user20692: When I meditate outside/outdoors, when my body becomes super relaxed, I notice my upper body starts to rock/sway forwards and backwards whenever anyone passes by, or when I am being observed from a distance. Sometimes, the rocking is fast, sometimes it is slow. Sometimes it is very soft and barely perceptible, sometimes it feels like one of those bobbers on the counter of a Chinese restaurant. It stops when the person/people go past, or observations stop.
It also stops if I telephatically make a request for it to stop. And restarts if I ask it to continue (while the people are still walking by).
Does anyone have any idea of what/why is happening?

{Edit for people who get triggered on the 'why' above in my former question: Has anyone else experienced anything like this, or know what is happening}?

(Note: When I'm deep in trance, I do not consciously observe anything or anyone - my mind is still -, yet I'm aware of everyone and everything around me, almost like I'm everywhere at once. The only thing I examine, if I get so inclined, is myself).

user-1: Rocking and swaying is caused by the arising of Rapture (Pīti) which is one of the 10 Imperfections of Insight and one of the 5 Jhana Factors.
If practicing Vipassana meditation just note it until it passes away. If it doesn't stop after a long time, make the resolution to make it stop by saying "stop" in your mind. It will then stop either after the first resolution or after a couple of them.
If practicing Samatha meditation just return to the primary meditation object, ie. the breath at the anapana-spot. Don't take either of the Jhana factors as an meditation object. It will not strengthen them but instead weaken them, thereby not leading to Jhana.

20692: <p>When I meditate outside/outdoors, when my body becomes super relaxed, I notice my upper body starts to rock/sway forwards and backwards whenever anyone passes by, or when I am being observed from a distance. Sometimes, the rocking is fast, sometimes it is slow. Sometimes it is very soft and barely perceptible, sometimes it feels like one of those bobbers on the counter of a Chinese restaurant. It stops when the person/people go past, or observations stop.</p>
<p>It also stops if I telephatically make a request for it to stop. And restarts if I ask it to continue (while the people are still walking by).</p>
<p>Does anyone have any idea of what/why is happening?</p>
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<li>{Edit for people who get triggered on the 'why' above in my former question: Has anyone else experienced anything like this, or know what is happening}?</li>
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<p>(Note: When I'm deep in trance, I do not consciously observe anything or anyone - my mind is still -, yet I'm aware of everyone and everything around me, almost like I'm everywhere at once. The only thing I examine, if I get so inclined, is myself).</p>
 -1: <p>Rocking and swaying is caused by the arising of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%ABti" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Rapture (Pīti)</em></a> which is one of the <a href="https://www.ubakhin-vipassana-meditation.org/blog/the-imperfections-of-insight" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>10 Imperfections of Insight</em></a> and one of the <a href="https://www.imsb.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/FiveJhanaFactors.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>5 Jhana Factors</em></a>.</p>
<p>If practicing Vipassana meditation just note it until it passes away. If it doesn't stop after a long time, make the resolution to make it stop by saying <strong>&quot;stop&quot;</strong> in your mind. It will then stop either after the first resolution or after a couple of them.</p>
<p>If practicing Samatha meditation just return to the primary meditation object, ie. the breath at the anapana-spot. Don't take either of the Jhana factors as an meditation object. It will not strengthen them but instead weaken them, thereby not leading to Jhana.</p>
