I've pretty much no excuse for not doing anything beyond the basics in dreaming for the last few months. I still write down my dreams when I wake up, and I rarely have days where I remember nothing. Every night I still use autosuggestion as well.
But, I don't: write out the dream full - I use keywords or fragments, I don't type them up in my computer/online DJ, I don't strive to remember more than I do, I don't go to bed earlier (my schedule is atrocious), I haven't even thought about
lucid dreams lately. My last one was...July 6th 2009... Wow.
I'm the obsessive type person - when I get into something, it's all that holds my attention the vast majority of the time. It doesn't help when my friend gets into the same thing and so we're both obsessive together! Lately I've managed to pry myself away and get into a few other things again.
I got
Meditation for Dummies from the library to see if I could pick up anything new, and...I have to say, besides picking apart my life (ow), it reminds me a lot of lucid dreaming in the area of awareness. It talks a lot about that at times.
Quote:
"You can increase your powers of awareness by developing
concentration.
Then, when you've stabilized your concentration, you can, through the practice of
receptive awareness, expand your awareness - like ambient light - to illuminate the full range of your experience.
Next, you can concentrate even further in order to [/B]cultivate[/B] positive emotions and mind-states. Or you can use awareness to investigate your inner experience and
contemplate the nature of existence itself."
And it goes on to talk about each type of awareness. I'd love to quote more, buuut I shall refrain.
I'm also reading
Our Dreaming Mind, which is pretty good so far! Apparently the last chapter is on Lucid Dreaming.
Lastly, I noticed that all my images are messed up in this DJ now... Besides that, I like the new layout. :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ons/rinh06.gif
July 07, 2010
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