Sleep and meditation
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I have. The hypnagogic/hypnaponic state is known for the interesting and even intense phenomena that can arise. Here's my most vivid experience:
I woke up one morning, paralyzed. This happened before (sleep paralysis), and I knew it was a symptom of the hypnagogic/hypnaponic state. Well, I had recently read a book on out-of-body experiences (OBE), and it stated that I should simply will myself to lift out of my body. So I did.
I then felt a buzzing sensation up and down my body that grew to a fevered pitch. It was INTENSE. Then I felt myself lifting out of my body, with a static-electricity-like sensation at every point I exited. Then I saw the ceiling coming closer through CLOSED EYELIDS.
I was terrified, so terrified I wanted back in. I ended up snapping back in, and literally shivered myself to sleep.
Then I woke up again, and heard strange music. I never heard this song before, but the voice sounded like Sinead O'Connor's. I then felt the buzzing again, like it was a spontaneous OBE. I fought it hard, and it stopped.
The above was very vivid, more vivid than my waking experiences. I chalk it up to the hallucinations (or lucid dreams) possible from this state.
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