I have followed higher consciousness for almost 2 years now and my yawning patterns have changed. I used to breathe in when I yawned, now I don’t breathe in at all. I just open my mouth wide and my ears dont work the right way. You know, when you yawn and for some reason your hearing goes out. I have tried many methods and sorts of ways to understand the Universe and the more I communicate with higher consciousness and think things in my mind that are of a higher truth I "yawn". Some say it is because you are tired and want to go to bed "subconsciously". No one can define the subconscious or the dream world or yawning. Dreams are a gate way and a yawn tells you you are being CALLED. Your questions will be answered. We yawn in sync as higher consciousness travels from one mind to the next through the spirit realm. Yawns may cause physical response but that does NOT mean that it is caused by a physical stimuli. Science starts from the physical. Who says anything starts from the physical?
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This is one of the best responses that I have seen in the questions that I have read regarding yawning.  Those you opine that there is nothing but the physical automatically exclude themselves from understanding so much about life.\nOne of the functions of yawning is to release energy from the back of the head, or occipital region.  The entire body has negative and positive polarized areas, and the negative areas allow for release of energy that comes in through the positive receptor locations.  Major positive areas are the head and heart.  Major negative areas are the jaw, the pelvis and the feet.  Negative does not mean "bad", just that it is a place where spent energy is released.  The phenomenon of "catching" a yawn is in my own observation, related to the matching of energy by individuals.  Whatever is heing matched in terms of thoughts and feelings cycles or releases itself from the back of the head.  The explanations given by brianarnold12 are also good, as there are various nuances and dimensions dealt with.  Understanding the importance of matching energy, and understanding the value of release are major spiritual steps! :0)
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What you describe is a normal phenomena.  There are four states or stages of sleep- the first being simply a drousy state when you would still consider yourself awake, or very nearly so.  The second stage is when you no longer have conscious awareness of your surroundings, and will awaken fairly easily.  Just prior to the third stage, the brain immobilizes muscles in preparation for the third stage- dream or REM state.  This prevents or at least inhibits to a large degree- muscle movement, so you don't act out your dreams.  The 4th stage is a very deep state, which takes a bit to rouse from.  If you awaken during the transition into or out of 3rd stage sleep, it is usual to be disoriented and to feel somewhat frozen and out of control of your body.    The brain has to "reboot" everything to allow you to take full conscious control.  Normally this only takes a few seconds, and is why when you first wake you usually yawn and stretch before really feeling fully awake.  It should pass within a few seconds, as you return to complete waking state. \n  It isn't anything as exotic as astral travel or projection, it's a normal sleepy brain reaction.  You have simply become wakeful before the system fully booted.  It's happened to most people, usually if they are woken when they weren't expecting to be, or earlier than they they probably should be.
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There are many things that we do that do not require our conscious brain.  Whatever things you are talking about, perhaps the subconscious got started on it before the consciousness got involved.  When cockroaches feel stimulus on their back legs, they begin running before their conscious mind knows why they are running.  It's just like the other poster said, the impulse telling your hand to pull oout of a fire doesn't require your conscious mind to make a decision, it starts the process for you.\n\nIt's an interesting idea that this might have to do with quantum wierdness, but I think experiments woudl reject that.  I encourage you to keep thinking of things like this and hypothesizing.  Eventually you may be teaching us instead of the other way around :-)
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SLEEP TALKING\nSleep talking (somniloquy) refers to any utterance made during sleep, from one word to entire sentences. It can be brought on by stress or some illness. It is relatively harmless although disturbing to room mates. \n\nSYMPTOMS:\nSpeaking or muttering during sleep \nSleeper is not aware he is talking \nSometimes shouting, singing or moaning \nMay be associated with other sleep disorders \nMay be associated with physical or mental illness \n\nTREATMENT\nAvoid or eliminate stress. \nTry relaxation techniques or meditation. \nHave someone awaken you \n\n\n\n\nSLEEP WALKING\nSleep walking (somnambulism) refers to everything from sitting up in bed to getting up and performing detailed tasks. The sleeper does these things as though in a trance. It's relatively harmless provided the walker is protected from harmful situations like upper story windows, bunk beds and stairs.\n\nSYMPTOMS:\n\nRising from the bed during sleep \nBlank face. Stares into space \nUnresponsive when spoken to \nDifficult to awaken \nNo recall of the incident \nMay consist of sitting up making walking motions, actually walking, or even performing detailed tasks. \n\nTREATMENT\nAgain, as in nightmares, sleep talking, etc., stress can be a big factor. \nTry relaxation techniques or meditation prior to bed time. \nAvoid becoming over tired or fatigued. \nSome drugs can cause episodes of sleep walking. \nAvoid the use of alcohol. \nIf you sleep with someone, have them awaken you if you become restless. \nIf you sleep walk, make sure your surroundings are safe and obstacle free. Avoid sleeping upstairs or in an upper bunk\n\n\n\n\nNightmares\nIt's important to distinguish between nightmares and night terrors. The two occur during different stages of sleep. Night terrors occur during NREM sleep, cause screaming and thrashing about and are rarely remembered in detail.\nNightmares occur in REM sleep. They cause fear but rarely the screaming and other symptoms associated with night terrors. Nightmares can be remembered as well or badly as any other dream.\n\n\nJust Bad Dreams?\nA nightmare is in effect "just" a bad dream, albeit a very intense one. However nightmares can be extremely distressing and should not be discounted.\nDuring a nightmare the pulse may increase and the body sweat - physiological responses to a very real feeling of fear. Nightmares usually result in the sleeper waking with a feeling of fear or anxiety however this soon passes.\n\nIt's wrong to say "only children have nightmares". Certainly children seem to have more nightmares, however most adults still have them on occasion. One difference seems to be that adults are better at ignoring their nightmares. By next morning adults often forget that they had a nightmare - or at least manage to suppress the memory.\n\n\nWhat Causes Nightmares?\nThere's no single cause of nightmares. Sometimes physical factors can be involved, such as illness and/or medication. Sometimes a nightmare reflects some unusual stress or trauma in the waking world. Sometimes it is just a result of small, niggling worries that have been ignored for too long.\nNightmares rarely cause any direct physical harm beyond interrupted sleep. However they can still have an indirect impact. Even if you put the nightmare aside as "just a bad dream", you can find yourself going through the next day feeling unusually irritable, moody or depressed. An unresolved nightmare can lead to a bad day.\n\nOne suggestion is to try to "neutralise" the nightmare before going back to sleep. Lie back and visualise a positive, peaceful and happy alternative to the nightmare. If you were being chased, perhaps you turn and face the pursuer, only to discover it's a cuddly teddy bear just having fun. If you were falling, perhaps you float gently down onto a thick feather mattress covered with silk sheets. Even if you can't think of a specific alternative to the dream, be sure to conjure
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You have your conscience and subconcience in your brain. Your subconscience gets millions of different sensory input every day (things you don't notice but are there as an example). Your subconscience doesn't sleep like our conscience mind does and while your conscience is sleeping, you're subconscience is still awake and probably quite bored. The only thing it has to do it to play with itself and that's what causes dreams, it generally uses information it's stored, and sometimes created on it's own.
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If what Bean and KD Baby said were true that our bodies make us yawn to drawn in needed oxygen, wouldn't we yawn during exercise?\nIn the dictionary, yawning is said to be caused by boredom, fatigue or drowsiness. Although we do tend to yawn when bored or tired, this theory doesn't explain why Olympic athletes yawn right before they compete in their event. It's doubtful that they are bored with the world watching them.  The simple truth is that even though humans have been yawning for possibly as long as they have existed, we have no clue as to why we do it, so maybe yawning is triggered by some area of the brain we have yet to discover. We do know that yawning is not limited to man. Cats, dogs, even fish yawn, which leads us back to the idea that yawning is some form of communication.
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It is herd behavior, it signals when the herd needs to move on to something else. When one person yawns, it is passed along to 'pass the message.'
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busted on the yawning while reading...lol.  but it IS 7 am, so give me a break!\n\ni try to stifle the yawn so i will not give the impression (even if it's true) of wanting to cut off a conversation or exchange.  sometimes i can't help it though (how embarrassing) and just let 'er go, big old cavern.  then usually the other person will do it too... WHY IS THAT?\n\na yawn is not a 'tenser-upper' for me, instead it's a release... i'll stretch and yawn for 30 seconds if i have to...and sit and 'meditate' a bit longer if i can. and yes- yawns last even longer if i'm sitting here alone typing!
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In humans, and probably in all those organisms that yawn, yawning is caused by a lack of oxygen. When we are tired, we breathe less often as well as less deeply, so our bodies have evolved a way to fix that problem: forced deep breathe.
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You want an experiment you can do? Find out what happens to your mind when you are in a deep and dreamless sleep.\n\nYou will find that there is no 'mind' to have at all. It's pretty much like asking, "What happens to the light when you turn the light switch to off?"\n\nYour mind requires a certain venue to happen. It needs oxygen and nutrients to function. Without those, there is no mind to 'have'. The switch is off.\n\nBut check it out for yourself next time you are in a deep and dreamless sleep. You should be able to not see that there is no mind there to see.
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we yawn to equalise the pressure difference between our ears and the outside. when u yawn you equalise the pressure in your ears but there is a disbalance created in the atmosphere and hence others around you also start yawning....!!!!
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You really were not breathing for real before you started dreaming about it. Outside stimulus actually works itself into your brain. Think about this.... have you ever been asleep and having a dream, and your alarm clock started going off(in real life) and that noise somehow worked it's way into your dream? Or maybe this.... you are having a dream, and in your dream you hear a phone ringing, only to wake up and find that your phone really is ringing? Or how about the famous pee dream? You dream that you need to pee so you go to the bathroom and pee(in your dream), only to wake up and realize you have peed the bed? Even if you wouldn't have stopped dreaming, you wouldn't have died. The worst that would have happened is that you would have passed out, but once you passed out you would have started breathing again. It is impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath!! You will pass out first and once you do you will start breathing again.
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i think i might know what you are talking about, i think the reason y u have weird noises is because u might just be burping. when u breathe in deeply u swalow some air that needs to be released. when u yawn do u have those noises too?
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It is true-everything happens for a reason; however, the reason is not always apparent to us.  Some things we understand right away, other much later, and some issues remain beyond our understanding forever.  For example, the oaths you ate gave you nourishment which was not only physical in nature. Our mind and spirit also get  nourishment from the food we eat thus when you eat food you love, you nourish your feelings of love. The food you ate nourished your spirit also. I believe even your spelling mistakes came for a reason.  Have a look please at the misspelled words and ask yourself why your spirit did not accept some words your mind dictated and your hand wrote? By the way I am not a liberal and I do believe in science not b.s. As you know there are many types of energy in the food you eat.  Why not the spiritual energies?
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I can't remember where I heard this but someone told me it's an empathetic response. Like the more in tune you are to others feelings, the more likely you are to yawn when you see someone else do it.
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This is true,  When we die our mental self goes to some astral planes..to work out our subtle desires.  Some souls go into deep slumber in astral plane and are conscious only when they take new birth.\n\nSome souls are awakened on astral planes and enjoy/suffer experiences there..and when it is time to get their physical desires fullfilled and time to learn new lessons...they take birth in new environments\n\nReincarnation is a truth and if a book denies it, does not have any affect on the truth.\n\nAfter all Sun did not start to circle the earth, becoz a book/a relgions says that
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i once hypnotized somebody in their sleep without waking them up.  you just have to talk softly.  im not sure why they obey.