Video: Prolonging a Lucid Dream

[omcasey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yewSjxBAKJY

As my lucid experiences become increasingly more regular certain details and points of interest are standing out.  In this video I share ideas related to prolonging lucidity in non-physical environments- and the importance of spotting the various reasons you may be transitioning from one location to another, most specially those which are contrary to resist. 

*Stabilizing in an environment begins @ 9:31

[blis]

I find the simultaneous awareness thing intriguing. Hadnt given it any thought. I've only had fleeting moments of it.

I've been aware of my physical body when in the void. You were saying you dropped back to the void from a non-physical reality yet retained awareness of yourself in the dream as if the part of you experiencing it remained there; at the same time you were aware of your physical body and also of being in the void. Did I get that right? If you include the void that's like three places at once. Very cool.

Do you think maybe the you in the dream might always there? Like there're you's for all your dreams and they're always there to be tuned into?

I get a short transition period when I'm about to wake up from a lucid dream where I start to become aware of my body but am still aware of the fading dream environment I'm in. I've found if I catch this moment before it's too late I can flip up, twist and fall back to reenter the void and go from there into another dream. In these circumstances I dont get into the void as quickly as I normally do though. I fall and twist through a sort of cloudy place first. While there I still have a faint awareness of the dream environment I'm leaving and my body thats trying to wake up.

You've got me wondering if I should try and prolong my time in the cloudy place to examine the multiple awareness thing. One thing I couldnt be clear on from what you said gave me pause for thought though. Were you saying you're starting to get the simultaneous awareness thing when you're awake? Cause I dont think I could handle that. I've got a fragile enough grip on reality as it is.

Thanks for posting this. It got me thinking.

I'm going to have to work my way through all your videos now.

[omcasey]

Hi blis.

Yes this is right- the simultaneous awareness is extending from my nights and into my days.  It is not happening near as consistently as I would like it to be yet, but momentum sure is building.  I am starting to 'get' it, my daytime reality is essentially no different than any other reality. 

I feel there is only one Consciousness which represents who I am, and that "Casey" is but one point within the spectrum of this Consciousness.  To date I have primarily been aware of this one point, but now, through coming lucid in the non-physical this is changing.  I am experiencing simultaneous awareness of myself in *more* than one location, the residual sensation of which is now trickling into even this reality.  Truly amazing.  I do not foresee this happening with someone unless and until they are ready, so no worries.  If interested at all I am sure you can go at your own pace.  Everyone wakes up a little differently.


thank you , btw, for listening in....

are your experiences logged around here somewhere?


Casey

[blis]

I've been contemplating the implications of what you say. While doing so I keep getting to a point where I feel like I'm very nearly realizing something very deep but when I try to put it into words my train of thought only takes me so far before my mind just gets completely boggled.

are your experiences logged around here somewhere?

I dont have that many experiences to speak of. I've only been into this astral stuff for 6 months or so. I've posted most of my firsts just out of the need to share my exitement(first obe, first AP, etc) but I havent got anything particularly interesting to share yet.

[omcasey]

Mm, I see....

Can you relay how the percolating begins?- how does it go...

About (even) this reality being permeated-- I feel I am ready to let go of my insistence, the need or necessity to have some sort of home base.  I feel when I let go, for a time I will likely still be here, but that I will shift both into parallel and diagonal realities with ease, and withOUT shock to the system.  I feel myself very close to this indeed.

[blis]

Man this is frustrating. I've just spent 20 minutes trying to verbalise my thoughts and repeatedly having to delete what I've typed and start again. I cant even phrase questions properly, they keep falling short of what it is I'm wondering. I might not even be onto anything at all. All I can be sure of is that my mind is trying to comprehend something it's not currently capable of. I'll just have to leave my subconscious working on it behind the scenes and hope for the best.

I find it heartening to see someone progressing to the levels you are acheiving. Truly inspiring. You have my warmest wishes.

[Xanth]

All you can do is ask, Blis. 

Just type out whatever feels even sorta right. 

[omcasey]

I like this suggestion.
Most specially as blis relays himself so very well...