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That's interesting Spartan, do you experience a calmness once it goes quiet and are disembodied, losing all sensation with your body? I actually use a similar method by simulating the feeling excitation, that sends shivers or spasms from my center throughout the rest of my body. It actually is a bit like a weak orgasm haha. Austin Osman Spare's method of the Death Posture was to tense every muscle of the body until near paralysis, and then he basically concentrated on a single shape, usually an X; this would result in being swept up in a sort of ecstatic state. His aim was to simply invoke pure pleasure, and I myself have tried his technique to mixed results; most of the time I feel like I lose sense of direction, like I'm being spun around. Then again I'm more prone to become disoriented than still during altered states.
Anyway, I haven't been able to experience on command what is mentioned about having the two separate nervous systems functioning simultaneously, though activating the fight or flight alone is an experience in itself. The closest I've felt towards being in the simultaneous state is during the middle of a really long run during the tail end of a fast, and I can feel the physiological difference in my body between each breath; sort of tensing, then releasing. From what I've read the real skill is to heighten this state to the point of zero-pointedness, where one isn't even focused or aware of the body or breath. The real enjoyment for me as of now is the afterglow, once I'm done spending my energy. I've started a concentration technique after-which I stare in a mirror, fixated on my own eyes, only having candle-light in the room, being between me and the mirror. Things start to get really strange, where the image seems to shift. It sort of looks like an impressionist painting which frightened me the first few times. But what interests me was the initial feeling of feeling more real than usual. I'm still working with this technique, but its been allowing for strong introspective work, and mental reflex as I attempt to still all the thoughts that arise while staring into oblivion.
I'm interested in learning about OBE's however, I've tried alot of techniques to get there but haven't been able to cross my own mental barrier of disbelief, my mind keeps telling myself that it's just strong imagination rather than actual astral travelling. I used to try a technique that recommended "rolling out" mentally, sort of gesturing with your mind to roll over, but staying physically still. It let to strange feelings of smallness and vastness but no OBE
Anyway, I haven't been able to experience on command what is mentioned about having the two separate nervous systems functioning simultaneously, though activating the fight or flight alone is an experience in itself. The closest I've felt towards being in the simultaneous state is during the middle of a really long run during the tail end of a fast, and I can feel the physiological difference in my body between each breath; sort of tensing, then releasing. From what I've read the real skill is to heighten this state to the point of zero-pointedness, where one isn't even focused or aware of the body or breath. The real enjoyment for me as of now is the afterglow, once I'm done spending my energy. I've started a concentration technique after-which I stare in a mirror, fixated on my own eyes, only having candle-light in the room, being between me and the mirror. Things start to get really strange, where the image seems to shift. It sort of looks like an impressionist painting which frightened me the first few times. But what interests me was the initial feeling of feeling more real than usual. I'm still working with this technique, but its been allowing for strong introspective work, and mental reflex as I attempt to still all the thoughts that arise while staring into oblivion.
I'm interested in learning about OBE's however, I've tried alot of techniques to get there but haven't been able to cross my own mental barrier of disbelief, my mind keeps telling myself that it's just strong imagination rather than actual astral travelling. I used to try a technique that recommended "rolling out" mentally, sort of gesturing with your mind to roll over, but staying physically still. It let to strange feelings of smallness and vastness but no OBE