--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 10/25/05 3:16 PM, jim_flanegin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Sometimes after going to bed, or after waking during the night, I > > will still my mind in order to allow my autonomic nervous system to > > take over and put me back to sleep. I've noticed that when I still > > my mind, one of the things to go away is any thought of "I" or > > reference to "I". Because there is nothing to identify with at all, > > I will experience a momentary fear before moving into sleep. It is > > like death in that way. And then I awaken a few hours later, as > > myself, having slept well. > > I usually meditate before sleep, something Maharishi once told me to do (for > 1/2 an hour), but when I lie down, I often play a little "game" in which I > imagine that I'm surrendering to death, not just to sleep. I imagine that > this is it - I'm never going to wake up. Somehow this is very profound. > There's a much more complete sense of surrender to it. No fear. > > I also have this thing when I wake up in the middle of the night to pee. > I'll get back in bed and notice a constant "buzz" in my nervous system > which, I realize, is always there. I'm able to consciously relax in such a > way as to stop it entirely, then I go to sleep again.
Do you mean a "buzz" sound literally? Because I have very often had the experience of the sound of bees while meditating (and, yes, often while sleeping). Muktananda says that the experience of the sound of bees is an experience of the absolute... > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
