Henry Fuseli’s “The Nightmare” may have been inspired by the chest-crushing sensation
and hallucinations of sleep paralysis. Credit: Henry Fuseli (1781)

– “Ever Wake Up and Think You See a Ghost? Here’s What’s Happening”
“‘Sleep paralysis can be a very frightening experience for some people, and a clear understanding of what actually causes it would have great implications for people who suffer from it,’ said Baland Jalal, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Diego.

Researchers say that sleep paralysis happens when a person awakens during a stage of sleep known as rapid eye movement (REM). People in this stage of sleep are usually dreaming, but their muscles are nearly paralyzed, which might be an evolutionary adaptation that keeps people from acting out their dreams,” quoting Bahar Gholipour, LiveScience.
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– Ramtha’s teachings on being aware when the body is in a frozen state
“In the out-of-body experience, when the brain is in fear and you are slammed back into your body and yet you are alive in a sleeping paralytic tomb, how many of you remember that? The body can’t move. It is frozen. And you are wide awake and you are absolutely aware in this state.

Out-of-body experiences are just famed for their mystery, their marvelous sense of familiarity and yet alienation all at once. But they go where the flesh and blood cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. They can wrap around all of space, and their journey has no boundaries. You cannot go so far from the body that it will die. There is no such thing.”
– Ramtha
February 18, 2003
Yelm, WA
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