Hi oneironaut - i have experienced sleep paralysis - what i speak of is not SP - at least not what i think i know sp to be. shanedb18's visions of torn flesh and a sea of eyeballs is what i too have experienced. the onset is very distinct - very "here it is now". there is a very non-earthly feel to it...an all pervasive infusion of something very dark...alien...something intelligent....something that wants something...it is beyond "fear" that sp seems to incite...what i speak of is at a molecular level internally fused with my consciousness - as if i am in some kind of vacuum - the "buzz saw" sound of a DMT trip is usually the first sensation i get followed by a molecular fusing of terror...more like evil...as if my soul is being attacked.

there is no control - it goes away when it wants to usually when i fall asleep...but then i really don't know what happens to me when i sleep...do you?

thanks - right now i am taking my own advice...read...then read somemore...fast...and fast somemore...reflect...and reflect somemore. I get that folk have met beings on the other side while under the effects of DMT...what i don't get is why a being is visiting me sober.