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- Path: sparky!uunet!seq!brownt
- From: brownt@seq.uncwil.edu (brown todd francis)
- Subject: Re: WILD
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.144115.20725@seq.uncwil.edu>
- Keywords: lucid dream induction
- Organization: Univ. of North Carolina @ Wilmington
- References: <1992Dec17.191312.1243@seq.uncwil.edu> <1992Dec18.192722.24687@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 14:41:15 GMT
- Lines: 62
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- bdd@onion.eng.hou.compaq.com (Bruce D. Davis) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Dec17.191312.1243@seq.uncwil.edu> you write:
-
- >>Up until now all of my lucid dreams have been spontaneous and
- >>I don't always remember what I wanted to do. In fact, much of
- >>my lucidity has been wasted on trying to decide what to do.
- >>
-
- >a nit:
- >i don't believe they're actually 'spontaneous'; your conscious mind
- >just doesn't know their origin! they have a 'cause' which originates
- >in the unconscious if you will...
-
- Good point. Part of my research has been to seek out these 'causes'
- and note them. While many induction methods work well under the
- right conditions, it now seems to me that hypnagogia is the best way
- to reliably re-enter the lucid dream
-
- >>I mean, hey, when your's omnipotent it can be rather daunting,
- >>right? (Anybody see ST:TNG "Q-Me?")...
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > huh?
-
- Oh, please excuse my brief reference. Only us "trekkies" would pick
- right up on it... I was referring to the Star Trek: The Next
- Generation (ST:STNG) episode entitled "Q-Me" which is about a race
- of god-like omnipotent beings. In this episode, a normal "appearing"
- human female learns that she is one of the omnipotent "Q-continuum."
- She notes that this knowledged of omnipotence can be rather daunting,
- as is this knowledge within the lucid dreamstate, hence my reference.
-
-
- >>Anyway, by using the Tibetan technique of visualizing a
- >>concrete form, I was able to follow this form back into the
- >>dream. It was incredible and I really feel like I can do
- >>this anytime I want to now. Has anyone else been working with
- >>this technique?
-
- >this is also useful for OOBEs. we usually visualize a window
- ^^
- What do you mean we? Have you been successful with oobe induction?
- Please elucidate on your technique.
-
-
- >the movie _Dreamscape_ (Dennis Quade, Eddie Albert, Chris Plummer and Kate Kapshaw)
- >is pretty much (hollywood's) definitive work on lucid dreams. fairly well done...
-
-
- Ah yes, excellent movie. I have seen it a number of times. I think it
- has the best footage of REM in the sleep lab that I have ever seen.
-
- Once of the premises of the movie which I just saw repeated in last
- week's episode of "Beyond Reality" is the concept of "matching" EEG
- traces with another to enter the other's dream. While it is fictional,
- and quite interesting, our knowledge of brain waves doesn't come near
- this close yet. Hollywood has a way of jumping the gun.
-
- >bruce (spin doktor)
-
- Michael Shea (brownt@seq.uncwil.edu)
-
-