Did you find it was the realisation that you were in a dream that started it?VapoFish said:I've done both lucid dreaming & astral projection.
Astral projection is ntense. Years ago there was a period of about three months when I actively flew over my neighborhood. I felt myself rising and floating in whatever direction I chose. Awesome. It wasn't something I was trying to achieve, it just happened. I've since done a little research about it. I haven't tried to duplicate the experience, but reading about it here has reawakened my interest.
Hippy Dickie: Castaneda is a fave. Haven't read him since college. I've been thinking of rereading.
An interesting book, kind of a how to astral project utilizing dream-state is:VapoFish said:I've done both lucid dreaming & astral projection.
Astral projection is ntense. Years ago there was a period of about three months when I actively flew over my neighborhood. I felt myself rising and floating in whatever direction I chose. Awesome. It wasn't something I was trying to achieve, it just happened. I've since done a little research about it. I haven't tried to duplicate the experience, but reading about it here has reawakened my interest.
Stephen LaBerge (b. 1947) is a psychophysiologist and a leader in the scientific study of lucid dreaming.
Here is an interviewHis technique of signalling to a collaborator monitoring his EEG with agreed-upon eye movements during REM became the first published, scientifically-verified signal from a dreamer's mind to the outside world
http://www.futurehi.net/docs/Laberge_WakingDreamer.htmlRMN: There seems to be a correlation between psychedelic consciousness and lucid consciousness in the dream state.
Stephen: Theres a lot in common between the two states. In fact people can in the dream state, take a dream "psychedelic" and have it produce an effect.
DJB: Terence McKenna says that he smokes DMT in his dreams and then has the full experience.
Stephen: And what that shows is that what prevents us from having these experiences is not the chemical, its the mental framework. So in a way psychedelics can be a kind of guide in revealing some of the potential in the mind. I think they have limitations in terms of taking us to the visions they show us. One can take the mistaken path of saying, well since I had the taste of it with the substance, if I keep taking it Ill eventually get the whole thing because more of the same should help. It doesnt seem to work that way.
I must confess it has been over 40 years ago I read it, and it was old then. Surely newer, more relevant material is available. Check the library.VapoFish said:macbill - thanks for the title, I'm checking it out.
Yes there definitely could be a correlation. If you were to just quit herb cold turkey you would also get the same effect. The sedatives you get while combusting/eating pot can mess with your deeper sleep cycles just like a benzo would.Mckdenton said:Before my vaporizing started I'd smoke a joint everyday before bed, and I never had (or didn't remember) any dreams. I've been vaping for about 2-weeks and been having some solid dreams. Could there be any correlation?
Yeah, I make this dream once in a while and awake so disapointed !DevoTheStrange said:I think the worse kind of dream too have is one where you score some herb. And it turns out too be the most awesome weed you have ever encountered. Then you wake up thinking, "hell yeah, I got me some weed..." and it's not there. that is another odd thing, anyone else ever try too get high in their dreams? I can only remember two dreams that this happened.
The horror! The horror!DevoTheStrange said:Also some time, I am wandering in Amsterdam and I keep getting lost without being able to find one coffeeshop...