spiritual midday naps sorta

[Jannes]

I dont know why but its pretty common for me to experience higher consciousness fragments specifically on an afternoon nap.

Its hard to describe the experience, its very emotional, very beautiful, out of this world but also much more home. I could melt in it, its like everything good in the world is THAT. Its qualitatively completly different from what I experience throughout the day and its orders of magnitutes better then what I experience on a regular bases. Usually I only experience it for a short while, like a few seconds or even just a spark. 

Anyone got a clue where this comes from or through which practice you can get more of it if midday naps open me up to it ?

[glassfire]

maybe because your digestion wakes you up before you restore enough energy to have higher consciousness

[Jannes]

4 minutes ago, glassfire said:

maybe because your digestion wakes you up before you restore enough energy to have higher consciousness

I have no idea what you mean with this.

[Hojo]

If I wake at 10 and then nap at 2 my dream will be crazy. Everytime.

 

Edited 17 hours ago by Hojo

[Oppositionless]

Maybe yoga nidra, that's yogic sleep. I've never had an obe from this channel but it's always been worthwhile, sometimes blissful sometimes trippy.

 

[Breakingthewall]

Because you are in a moment of total relaxation, where the barriers your psyche creates to function in life among humans fall for a moment, then your mind clears, your heart opens, and you perceive with clarity the full brilliance of reality, of the fact of being, and you realize that everything is in it.

[Jannes]

4 hours ago, Breakingthewall said:

Because you are in a moment of total relaxation, where the barriers your psyche creates to function in life among humans fall for a moment, then your mind clears, your heart opens, and you perceive with clarity the full brilliance of reality, of the fact of being, and you realize that everything is in it.

Yeah maybe

A nap isnt the most relaxing state though, that would be deep sleep. But in a nap your body and mind cools down from working, its still relatively active, you could get going right away. Perhaps that has anything to do with it.

[Ziran]

10 hours ago, Jannes said:

Anyone got a clue where this comes from or through which practice you can get more of it if midday naps open me up to it ?

Midday naps are the definition of decadent.

From a more sciency perspective:  sleep is inherently linked to memory and learning.  During sleep the psyche simultaneously processes and discards extraneous memories and retains significant details for recall, recollections, and reflection.  If one is spending more time in REM sleep, at more frequent intervals, they are inevitably going to have a clearer conscience ( for lack of better words ).  Maybe what you're observing are the fruits inherent with that clarity combined with your own personal development?

Best guess.

[Jannes]

6 hours ago, Ziran said:

Midday naps are the definition of decadent.

Lol, why?

6 hours ago, Ziran said:

From a more sciency perspective:  sleep is inherently linked to memory and learning.  During sleep the psyche simultaneously processes and discards extraneous memories and retains significant details for recall, recollections, and reflection.  If one is spending more time in REM sleep, at more frequent intervals, they are inevitably going to have a clearer conscience ( for lack of better words ).  Maybe what you're observing are the fruits inherent with that clarity combined with your own personal development?

Best guess.

Yeah that could play a role

[Ziran]

10 hours ago, Ziran said:

Midday naps are the definition of decadent.

 

3 hours ago, Jannes said:

Lol, why?

It's a culturally inculcated natural inclination.  In other words, it's part of the human experience.

Specifically, the midday nap designates one as a member of the governing institution, property owners, NOT labor.  It's evident cross-culture and even cross-species.  My favorite examples come from coupling behaviors in the animal kingdom. But looking only at human behavior, I think the best example comes from ancient Mesopotamia, the fertile crescent, where the feudal lords ate on couches, while the laborers were forced to eat while working in the fields. 

And from the opposing side, counter-intuitively, a wonderful example:  the Latin American "siesta".

Beyond that, and most important:

3 hours ago, Jannes said:

why?

... Because it's 100% consistent with your own direct experience.  It's consistent in general.  It's consistent in particular.  It's truly-true.  Verily.  Amen-Amen.  Like the Book of John?  In the Christian bible.  That's what Jesus meant ( in the story ), when he said:  "Amen-Amen".   See below, if you're curious. 

Regardless it can be derived thru inquiry:

"Decadent" matches your own direct experiences?

"Decadent" matches the direct experience of others?

"Decadent" is consistent with those direct experiences in general?

"Decadent" is consistent with those direct experiences in particular?

If so, I call on the heavens and the earth as witnesses... It's truly-true.

 

Google search:  site:biblehub.com "truly, truly"

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Edited 8 hours ago by Ziran

[Jannes]

@Ziran When I didnt get enough sleep at night I like to do a midday nap to recharge. That way I can get more done but can still sleep at night. I am a student at the moment so I have a lot of freedom in how I spent my time. That IS a privilege I have atm. But adding more meaning onto it then that feels like a stretch. 

[Ziran]

2 minutes ago, Jannes said:

... adding more meaning onto it then that feels like a stretch. 

Heard.  Fair.

3 hours ago, Jannes said:

Lol

May I inquire, most respectfully?  Why did you laugh?  What is laughing?  Why does The Buddha ( the awakened ) laugh?

[Ziran]

Answer:  Because it "tickles"

What is "tickling"?  Consider it, follow the cognition to its root, from where it's blossoming.  There you'll find a brilliant kernel of effervescent Truth.

[Thought Art]

Naps are da Vinci level 

[Ziran]

Genesis:

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. ורוח אלהים מרחפת על־פני המים׃...

Ruach-Elohim ( the spirit of God ) fluttered upon the face of the "waters".

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IOW: it "tickled"

^^Enjoy^^

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Ziran