Deep Sleep

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I did something really crazy this afternoon, which I wished I hadn't done, but on the other hand thankful for the experience! I love peace and quiet and at a usual Filipino home, this is kinda hard to attain. You either get neighbours who blast their stereos or your relatives seem to have this habit of raising their voices just to make a point. It is this household quality I didn't mind before, but since I've been joining intensive meditations, my system may have already interpreted their habit of loud voices as something very abrasive. I do notice that it affects my mood, I get annoyed and I can't even concentrate on work because other than their loud voices, my mom turns the volume up on the tele. I get fed up and just go to a coffee shop to do my work weekly report sometimes. The noise can be physically draining sometimes. I may have accumulated a lot of energy during meditation but with the kind of home environment I have, the energy seems to be drained from these loud noises. Anyway I felt sleepy during lunch time and wanted to take a nap but the noise from the tele was very distracting. Then I thought that maybe I could play Andrew Johnson's mp3 called Deep Sleep because I have had it on my iPhone for a month now but I hadn't really listened to the whole thing. So I decided to go experiment with it and put my headphones on while in bed, this also served the purpose of drowning out the noise in the living room. What happened was really not what I expected. I noticed that I have seen some images as if I was in a lucid dream. I did feel like I was in a deep sleep because by the time I opened my eyes, I felt like my body was too tired to move, much less get up. I could still hear Andrew Johnson's voice telling me to relax, etc etc. I have to admit there was something very hypnotic to it. Alas, I had experienced for myself what people were raving about when they said they recommend his Deep Sleep program for those who are having a hard time getting enough sleep. Too bad I used it during an afternoon nap. I could have benefitted from it if I used it during night time. I had never honestly thought I could be put to that deep kind of hypnotic state as that program allowed me to go really deep while still quite aware at some times. So yeah if you ever decide to try it, just don't listen to it during an afternoon nap.