Thread: The Key Turning points on your path to lucidity

Originally Posted by LeaningKarst

I don’t think it would be misleading to call the state I had been in before depersonalized – but really, I would say that what I had discovered was exactly the opposite, how to get out of it. And boy, did it make a difference in life.

Man, reminding me of this technique has sparked something for me again, my mind just required some time to recalibrate itself. Suddenly while watching a TV, my mind just snapped and It is like I was seeing my room for the first time, it is like I was looking it at a different perspective and I got super aware of my surroundings, like in my first lucid dreams when suddenly the magic moment strikes you. Thank you for reminding me.

Of course, I’m sure it’s equally possible to go the other way as well. I’ve heard stories of great Hindu meditators who detached themselves from their senses to such a degree that their apprentices could dump buckets of sewage over their heads without their noticing. There’s something awe-inspiring in the idea of having that sort of self-control – and I suppose it’s being able to choose that differentiates it from a mental disorder – but honestly, the state itself doesn’t appeal to me at all, even if it turns out to be a method leading to the same goal.

Like you said this technique can have multiple outcomes, what I was talking about is way different than those hindu masters. I'm talking about an open eyes meditation separated in slow steps.
1)Detach yourself from your surroundings/memories - you got this step right

2)Detach yourself from your body - it is like you see your body for the first time. Are you always has this body or you just got inside it. Your awareness can go a little above your head, it's like you are getting out of your body.

3)Detach yourself from the World - What is this world? How you got here? You will start to wonder what is a rock or tree or clouds. Why the sky is blue? What is air? Cutting all mental associations. On the end of this step you will start to have 360 degree vision.

4)Detach yourself from yourself - Who am I? What am I? You will become a Blank, a nothingness, one with everything.

I'm always give up at the beginning of step 4, because I'm getting the feeling that I'm going to disappear. If all 4 steps are completed successfully, one will reach a enlightenment/transcendence.


P.s. But I'm still not sure how this helped you to have more dreams starting from a familiar location, like your room? Can you remember the name of the book you read about this.