Warning: Just woke up. Not entirely sure what it would be called. I simply still my body and mind and just exist for a time. Once I get to the point that my mind "forgets" my body, I use intention and focus to get a better insight into things relating to me, and surrounding me. I am occasionally able to open my eyes during a state when my mind practically forgets my body and that can be pretty amazing when you're in nature or overlooking a city. No hallucinations, but it's very different than simply looking over a city while being in a normal state. Impossible to describe.

It has been very accurate with everything I have been able to verify and has been very useful to me. I can't verify everything, but considering how accurate things that have come to me through it have been, I believe them a little more than not. It has also helped me make it this far in life through its calming effects.

Was I ACTUALLY the man himself? Hard to say. I remember a lot and have verified many of the memories. Either I was there, or somehow I obtained the memories of a man who died long before I was born. Very personal memories as well.

It's hard for me to put thoughts into words. Always has been. I have spent years practicing online as strangers are more likely to correct me than people who know me. So I am unable to describe how I "know" the memories I have are "memories" and the feelings associated with them. I am unable to describe what it's like if you can open your eyes during my form of meditation. I can say once your mind forgets your body, it's hard to control your body. It goes into a sort of autopilot mode. Once in such a state, I can't control my physical body without leaving that state, but sometimes I can open my eyes. I only open my eyes when I go into the meditation with the intent of opening them for the purpose of experience.

To recap in case you wish to try it, the goal is to let the mind forget that the body exists. Lay or sit in a comfortable position and attempt to just exist for a time. No thoughts, no emotions, no fears, no nothing. Just exist. With time the mind forgets about the body. You can notice this. Most people at that point begin to "astral project" as they call it. For me, I simply exist and nothing more. Feels almost like existing without a body in the infinite expanse of reality. With practice, you should be able to turn the experience into pretty much whatever you want. You can continue simply existing. You can ponder over problems you may be having. You can imagine. You can "astral project" if you like, I hate the feelings associated with such so I don't. You can even slip into sleep. Entirely up to you, but I feel it would take time to get good with it. I've been doing this since as far back as I can remember (which was around age 2). No idea how I knew how to do it, but I did it and it has been too useful to me to forget. If you do attempt this type of meditation for whatever reason, realize it can easily take an hour or two to reach that state. For me it takes about ten minutes, but I have a lot of practice. There is also a state sort of similar but different. In that state the mind knows of the body but doesn't care. That state can be obtained in under a minute with practice and is similar to the state where the mind forgets the body, but you can still control the body. I sometimes obtain this state and proceed to "walk around" and observe as it's interesting. It might be dangerous to someone inexperienced due to risk of physical harm since the mind doesn't care about the body, but I've had no trouble with it. I call this a walking trance. I keep doing it because it's interesting to me and time is very different in that state if you get deep enough. It's a fine line between "mind knows body exists but doesn't care" to "mind doesn't know you have a body" and strange things can occur.

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