Feeling of falling asleep w/o being tired while meditating

Hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone can shed any light on this experience I am having while meditating. At random times, I am getting the same feeling like when I am really tired and trying to stay awake: I fall asleep for a second and wake up, like my brain shuts off for a second and my body relaxes. Strange though, as I am not tired when meditating... I would really appreciate any help you guys can give.

Thank you,

Karim

 

When you get deep enough in meditation, you start to have more theta and delta brainwaves. Delta brainwaves are predominate during sleep. Most people liken meditation to that period just before or just after sleeping, that not quite awake, yet not quite asleep period. Like when your brain is shut off and your body relaxes...

 

And that state could also be the 'transcendental' state where there is no thought no anything just pure conciousness, and the more you experience this the more of it you will bring back into your awake state...which in turn will give you and greater experience of life

 

This could mean different things. Sometimes it can be from old injuries, some you might not even remember or you thought were healed, in which case, just go on doing what your doing. However, it can be much more serious, for this reason it's good to know somebody who has very subtle perception from many years of doing a similar practice. They should be able to help you make and adjustments to your practice which maybe important to avoid doing harm. Anyway, my two cents.

 

i almost always fall asleep when i meditate - i call it my "eight hour meditation" LOL!

BUT, i always practice some form of psychic protection before i begin my meditations, something i would suggest to anyone who doesn't already do so

my thoughts on the physical pain: in what area(s) of the body is it located? it may be a chakral thing......also, when there are things that our conscious mind/ego is afraid for us to look at, it will try any tactic it can to turn our focus back onto it, so it may be something like that which is happening to you

 

Keep practicing. Maybe choose a more alert sitting position when you practice. The mind used to either being noisy or falling asleep. So the moment it starts becoming quiet, it naturally gravitates towards sleep. As you practice remaining alert AND quiet, the other channel, to meditation will open. As this becomes solid you will find that even when you are tired and sleepy, the mind slips into meditation instead of sleep.

 

As your mind becomes quiet, as the pain rises, watch the pain. Observe it carefully, but objectively. Now ask yourself this question: Who is feeling the pain?