Just a PS:
Matt:
Another thing I was playing with was trying to put my sense of self into inanimate objects to try and observe a lack of separation between me and the object. The goal was to try and take the point of view of the object and look back on me (more like feel/intuit back on me from the 'outside').
It might be useful to interpret what was happening here as an indication of the arbitrary and illusory nature of the "feeling of point of view", rather than an indicator of lack of separation between you and the object, which I'm guessing is much more clear to you when in PCE/EE mode, when the sense of union isn't really there.
Matt Lowrey:
Ah cool. Would it be beneficial as an actualist to understand these stages better intellectually (quick scan of the insight stages on the recommended book let me know I understand them from experience) and thus assist in pointing them out faster? Or in understanding the nanas and jhanas? I haven't read about them at all yet.
Most people I know of having gotten AF had at least some insight attainments. Although I don't have enough data to recommend going one way or the other. You already clearly have a grasping of how it works, so you could just do that for as long as it is working, and then inquire further here in the forum if you get stuck.
Matt:
Another point of investigation has been around the senses. I had some insight into sensing occurring at the senses where in I had a very close to PCE (EE I guess)...sense of boundlessness at the fringes, awesome vision, sense of amazement or magic, self kind of chilling in the back seat. Actually a difficult point for me since that point has been in understanding the implications of sense occurring at the senses. The focus of which has been in searching for that boundlessness again, I am guessing that I am chasing further insight into this point rather than trying to be happy and harmless like a good little actualist.
Whatever works. In general you can bear in mind that if you can feel it out, or intuit its existence, it's not apperception. Beware of falling into a 'good actualist' trip, just stick to whatever works and enjoy yourself

Matt:
On a side note today the energy phenomenon has happened maybe 20 times including a very intense quite uncomfortable experience while I was having a nap (hasn't happened with that intensity for a long time). It seems giving these these issues some attention has stirred them up! Ha.
The few weeks and months after stream-entry are very powerful energy-wise. This is to be expected and will eventually settle down. One thing I have noticed in myself is that in those moments when one is between sleep and wakeful consciousness, energy phenomena will
seem to be much stronger than they actually are when one is fully awake. In these nebulous states of mind, one might have the sensation that one is on the verge of something enormous, only to have it fade away upon fully waking up.
My conjecture is that in the absence of sensory input, what would otherwise seem like a weak and vague stirring of the feeling-body now takes on a full-fledged hallucinatory dimension. After concluding this was the case, I found it interesting to let the energy phenomena go all the way, which in the dream-like transitory state of near-sleep 'felt dangerous', but actually didn't turn out to be at all so. If you really let it go, you will probably enter a dream where your head explodes, or where you are getting enlightened and can suddenly fly, or where you are being bathed by the white light of god, or whatever weird delusion strikes your dreaming fancy at the time. It can be fun, but is of little consequence

These strong dreams can feel very vivid, and are usually indications of the A&P stage.
Matt:
I have been following your experiences on the forum and will continue to do so. Thanks for providing me with this info much appreciated.
My pleasure