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   Message 7,487 of 7,897   
   Yeah Right to Ophidian   
   Re: maintaining awareness until falling    
   21 May 07 19:00:24   
   
   From: get@real.com   
      
   On Mon, 21 May 2007 08:23:06 +0800, Ophidian  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Stephen Laberge calls this a Wake Induced Lucid Dream, or WILD.  I've   
   > managed it a handful of times using a couple of different techniques.   
   > Concentrating on the breath, and maintaining constant awareness of it,   
   > there comes a point where the body falls asleep, and there's an   
   > unmistakable sensation, like every muscle in my body tensing to the max,   
   > and an inability to breathe, that lasts just for a few seconds.  This is   
   > followed by a momentary loss of consciousness, then awareness returns.   
   > Then, if I roll out of bed and start walking around I find myself awake   
   > in   
   > a dream.   
   >   
      
   Concentrating on the breath - I'll give that a try.   
      
   My problem so far is that sleep takes me over before anything happens(ie.   
   bodily sensations),   
   and before I know it, I am waking up in the morning. :)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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