Awake while asleep

As Isis said, this in part sounds like lucid dreaming. In another way,it reminds me of the time I was napping; woke up; and could not move my body. I knew the building super had knocked on the door. When he got no response, I heard the key and then the door open. I remembered something someone once told me about being in this state..."Wiggle your big toe." I concentrated very hard; wiggled my big toe; and then the rest of my body woke up. I just asked my husband what he thought about this, and he said it happens to him too.
He thinks it's another state of consciousness. We both wish it would happen to us more often. A scientific explanation would probably be based on malfunction of the nervous system. Not too helpful...Unless you get one of those Quantum Physics folks to answer. We need a Quantum Physics person. Quantum Physics person, where are you?

Hi Ann,

Ironically, just this morning I was listening to an IONs lecture by Stephen LaBerge on Lucid Dreaming. Sounds to me that at least in part, that is what is happening with you. It is something to celebrate! Many people, including myself, try very hard to have lucid dreams but they seem to come effortlessly with you. You probably are very susceptible to hypnosis too, are you not? The phenomenon of being awake and asleep and feeling the heaviness of your body etc.. I'm not sure exactly what that might be but the first thing that comes to mind is you may have an ability to astral travel if you can focus your intention to do so. That is, you can perhaps "leave" your physical body to rest while you "journey". You may want to do some research also into the Tibetan Dream Yoga.

peace,
Isis