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- From: dbsbanka@solomon.technet.sg (Teo Pit Koon)
- Subject: Re: Reality Test
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- References: <1993Jan20.173742.1@daryl.colorado.edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:23:31 GMT
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- Greetings and peace :-)-
- windsphire@daryl.colorado.edu wrote:
-
- >>>>It would be nice to have a simple "reality check." I've heard in alt.dreams
- >>>>(yeah, I know, this is drifting a bit from oobe) that perpetually asking
- >>>>yourself "am I dreaming?" during *all* phases of your life will enhance
- >>>>reality checks, but I keep forgetting to do this! :-(
- >
- >I missed the origins of this thread... it seems like there are two issues
- >to reality checks... One is remembering to make them, or having them
- >auto-initiated based on some stimuli (which seems to be the principle behind
- >the dreamlight), and another, related issue, is what types of tests to
-
- The first issue would be a non-issue I presume. At the moment
- when you get caught up in Reality, (meaning you are confused :-), you would
- naturally wish to have some means to test it, and if you have a method
- handy in your mind, you will be able to use it right there and then.
-
- >perform. One classical technique I've found effective (although not always
- >applicable) is to read any text that is present, look away, and then
- >read it again. If it says the same thing the second time, you are probably
- >awake, if not, you are most likely dreaming. I haven't tested this
- >technique with oobe. As for the former... remembering to make the checks,
-
- I suspect this does not work ALL the time, and like the flying
- test mentioned elsewhere, would not be a good candidate for RT.
-
- >I think the Neurolinguistic technique of 'anchoring' or associating
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >certain mind states with common stimuli may be effective. It seems to be
- >the mechanism at work with the 'am I dreaming' routine, but in a
- >hit or miss fashion. The best approach may be to take several common,
-
- Hmm... Neuro-something-or-the-other? Huh? Perhaps you can make it
- clearer by giving specific examples?
-
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