John Tan suffered insomnia and energy imbalances for a decade. Only anatta solved his problem

Highly relate; this was particularly bad for a few years where never really felt like drifted off into deep sleep, felt like awareness penetrated everything. dreams were also made of thought more than substantial image. not as bad as once was, but awareness still penetrates sleep consistently. I am conscious of waking up at least a dozen times every night. energy practices seem to be a consistent pointer for where 'I am'; going to go back and look into those again

Mr. AMB do u feel tired in the day ?

Yin Ling yes, especially with a dip in the middle of the day. i've never had a ton of energy, it's always felt like i'm exuding it everywhere

Mr. AMB thanks. I see. from my xp, I sleep deeply at night but I only need about 6 hours and have plenty of energy through the day - I wake up without an alarm, no snooze, can do one weight lifting session and sometimes a walk in the morning and never needed any nap. It is awesome.

Yin Ling To be completely honest I feel I Am being lived; I don't entirely feel in control of what decisions are made. I'm unsure if this is conceptually 'learning of No-Self too soon' or an 'unhealthy solar plexus chakra' but the mind might think of a way to do something more efficiently and then the body does whatever the body does anyway. There is a sense of disconnect; I will not claim enlightenment when actions clearly show lingering attachments of suffering, and I think there might be aspects of unskillful practice that could be corrected.

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Soh Wei Yu sounds rough!

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Mr. AMB You are in I AM phase? Have you experienced nondual?

Soh Wei Yu yeah I would say that's pretty accurate -- I am clearly in I Am and I have had nondual experience but not realization

Everything in life feels like one constant conversation with Self

I see.. i trust if you have been following atr you will know how to progress into nondual and anatta, namely the four aspects of i am, two stanzas of anatta and two nondual contemplation

Soh Wei Yu I've had an intuition that this is like a bubble that will only burst when the bubble bursts -- this tracks, thank you for the pointer. Where I would like to ask now is regarding energy practices -- namely my nervous system feels more sensitive than ever. I need a blanket or a long-sleeve shirt or it feels like energy is dissolving off of me and I feel cold constantly; last summer I wore a coat when it was 80 degrees out so I was cold until the body got too hot and started sweating, which made me cold again. It feels like I am somewhere where energy practices actually really matter now, like there is more danger here than there used to be. I feel like I might expand into nothingness and drift away. There is a *very* strong message that I am 'navigating the subtle body'. Is this just more stories of the ego?

If you actively challenge and investigate along these lines, you will break through to anatta within one year. I took less than one year and many others too.

It will be interesting for sleep research to see how is the brain waves like during such awareness sleep.