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- From: farris@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Lorenzo Farris)
- Newsgroups: alt.out-of-body
- Subject: Re: BODY POSITION and SLEEP PARALYSIS
- Message-ID: <Dec.30.06.46.30.1992.3967@ruhets.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 11:46:30 GMT
- References: <Pine.3.03.9212281055.D9440-b100000@cs.uwp.edu>
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- Original-Sender: Steve Itzenhuiser <cs.uwp.edu!itzenhui>
- :
- :I've heard that this paralysis is merely the astral body in close proximity
- :to the physical body. The closer one's astral body is to the physical
- :body, the harder it is to move. Something to do with getting in and out
- :of the body that the astral body is confined to "hold the shape" of the
- :physical body. As you drift or move away from your physical body, you
- :become more free to move.
- :
- : Kind of hard to explain, but I think you should understand.
- :
- : Does anyone have any more ideas on this, or any more help in my
- : explanation?
- :
- :Steve
-
- I think this paralysis has a simpler, physiological explanation. When
- you dream, your motor responses are blocked, so that, 'though you move
- in the dreams, quite vigorously, your body is quiet.
-
- It would appear that oobe and dreaming are closely related, based on
- the posts I have seen here and in alt.dreams. IMO, when you access
- that particular state of awareness, it will be accompanied by the same
- physiology that normally accompanies dreaming.
-
- But far be it from me to limit myself to the pure physiological
- explanation. ;-)
-
- Supposedly, certain adepts are able to control both their physical and
- astral bodies at the same time, i.e., while s/he sits here playing
- chatting with you hir astral double is out on an errand. For examples
- of this, one could look to Carlos Castaneda's books, or stories of
- Tibetan yogis. I'm sure there are other examples as well.
-
- If such is true, maybe the paralysis is just a function not being able
- to walk and chew gum at the same time, yet.
-
- -Lorenzo
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