tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post7206948595492027711..comments2024-03-24T17:49:05.886-04:00Comments on The Robert Moss BLOG: Confessions of a biphasic sleeperMarcia Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04530003059608361331noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-37176343093579806832017-06-08T16:27:18.687-04:002017-06-08T16:27:18.687-04:00Mr Moss, Thank you for your response. My reference...Mr Moss, Thank you for your response. My reference to the monsters being in the sea came from a documentary on Magic in Indonesia. I did not research the idea so I am sure that impression is in not held in the beliefs of all the regions of the world. <br />In the mysteries there is the symbolism of a passage through the abyss and I have had the impression that going into the depths of the watery astral plane of our psyche is similar to dealing with monsters in the sea. <br />I will note that sea water if drank will cause hallucinations and death and Bridget the healer and giver of life is the keeper of fresh water. But, the primordial waters where creation began seems to refer to sea water. Set and Horus churn the sea water to create this reality. I think my sea impressions have more to do with Lumeria and the Merfolk, some ancient memory rather than dealing with monsters of the abyss like I originally thought. <br />Dreams come clear when I need them, but most of what I understand is from a rather schizophrenic condition where symbols, stories, words numbers pop out or are repeated. A little scary to realize you see and hear things other people do not, but it is interesting as well. <br />ThanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128752685770635750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-85530769130558918392017-05-05T08:55:58.013-04:002017-05-05T08:55:58.013-04:00A few years ago, during a time when I was inexplic...A few years ago, during a time when I was inexplicably wide awake around 2am, I decided to try and remove the messaging that I needed to be asleep and would regret getting out of bed because it would only make tomorrow miserable. I just let go of that thought and replaced it with, my body is needing something different than sleep tonight. I figured that replacing the one thought with the other couldn't hurt since I was awake either way. <br /><br />It worked wonders for me! I allowed myself to get out of bed, wander around, write, eat, enjoy the stillness and then when I felt like it, I went back to sleep. I was really surprised when I felt just fine the next day. <br /><br />It doesn't happen often anymore, but when it does, I just let it be and listen to my internal signals for what is needed in the moment. Thank you for validating my experience with some history! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08049223801793217405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-47374345027972628472017-05-04T10:38:54.390-04:002017-05-04T10:38:54.390-04:00Dear Karla, I use the term "night terrors&quo...Dear Karla, I use the term "night terrors" for scary situations that remain rather formless, without the dream content of a nightmare (which, for me, is actually an interrupted dream). I always suspect that formless night terrors arise from a disturbed psychic environment, and that the solution is to do some spiritual cleansing and set up simple and effective psychic defenses. There is practical common sense guidance on this in chapter 10 of my book ACTIVE DREAMING. I am amazed by the demonization of the ocean in the tradition you quote. Throughout most of human history, salt water has been regarded as the great spiritual cleanser, which by my experience remains true. Of course, humans have also been dumping pollutants - physical as well as psychic - into the seas for a long time. Let me note quickly that the sovereign remedy for nightmares (as opposed to night terrors), in my experience, is to learn to face the challenge on its own ground, if necessary by reentering the original dreamscape.Robert Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231870716685877709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-52169818182785714322017-05-04T05:08:32.900-04:002017-05-04T05:08:32.900-04:00From a darker side of this, I started sleeping mor...From a darker side of this, I started sleeping more during the day and staying up at nights because of night terrors. I had night terrors that woke me up for years, but I went through a spell at the end of 2013 when the terrors came night and day, but they were worse at night, so I stayed up nights and worked on house repairs to keep my conscious mind awake, I think as protection of my subconscious that seemed to be under attack at that time. <br />Not all the entities we encounter in the astral plane are friendly and so I can see why some of the cultures such as those in Indonesia consider the sea (what I consider to represent the astral plane) to be where the demons and monsters reside, the watery salt water sea (drinking sea water causes hallucinations and death) of the astral plane, where we have to fight the monsters in our nightmares. Now, my dreams are more healing and instructive and I am very grateful for this. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128752685770635750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-32191804485186819172017-05-03T23:34:20.773-04:002017-05-03T23:34:20.773-04:00Last year for a few months (2? 3?), I decided to d...Last year for a few months (2? 3?), I decided to do 'lights off before dusk' so that i was inviting my body to take up this 2-phase sleep cycle (i'd just read how monks did it). It took 3 weeks before the expected cycle began...and it was true to the guide: sleep (lots of action-<br />y nightmarish dreams), wake (for two hours, not anxious, just drifting), then back to sleep for some very 'clear white light, pleasant, harmonious dreaming) before waking. I really loved this period. To help my body adjust, come dusk, I'd sit near an open window and listen to the cicadas etc - all those dusk sounds. Your article makes me think its time to get back to this ritual. It was nourishing.Fairie Losopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06579895430838741842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-951435363877393012017-05-03T09:43:18.205-04:002017-05-03T09:43:18.205-04:00I wake many times during the night, so "bipha...I wake many times during the night, so "biphasic" is an understatement. I find the drifty states between different sleep segments highly creative and often the portal to lucid dreaming. Recent sleep/dream research confirms that we are actually dreaming most of the time not only in REM sleep. It is possible, if one can sustain relaxed attention, or attentive relaxation, to attain continuity of consciousness through many alternations between sleep/dream/hypnagogic states - and leave the night refreshed!Robert Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231870716685877709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-6536099687820387672017-05-03T09:08:47.943-04:002017-05-03T09:08:47.943-04:00I find I often get four "blocks" of slee...I find I often get four "blocks" of sleep in a night; maybe a couple of hours each time. I'm not sure how much REM sleep I get — I think I'd be happier if one of the blocks was longer than an hour and a half or so.Rob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.com