I've added investigation of space to my body scans.
I do this in two ways (with closed eyes):
1) Attending to the bodily sensation of space in the six cardinal directions outside the body.
2) Attending to the boundary between space and body.
Here's what I've observed:
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Felt space and seen space are separate.
In everyday awareness they combine to create a seamless, correlated experience.
Like the proprioception of walking and the movement of the visual field.
Or grasping out to grab a hot cup.
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i got a taste of this from sleep paralysis hallucinations - i’d very often get strong proprioceptive hallucinations of a particular person being in the room but without a correspondingly strong visual hallucination
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Oh exactly. Neat data point. Did you have any visual hallucination e.g. an empty room?