12-05-2009, 12:00 AM
hey some guy
i could be wrong about this, but my experience of dreaming seems to indicate that what you call astral travel is one particular level of dreaming. dreaming is
not simply limited to one level. astral travel is. so what you've got here is a situation very much like you see in geometry, where " all squares are
rectangles - but not all rectangles are squares". in other words, astral travel is dreaming - but not all dreaming is astral travel.
the point of the third gate of dreaming is that you've gained enough power to explore the physical world with your dreaming body - in real time. i suppose
this is what some people might call out of body experiencing. be aware that there is a difference between this and dreaming in the astral plane. one involves a
dreaming construct here in the physical world, and the other involves a dreaming construct in the astral world. the most important thing to become aware of is
that dreaming itself is endless. it's not just one type of experience. what you call your physical body is a dream. so is the nonsense we experience when
we sleep. so are the encounters with inorganic beings in sorceric dreaming, and so is taking a hit of acid. the only requirement for dreaming that i can see
is a displacement of the assemblage point from the place it normally occupies. so it's really just a change in perception, and for many of us, it's
more accessible while sleeping.
i could be wrong about this, but my experience of dreaming seems to indicate that what you call astral travel is one particular level of dreaming. dreaming is
not simply limited to one level. astral travel is. so what you've got here is a situation very much like you see in geometry, where " all squares are
rectangles - but not all rectangles are squares". in other words, astral travel is dreaming - but not all dreaming is astral travel.
the point of the third gate of dreaming is that you've gained enough power to explore the physical world with your dreaming body - in real time. i suppose
this is what some people might call out of body experiencing. be aware that there is a difference between this and dreaming in the astral plane. one involves a
dreaming construct here in the physical world, and the other involves a dreaming construct in the astral world. the most important thing to become aware of is
that dreaming itself is endless. it's not just one type of experience. what you call your physical body is a dream. so is the nonsense we experience when
we sleep. so are the encounters with inorganic beings in sorceric dreaming, and so is taking a hit of acid. the only requirement for dreaming that i can see
is a displacement of the assemblage point from the place it normally occupies. so it's really just a change in perception, and for many of us, it's
more accessible while sleeping.