10-31-2002, 12:00 AM
Hi safi,
Sounds like a very strange lucid dream. Interesting to read, but I gather it wasn't too much fun . When you're tired, you may often find yourself in a lucid state of awareness. The only annoyance with this, is that it is sometimes difficult to know what you plan to do. Try keeping a plan of what you wish to do in this state in the background of your mind, so when something like this happens again you will remember.
The two techniques below (which come from one of Castaneda's books) work very well as a simple approach for entering dreaming, and achieving a certain wish in such a state.
Entering Dreaming
The best way to enter into dreaming is to concentrate on the area just at the tip of the sternum, at the top of the belly. The attention needed for dreaming stems from that area. In my case, I like to imagine golden light energy radiating outwards from the sternum, and up through my body. I just focus my attention on this process, while I rest.
Using the Will
The energy needed in order to move and to seek in dreaming stems from the area an inch or two below the belly button. That energy is the will , or the power to select, to assemble your perception.
If you find yourself paralysed or with little control in a dream, focusing on this point while gently guiding your intent to break away from this state and become fully in control, is the single most effective technique I have used.
Also, I would call astral projection, something that it is attainable within the lucid dreaming state. It is not necessarily an either/or situation.
Hope that helps,
Explora
Sounds like a very strange lucid dream. Interesting to read, but I gather it wasn't too much fun . When you're tired, you may often find yourself in a lucid state of awareness. The only annoyance with this, is that it is sometimes difficult to know what you plan to do. Try keeping a plan of what you wish to do in this state in the background of your mind, so when something like this happens again you will remember.
The two techniques below (which come from one of Castaneda's books) work very well as a simple approach for entering dreaming, and achieving a certain wish in such a state.
Entering Dreaming
The best way to enter into dreaming is to concentrate on the area just at the tip of the sternum, at the top of the belly. The attention needed for dreaming stems from that area. In my case, I like to imagine golden light energy radiating outwards from the sternum, and up through my body. I just focus my attention on this process, while I rest.
Using the Will
The energy needed in order to move and to seek in dreaming stems from the area an inch or two below the belly button. That energy is the will , or the power to select, to assemble your perception.
If you find yourself paralysed or with little control in a dream, focusing on this point while gently guiding your intent to break away from this state and become fully in control, is the single most effective technique I have used.
Also, I would call astral projection, something that it is attainable within the lucid dreaming state. It is not necessarily an either/or situation.
Hope that helps,
Explora