Originally Posted by midnightfire
I did not quite understand, when you turned to look back at your body, you actually did see yourself, yes?
Yes it was me, as in the dream recognition sense. I can only guess the mind creates a construct from memories, etc which are used by, or in the dream.
Originally Posted by midnightfire
If you don't think that is an out-of-body experience do you consider seeing yourself like just seeing another-dream character?
I would like to think it was an OBE, but in my eyes I see it more like a vivid lucid dream, so you're right, I would be a DC in that sense of the term.
(Incidentally in my DJ entries I very rarely use the term DC. I usually use the term 'people' as if it is like real life!)
With OBE, I would probably like to gain more 'evidence' (if that is the correct word in context?) for myself as I think the scenarios in lucid dreams are very convincing in their own right. For example could the 'shifting' be a hallucination, as in part of the dream, crafted by the mind and memories of the dreamer?
Like I say I'm no expert, but I do know that the bed bound FA is an excellent time to become lucid like in my example.
When I was younger I did read one or two OBE-style books, but I did have some very scary seperation type experiences! The nearest I could describe would be like twisting and torsion like fighting to get out.
When I look back on it now they were FA's, and I'm not really scared now. I try to use the opportunity for lucid dreams.
Like you I cannot sleep on my back. When I did I used to get the FA's near guaranteed!
I did notice that the technique helped me to relax, sleep quickly as I do sometimes have sleep problems, so I will definitely be trying it again to help me drop off or explore my hypnagogia if I feel sleepy enough, so thanks for sharing your original post about the technique.
A lucid/obe(?) is a bonus.
(P.S: I will have to look up Minero and his work out of interest.)
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