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- Pt. 1 Lucid Dreaming * ** ** * Written By: John Constantine * ** ** * CopyMUCH 1991 (M) Phucked Phreak Productions * ************************************************************************* Funny, I think this is the first PPP file in which a disclaimer would make absolutly no sense whatsoever... Once you master these techniques, which takes a long time, you might find this better than LSD, both mentally and legally. T his the fi st volume is on Lucid Dreaming. Meditation, OBE's, and other stuff is forthcomi ng. Lucid Dreaming is the act of entering into a dream with full conscious a wareness or gaining this awareness in the midst of a dream. Once you realize th at your dream 'is but a dream' you can begin to control it in magnificent and fa scinating ays. Extremely proficient Lucid Dreamers can use the Lucid Dream as a stepping stone to an even more interesting state -- the out-of-body state. (If there is a next file by me it will be on OBE's) Most of the information I will be presenting in this file has been conde nsed from the three sources I learned from. A book by Stephen LaBerge, a Stanfo rd research psychologist, called Lucid Dreaming The power of Being awake and awa re in your dreams. A book called Lucid Dreams in 30 Days The Creative sleep Program by Kei th Harary and Pamela Weintraub, and an article in Omni magazine (I forgot which month and I have since lost the mag). Before one can get to the actual Lucid Dreaming state one must begin to pay more attention to dreams. A dream journal filled out first thing EVERY morn ing is ideal. You could also keep a dictaphone by your bed and before going to sleep tell yourself to wake up after each dream so that you can record it. Merely keeping a record of your dreams is not enought though. You must analyze each one; they often hold important messages. A good book on analysis is Ann Faradays, The Dre am Game. nce you have gotten a message from a dream follow through on it. If you dream a bout a surprise test next thursday in Group Sex 101 for instance, you should stu dy a little bit harder. There may be no surprise test coming up but your subcon scious may be telling you to work harder in order to succeed. If you record then ignore yo ur dreams you are telling your subconscious they are not important and are drast ically reducing your chances of Luciditiy. Once you acquire good dream recall go over the past few weeks dreams. L ook for any instantaneous shifts in perspective, incongruities in time and space . During your waking hours start checking for similar incongruities. (If you d on't under tand what I mean by incongruities then I reccomend reading an article called Wel

come to the Dreamtime in issue # 28 of Magical Blend magazine.) Tell yourself b efore falling to sleep that you will notice these incongruities while they are t aking plac . (It may help to do this in a light state of self-hypnosis) Eventually you wi ll spot one and then you will realize "Hey, I'm dreaming! Holy shit, this is ki c..." If you get too excited at success you will wake up. Now that you've become conscious the problem is keeping alert. Constant ly do things like look at the backs of your hands. If you feel the dream begini ng to fall apart it helps to twirl about in circles (at least it does for me). The method above is great except for the fact that by using it you canno t enter the lucid dreaming state at will. You just have to be lucky enough to s pot some oddity in a dream. The next method is harder but better. Find some thought or image to cling to as you go asleep. While keeping your image in mind, observe your mind as you fall asleep. Eventually you will e nter into a dream with full consciousness. Practice makes almost perfect but takes a long time. It's worth it thoug h. Once you become proficient you can explore all sorts of strange things. For example in one of my dreams I wandered through a bowl of Lucky Charms. Each gr ain of cer al was like a mountain and every marshmellow vibrated with intense color. I mad e my dog start lapping them up. She lapped me up. I then traveled through my d ogs innards. I've never had an experience that intense using LSD. Once you've acquires some of these basic the important thing to do is ex periment. Find new methods that work for you as an individual. AND PLEASE if y ou come up with a really great way of inducing a lucid dream or if you just have a really ntense one leave me some mail so I can include it in a future file. I've barely touched upon any of the significant points on Lucid Dreaming . If you are interested in acquiring this ability I HIGHLY reccomend Stephen La Berge's book. It has sections on the history and on more technical aspects. It 's in pape back and you should find it in any regular bookstore for $3.95 or if you just ha ve a question then you can leave comments to me at one of the systems listed bel ow as 'John Constantine'. System Name Usr. Number Phone Number --------------------------------------------------The Cage 239 708/945-3665 Jackass BBS 151 708/808-7629 If you are intrested in joining our writing staff, please contact the SysOp at the BBS below. Phucked Phreak Productions JAckass BBS 708-808-7629 Courier HST 14.4k/85 MEGS 24 Hours/7 Days )-: End of file. (-: