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I did this as a teen but I wasn't trying to meditate. I just wanted to listen to my favourite albums without any distractions. Anyway, I'd almost always fall asleep. How do you stay awake?

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I guess coffee helps. But yes, the line is thin, I also often feel like sleeping. It's much easier to enter this state while well-rested, i.e. in the morning or afternoon, not before bed.

But I think what psychologically helps is also doing this not in bed, if possible, because we have bed mostly associated with sleep.

But yes, it certainly requires some focus on not allowing oneself to sleep.

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