From: duffy.paul@comcast.net   
      
   Dark Horizon wrote:   
   > Why does this guy keep posting the dreaming and lucid dreaming faq's   
   > over and over and over, but never the OBE faq that he mentions?   
   > Has anyone actually seen it?   
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   > "More techniques on how you can leave your body can be found on my Out   
   > of Body   
   > Experience FAQ."   
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   > Lars Rune Foleide wrote:   
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   >>Archive-name: dreams-faq/lucid-dreaming-faq   
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   >>Lucid Dreaming FAQ   
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   >>Table of Contents:   
   >>   
   >>1. General   
   >>1.1. What is Lucid Dreaming?   
   >>1.2. In what stage of sleep does Lucid Dreaming occur?   
   >>1.3. Does Lucid Dreaming interfere with normal sleep?   
   >>1.4. What purposes can Lucid Dreaming serve?   
   >>1.5. Can anyone learn Lucid Dreaming?   
   >>1.6. What should I do once I'm Lucid?   
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   >>2. Lucid Dreaming techniques   
   >>2.1. How can I have a Lucid Dream?   
   >>2.2. Does Reality Testing (RT) work?   
   >>2.3. How does the Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (MILD) technique work?   
   >>2.4. How does the Wake-Initiated Lucid Dream (WILD) technique work?   
   >>2.5. How does the Nap Induced Lucid Dream (NILD) technique work?   
   >>2.6. Do Lucid Dreaming induction devices work?   
   >>2.7. Can Drugs and Herbs induce lucidity?   
   >>2.8. How can I prevent premature awakening?   
   >>2.9. How can I change Lucid Dream scenery?   
   >>2.10. What is DILD (Dream-Initiated Lucid Dream)?   
   >>2.11. What is CILD (Chakra Induced Lucid Dream)?   
   >>2.12. What is PILD (Punishment Induced Lucid Dream)?   
   >>2.13. What is RILD (Reward Induced Lucid Dream)?   
   >>2.14. What is TILD (Thirst Induced Lucid Dream)?   
   >>2.15. What is UILD (Urinate Induced Lucid Dream)?   
   >>2.16. What is SILD (Sexual Induced Lucid Dream)?   
   >>2.17. What is LILD (Letter Induced Lucid Dream)?   
   >>2.18. What is OILD (Orgone Induced Lucid Dream)?   
   >>2.19. How can I have Shared Lucid Dreams?   
   >>2.20. How can I have Precognitive Lucid Dreams?   
   >>2.21. How can I use Dreams to affect physical matter?   
   >>2.22. How can I have Shared Precognitive Lucid Dreams?   
   >>2.23. How can I stop real time in my Lucid Dreams?   
   >>2.24. How can I leave my body from a Lucid Dream?   
   >>2.25. How can I use Lucid Dreams to read 1 million words per minute?   
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   >>3. Recommended Reading   
   >>3.1. What good reading can be found on Internet?   
   >>3.2. What books are recommended?   
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   >>1. General   
   >>   
   >>1.1. What is Lucid Dreaming?   
   >>Lucid Dreaming is knowing that you are dreaming while you are doing it. When   
   you know that you   
   >>are dreaming, you can also alter the dream course. And with practice you can   
   also develop full   
   >>control over your dream, you will be able to create and change the   
   environment and change your   
   >>own appearance. It will be you that are in control of the dream scenario.   
   You can do whatever   
   >>you want to do. Live out your wildest fantasy, or just sit down and chit   
   chat with someone. You   
   >>should also be open for the possibility to share dreams and travel in time   
   and space when you   
   >>develop adequate control over your dreams. The word Lucid means that you   
   have a clear and full   
   >>consciousness. And believe me when I say that Lucid Dreaming can be much   
   more fun than waking   
   >>reality.   
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   >>1.2. In what stage of sleep does Lucid Dreaming occur?   
   >>Lucid Dreaming usually takes place in REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep. There   
   are five stages of   
   >>sleep. Stage 1 being the one you first enter, then followed by stage 2, 3   
   and 4. As you descend   
   >>into deeper sleep your brain frequency slows down. In stage 4 can it be   
   slower than one cycle   
   >>per second (delta sleep). After some time spent in stage 4, about 25   
   minutes, you return to   
   >>stage 3 and 2, then straight into REM sleep. About 90 minutes has passed now   
   since you started   
   >>sleeping. 5-10 minutes is spent in this stage before you go all the way down   
   to stage 4 again   
   >>(also called non-REM sleep). When approximately 90 minutes have again   
   passed, another   
   >>REM-period start. This time the REM sleep lasts longer. And as time   
   progresses less time in   
   >>non-REM sleep is needed and more time is spent in REM sleep. After 4-5 hours   
   you don't go lower   
   >>than stage 2. Vivid dreaming takes place in REM sleep, so the more you   
   sleep, the more time is   
   >>spent in REM and the more likely it is that you may have a Lucid Dream.   
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   >>1.3. Does Lucid Dreaming interfere with normal sleep?   
   >>No. The only difference is that you are aware that you are dreaming. Unless   
   you have some sort   
   >>of sleep disorder that causes you to get less delta sleep, but then again,   
   it's not the LD's   
   >>fault. There is no danger with Lucid Dreaming. But if you have a bad hearth   
   you might have a   
   >>hearth attack if you crash a car, or during sexual intercourse. Other than   
   that Lucid Dreaming   
   >>is one of the safest activities I can think of. It can even be used for   
   healing...   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>1.4. What purposes can Lucid Dreaming serve?   
   >>Those are so many. First of all, it is lots of fun. You can do whatever you   
   feel like, without   
   >>putting yourself in danger, or spending a lot of money on journeys or   
   expensive equipment. It   
   >>is great for therapy if you have any psychological problems. If you have a   
   fear of spiders,   
   >>that fear can be conquered through Lucid Dreaming. You know you are totally   
   safe in a Lucid   
   >>Dream. So you carefully begin with tiny spiders far away, and as you get   
   used to them, you   
   >>might let them go closer and make them bigger. If there is something you   
   want to get better at,   
   >>like Tennis or Snowboarding, then Lucid Dreaming can improve your skill.   
   Lucid Dreaming can be   
   >>extremely powerful for motor skill enhancement. This is not only true   
   because of the vividness   
   >>of the imagery, but also because the physiological nature of REM sleep is   
   ideal for   
   >>establishing neural pattern without actual movement. Experiments also show   
   that you can get   
   >>physically stronger with mental training. Lucid Dreaming can be used for   
   healing if you have   
   >>any illness. If you wish to have your subconscious read at a rate of 1   
   million words per   
   >>minute, you can activate that in a Lucid Dream to gain conscious awareness   
   over the knowledge.   
   >>You can meet the author of the book you just read in a Lucid Dream, and ask   
   questions you are   
   >>seeking answers for in the book. Or you can sit down and watch the whole   
   novel on a big screen   
   >>TV with cinema 3D sound. You can use Lucid Dreaming for solving a complex   
   and difficult   
      
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