"I lay down in bed, suddenly my body froze, and I saw a dark entity in the room" – Sleep Paralysis explained
In the past hundred years, science has come up with attempts to explain what sleep paralysis is. You can read it all online. I, being true to my statement from my opening post, speak only about things that I have experienced first-hand, and I insist on that for the sake of true understanding of consciousness.
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The situation is as described in the title. You go to bed, you lie down, preparing yourself to sleep, and suddenly, instead of the regular process you find yourself wide awake, your body is a bit stiff, and when you try to feel it, let alone move it, you are horrified to realize that you simply cannot. It seems that there is no connection between your mind and your body, that you lost control of the basic operations. The immediate thought that comes to mind is: "Am I dead?" And if that's not enough, you feel a strange presence in the room, you roll your (ether) eyes to scan the place and lo and behold, you see a dark spooky form approaching towards your feet, and in a few seconds will surely grab them and take you away, or so you think.
This situation would scare even the bravest of men.
But it should not. And in this article, I will shed light on the issue, hoping to relax your concerns and by that lower the shields that your mind currently puts on.
What happens when we fall asleep
As soon as you lie in bed, your mind, your ego personality, begins to back off. There is no longer a need to operate in the physical reality and the mind knows it. It slowly "shuts itself down" allowing other portions of your consciousness to take control, the parts that know to operate in other worlds where different sets of rules govern. The next moment your consciousness leaves the physical body and drifts to the dream world. A constant, stable connection is kept throughout the night between the wandering consciousness and the body's consciousness (not the mind) who is left here to monitor the status of the physical body. Upon the slightest danger the body calls upon the consciousness and within a split of a second, it returns to take control. This is the normal process called "falling asleep" that happens every night. Most always you are not aware of it. And by the way, this same process happens when we die. The only difference is that then the consciousness disconnects from the physical body for good. Therefore, it is true to say that every night, when we go to sleep, we die a small death. And this process is natural as your breathing.
Sleep paralysis explained
Under certain conditions, the mind may not back off completely and remains alert during the process of falling asleep. Since it is accustomed to the rules of the physical world, everything it witnesses from now on is deciphered by its set of preconceived assumptions. Few interesting phenomena can be felt when the mind remains to watch.
- First thing is the paralysis. As explained, the mind is taking the second seat and therefore the body is not being controlled anymore. It no longer can operate the mechanism of the body. This does not mean you are dead. It only means that you are falling asleep.
- The next phenomenon is the shaking. The mind will feel that the body is aggressively shaking, from left to right and a strong noise as if an engine is operating, is heard. This is the way the mind interprets the consciousness leaving the body, the detachment of your light body (which is the body that travels in the dream worlds) from the physical body as if it is an airplane that takes off. As soon as the light body leaves the physical, you will feel that you are moving up, ascending, floating in the room, above your sleeping body. From here you can begin your nocturnal travels.
This is a process that happens every night, each time when you go to sleep.
There is nothing to fear, nothing to be concerned about, you are not dying, it's not a sickness or any of the kind. You are simply being aware. Congratulations!
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Dark entity explained
The other worlds, the near earth realms, where our dreaming consciousness travels to when it leaves the body, are flooded with entities. Look around you now, the place you are at is packed with entities. You simply do not sense them. But they are here, harmless, watching, minding their own business. When we fall asleep and enter the dream world we encounter those entities. As soon as the process of falling asleep happens, the mind, if stays alert, senses the presence of those entities in the room. Since it is unfamiliar to them, the mind (ego) is startled. Imagine you would see, right now, standing next to you, a stranger. Would you not be afraid? What does the stranger want? Is he a treat? The ego interprets that entity in the same way and puts itself into a state of alertness, which results in coloring that entity in dark shades. If that entity makes a move, as innocent as it may be, the mind sees it as a treat to our safety and entices the only mechanism it knows to guarantee our survival – the fear.
However, there is nothing to be afraid of. This is a natural process. It happens every night and for most of you under the radar.
At some point, if not already, you will be more confident about your identity, comfort in your own skin, and then you will want to allow the dreams journies to be conscious. When that time comes you will be readier, knowing that there is absolutely nothing to fear.
I wish you safe and enjoyable travels.
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I have experienced when I was sleeping soundly as if I was overwhelmed by something that made me unable to move at all, I fought so hard that I was released and awake. I was sweating my sweat, fast heart beats and irregular breath, as if after running a few kilometers. In our deep, people believe that it is overlaid by a ghost named "Beunoem". And most people are afraid of it. How does the @noman-magus response to such conditions? please enlightenment @noman-magus.
This ghost is simply a face to the phenomenon that I described in the article. The ego is afraid from anything that is foreign to it, that it can not recognize. In the old times people didn't know about the parts of the personality so they needed to be relaxed by giving names and titles.
Your sensation was the effect of adrenaline rushing through your body. Again I say, nothing to fear. But keep yourself natural, don't force the alteration of your consciousness. Meaning, no drugs, no hallucinating substances.
Let your spirit guide you through the process of expansion of your consciousness.
The deep-seated belief in the understanding of the people around me, had an effect on my mindset, and it seemed as if the ghost was real. Thanks smart explorations @nomad-magus. Very reasonable. Apparently it does not need to be feared.
I have an experience about sleep paralysis ...It is :
I had any visual encounters however once it happened the primary time i used to be contact my left aspect and began to feel that pressure on my chest. after I accomplished i used to be unfit and began panicking, one thing voiceless in my ear “Just returning in to mention goodnight.” That is after I felt like one thing was pushing me towards the sting of my bed. terrific shit.
Terrific, true...
But loving. You recieved a call from your soul... How lucky you are! 👍
First of all i have never felt it ever in my life. But since it is natural process so there is no need to worry about. Moreover i wanted to confirm does the person wake up fresh or hes feeling as if he hasn't had a sleep?
Oh, excellent question. You wake up fresher than ever before, adrenaline runs in your body and you feel like you had the greatest experience of your life!
Oh my god where has the experience of having such a sleep being. There have been times when i just don't feel as if woken fresh. This is either i couldn't sleep at all or just slept too late and had to wake up early. Further i wanted to ask does the experience feel scary or is it soothing while you are under sleep paralysis.
If you are not prepared it's very scary because your ego thinks you are dying!
The more you read, train your mind, and relax yourself, you will enjoy the experience.
Well first what i want is that it should because than only can i experience myself. Hehe its not starting still😂😂
You can teach yourself. There are books about OBEs.
I will try to catch one such kind of a book and will hopefully try to feel such an experience someday night rather. Anyways i just wanted to know doesn't the shaking wake you up. Or at least doesn't the mind become cautious because of this?? Does it not happen in any case.
As far as my experience is concerned when a person after experiencing it for a first time he'll have some hard minutes to woke up bcz his body will be temporarily paralyzed and when he's able to free himself for this phenomenon he'll feel a little dizzy for some minutes and after that everything will be normal as it was!!!
Gaed ha phasaiey
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What do you think of insomnia I did @nomad-magus? I get never a nicedream,even a nightmare just never I experienced.
It differs. We live in times where the mind is fully operational during the day and to the late hours of the night. We take our cell phones with us to bed, we watch TV in bed, we do not allow ourselves the proper conditions to sleep appropriately.
You may want to examine the circumstances of your life. If you take some kind of anti-depression medicine, that might also influence the quality of your sleep. Pay attention also to the physical surroundings - if it's too cold/hot in your bed room then the consciousness is not able to soar deep and far.
Hope this will help you.
Thank you for your help.I have been doing some,hope this could be helpful in restoration of insomnia I experienced to normal conditions. You are good in writing and good in giving solutions.You have inspired me in writing and life
It happens to me and it is really frightening...it took me a while to calm after.
Was it an occuring experience?
It was only few times but the experience was strong because I felt like someone is pressing on me and prevent from me to move...WOW !
Interesting.
I never had this pressing sensation. I'd conceive that it's your ego's attempt to keep you put, feering that leaving the body might kill you. Which, as explained in the post, is not the case.
Cool sharing 👍
Thank you for posting !
Thank you so much for your post. It helps me a lot to get a better understanding of this situation!
When I first experienced this phenomenon I was like AM I DEAD,,WHATS WRONG WITH ME,,WHY CANT I MOVE etc n this was the scariest thing that I ever experienced in my life but with the passage of time I got used to it n also went through internet to see what this is all about n it was just normal n many people were caught up in this strange experience also I went through this yesterday evening n I was like WHOA LETS ENJOY SOME FUN 😂😂!! Today after reading your post I learned one or two things more about SP! Thanks for sharing n explaining it in an amazing way!!! Cheers n have a good day!!!!!
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For us easterners, anything that looks to us while sleeping, it's not just a flower bed, but also there are messages delivered, there are signs that we should look forward to when awakened in the morning. we still believe so
Indeed.
Dreams are divided to several types. Here I will name the main three:
I had sleep paralysis quite often 5 years ago. Sometimes I was only able to move my head, other times my simply did not want open no matter how hard I tried. For me sleep paralysis was the onset of fear release in the dream state, and this was quite tough back then because it came along with more Awareness in the dream state. The borders between dream state and waking state have become more and more fluid. Mental Silence was key for me to keep on track with the pace I was dragged through my fears.:)
You really have the knack of great topic choice! Thank you for your positive explanation!
...sounds like a very healthy situation. Thanks for the feedback👍
Reading this content is like studying three semesters of psychology concerning sleep. There's nothing to be afraid of An affirmation I need to keep in mind. Thank you for the umpteenth time @nomad-magus for the science you give us. The more reading content @nomad-magus, my knowledge is also increasing. I wait for the next work.
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