Castaneda - techniques for LD that work!
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It is possible some of the experiences may have been embellished or multiple events condensed into one. That doesn't make the experience any less true, even if the physical events are not entirely accurate. [/b]
I completely agree. I did not read any Castenada for years because I had heard they were bogus. Then I read them all, especially The Art of Dreaming. It offered techniques that I had not seen elsewhere, and I used them with amazing success. I could stay in LDs much longer than without them. They WORKED! So, ultimately, who cares if his stories are bogus - if we get something useful out of them, then we win.
Try the viewing exercise: Pick one object right after going lucid and look at it for 1-3 seconds. Then move to another object and look at it for same length. Then go back to first object. Then move to third object, then back to first. With practice you can do several objects before going back to the anchor object. It can even help you stay lucid when you feel the pull back to the body - do the technique and stay lucid.