--- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > LOL. I understand. There was a period of a couple > > of years when I was studying Tibetan forms of dream > > yoga. This involved lucid dreaming ("waking up in > > dream" and controlling it), plus a number of other > > practices. That was all neat. The issues revolved > > around the Tibetan view of dreams, which is that they > > are *real*, just happening in another plane of exis- > > tence. No pussy "dreams symbolize things" stuff in > > that tradition. If some badass was chasing you in a > > dream trying to kill you, the approach taken was that > > it was a *real* badass, and that the best thing you > > could do was to wake up in the dream, stand up to it, > > kill it deader than roadkill on a Saturday night, and > > wish it well in its next incarnation before moving on > > to happier dreams. > > > > Made for some very interesting nights, lemme tell you. :-) > > I had an online friend who was really into lucid dreaming > for a while, but he didn't do it for spiritual purposes. > He did it in order to have intensely realistic dreams of > extremely kinky sex.
The things people do in the name of sex...go figure. To me it seems a lot like being satisfied jerking off to a copy of Playboy instead of just going out with a real person, but to each his or her own. Maybe it's the 90's version of safe sex. :-) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
