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Rev. Block Me Coward :vepi: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @970ab77f that point about sleep paralysis is interesting -- hypnosis deliberately focuses on that

With Indic techniques (samadhi/jhana), they instead describe the feeling of your body slowing down and stilling, to the point where you may only breathe once a minute! 

If you can play with fasting and sleep deprivation, those can help trigger OoBE -- listening to white noise, metronomes ticking, or certain kinds of music can really help too
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Rev. Block Me Coward :vepi: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @970ab77f best thing about cultivating mindfulness is it can be done any time, any place and also supports what he calls "the phase", practicing anything that demands a lot of focus (reading, writing, coding, working out) can help too
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Rev. Block Me Coward :vepi: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @970ab77f I personally experience REM in hypnosis and meditation 

I recommend the book, "the mind illuminated" as a decent way to get into meditation. lucid dreaming is a bit easier -- kind of like training wheels -- btw, ever tried DXM or ketamine?