Dream Mastery, by QuadHelix

[QuadHelix]

Contents Chapter 1: Wordless Knowledge Chapter 2: Dopamine Chapter 3: Dream Kinds. Chapter 1: Wordless Knowledge The first step for a student to dreams, should be the acquisition of wordless knowledge; “wordless knowledge” is a term for personal experiences of nature; whether that's walking through a forest, or swimming in the sea, the more nature you have experienced, the more colours you have on your pallet and the more fluent you are with your paintbrush. Student to dreams, as you may have determined, there're many kinds of nature to experience, and some of them are beyond you. Experience what can be experienced, and want to experience that which cannot- for in chaos, there is harmony found. Experience kindness, experience the greatest good; but don't forget the greatest evil, or cruelty. All experiences lead to wisdom, so whether or not you like evil, experience it, so that you may be wise of it, and so that you may be made wiser through it. The rarest wordless knowledge is found in chaotic circumstances, and can be physical or mental phenomenon; humans are chaos-harmonic mammals who can create chaos as well as harmonize with it. There're methods that help a student to dreams to harmonize with chaos, and many types of chaos to harmonize with; such as: visualization and wordless science; spiritual diagrams, art and rituals; thrills and meditation; in all of these circumstances, rare wordless knowledge can be acquired. Wordless knowledge is the backbone to your dream anthology, without wordless knowledge, you wouldn't be alive, let alone being able to swim in the sea in a dream, whether that's the sea on another planet, or this planet, wordless knowledge is key. The term 'wordless knowledge' refers to a combination of imagination and memory, it's knowledge ~that you have (mentally)~[imagination] ~acquired~[memory]. It's as oppose to worded knowledge which is the knowledge that academia have acquired and documented. Chapter 2: Dopamine The following in undocumented by academics, and is my own discovery. The ultimate aim of dopamine is to create an imaginary framework for the evolution of imagination. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that functions as a malleable metabolism; dopamine can be affected by internal stimulus. There are five dopamine receptors (D1 – D5) and five mental functions, one for each receptor. The aim of each receptor is to create a framework in it's image, where the next dopamine-receptor can be activated. Dopamine-receptors function as a family, but activating their frameworks in order can lead to imaginary realities. D1 and D2 framework creation is easy, whereas D3 and D4, are harder; D5 creates it's framework passively. The mental functions: For D1: Modulation. For D2: Compilation. For D3: Stimulation. For D4: Framework. For D5: Waste. In the case of a visualization. D1 is modulation of imagination. D2 is compilation of imagination (an image or video). D3 is stimulation of imagination (stimulating the image or video). D4 is the framework of imagination (the feedback from the imagination). D5 is any waste imagination (that which was imagined but undesired as output, as well as others). Chapter 3: Dream Kinds Normal Dream: A dream of a certain quality. Lucid Dream: A dream of a certain quality which is controlled by self. Ritualistic Dream: A dream of a certain quality that is diminished and manipulated by ritual. Ongoing Dream: A dream of a certain quality that is a continuation from another, and has a storyline. To be continued...

[oneian]

VERY Interesting QuadHelix, please continue...

[Forg]

Could you please elaborate the thing about dopamine?

[EddieDean]

As a student in Psychobiology I have a hard time swallowing your statements about dopamine. I'm not saying your ideas are bullsh*t, don't get me wrong, but claiming to have 'discovered' something that has no academic basis is nothing more than deceiving your readers. It's a nice theory, and I actually like it, but please don't spread it as factual information unless you have some substantial arguments or evidence On topic, I especially like and agree with the wordless knowledge theories! Experience can be much more valuable teacher than a book, especially with lucid dreaming.

[QuadHelix]

EddieDean: I find it easy to not give into academic love; which is what you so proudly hum of. The fact that you're a student in an academic field means nil when discoveries outside of the realm, of the academic long-transcript of knowledge, are concerned. I don't follow academic rules, and prefer a wise sense to "evidence and substantial arguments". So before you use the collective "we" and assert, "then you deserve no merit and what you say is meaningless (to "we"); no, just no. Have a great day. Things are evident and can be argued through a wise sense too, it's not like I lack that skill, but I have no need to argue with you as there are more important issues at hand. I will update the Dopamine chapter when I'm next at my computer.

[EddieDean]

As I tried to make clear with my post, I am not trying to offend you or your approach to this subject. Furthermore, I never used "we" and I never said or implied that you deserve no merit or that what you say is meaningless; you are the one making assertions here. I just said, and still think, it is misleading to provide something as factual information, a discovery, without adding any explanation as to how you made this discovery. Also, I asked for substantial arguments or evidence. I realise that in topics as deeply psychological and subjective as dreaming, hard evidence is sometimes impossible to find (at least with the technology we can currently use) and all I am asking for is some decent reasoning behind your theories. Frankly, I am still a little skeptical about this since dopamine and dopamine receptors are a biological rather than psychological matter, making it hard for me to imagine an explanation of your theories that lacks any biological basis, but I am seriously interested in how you came to these discoveries. From reading your response I realise I didn't exactly get my tone across the way I wanted to, I am not attacking your theories, they just raised some questions and doubts in me that I hoped you could clear up. Anyway, if you feel that discussing this with me is not important I'll just leave it at this. Edit: I would like to add that I mentioned being a student in an academic field to clear up the reason behind my questions, rather than to claim authority on the subject.

[Forg]

I agree with EddieDean. I read about the brain in my leasure time, and the functions and systems of neurotransmitters are very complex. Dopamine has so many functions in the brain, and there is also a lot that we just don't know yet. You can't simply link a receptor to an action like modulation of imagination. That is why everyone with some knowledge about neurology will instantly question your theories. Also: When posting theories on the internet not backed up by any research, you should expect that people will question your theories, you should expect that people are sceptical.

[QuadHelix]

It's not that you question my theories, it's that you compare my work to the work of academicians. Furthermore, the example written in italics underneath the Dopemine functions, are one of many examples. I will, however, try to answer your questions in a "Further Dopamine" chapter. You can affect the metabolism of the body, so why can't you affect a metabolism of the mind? It's perfectly viable, plus, Dopamine is treated when people have hallucinations; where I began my research was visualizations and not hallucinations, and have experienced half-visualization half-hallucinations on multiple occasions. My experience with Dopamine is like, as EddieDean said, a dream state that is impossible to provide hard, communicable, evidence for. It can be proven by a wise sense that is agreed on between multiple parties- a proof through unity of sensory. The current functions I have listed, are malleable, and apt to change--but they are as accurate as I can be until I become wiser. Try visualization, and see what you can extract from it with "a wise sense", and then you may agree. Where I felt insulted was when you piled on me academia's burden of communicable proof. As you can see, I prefer the wordless to the worded knowledge. Academia is a body of knowledge associated with words, the two do not mix, and are against each other. I have written an argument on academia recently if you would like to hear it? Let me know...

[EddieDean]

Thank you for elaborating a bit more I apologize for insulting you and your methods, I never meant to. I understand now that your theories are based on your own experiences and I understand you cannot put those into words. I still have some trouble with the way you link a chemical substance, dopamine, so directly to complex psychological concepts, but I think that is just a cleft between our views on the world that's hard for either of us to overcome. I do find it interesting though and look forward to the next chapter. Also, I would actually like to read your argument on academia, you can PM it if you want.

[Forg]

Okay, I'm starting to get your point and ideas. And I agree with you that it is possible that one can make changes in the brain by will in some way. Now I'm interested in your dopamine story.