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This article is part of the series Mastering the Art of Lucid Dreaming.
Now that you have practiced controlling your dream environment and have become more skilled at creating objects within your dreams, it's time to put those skills to good use.
Spend time using your newly acquired skills to create your own personal dream space, a place within your dreams where you will always feel safe, secure, and in control. This can be a room, a temple, or even an outdoor location such as a secluded beach or a grove of trees.
When you create your dream space, select a setting that provides you with a deep sense of inner peace. Create your space from a blank canvas, adding only features that reinforce the sense of calm and tranquility. Be as detailed as possible, devoting attention not only to …Continue reading
Those of you who have been following the progress of the Gamma Mind Enhancement Technology experiment will be pleased to learn some new participants have joined the experiment.
One participant plans to post an experiment log on his web site. The other participant is sending her feedback to me in daily reports, which I'll post here along with my own reports. Here is her report from Day 1 of using the Gamma technology. The report was submitted to me the following afternoon. …Continue reading
This article is part of the series Mastering the Art of Lucid Dreaming.
As you become more skilled at altering your surroundings within your dreams, you should also practice creating new objects. At first, practice working slowly and deliberately to create small, simple objects, such as a tennis ball or a spoon. Hold out your hands, palms facing upward, and use your conscious mind to shape and form the object, willing it to appear in your hands. Take your time and keep things simple at first. Don't try to create something complex or intricate yet. (Don't fret. We'll get to the complex stuff soon enough.)
Once you're comfortable creating small objects, use your mind to will into existence larger objects such as a simple wooden chair or a box. If the object is too big to hold in your hands, mentally will it to appear in a specific location in the room, facing a specific direction.
Regardless of the size of the object, remember to work on basic objects at first. Instead of jumping directly into creating complicated items, it's better to practice the creation of simple dream objects until you …Continue reading
The past three days have provided some very interesting results in the Gamma mind enhancement technology experiment. I decided to combine all three reports into one post for simplicity's sake.
During the 30-minute session on Day 5, I didn't experience the tingling in my head that I'd felt during the earlier sessions, nor did I experience the body pulsing phenomenon. I tried to repeat the meditation technique I'd used on Day 4 to see if I would get the same results, and the results were indeed very similar.
I was able to focus my awareness on the meditation without being distracted by other thoughts or by physical sensations. Going into the session that night, I'd almost expected to be distracted by the pain I had been feeling in my lower back throughout most of the day, but I had no trouble releasing the awareness of my physical body and instead fully tuning in to the mental aspect of the meditation technique. The entire process felt much easier than usual. There was no difficulty holding the desired thought in mind, and no struggle with other thoughts constantly popping into my mind.
On Days 6 and 7, I practiced a few energy manipulation techniques during each night's session. I'm …Continue reading
This article is part of the series Mastering the Art of Lucid Dreaming.
Once you have practiced maintaining control of your dream body, it's time to move on to controlling your dream environment. It is best to begin with small changes to your dream surroundings and gradually work up to larger changes.
Spend time practicing simple changes — such as altering the color of the room — before attempting to change the entire dream scene. Select a piece of furniture and change its style. Change the shape of an object from round to square or vice versa. Add a small feature to the room or to an outdoor dream scene.
Don't focus solely on visual changes. You should also incorporate your other senses in the process. Change the sound of music from one style to another. Attempt to alter the scent of a flower or food to an entirely different scent. Change the tactile sensation of a specific texture or fabric by altering the texture to a different style. This practice will also help you learn to …Continue reading
My experience using the gamma technology yesterday was somewhat different. During the 30-minute session last night, I didn't experience the tingling in my head that I'd felt during each of the three previous sessions, and I didn't experience the body pulsing phenomenon either. Instead, my awareness of my physical body gradually diminished until it was only a very faint impression.
At first, I was fidgety and was having trouble sitting still, my thoughts were very scattered and my mind was racing non-stop. I decided to practice a meditation technique that involves visualizing a lake as a focusing tool and a metaphor for your mind. You begin by picturing a stormy lake with dark, turbulent water, and you focus your mind on calming the lake. You hold this thought in your mind until the water is still and clear and the surface of the lake is quiet and smooth as glass, and then you focus on keeping it that way.
As I practiced the meditation, my thoughts quickly calmed and my awareness of my physical body lessened, until eventually all physical sensations faded and my whole awareness was …Continue reading
