Hi Bruce,

I sometimes meditate in the middle of the night, then go back to sleep for a couple of hours. Just prior to goint to sleep (or sometimes when I awake again, especially after a lucid dream or OBE), I get an 'ear strobe effect' in my right ear (when I lie on the left side).

My inner ear feels like it is pulsating every 10 seconds. It's like it contracts and I can sort of feel myself falling a bit during the contraction, and definitely feel my consciousness loosening from the physical body. It's commonly accompanied by the pre-OBE random sounds (people chatting, sound of radio, etc. even though it's silent in the room). But it has it's own sound during the contraction, it's like a white-noise hissing, then it ends with a little 'pop', then it starts again after a few seconds.

Do you know what this is?

Thanks