I dreamed I was a Headmistress...

[Naykid]

i'm peach.

and whether you recognize it or not, my offensiveness is also good for this forum.

you see, it's not specific offensiveness, but generic.  so i'm not singling out anyone in particular, but instead spreading a sense of "WTF".

this in turn forces you to either be too sensitive which causes you to stew in your own low energy, or it forces you to rise above it and recognize that human words are just words, they don't hold power unless you give them power.  

it's kind of my mission.

but if you truly knew me, what i'm really like, you'd know that i'm one the nicest and most caring people you've ever met.  i'll help anyone with anything, including getting over silly paradigms like "political correctness".

In other words, you like poking at people until you tick them off and you reap the rewards, in a energy sense.  

You're like that little brother that holds their finger an inch away from someones face while saying, "I'm not touching you, I'm not touching you."...    

[sola~]

but if you truly knew me, what i'm really like, you'd know that i'm one the nicest and most caring people you've ever met.  i'll help anyone with anything, including getting over silly paradigms like "political correctness".

you're cell shaded

[Xanth]

i'm peach.

and whether you recognize it or not, my offensiveness is also good for this forum.

you see, it's not specific offensiveness, but generic.  so i'm not singling out anyone in particular, but instead spreading a sense of "WTF".

this in turn forces you to either be too sensitive which causes you to stew in your own low energy, or it forces you to rise above it and recognize that human words are just words, they don't hold power unless you give them power. 

it's kind of my mission.

but if you truly knew me, what i'm really like, you'd know that i'm one the nicest and most caring people you've ever met.  i'll help anyone with anything, including getting over silly paradigms like "political correctness".

That's like saying, "I'm not racist, I just hate EVERYONE equally".  >_<

LoL

~Ryan

[CFTraveler]

Nah, he's just trying to rack up stars.

Anyway, interesting ideas all.

[sola~]

That's like saying, "I'm not racist, I just hate EVERYONE equally".  >_<

LoL

~Ryan

yeah, its something me and PR actually agree upon~

[personalreality]

desensitization

and laziness

[LadySegesta]

(esp. personalreality): Oh. Sorry. I didn't mean too sound bitchy or anything. I do take some things rather sensitively though (one thing I'm trying to get over  ). Maybe I should read more of your posts...  I guess I recognize now. After all, a little forum poking never really hurt anyone right?  ... Desensitization? Laziness? Huh?

(esp. Naykid): "..." 

(esp. Xanth): Well, if ever PR does get out of line, we can always count on you and your Terror Kitty to eat him, eh? ("Terry Kitty... he's gonna eat joo")   

(esp. CFTraveler): Maybe he is. 

(esp. sola~): 

[personalreality]

xanth is on my side, even if he denies it.

[Xanth]

xanth is on my side, even if he denies it.

I deny everything PR says. 

~Ryan

[LadySegesta]

Xanth? That still means you're on his side.   

[personalreality]

lol awesome.

[Naykid]

(esp. Naykid): "..." 

Not sure why I got that smiley.   

[LadySegesta]

In other words, you like poking at people until you tick them off and you reap the rewards, in a energy sense.  

You're like that little brother that holds their finger an inch away from someones face while saying, "I'm not touching you, I'm not touching you."...    

Not sure why I got that smiley.   

Sorry. I had no idea what to say to your little brother (I've never had one XD). And besides... I think the  smilies are cute! ^__^

[Naykid]

Sorry. I had no idea what to say to your little brother (I've never had one XD). And besides... I think the  smilies are cute! ^__^

My little brother??    He's no relation, I was saying that he was acting like a brother.  I have two and trust me, they live to aggravate, even when they are both in their forties they still can't help themselves.  It's a form of love I suppose. 

[personalreality]

i am an only child, so i never got to pick on people.

i'm taking out my unsatisfying childhood on all of you.

[Naykid]

i am an only child, so i never got to pick on people.

i'm taking out my unsatisfying childhood on all of you.

I suppose we are stuck with you, well, until you get bored with it.  Figures. 

[LadySegesta]

Naykid: Better enjoy the annoying form of PR's love while it lasts, I guess. 

Personalreality: I'm the youngest of two children, me and my older brother. My older brother hardly annoys me. I guess I missed out? Oh, well. I'm glad I did. XD

[Naykid]

I'm fine with PR.     I'm glad I had brothers!  Even though they teased me, they would protect me with their lives. 

I had a dream this morning that little green ants were all over my hands, and figured out how to kill them, thus saving people from some deadly green ant virus.   

I think what my subconscious was trying to tell me was, LOOK AT YOU HANDS and become lucid..  I failed.    Ah well, next time.

[personalreality]

that's what don juan teaches to perfect dreaming (note: this type of dreaming is more akin to inducing a lucid dream or shamanic journey, the precursors to AP).  He says to look at your hands and as soon as they start melting look at something else, then when it starts melting look back at your hands.  You continue to do that until you gain lucidity.

[Xanth]

that's what don juan teaches to perfect dreaming (note: this type of dreaming is more akin to inducing a lucid dream or shamanic journey, the precursors to AP).  He says to look at your hands and as soon as they start melting look at something else, then when it starts melting look back at your hands.  You continue to do that until you gain lucidity.

What he's getting you to do here is focus on one aspect of the dream (or really in this case two)...
The act of looking at your melting hands, then looking away starts you questioning yourself and your surroundings.

This is what Frank talked about in the posting of converting a LD into an AP.

I would like to point out one small thing though... you don't "gain" lucidity from this.  You activate your cognitive awareness... this brings you FULLY conscious again, just as you are right now.  Being "Lucid" only means that you're aware that you're dreaming... you might not have any full consciousness at the time.

~Ryan

[personalreality]

lu·cid definition
Pronunciation: /ˈl{uuml}-səd/
Function: adj
: having, showing, or characterized by an ability to think clearly and rationally
lu·cid·i·tyFunction: n
Inflected Form: pl -ties

implies full cognition which can mean awareness.  you have your faculties about you.

however, i don't disagree with you entirely.

[Naykid]

 

Why do I get the feeling, most of the time I'm here, I'm in the middle of some weird male, p!ssing contest?

Anyhoo, I've been looking at my hands to stay lucid for years now.  I don't know about this book, I just know when I feel myself....slipping away, drifting away..or whatever you guys want to call it, it helps me drawn my focus and then I can continue on my way.  

I've never seen my hands melt btw.  They look like hands, a bit out of focus, but hands.  The best way I can describe it, is my consciousness comes to a focal point, drawing together when I look at my hands,  thus making things clearer, not only in my visual scope, but in my mind.

[LadySegesta]

Naykid: I fail at that too.  Aren't you supposed to look at your hands every other minute of every day until your dream self does it and you wake up in your dream doing it then?

Xanth: Is this perchance mentioned in Frank's huge site on phasing?

Personalreality: *Gasp!* Did I just hear you say you agreed with someone? Lol, just kidding.

[Naykid]

Hi there Lady, how is your day going so far?

I never did that, but I used to be on these forums for hours a day, so it was pretty ingrained.    That is where the concept came from, me reading on here..for the life of me I can't remember who to give the credit to, but thanks to them!

I can't prove this, but I'm pretty sure every time I have lucid dreams, or heck, not lucid, probably anytime I'm wandering out there, there is one person that hangs just outside my vision.   He has only made himself known when I'm struggling against something...oh, like trying to read things, or trying to find a certain person, it's almost like he is making it difficult for me to focus or find that person.  That's when I use the hand technique.   Well, the one time I was reading what I think were some of my past-lives, I didn't use the hand technique and I swear I felt like I was going to pop a vein straining to see it.   And having this guy over to the side tell me I shouldn't be reading that, made me want to see it that much more.  Looking at your hands is by far less straining.  I would recommend it to everyone that wants to extend their astral experience.. but don't look for melting, I'm glad I didn't remember anything about melting hands, because I have a feeling if I was to wait for my hands to melt, it would be too late to gain any focus back.  That's just me though.

[Xanth]

lu·cid definition
Pronunciation: /ˈl{uuml}-səd/
Function: adj
: having, showing, or characterized by an ability to think clearly and rationally
lu·cid·i·tyFunction: n
Inflected Form: pl -ties

implies full cognition which can mean awareness.  you have your faculties about you.

however, i don't disagree with you entirely.

I agree. 
However, you also have to realize that dictionary definitions were made without the knowledge that we possess.
We simply can't use dictionary definitions for the stuff we discuss here.  They're completely invalid.

My definition of Lucidity, in regards to dreaming, is vastly different.

~Ryan