;D  Totally agree! Elusive subject-the-most elusive there is!Yes,I like the brain as an expression of consciousness possibility myself too.And I do think it is reasonable.I have often thought that consciousness could be a primary force or attribute of the ultimate reality. Why not? Look at some of t...

Summerlander, More good stuff.Interesting about your childhood,thanks for sharing.The fires and moving objects certainly defy any normal explaination of causality. They say that one must develop MPD before a certain young age.If sufficient trauma is experienced ,and memories-personalities dissociate...

Hello Summerlander, Thanks alot for the reply.I'm on the same page as you in many ways. 1.I agree,I don't know either.What I do know is that material reductionist views do not adequately explain some of my experiences-or 'qualia' for that matter. 2.A while back I would have agreed with you about the...

Hey everyone, Sorry for butting in,but I can't help myself...LOL. A few questions for those who believe in an objective physical reality: I'm just curious,I don't wanna argue-I very much respect the experience and opinions of the practitioners here. We are all certainly entitled to our own opinions ...

Hi NOVA,
You may like this video about the holographic universe theory:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGR3SOiT ... re=related

( all of my post did not show up initially)

This is a great theory that has something very interesting to say about reality and the phase:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI_F4nOKDSM

http://www.robertlanza.com/are-dreams-a ... l-reality/

You all may like this paper: http://a-c-elitzur.co.il/uploads/articlesdocs/Dualism0409.pdf IMO,the contents of our collective dream we call "physical reality" cannot now ,or ever,explain consciousness fully.As much as I do like scientific explanations;they will always be doomed to the thir...

Sam,
I'm in Bradenton.

How's your neck doing,did the relief last? 

( BTW, really hilarious about the sister inlaw.. )

I have read most of them out there- this one is by far the best.

I would be willing to participate if possible.

I keep a small fan at my bedside to create 'white noise.' It provides a buffer from disrupting waking reality sounds. In the morning hours I also put a light sheet or pillow case over my eyes.

http://www.dreaminglucid.com/

I highly recommend trying out the Lucid Dream Challenges,especially the #6 bonus challege-"exploring the properties of dream sight." You may find something very shocking or unexpected about the phase.



http://www.dreaminglucid.com/challenges ... lenge6.pdf

Nova: YW Wiii. Jeff it's all about perception. Yes there is no light inside the head a dark void actually. Jeff: For there to be matter ,an energy exchange (what we sense),or any percept, there has to be a perceiver.Even when we perceive the void ,we are doing so through a limited channel capacity ...

Hello Nova, Thanks,yes I've seen this.I agree with the overall premise but one thing.The video suggests vision is processed only in the primary visual cortex in the occipital lobe.The situation is really even more astounding ,as I understand there are seven visual modules. The video makes a very imp...

There is an 'awareness behind the dream' that sometimes responds to questions verbally.It responds with coherent answers,displays intelligence ,and seems to have memory and knowledge beyond the ego.Robert Waggoner's book "Lucid Dreaming:Gateway to the Inner Self" is based on this concept. ...

Hi Summerlander, LOL..it's great to discuss this stuff with like minded experiencers! :) I've had the same type of thoughts about our waking 'physical' world -It's like a more stable,predictable phase I sometimes think.. I wonder if it has something to do with the so called 'quantum zeno effect.' Ma...

I finished reading the rest of your material and was inspired to work on my blood pressure next. It would be nice to get off my BP meds. There's so much I want to do in the phase that I almost can't make up my mind...

http://www.cunimb.com/francois/Psyche_english.pdf This paper addresses sleep and describes a "ground state" for the human psyche.The individual arises as an "excitation" on this ground state. I'm still reading this but I'm liking it so far.After reading this kind of stuff I've al...

I like your idea about evolution and the hemispheres. Here is a book with lots interesting conjecture about brains and 'dark matter' that you might like. http://www.scribd.com/doc/50999697/Brains-and-Realities-by-Jay-Alfred BTW,the link didn't work but I'll do some searches on the subject.The split ...

Absolutely! I love MBT,I read it in 2008-2009 and then reread a good deal of it. I really enjoy his website, I comment there mostly.

His model of reality is my favorite yet. I always end up coming back to it like a measuring stick....

Yes very interesting. Thanks for posting,I will read the article later today. In the meantime, I wonder if this is due to the fact that the right hemisphere lacks the linguistic processing modules evolved by the left hemisphere. (Wernike's and Broca's areas.) What I mean is perhaps the right hemisph...

Summerlander wrote: Wow! This is interesting. No doubt that lucid dreaming is a hybrid state! By the way, have you checked out what happens to the dreams of split-brain patients! That's something else which certainly provides food for thought. Thanks for sharing this!

Can you provide a link for this?

I adjusted my neck in the phase this morning after becoming Lucid in a dream. One interesting thing worth mentioning is that a 'dream character' reminded me to deepen by motioning me to put my hands up and feel the texture of a ceiling as I was floating along..LOL. My neck felt fine when I woke. I h...

Summerlander,
I've had very similar experiences-amazing 'places' that I could  never consciously create.Unfortunately I have not been able ,as of yet, to 'translocate' back to them though I've tried quite a few times. Have you had any success with this?

Very cool experience breadbassed ! My one short experience with calea Z was not quite as interesting,but now I think I'll give it another try after reading your post. The 'dream characters' seemed to mess with me in strange ways until I finally became lucid. [ For instance,one guy kung fu sparred wi...

Worked on my neck in the phase again this morning. It was really amazing how my dreambody felt so 'real'. The dream spine responded nicely and it was actually pleasurable... In waking reality I did not feel any of the usual pain and fatigue while working today. ( I have to look down constantly when ...

I had 2 Lucid Dreams and 2 OBEs this week so far. I postponed my self healing goal until this morning because of other objectives that came up.( OBE #2 this week) This morning I seemed to have trouble penetrating the flesh of my dream body.My hands didn't want to 'go inside' ; instead my skin seemed...

So far,I have only used chanting and the creation of "healing energy" -which often appears as a wispy white light from my hands.I never was able to see my father's representation,but I always strongly intended for him to recieve the 'healing light' anyway.The technique for finding animate ...

Healing effects on the physical body resulting from actions taken in the phase are quite real from my experience. The phase has so far healed both my partially paralyzed father (a few years ago)and my dog very recently. My father was near death and had no medical hope for recovery.His physicians wer...