Beginner
When I was a teenager I delved deep into spiritual topics and past life regression. I began to have spontaneous OBEs. Then I decided it was all against spiritual progress due to religious indoctrination and tried to shut it all down.
However, I left the religion of my upbringing a few years ago. I have been once again learning and searching.
I have been having trouble with intense anxiety lately.
Several people have encouraged me to try meditation recently. When I keep getting a message from multiple sources I tend to listen.
I found the Gateway tapes a few days ago.
Last night I fell asleep listening. I woke up around 2am at a part where the man was saying you will wake up. My body felt very heavy but my mind was awake and very active. I thought, “Is this what they mean? That the body is asleep and the mind is awake?” I remember in the dream I was having before I woke up my body was feeling the same way.
I felt a bit worried and did what is taught, to move a finger to wake all the way up. The feeling of heaviness left.
Is this what others experience?