2016/01/06 23:06:10
DragonBlood
What have you been doing recently? I may have a suggestion but have you done anything out of the ordinary recently?
 
2016/01/07 00:18:40
sharke
craigb
bitflipper
I'll never complain about my nighttime leg cramps again.




God do I hate those!  As soon as they start I have to jump out of bed and stand up.  The weight of my body causes them to stop, but if I'm not quick enough I'll actually end up with bruises and sore legs for hours!
 
I've never heard any good reasons for getting them either.  "Some" element is missing from your diet (like potassium) or you aren't drinking enough water, etc.  I know it's not either of those, but still haven't figured it out.




Leg cramps are frequently caused by a magnesium/calcium imbalance - specifically, too much calcium and not enough magnesium. Supplementing with magnesium (e.g. Natural Calm) really helps relax your muscles and loads of people swear by it for cramps. As a bonus, it also protects your hearing from noise damage. 
2016/01/07 00:26:31
sharke
All of this talk reminded me of the electric brain shocks I used to get falling asleep, and the fact that I hadn't noticed that I have been free of them for a good few years. 
 
For as long as I can remember, since early childhood, I would sometimes feel this tremendous jolt like an electric shock in my head just as I was falling asleep. It would zap me wide awake. I wonder why I don't get those anymore, it must be at least 5 or 6 years. However I do occasionally feel a shock in response to sudden noises when I'm drifting off. Like you know those sudden clicks or creaks items of furniture can make when it's quiet at night? Sometimes a little noise like that when I'm falling asleep will cause me such an intense shock that I actually see a bright flash of light and hear a loud buzzing noise. 
 
Another thing that happens quite regularly is that during that weird transitional period between awake and asleep I will dream that I'm walking, and at some point I will unexpectedly step off a high curb and shock myself awake. I've heard many other people report a similar thing. 
 
2016/01/07 01:06:13
craigb
sharke
All of this talk reminded me of the electric brain shocks I used to get falling asleep, and the fact that I hadn't noticed that I have been free of them for a good few years. 
 



Did these end about the same time you were let out of the asylum? 
2016/01/07 01:30:18
LaszloZoltan
I have these night terrors from time to time- one thing I can control that can help awaken me is my breathing, I can manage to increase my breathing rate a lot and from there I can manage some noises - more recently after yelling for my wife to wake me up for some time it felt like, I awoke with her looking at me and being told I had a bad dream- well, duh ! ( she claimed my utterances were loud but unintelligible )
Apparently, most of those night terrors are alien themed- although I do not believe in such things.
 
I remember too when I was a kid dreaming I was walking into a cave and came across this terrible monster that started chasing me- I was running as fast as I could and could feel it's breath on my back as I ran, until I realized I was managing to stay ahead of it in so my fear turned to a naughty kind of joy as I was just teasing the monster terribly by staying one step ahead of it- a fond remembrance in times of my life when events turned on me and it seemed the chips were down  
2016/01/07 01:33:47
sharke
craigb
sharke
All of this talk reminded me of the electric brain shocks I used to get falling asleep, and the fact that I hadn't noticed that I have been free of them for a good few years. 
 



Did these end about the same time you were let out of the asylum? 




 
Well, if I'm being truthful, I think it was probably the alien abductions coupled with the time I stage dived into an empty space at a Slayer concert. 
 
When I was about 3 I had a really vivid, disturbing dream about being strapped to a floating gurney in a spaceship and wanting to scream but couldn't. Then these "beings" came in and started pushing me through the corridors of the ship toward this blindingly bright room like an operating theater. That's all I can remember of it but it was one of those dreams which sticks with you for life. Looking back I like to fantasize that it wasn't really a dream and I really was abducted by aliens but in all seriousness I know that's highly unlikely. Still, it was a pretty weird thing for a toddler to dream and I have no idea where I'd gotten such vivid and disturbing imagery from at that age. Having said that I can also distinctly remember assuming that the people on TV could see me, and also that speakers contained tiny little bands in them. Early childhood is a wonderfully trippy time. 
2016/01/07 03:19:14
jamesg1213
sharke
All of this talk reminded me of the electric brain shocks I used to get falling asleep, and the fact that I hadn't noticed that I have been free of them for a good few years. 
 
For as long as I can remember, since early childhood, I would sometimes feel this tremendous jolt like an electric shock in my head just as I was falling asleep. It would zap me wide awake. I wonder why I don't get those anymore,
 




 
That's interesting, I get those occasionally but I've never met anyone else who does. It's like a discharge, very disconcerting.
2016/01/07 09:27:35
Moshkito
bapu
Where's Moshkito to tell us why we need to listen to Klaus Shulz and Amon Duul 2?



That would depend on the number of OBE's you would want in any given time span!
 
You have nothing to fear, but FEAR itself! (Not my own original line, mind you!)
 
KS is very good for OBE's, but not recommended for rookies! AD2 is a bit too mental sometimes, but very close to an OBE in the early days.
2016/01/07 09:35:25
Moshkito
bapu
Seriously though. I've never had this. Insomnia yes. Fall asleep almost anywhere yes.
 
That sounds scary. 


It was for me the first time, and then I went back to some things I used to do as a child in my head, and found that "playing" around with inner stuff was fun. The only concern, is that IN TIME, it will force some inner changes as your perception updates with your inner perception.
 
I look at it this way ... you have an inner and outer perception. One is full of ideas and thoughts and this and that and what not. The other ... it's like you do not know it, and it is inside of you ... spend time learning it. You will end up loving it, and appreciating it. AND, if you are clever enough, there is so much that you can draw from there to use in your creativity ... think about it ... a new area within you that you don't know.
 
Good reading for these ... though I am not a great fan of the commercial side of it:
 
Robert Monroe -- his first two books, are simplistic, and a bit preachy. Good reading though.
 
Castaneda -- the later books are each about one thing, one is visions, the other dreams (art of dreaming -- best book on the subject!!!), and obe's ... but they are hard to read and many folks don't like don Juan's very cynical look at things.
 
Books that deal with occult directly, like Crowley (diary of a drugfiend and moonchild), are full of these, but they are very difficult to discuss because they are buried in imagery that is really crazy for us to imagine.
 
The Bardo (Tibetan Book of the Dead) is about "leaving the body" when your time is up. The various portals and dragons are basically the inner fights that we have with ourselves.
 
In general, this is a TOTAL individual thing, and I recommend you study, record and pay attention to your OWN thing, and do not use anyone's ideas or thoughts when looking at yourself ... these work within you, not without you ... and this is the most important part of it all.
 
Just remember that you have nothing to fear except your own fear!
2016/01/07 23:16:44
sharke
jamesg1213
sharke
All of this talk reminded me of the electric brain shocks I used to get falling asleep, and the fact that I hadn't noticed that I have been free of them for a good few years. 
 
For as long as I can remember, since early childhood, I would sometimes feel this tremendous jolt like an electric shock in my head just as I was falling asleep. It would zap me wide awake. I wonder why I don't get those anymore,
 




 
That's interesting, I get those occasionally but I've never met anyone else who does. It's like a discharge, very disconcerting.




 
Apparently it's referred to as "Exploding Head Syndrome." Trust me to have the most awesome sounding syndrome imaginable 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/...xploding_head_syndrome
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