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This might not belong in this section as it's not an experience directly from the Akashic Construct or any guided meditation but I wanted to share my thoughts on lucid dreaming, sleep paralysis and what might be a different gateway to spirit communication. Actually what brought me to this forum was a very vivid and lucid dream- at that time I had frequently experienced sleep paralysis. I do believe it a state similar to what is achieved through conscious meditation. The difference being perhaps that conscious meditation is gentler and sometimes more welcoming then what could be a scary sleep paralysis episode.
Whenever I fall asleep on my back I feel more vulnerable than laying on my side. Last night I was very relaxed and laying on my back drifting off to sleep. As I started to drift I began to experience the typical signs of an oncoming sleep paralysis episode. It got to a point where I was feeling detached from my body. It felt like someone else was in the room. For whatever reason, as positive as I try to enter these realms I get scared because I'm still kind of awake. I hear the disconnect from my body, I begin to get flashes of frightening images. There was a man in the corner with a mask. No definite detail. Just someone waiting there. All the meanwhile I think I'm hearing "fearful whispers."
Anyways. No matter how many times I woke up and tried to go back to sleep comfortably I was constantly being sent back into that lucid state. I tried playing with the imagery. I believe I have a say in the end and try to see if I can pull myself out from thinking negatively. What got me wondering is, am I being called to face my fears? Why is this a recurring theme in my life? I used to have out of body experiences very easily as a child but I remember eventually fear got in the way. I once shouted at whatever was happening to stop. I think I've turned off whatever knowledge used to be easily accessible. I have a feeling if I can face this faceless figure that I will be one step closer to understanding something...
I don't know what I'm doing differently in life but these episodes tend to come in cycles.
I don't think I'm crazy but I wonder if I'm looking at this correctly. Any thoughts?