April 19th, 2011
You get ready for bed and drift comfortably off to sleep, as you do every night. Later that night, perhaps, in the early morning hours when REM sleep (the stage of sleep most associated with dreaming) is most common, you begin to dream. But this time there is an amazing difference. You do not experience a dream passively, as though watching a movie that is later remembered. You are astonished to discover that “you”—the same awake, aware you that is present during your waking life—is now fully awake and aware within the dream! You explore this amazing new state of being and find it inhabited by people you can talk to, places you are able to journey to (often by flying) and things and surroundings that seem as real as your regular waking world.
After the dream ends and you wake up in your bedroom, you are struck by the intensity and profundity of what you have just experienced. You have experienced Lucid Dreaming. Lucid Dreaming can occur spontaneously, but it can also be learned as a result of practice of specific techniques (or induction methods) which make it possible to experience it much more often. Several authors, most notably LaBerge, have created such lucid dreaming techniques, but most can take months to learn and practice. Here is a new Lucid Dreaming technique you can learn and practice which may allow you to experience lucid dreaming for yourself, but without the large investment of time and effort many other methods require. Simply follow the instructions as closely as you can. No lengthy preparations are required. You might begin experiencing lucid dreaming tonight, or some other night in the very near future! Read more
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April 19th, 2011
This is a simple exercise with which to begin out-of-body travel (astral projection), and one that gives you the opportunity to check your progress. The idea is to focus in on someone with whom you are closely connected, such as a friend or a family member, and allow a portion of your consciousness to travel there (to their location).
The first consideration is to create the right conditions and environment in which to practice this technique. It is best to lie down on a comfortable bed, in a room that is warm enough that you can wear loose, very comfortable clothing and neither be too cold nor too warm. The room should be relatively dark (it need not be completely dark, but close) so that you can see very little or no light through the lids of your eyes, when you close your eyes. This will of course mean turning off all the lights, if it is nighttime, and will require closing curtains and blinds during the day. You may even need to obtain extra blackout curtains or place cloth over windows during the day, to block out nearly all the light. It is important to not use a blindfold. Your body should be unconstrained, as you learn this—wear loose clothing, so you are very comfortable, remove all watches, shoes, neckties, timepieces, belts and other jewelry, such that there is little or no bodily sensation from these things. It is best not to put a blanket or sheet over yourself—or only a very lightweight one. You should be able to lie down comfortably, be at a comfortable temperature, see little or no light through your closed eyelids and be so relaxed and comfortable that you can barely feel your body. You should also be in a room that is private, quiet and where no-one will disturb you as you practice. Read more
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April 18th, 2011
After you have some experience (and hopefully some success) with Astral Projection Exercise #1, you may wish to add this potentially powerful technique to make it easier to leave the body. You can practice both exercises (at different times, of course) to maximize your learning.
In this exercise, lie down as before: in a dark room with eyes closed, on a comfortable bed, wearing loose & comfortable clothing without watches or jewelry, and so you are not too cold nor too warm.
Now gently focus on your breathing—gently focus, without effort or undue attention—and you will begin to grow relaxed. The object of this relaxing is to achieve a state of deep rest, approaching sleep, and perhaps you will fall asleep, but as you gain control you will be able to remain in a hypnogogic state—the “borderland” state between waking and sleep, and near sleep. The breathing has a soporific effect, and lowers you—as it does when you begin to sleep—to the relaxed stage, almost to the verge of sleep. This is the critical point, almost to the verge of sleep.
When you begin to experience yourself at this point (between awake and sleep states), gently, without disturbing the relaxation, begin to feel the energy body within you. Yes, there is your physical body, which is approaching sleep, but there is also this energy body. Release the feeling of your physical body, and feel only your energy body. One of the ways you will likely feel it will be as a tingling of energy, a feeling of energy. This is your astral body. Read more
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