Oh, I manage to mention something to the air as I rise. :-) Off to Yoga. On Feb 4, 6:14 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Strange isn't it how differant minds work. I guess I must remember at > least 95% of my dreams on waking. In fact the first words out of my > mouth upon waking is most offten 'darlin' I have just had a really > strange dream'. > > On 4 Feb, 11:54, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > That would also explain waking in the midst of an orgasm or wet dream- > > or a charley horse-, I suppose.//Yes, I have been an active particpant > > in dreams containing people from real life- all very busy with action > > and dialogue- which I forget quickly on waking. > > > On Feb 3, 10:03 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm not referring to falling or flying dreams. Lucid dreams that > > > present a situation in which one is standing on a street that is > > > bustling with people and vehicular traffic amidst a frenzy of other > > > activities also presents an opportunity for the dreamer to enter into > > > a building or board a bus and consciously initiate change within the > > > dream. Within the dream I could decide where I want to go or what I > > > want to do but again the problem being unwarranted awakening from the > > > dream. > > > These are advanced stages of dreaming which I experience quite often. > > > Having conversations with people in a dream is very common for me as > > > well as being aware of the surroundings in which the dream is taking > > > place. It is trying to create interaction between the dream realm > > > and the waking conscious world that is most difficult. Something like > > > if I were to write a note and leave it under a rock at a park in my > > > dream and then find that note the next day in this life. If you have > > > never had dreams like this you wont understand it. A large part of my > > > life is my dream world. It is like another life, as if I am also > > > living in my dreams as well as living here. > > > Sure there is a connection with the physical here and the dream so one > > > could easily wake up sweating with a rapid heart beat or shake about > > > in bed because that is at least one connection that we know exists. > > > The connection of the person in the dream with the person lying in the > > > bed. I had received an electric shock once within a dream and my arm > > > jumped back in bed as I was wakening. I could still feel the physical > > > reaction to getting shocked but there were no wires or electrical > > > devices in the bed so I had to be somewhere else at the time of > > > receiving the shock. The shock had to be real if my arm reacted to > > > it. How much further could I have navigated within the dream if I > > > didn't wake up? > > > > On Feb 3, 9:13 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Long ago I had dreams about falling and would wake to catch myself > > > > about to roll off the edge of the bed so perhaps that is a form of > > > > control. But whose control? The dreamer or the dream?// Another thing- > > > > I wake knowing I have dreamed but the dream is often forgotten. How > > > > does the brain know this? Sometimes the only clue is a nether state > > > > which lasts until I am up and about plus a cup of coffee. > > > > > On Feb 2, 10:00 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > It is not about controlling the dream but of having control within the > > > > > dream. There is a point within the dream that beyond knowing that I > > > > > am dreaming I can have instances of consciousness in decision making > > > > > as to what I want to do in the dream and where I want to go. Problem > > > > > being that just then when I'm about to initiate a personal voluntary > > > > > action within the dream I begin waking up, sometimes gradually but > > > > > most often abruptly, like being ripped out of the place I know I was > > > > > in. > > > > > > On Feb 2, 4:09 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > You can't control a sleeping dream- try daydreaming. > > > > > > > On Feb 2, 3:35 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > That dreams are illusory is speculative. A dream can be much > > > > > > > more if > > > > > > > only one could stay within it long enough to navigate. One of my > > > > > > > problems with dreams is waking up from them too soon, mainly just > > > > > > > when > > > > > > > I'm achieving some control within them. > > > > > > > > On Jan 28, 11:49 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > We have discussed this topic before; however, here Alan > > > > > > > > presents a > > > > > > > > very cogent and insightful view of lucid dreaming and dream > > > > > > > > yoga. Does > > > > > > > > this help with any of your personal > > > > > > > > insights?http://www.tricycle.com/feature/3652-1.html?page=0,0-Hidequotedtext- > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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