Personal Development

What to do when "The Secret" doesn't work

This past year brought a wave of interest in the "Law of Attraction" (which is really more like a Hypothesis of Attraction), due in large part to a DVD movie and its companion book, both called The Secret. After applying the techniques described in The Secret, some people experience amazing results while other people get [...]

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Everyday Meditation #2 - Merging With Your Surroundings

This is a very simple meditation technique you can perform in any location that has enough room for you to walk around -- a park, your neighborhood, a shopping mall, etc. I recommend trying it outdoors first, preferably in a place that isn't too crowded, but with a bit of practice you can use this [...]

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Mastering the Art of Lucid Dreaming (Full Series)

To make things easier for visitors who are new to the site, or who want to skip the other articles and read only the Mastering the Art of Lucid Dreaming series, I've included links below to all the articles in the series. If you're new to lucid dreaming, don't be daunted by how many parts [...]

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Everyday Meditation for People Who Don't Like to Meditate

When most people think about meditation, they think of sitting cross-legged on the floor and trying to empty all the thoughts from their mind. Or they think of Tibetan monks chanting mantras in temples far away. While it's true those are forms of meditation, they aren't the only ways to meditate. Unfortunately, many people never [...]

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Enhance Your Senses With A Blind Day

The topic of a "blind day" came up in a recent email exchange with Kenton Whitman, and I decided to elaborate on that topic here because an occasional blind day is an excellent way to enhance your senses and your overall awareness. We rely so extensively on our vision we don't even realize how many [...]

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When Scientist and Mystic Meet

Several years ago, I reached a point in my life when I began to doubt there was any purpose or validity to anything I was working on. Researching the mind's infinite potential, studying lucid dreaming, exploring the mind's apparent ability to heal the body -- all of it started to seem futile. This feeling wasn't [...]

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Gamma Mind Enhancement Experiment - Days 12-18

The effects and results I observed during days 12 through 18 of the Gamma Mind Enhancement Experiment were very similar to what I noticed during days 1 through 11, but I've begun to notice a pattern worth mentioning. I held off until now in posting a report about it because I wanted to test a [...]

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The Best Dream Journal Method For Lucid Dreaming

Keeping a dream journal is the single most effective method for enhancing dream recall. It also can be highly effective at helping you achieve lucid dreaming. By recording the details of each dream in your journal, you will be able to track dream patterns and discover your personal dream cues, which then can be used [...]

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