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The turning point
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:
“This time of year, the winter [...]
IONS opens its doors
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 [...]
Science says sleep good
Check out the English translation of this mainstream piece on sleep and dream research just out of Korea. This article about the benefits of sleep is more holistic than the usual reductionist perspective that comes out of New York. Which is to say, the Korean piece succeeded in mentioning dreaming at all. [...]
Saturday, October 20th, 2007False awakenings
Kris from Reality Shifter has posted a thought provoking article about false awakenings and lucid dreams.
She describes the false awakening as occurring:
when you’re dreaming and believe you’ve woken up when in actuality you are still dreaming and only dreamed of waking up. You “wake up” and begin to go about your daily routine — visit [...]
Reality Check for Lucid Dreaming
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 [...]
New York Times lucid dreaming article misses the mark
Every couple of years, a major publication venue in the US does a fluff piece on the topic of lucid dreaming. As a dream researcher and an avid lucid dreamer myself, I am usually excited and simultaneously disappointed by these stories. Last week’s New York Times article continues the fine tradition of highlighting [...]
Friday, June 29th, 2007Lucid Dreaming Interview
The Lucid Dream Exchange just published its quarterly edition, including a long interview of myself on the topic of lucid dreaming. I am grateful to editor Robert Waggoner for the opportunity, which allowed me to tell my story from my early childhood nightmares to my present day academic research. I’m looking forward [...]
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