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billmiller wrote at 2009-06-25 23:41:20
Alex, what you have done is great. This is called the mind awake, body asleep state - This is the state where the body is paralyzed so that you don't thrash around in REM sleep and hurt yourself. You can find references on the net in the Lucidology articles on Lucid Dreaming, and I believe the same the state that Robert Monroe calls Focus 10 - the jump off state for all sorts of interesting and great experiences.



The question I have is: how did you develop this""switch"? To learn it on you own without other training is fantastic, and is very difficult to do for most people.  

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I have practiced and studied Tibetan Buddhism in the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions since the early 1970s, and have a good knowledge of theory, history and of the struggles of trying to practice the teachings, including meditation, while leading a normal, modern life. I am also available to provide background information for journalists.

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I have been a practitioner since the early 1970s; have run a small Buddhist centre in the English Midlands and was vice-president of Kagyu Benchen Ling e.V. in Germany, for whom I managed three large Buddhist summer-camps. More importantly, I maintain a habit of personal practice. I am the "owner" of the Kagyu list at Yahoo.

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My first degree was an M.A. from Oxford. I later obtained a Master of Philosophy degree for a research thesis in "Initiation in Tibetan Buddhism" from Leicester University. I also have engineering and educational qualifications.

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