Quote Originally Posted by SystemsLock View Post
Lucid dreaming is already having a hard enough time in the scientific community. Do we really have to attach "paranormal" phenomenon to it? Are we going to start talking about aliens and power crystals now?

All discussion of such belong in the Beyond Dreaming section. So the rest of us don't have to listen to your crap. Thank you!
AP directly relates to lucid dreaming, and you can see that by looking at the similarities. These are experienced lucid dreamers and if they say they have experienced something outside of lucid dreaming I believe them. You don't have to accept that it's a paranormal or spiritual thing. Think of it this way AP could be THE most advanced form of lucid dreaming around, if you can't master it / comprehend it then that's your problem. Everyone has different views on it.

What jaydub said is interesting also, again it verifies a 'super awareness' or extreme control over the experience/dream.

And on what dreamcatcher said, maybe you are creating the full experience leaving nothing for your mind to alter or distort. Seems like there's less mystery to a AP than a lucid dream, doors opening for you automatically (no hesitation, no 'lag'), automatically floating/flying instead of forcing it or having to create that part of the dream first. I think it comes down to clarity, and possibly a different state of consciousness or being.