Hi there. I joined dreamviews back in 2004, started with a bang and then moved overseas (from New Zealand) for a couple of years and forgot all about dreaming. For some reason I've started thinking about it again, and especially about OBEs.

To me the OBE is the big unanswered question. Laberge and Green think that OBEs are just Wake Induced Lucid Dreams. Having experienced neither I want to try to induce an OBE and see if it is the same as a Lucid Dream. I've had many Lucid Dreams over the years, so it should be easy to judge.

I found this site: http://www.homestead.com/louisobe/files/Big_Picture.htm

The author's CDT, or Consciousness Deepening Technique, makes a lot of sense to me. It seems like a practical exercise that can be tried for a few months and should make a difference. At the very least it is going to make us a lot more aware of the state between being awake and being asleep. If we happen to lower the borderline between consciousness and subconsciousness then that is a bonus.