dream, you would be questioning what it means, not saying "oh it was just probability". << See how foolish it is to do that? 3. Yeah dreams are pretty crazy. It's a testament to the capabilities of consciousness. There are a lot of mind-bending things like that we take for granted. Dreams are just another unique sensation of consciousness, the same as thoughts, sound, sight, etc. I mean, think about what sound is. It's completely invisible and intangible, yet it can be experienced. How crazy is that? You wouldn't be able to explain that to anyone, they would have to experience it to know it.

@Adamq8 I think when he says "consciousness" he is talking about the relative and impermanent experiences within consciousness. Same goes for "beingness".