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[shadegenkai]

yesterday I was meditating and gathering some energy but when I got done I started thinking about some new moves for my character and some new clothes. When I finished that though I felt wierd like I didn't belong in my body like I was more of the character than me. Does anyone know what this means?

[issacweirdo]

I started thinking about some new moves for my character and some new clothes. When I finished that though I felt wierd like I didn't belong in my body like I was more of the character than me. Does anyone know what this means?

Ok, first of all who is this "character" you are referring to?

[The Adfeng]

yesterday I was meditating and gathering some energy but when I got done I started thinking about some new moves for my character and some new clothes. When I finished that though I felt wierd like I didn't belong in my body like I was more of the character than me. Does anyone know what this means?

At one point, actually recently and it happens often, I randomly feel like I'm not inside my body and it's just my body walking, as if I'm just being controlled.  That's when I ponder life about what really is life, and consciousness.

But yes, as Issac asked, what is this character you are talking about?

[issacweirdo]

At one point, actually recently and it happens often, I randomly feel like I'm not inside my body and it's just my body walking, as if I'm just being controlled.  That's when I ponder life about what really is life, and consciousness.

I feel like that all the time. It's weird, since I used to feel so grounded in my body. Now I feel like a complete stranger; it doesn't bother me anymore. I just view the body that I have as a suit that can't be taken off. Everything just feels so distant, like the movements of my body or my facial expressions.

This is in context only if The Adfeng correctly interpreted your question. Yes, I'm saying "interpreted" since I'm still unsure of what your exact question is.

[shadegenkai]

yeah I probably should have asked more clearly but the character I was talking about is one from the manga's I draw (japanese comics I do them in english though) and I was talking about my main character his name is shade. What I was saying though was that I felt more like him then me. It's weird though because he's based on me or a part of me all of my characters are.

[Birth]

I still feel that way. I'm not sure if it's a normal thing to go through. Perhaps our physical body is not in touch with our conscious or sub-conscious? Maybe, when you meditated, your thoughts did not completely collect in its right place? Who knows.

[The Adfeng]

yeah I probably should have asked more clearly but the character I was talking about is one from the manga's I draw (japanese comics I do them in english though) and I was talking about my main character his name is shade. What I was saying though was that I felt more like him then me. It's weird though because he's based on me or a part of me all of my characters are.

The human mind often tries to be what it is not.  You see yourself in Shade, therefore your mind wishes to be Shade.  It is just a psychological thing that is happening.  If you look hard enough, you'll find yourself in other people.  Then you'll try to become like them, or try to adapt something they do into your life.  I've done it before, and it happens.

[Notagh]

yesterday I was meditating and gathering some energy but when I got done I started thinking about some new moves for my character and some new clothes. When I finished that though I felt wierd like I didn't belong in my body like I was more of the character than me. Does anyone know what this means?

At one point, actually recently and it happens often, I randomly feel like I'm not inside my body and it's just my body walking, as if I'm just being controlled.  That's when I ponder life about what really is life, and consciousness.

  Perhaps you have sensed your subconscious running your body on autopilot.
This doesn't randomly happen to me, but it does happen if I try to think about it, so I try to avoid thinking about it.

[The Adfeng]

yesterday I was meditating and gathering some energy but when I got done I started thinking about some new moves for my character and some new clothes. When I finished that though I felt wierd like I didn't belong in my body like I was more of the character than me. Does anyone know what this means?

At one point, actually recently and it happens often, I randomly feel like I'm not inside my body and it's just my body walking, as if I'm just being controlled.  That's when I ponder life about what really is life, and consciousness.

  Perhaps you have sensed your subconscious running your body on autopilot.
This doesn't randomly happen to me, but it does happen if I try to think about it, so I try to avoid thinking about it.

Weird thing is, if I think about what it's like to die, I feel the same way sort of.

[ClueLou]

Well, to put it bluntly, feels like in a dream/play/act and everything seems like it's scripted and rehearsed.... don't know how else to explain it.

[K-Mentalz]

Well in my humble opinion, I think that know one is really who they think they are. You, "yourself" is basically a "character" that formed and manifested itself after years of life experience of reacting and adapting to an environment. During the critical phase of infancy, based off of your environment, your brain wires itself according to the way you react to your environment; and thats how your "personality" or "character" comes to be. With that being said, you can literally be who you want to be just by thinking in a different way. Actors are masters of doing this. They easily become different "characters" all the time because they study the script of their "character," learns how they react to their environment, and then manifest their "character" into themselves based off what they know about their "character."

So in a way, this is what you have done "unconsciously" by reading about your character in a manga; and like what Adfeng said, "You see yourself in Shade, therefore your mind wishes to be Shade." Because your brain goes into a receptive-state when you meditate, by you thinking about and wanting to be your character, your subconscious mind probably took all of that information in. So, when you got done meditating, your mind probably thought that you really were Shade. It seems to me that you consciously picked up on this and that probably explains why you didn't feel like you were in your body.

I hope that cleared some stuff up for you. And again, this is just my opinion based off what I know about psychology. 

[The Adfeng]

I hope that cleared some stuff up for you. And again, this is just my opinion based off what I know about psychology. 

As such for me.  I've only taken one class on psychology, and by no means do I know everything about psychology.