..I'm going to dream instead.

I came to this conclusion last night while high as a kite. We, all of us, "go to sleep" and then hope that we'll dream sometime during that period. Most of us, I believe, see sleep as the flipping of the switch, the off button for the body as it were. Being that our minds are oh so literal and suggestive we are turning off until morning. So I began to think about that phenomenon that I wrote about in another thread, about lying there NOT sleeping and suddenly remembering a dream you just had... while not sleeping. Well now, if that's not nearly the exact definition of a WILD I'll be dipped in dogshit. Then I thought about my Dad, the same thing happens to him, he's always complaining about not being able to sleep. I think this is paradoxical to a certain extent, but maybe he can't sleep only because he wants to. What if, instead, he just went to dream. Go WILDing (or at least attempting to) for 8 hours (or however long you would normally sleep) a night. I think he'd be surprised to find out how difficult it can be to NOT sleep on purpose.

So, from now on I'm going to attempt to WILD each and every time I go to bed. No more sleeping! Sleep is the enemy! The good news is that the older you are the easier this is to do, it's common knowledge that as we get older we need less sleep, but if we still "put in the time" as it were we can WILD more and more. Sounds easy.

So I put it to the test last night, no sleeping, only dreaming. I got sooo relaxed, kept my mind all emptied out, got some HI, even did the rubber chicken (I thought I was damned near there&#33 and probably fell asleep in less than 20 minutes. Doh! I guess this is going to take a little bit of practice huh? Why am I so surprised? It took me 37 years to learn how to fall to sleep, stands to reason it may take awhile to learn how not to.

So that's it, I'm never going to sleep again, I'm going to dream. If sleep happens along the way well then bonus. But I'll never go to sleep on purpose again, so long as I live. If last night was any early indication I doubt that I'll experience any sleep deprivation, if at all. Also, it's not like I'm doing this at the exclusion of every other method either, after I've failed at my WILDing it's not like all bets are off, I can still have any/all other kinds of dreams while I sleep. So anyone else who wants to jump on-board and try it with me start tonight, I'll only have one day on you. We can post our results here daily.



Dream on!