Sleep paralysis and Overcoming the Fear.

 

Imagine this. One morning you wake up, you look around your room but something feels off. You try to get up and you immediately realize that you're paralyzed! You think back to the stories you've heard about sleep paralysis and start fearing that you'll see a sleep paralysis demon. Right after you think that thought, a sleep paralysis demon shows up on your chest! What a coincidence! All of a sudden you feel like you can't breathe. You grasp for air but none enters your lungs. You struggle for what feels like 30 minutes while this ominous entity is standing there until finally, everything comes back to normal, the entity is gone and you can move again.

Sleep Paralysis

                                                            

Sleep paralysis is a major aspect of astral projection, It is also a major barrier. Many people do not manage to astral project simply because they are afraid of sleep paralysis. I will go over what sleep paralysis is and how to get over the fear so that you can successfully astral project.

What is sleep paralysis?

In order to get rid of the fear of sleep paralysis, you first need to understand what it is. Sleep paralysis is a widely known phenomenon where when someone is either falling asleep or waking up they are paralyzed in their bed, eyes open. People in this state will also tend to see various entities such as shadow beings, monsters, demons, etc. It can be very scary and even traumatizing to an individual if they do not know what is happening.

Contrary to some beliefs, sleep paralysis and its accompanying shadow beings are not demonic. When sleep paralysis occurs we are halfway between awake and asleep. We can be awake but having dream-like hallucinations. Whatever you think will happen will tend to happen. If you think you've been abducted by aliens, all of a sudden you will rise from your bed and get taken to a spaceship. Then, if you fall asleep while you're being "abducted", you may have a dream that you're surrounded by aliens. Then when you wake up you will have a very real and vivid memory of being abducted by aliens.

Sleep paralysis usually occurs one of two times. If it happens while falling asleep, it's called hypnagogic or predormital sleep paralysis. If it happens as you are waking up, it's called hypnopompic or postdormital sleep paralysis. 

Incidences of sleep paralysis are recorded in writing and medical texts throughout history with varying types of interpretation and assumptions around causes.

Also, the reason most people feel like they can't breathe in that state is that their body is paralyzed, but they're trying to breathe in more air because their body is getting ready to either fight or run away. Trying to breathe hard and paralysis don't mix well.

Sleep Paralysis Use in Astral Projection

Sleep paralysis is a major aspect of astral projection. If you are serious about astral projection, you will very likely come across sleep paralysis at least once. Projectors need to learn to utilize sleep paralysis in order to ensure successful projection. I have personally only experienced sleep paralysis one time before getting into astral projection. Once I started training for astral projection, I started having sleep paralysis once every week, then once every other day. If you are going to learn how to astral project, then you definitely need to learn to relax during sleep paralysis. I've experienced people talking, I've experienced tuning into what sounds like radio stations, I've heard techno songs, I've heard dogs crying, and so much more. The only difference is that I don't allow myself to become afraid of those things because I understand what they are. It's a common saying that people fear the unknown, this is a part of the unknown for many people.

Many people without realizing it actually attract scary scenarios to them. Depending on your sleep paralysis, you could either be dreaming, in the astral, or awake and hallucinating. Here's a common scenario:

If you understand what sleep paralysis is, whether you see aliens or shadow beings you will not be afraid. These beings cannot do anything to you. Luckily, the first time I experienced conscious sleep paralysis I was just listening to a song on the radio until I remembered that I didn't own a radio. This was a much nicer introduction than say, seeing a dark shadow in your room staring at you with loud ominous music and whispering in your ear, but it was weird nonetheless.

Also keep in mind that sleep paralysis, vibrational stage, hypnagogia, and hypnopompic state are all related with slight variations.

How to get over your fear

I have had this fear, and I have (mostly) gotten rid of this fear. Here are a couple of methods to get rid of your fear.

Allow and accept whatever happens. Understand that you may see something scary, but that you will accept whatever you see. It helps to look at it from an interested point of view rather than a fearful one.

Try loving the being that is scaring you. This tends to work for the majority of people. It shifts your awareness from the fear of that entity to the love and acceptance of that entity. Countless people have succeeded with this method.

If loving the entity doesn't work, try getting into a sexual mood. This is the most basic and primal emotion for humans and is likely to outmatch fear.

If all else fails, either fall asleep or force yourself to wake up by trying to move. 

Something that I would recommend, however, is staying in that state and practicing not being afraid. If you find yourself in this state, consider it a challenge and see how little you can fear it. Maybe even try manipulating the situation into something funny. Eventually, like every fear, you will get used to sleep paralysis and you will start to take advantage of it rather than fear it. In order to do this, however, first, you need to experience sleep paralysis.

It is important to understand that you don't need to experience sleep paralysis in order to astral project. It's just that sleep paralysis is very common when you start messing with your sleep cycle with AP methods such as the WBTB method.

Another way you can get rid of your fear is to learn as much as you can about sleep paralysis, but do keep in mind that most videos and articles on sleep paralysis tend to have an aura of scariness or creepiness. This is because the individuals who experience sleep paralysis don't know what it is and because it's so similar to what they'd see in a horror movie, they put it in the same category as the horror movie.

Just know that once you get past the scary sleep paralysis, there is a great astral experience waiting for you on the other side.