ok, 2 things here: 1st is an experience requesting an explaination, the 2nd being a question 1. ok, so before i started looking into AP i was a casual 'inner light' meditator. i usual spent about 20 minutes a night meditating before going to sleep, about 3 times per week. about 2 and a half weeks ago now (think it was a saturday) i awoke in my still sleeping body. i thought it rather strange as i could hear my snoring, was aware of everything going on around me, yet i couldnt move my body, make a noise, or even breathe (my body was automatically breathing). i couldnt see anything so it was clear i was still in my body, yet after approx. 5 minutes (not sure exactly) i slowly began to be able to see my ceiling, as if my eyes were open. i stayed like this for about 10 seconds then woke up normally. this is what caused me to ask my 'mentor' who suggested AP. any ideas?