Thread: Do animals go through the same process?

Do animals go through the same process as humans do to sleep? And if so can they experience the same things such as, being aware of SP at some point and/or have a Lucid Dream?

I dunno, but my lab yelps and barks in his sleep. And his paws move around as if he's running. It's cute

Hmmm, interesting question.

MIT researchers have shown that animals do appear to dream, and their dreams seem to replay events that occurred while they were awake. To show this, they recorded distinctive brain activity that occurred when rats ran in a circle while awake. The identical brain activity occurred while the rats were asleep.

I understand that they dream, but do they go through the same process as humans?

Originally Posted by WasteOfSpace

Do animals go through the same process as humans do to sleep? And if so can they experience the same things such as, being aware of SP at some point and/or have a Lucid Dream?

Robert Monroe mentions in some of his books that when he left his body, he would sometimes see his pets, dogs and cats. This suggests that higher animals have astral bodies just like we do. Anyone who has ever had a dog knows that dogs dream. I suspect dreaming is very similar for them.