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Hachan A

The Right Answer to the "How Can I Stop Snoring?" Question - 0 views

Last year, I underwent a sleep apnea test and found out that I am really suffering from sleep apnea. As my doctor recommended, I started to use CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) but it was...

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Aitor Calero García

Lucid Dreaming Frequently Asked Questions Answered by The Lucidity Institute - 0 views

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  • realization that you are in a dream and there will be no social or physical consequences of your actions
  • For example, one young man dreamt of being pursued by a lion. When he had no place left to run, he realized he was dreaming and called to the lion to "come and get him." The challenge turned into a playful wrestling match, and the lion became a sexy woman (NightLight 1.4, 1989, p. 13). Monsters often transform into benign creatures, friends, or empty shells when courageously confronted in lucid dreams. This is an extremely empowering experience. It teaches you in a very visceral manner that you can conquer fear and thereby become stronger
  • Examples of such applications include public speaking, difficult confrontations, artistic performance and athletic prowess.
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  • neuronal patterns of activation required for a skill (like a ski jump or pirouette) can be established in the dream state in preparation for performance in the waking world
  • Not only does lucid dreaming lead to questioning the nature of reality, but for many it also has been a source of transcendent experience. Exalted and ecstatic states are common in lucid dreams
  • Just as skill practice in a dream can enhance waking performance, healing dream imagery may improve physical health
  • practice of physical skills by stroke and spinal cord injury patients to encourage recovery of neuromuscular function, enjoyment of sexual satisfaction by people with lower body sensory loss (fully satisfying dream sex requires only mental stimulation!), more rapid recovery from injury or disease through the use of lucid dream imagery, and an increased sense of freedom for anyone who feels limited by disability or circumstance
  • many lucid dreamers report using dreams for problem solving and artistic inspiration
  • Dreams of death can actually be insightful experiences about life, rebirth, and transcendence
  • dreams are not messages, but models of the world
  • These biases are difficult to identify while awake, so a world based entirely on such biases, the world of dreams, can help us to recognize them
  • There is a biological obstacle to living in lucid dreams: we have a limited amount of REM sleep
  • Lucid dreams can be signposts for how you can make your waking reality more exciting and enjoyable
  • The best predictor of success with lucid dreaming is the ability to remember dreams
  • This helps you to recognize them as dreams while they are still happening. Second, it is possible that with poor dream recall, you may actually have lucid dreams that you do not remember!
  • If the characters do change, or are not normal, or do not make sense, then you are most probably dreaming
  • Decide on something you would like to do in your next lucid dream
  • elements of dreams that indicate that you are dreaming
  • repeat the procedure so that the last thing in your mind before falling asleep is your intention to remember to recognize the next time you are dreaming
  • lucidity seemed to come easier in afternoon naps
  • awaken one hour earlier than usual, stay awake for 30 to 60 minutes, then go back to sleep
  • During the wakeful period, read about lucid dreaming, practice reality checks and then do MILD as you are falling asleep
  • one per month to up to four a night (at which point he could have lucid dreams at will) over the course of three years
  • The dreamer's task is to notice the flashing lights in the dream and remember that they are cues to become lucid
  • Be like a poker player with an ideal hand. Relax and engage with the dream rather than withdrawing into your inner joy of accomplishment
  • HOW CAN I PREVENT WAKING UP AS SOON AS I BECOME LUCID?
  • the technique of "spinning" can often restore the dream
  • the essential element was the sensation of motion, not relaxation
  • create angular momentum (or the sensation of it), by spinning around your axis
  • this sensory engagement with the dream discourages the brain from changing state from dreaming to waking
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