Free nightmare hotline still active

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 31, 2007  |  2 Comments

Halloween in the USA: basically it’s a nationwide sugar rush and an good excuse to dress up in a sexy costume. But don’t forget the origins of the holiday – that’s some scary stuff. Turn on the tube tonight and you”re likely to see more than your fair share of slasher flicks too. [...]

Laying the groundwork for conversation

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 24, 2007  |  4 Comments

My comrade-in-consciousness Kevin Kovelant wrote a post recently about how easily discussions about said consciousness can suffer from miscommunication. This is relevant here as we argue about the terms “lucidity” and “consciousness” in regards to dreams, but are often talking about different things altogether, such as awareness of one’s external environment, awareness that one [...]

Nightmares and Sleep Paralysis

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 22, 2007  |  33 Comments

Gyrus from Dreamflesh made this connection between false awakenings and sleep paralysis: in both of these altered states, we feel like we are “awake” and aware of our surroundings. In a false awakening, this certainty of “awakeness” turns out to be a lucid dream about where we are actually sleeping. In sleep paralysis, [...]

False awakenings

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 20, 2007  |  17 Comments

Kris from Reality Shifter has posted a thought provoking article about false awakenings and lucid dreams.
She describes the false awakening as occurring:

Ancient humans were slackers

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 18, 2007  |  No Comments

Nature is about to publish a fantastic archaeological discovery. A cave site in South Africa has been excavated by archaeologists, revealing an ancient human encampment complete with cooked mussel shells, small stone tools, and some red ocre.
What makes this ensemble so incredible is that it has been dated to @ 160,000 years ago [...]

Reality Check for Lucid Dreaming

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 15, 2007  |  3 Comments

This is cool and it really works. Moving across thresholds is crucial to our experience and construction of reality.

From Youtube filmmaker Adam St John:
This video is a supplement for training yourself to do reality checks whenever you walk through doorways. The goal is to habitually perform reality checks whenever you walk through doors or enter [...]