The turning point

Posted by Ryan Hurd on December 21, 2007  |  2 Comments

Darkness is now turning towards the light. I”m spending the weekend in seclusion, with high hopes to get out the first draft of my thesis on lucid dreaming before the new year.

Feral Kevin wrote a great post about what the solstice means for him. This really resonates with me:

Solstice dreams

Posted by Ryan Hurd on December 17, 2007  |  2 Comments

With the approaching solstice, the dreaming is stronger, if for no other reason than the nights are long. In pre-electric times, and traditional societies today, this is nature’s ways of saying go ahead and sleep in.
Meanwhile, hundreds of folks in Brittany will converge on the major megalithic sites for a time-honored solstice celebration. [...]

IONS opens its doors

Posted by Ryan Hurd on December 11, 2007  |  1 Comment

I just learned that the Institute of Noetic Sciences has opened its virtual library of consciousness studies to the public until December 24th.
Included in this promotion are video interviews from Deepak Chopra and other luminaries, as well as access to dozens of articles and audio broadcasts on subjects ranging from spirituality, the paranormal, the [...]