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Lucid Dreaming
Matty:
--- Quote from: V2DHeart on April 17, 2015, 04:05:05 AM ---Had sleep paralysis once, and it was the worst experience of my life.
There's a very fine line between Sleep paralysis and an OBE. What has worked for me is when entering the sleep paralysis state, I know it's about to occur as soon as I get the full on body tingling feeling about 10 - 30 seconds beforehand. The trick, at least for me is to think positively as if I were an all powerful, untouchable being, with 'mind-power' like telekinesis mentality. If you panic, or worry then manifestations and feeling associated with fear with become apparent. This is why positive thinking is important.
Rewarding experience, especially if you can do it all the time. It is in a sense - doubling your life since we spend half of it asleep. At least in the lucid state, we can get answers, and explore more.
Has anyone had a lucid nightmare yet?
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nope but i think the nature of lucidity is such that a nightmare wouldn't be quite what it is normally. ie you are in control so can fully meet the darker aspects of yourself, as opposed to a nightmare which seems to stem from resistance/repression of that stuff. in charlie's book he describes it as our shadow self and the chance to meet that manifestation is a great opportunity to integrate/overcome things. the more repressed that energy is the more intense or uncontrolled it may be in the dream state. there does seem to be other dark stuff that can pop up due to 'external' influence, but is harder to pin down.
something i found out about my lucid experience was that it wasn't a fully fleshed lucid dream per se but more of what they call (at least in tibetan buddhism) as a clear light experience - ie a taste of full awakening. it was very short but it became more and more obvious things haven't been the same since then. something happened or clicked and everything is now very different to before. it's most noticeable with aspects my visual perception, interesting stuff 8)
dnjp4life:
Sleep paralysis is indeed quite a scary experience. I tend to experience it if I wake in the night and lie extremely still on my back trying to get back to sleep. That's when you get that horrible sinking feeling as if you're falling or something is sitting on top of you and you get a flash of some dark presence in the room. It freaks me out but I actually quite enjoy the experience when I realise what has just happened.
I'd like to explore this topic further, especially the whole lucid dreaming thing. I think I may have experienced this before but possibly got it confused with sleep paralysis.
Matty:
--- Quote from: dnjp4life on April 19, 2015, 03:00:36 AM ---Sleep paralysis is indeed quite a scary experience. I tend to experience it if I wake in the night and lie extremely still on my back trying to get back to sleep. That's when you get that horrible sinking feeling as if you're falling or something is sitting on top of you and you get a flash of some dark presence in the room. It freaks me out but I actually quite enjoy the experience when I realise what has just happened.
I'd like to explore this topic further, especially the whole lucid dreaming thing. I think I may have experienced this before but possibly got it confused with sleep paralysis.
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check out the videos posted in this topic and you'll know a lot more about it than most people, including some techniques to increase the chances of it happening...
Desert Lord:
i'm interested in this topic for quiet a while now...i missed this thread somehow. i'll check out the videos when i find some time
Desert Lord:
--- Quote from: Infinite on January 23, 2015, 02:01:29 PM ---
--- Quote from: Sccit on January 23, 2015, 12:51:13 PM --- sleep paralysis
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what's that?
...and yes, Lucid Dreaming is a fascinating topic and props for the thread. There is a whole movie about this called "Waking Life" which is one of the greatest movies ever made, the movie is half cartoon imagery and half real acting and fades in and out to create a dreamlike state.
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thank you for the inspiration...watched the movie yesterday and it was very fascinating
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