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By Ben, on November 12th, 2007%
Control Your Dreams takes in a much wider scope than, say, the wonderful books on lucid dreaming written by Stephen LaBerge.
Authors Jayne Gackenbach and Jane Bosveld tackle lucid dreaming at many, many different angles. While they explore the basic concepts of dreaming, what dreams are, interpretation, and techniques for working with your dreams on up to controlling your dreams via lucid dreaming, they go far beyond this.
The authors talk extensively on the connection between dreams and lucid dreaming to positive visualization, the power of the mind to heal the body, the similarities between meditation and the dream state, near-death and out . . . → Read More: One of the Best Books On Lucid Dreaming… (that you’ve probably never heard of)
By Ben, on November 11th, 2007%
There’s some really neat blogs and websites I’ve discovered recently that I want to share:
The Dream Studies Portal: mumblings in the realm of dreaming, culture, and consciousness
The author behind Dream Studies has credentials that include an MA in Consciousness Studies and a Certificate in Dream Studies from John F. Kennedy University. How cool is that? It’s awesome to see this intersection between academia and dreams getting more attention.
Dream Flesh
I get this sense of excitement reading Dream Flesh. This guy has big plans and most importantly, acts upon them. Looks like he just published a book and redesigned the site entirely.
Skeptico: . . . → Read More: Some Cool Dream / Consciousness Links I’ve Recently Found
By Ben, on November 10th, 2007%
In keeping with this weeks earlier posts on movies, I decided to list all the good dream and lucid dream themed films out there!
If you are interested in dreams, I think you’ll find these movies worth watching.
Let me know what you think!
You might notice some of these movies bleed into other mind-related themes. My study of dreams naturally leads to a fascination with consciousness and states of mind, and so my movie list naturally reflects that in as much as it ties back into my fascination with dreams.
1. Vanilla Sky (2001)
– The most popular movie to introduce . . . → Read More: The Top 8 Movies on Dreams, Lucid Dreaming, and Assorted Mind-Weirdness
By Ben, on November 5th, 2007%
My thoughts after seeing Waking Life:
“Holy shit – this movie really is all about lucid dreaming!”
“What the fuck was that guy talking about?”
“This is really awesome and yet sometimes really boring.”
“This guy talking about how turning on or off a light in a dream and how it won’t work – I love this scene. And 360 vision – hell yea!”
“This crazy animation style is going to give me a headache!”
“I need to watch this movie again and take notes.”
This isn’t a normal movie with character development, a climax, and so on – it’s more like a philosophical look at dreams, . . . → Read More: Dreaming While Awake: Thoughts on the film Waking Life
By Ben, on October 9th, 2007%
It is with great excitement that I share with you the opening of a lucid dreaming retreat in Tulum, Mexico!
The first official retreat comes up quick on November 1-8, 2007. After reviewing the itinerary of the week-long retreat, this is quite possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen in my life.
Seriously.
Don’t believe me?
Here’s a sample of the included activities:
Classes on:
Dream Yoga
Mnemonic Lucid Dreaming
Sensory Reduction via the onsite Dry-Flotation Tank
Sound and Light Machines
Plant Teachers
Local Trips to:
The Mayan Ruins
Go Swimming with Dolphins (!!!)
Sessions in the Dry Flotation Tank, optionally with the addition of:
Calea Z
Salvia Divinorum
Sound and Light . . . → Read More: Announcing the Opening of Aether Lucid Dreaming Retreats in Tulum, Mexico!
By Ben, on October 5th, 2007%
Welcome to the First Edition of Dreaming Life’s newest Carnival. I got many awesome entries this time around that I’m psyched to share with you. I was much more selective about what was included and what was not, so rest assured, you’re only getting the best of the best here. Thanks to all the bloggers who submitted such quality posts! Everyone please check them out and be sure to leave them some comments
First up, Will Mitchell presents an Introduction to Lucid Dreams and the Lucid Dream Experiment posted at www.SparkedBlog.com.
This is a well written piece on lucid dreaming, including . . . → Read More: Carnival of Dreams, Mysticism, Near Death, and Out of Body Experiences: First Edition for October 2007
By Ben, on August 29th, 2007%
My wife casually asked the other day:
“Why do I want to have Lucid Dreams?”
“What’s the point?”
I had the hardest time trying to answer her in a way that would convince her. It got me thinking about it and so this post is my own answer to these two questions…
My Gut-level response:
“What do you mean? The feeling of becoming consciously aware that you are dreaming, while you are dreaming, is fucking awesome!!”
My elegant response:
Imagine whatever it is you’re doing right now – look around at the people near you, the walls surrounding you, your hands – and think of what it would . . . → Read More: What’s the Point of Lucid Dreaming?
By Ben, on August 28th, 2007%
“Just had the longest, most extensive, lucid dream of my life”
-from my dream journal, 2:50am, August 24, 2007
A few nights ago I had the most fantastic lucid dream of my life.
This experience was far more fulfilling than any other lucid dream I’d ever had. I’ve never had a dream anywhere near this long, with this much control, with so many different dream characters, with so many different dreamscapes and experiences, and all of it with so much clarity of mind.
It was incredibly long. I estimated, while still dreaming, that about an hour had passed.
I became lucid after noticing my face . . . → Read More: The Most Fantastic Lucid Dream Of My Life
By Ben, on August 14th, 2007%
What is a Lucid Dream?
“A lucid dream is a dream in which the person is aware that he or she is dreaming while the dream is in progress. During lucid dreams, it is often possible to exert conscious control over the dream characters and environment, as well as to perform otherwise physically impossible feats.” (wikipedia)
Have you ever wanted to lucid dream? Maybe you’ve always been curious but didn’t know where to start? Maybe you’ve done it before but are having a hard time getting back into it?
Whatever your situation, if you’d like to have a lucid dream, the time to . . . → Read More: 12 Free Software Programs for Lucid Dreaming: Train Your Mind To Have a Lucid Dream!
By Ben, on July 31st, 2007%
I can’t remember the exact point when I first heard about lucid dreaming.
I always maintained an interest in my own dream and I actually recall dreams that I had when I was maybe as young as 4 or 5 years old.
But the earliest I can place my interest in lucid dreaming is 1999.
I was 19 years old and this was the year I first experienced a lucid dream.
The idea was something my high school buddy Jeff and I talked about a lot. I had these conversations, a few books (I think by Stephen LaBerge), and then luckily stumbled onto some very . . . → Read More: How I Got Into Lucid Dreaming back in 1999
By Ben, on July 26th, 2007%
Will virtual reality mean the death of lucid dreaming?
Recently I saw the movie eXistenZ by David Cronenburg. It’s about a fully-encompassing virtual reality game, where of course, something screwy happens and you begin to question what’s real and what’s not.
To play, you have to surgically install a “bio-port” at the base of the spine that the game plugs into. Conceivably, the game interacts with the brain via the nervous system via the spine. Users then “plug in” and are transported into full-scale virtual world in which they can interact with others and the environment, just like they would in the real . . . → Read More: The Death of Lucid Dreaming
By Ben, on July 24th, 2007%
Earlier this month I wrote about the Expectation Fulfilment Theory of Dreaming by Joe Griffin. In my post I posed some hypothetical interview questions that I’d like to ask Joe Griffin. Much to my delight, he’s responded to them!
And so I present to you a very short but interesting interview with Joe Griffin.
Is there a relationship between the mechanism behind dreams and the mechanism behind individual psychedelic experiences? Could the content of the “trip” be determined in the same way our dreams are i.e. from the days un-fulfilled emotional arousals to the nervous system?
There is an undoubted influence arising from . . . → Read More: Joe Griffin Responds To My Questions on the Expectation Fulfilment Theory of Dreaming
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