Originally Posted by ThreeCat
I'm sorry, FryingMan, I didn't explain very well. My "mantra" is really just a reminder; I don't repeat it over and over in my head. When the verbalization comes, it catches me in what I was doing, and I remember to experience all phenomena as dreamlike and illusory. Even the breath, even the body and thoughts. It's more experiential, I think: something like extending a dream walk throughout the whole day.
Sure, but what you wrote was:
My issue with the breath is two-fold. For one, breath awareness is not dream awareness. One can lead to the other, but I would much rather be thinking, "I'm dreaming" as opposed to "I'm breathing."
You set it up as an either/or scenario, and I'm pointing out that it can be an "and" scenario. For me, I'm developing the breath as "the catch" that leads to that "dream awareness" moment. I see no problems there. In fact I see it as a great benefit because it's a unifying point among just about every single activity related to dreaming: meditation, concentration, relaxation, awareness, etc. It all depends on how you frame it internally. (Most disagreements I think about approaches and definitions all come down to different internal framings I believe). So that's what I'm saying to you and to VagalTone: it something is not working for you, reframe it!
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