I take back what I said about wishing I hadn’t bought Gotu Kola, because I had a very interesting experience the other night with Gotu Kola and Chamomile. Read on…
I went to bed as usual, but happened to wake up in the early hours of the morning, about 3:45am. I didn’t really feel sleepy, so I decided to try another experiment. I took 500mg Gotu Kola plus 750mg Chamomile Flowers. Then, after watching TV in bed for a while, rolled over and went to sleep…
After a while, I went into that state where to wake up on the border between wake and sleep, you know, where you become aware that you’re lying on your bed, but you still feel like you’re in a kind of dreamy state.
In the past, I have found that all I need to do in this state is focus on my body and then the vibrations start, and this incident was no exception. Instantly the vibrations came on. I actually really enjoy this moment, I find it really exciting. This went on for a while, until it got to the point where I could hear a loud sound in my ears. In the past, I have found that if I try to roll whilst in this state, I actually roll out of my body and end up stood in my dream bedroom. I tried to do that this time, but just couldn’t move at all, it was really frustrating. I tried so hard, and then suddenly I rolled over but instantly realised that my physical body had actually rolled over and I was no longer in the dream state I was in.
So, although this was frustrating that it didn’t quite work out, it a really good breakthrough. I’m curious to know if it would have still happened if I’d used only Gotu Kola, because I have more of that left than the Chamomile Flowers.
The only problem with this, is that the following morning at work, I was still slightly buzzing, and felt a bit more hyperactive than my normal relaxed self. Also, later on in the day, my head started to feel slightly weird, like a slight pain, but that could have been partly down to lack of sleep plus having just received some distressing news during the day.
The good thing about doing it the way I did it though, was that it didn’t interrupt the main part of my sleep, which it did previously when taking it before bed.
Focusing on Chamomile on more detail, this may not be necessary because it’s main constituents are tryptophan and calcium, both of which are in my diet quite a lot anyway. Also, Gotu Kola is known as being able to stimulate the mind whilst simultaneously relaxing the muscles.
Next time, I may try 500mg Gotu Kola in the early hours of the morning, see what that does.
I love that moment though, when you spontaneously become concious on the boundary of sleep, and then the vibrations and intense feelings happen, that’s really exciting! Any advice about what to do in that situation? Just continue to focus on the body? Visualise objects?