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First off, i would just love to thank everyone for all of their feedback!!!  Thank you Thank you Thank you!
I especially like what Tayesin had to say in regard to his clients affected perception and then the nature of the soul in general.

My beliefs about the issue have always swayed from time to time between how much of an impact cannabis really has toward ones awakening.  There were some periods because of this that i allowed me to really slip away for a brief period and my dreams had become much more clear and vivid and with much more remembrance of them.  Unfortunately though as iNNERvOYAGER stated, the hardest part is slipping away from the social aspect which comes with smoking and i was sort of pulled back after long.  The simple knowledge i've gained here should help me a lot however.  Thank you!

I suppose the strongest recipe for becoming a lucid dreamer, with the most probable chance for success then, would simply be to dispel my old habit(s) and keep in constant recognition of this desire with whatever practice i may find practical for me.

• Throughout my life, I have never really remembered my dreams all that well and I should say it's safe to attribute this to my early habit in smoking with my friends back in high school on some rather regular occasions.  I would also assume it's safe to say that i have not become very very good at it because of this.

I'm not sure what to believe in light of your topic though NoY... I've heard the rumors of cannabis becoming laced with toxic chemicals before, but never to that far of an extent!   There is so much floating around there... i want to be extra cautious of what i believe now days, especially after the whole Oct. 14th concept. As you mentioned in your response to masturbation though... it is a means to managing your energy, but i would really love to "run some awesome energy" as Tayesin said only to find what other states are possible and i've heard before that this is why many spiritual teachers have recommended celibacy.  The extent to which dreaming and having obe's is affected by your energy level i guess is really where my concerns lie with this topic in specific.

My final question now i guess is simply in the methods one should take toward spiritual practice in achieving an awakened state.  A couple of my friends have both had obe's only briefly before which (without going into much detail) i would like to say are not illusionary and were true experiences for both of them.  I gather that everyone will have their own methods towards their individual enlightenment, but how big of a step an obe would really be for me in the process seems to be one of my main concerns.

Should i focus more towards being able to dream well, being able to manage my energy centers as NoY mentioned is my duty to do and one day leaving my body, or just keeping myself happy???  It does seem to be that these are all interrelated subjects and that finding my own individual path towards all of these will eventually result in the same thing in the end, but whether or not one subject is more fundamentally basic than the other is where i am uncertain.

I'm really sorry for the length of this post but anyones response will be of immense benefit to me!
once again thanks in advance, and for the feedback i got for my questions originally.

Peace - Light - and Love to you all!!!
-kenny

hello everyone!  I've been learning a lot about this reality of ours and looking at things from an entirely new perspective for some time now.  Most of the questions i've had have been answered in some sort of a way through my own experiences but there remains a couple questions i'm still a little skeptical about.  The main focus i have for asking these questions it seems is because i would like my dreams to start becoming more and more vivid and then hopefully reaching the point of lucidity within them before long.

The first question i have is what type of an effect smoking bud has on ones ability to experience the higher dimensions of reality?  I'm sure it's possible to leave the body when you're at a state like this (which i assume to have impure qualities to it) but that it's not necessarily the right path to take when aiming to achieve higher states of consciousness....   What kind of an effect does it have on your sleep and dreaming as well?

Also, this next question i have is a little funny i know, but i'm sure there's an answer out there which will help me make more sense of it.  The effects masturbation has in a spiritual sense much like my first question.

I assume both of these have an overall effect on our spiritual progression, but i'm willing to bet they have an even bigger effect if they are a habit at times... lol

Your guys help is appreciated!!!  My thanks to you in advance!

-kenny

Congratulations my friend, and it only took you 22 days to do this once you accidentally fell into the vibes that day.  I'm impressed!

You've just received affirmation of your spirituality dude!
I'm filled with light in even your own moment of accomplishment 
-k-

I'm extremely excited with my new found beliefs in life!
Though I've known about lucid dreaming for a short while, astral traveling and OBE's are a new and extremely intriguing subject to me which i have no doubt in my mind are the answers which i've been looking for.

I've no experience in any of the fields so i'm surely just coming into practice with everything.
My starting focus has been on:
1-becoming a more consistent spiritual practitioner and thus, meditating more frequently and efficiently.
2-becoming able to lucid dream as i feel there's so much to be learned from this practice alone!
3-through knowledge of chakras and things like that (though my knowledge is limited to anything more than the basics of everything i feel at this point) i eventually aim to becoming proficient in the use of Reiki as well...
4-after much of this is said and done and i've become a little more familiar with each practice as time moves on, my ultimate goal is to be able to visit the astral plane(s) but i assume having an OBE would be first in line...

So there lies my current position within everything.  You may see me around the forums a little later when i've found some questions i may need answering or something similar to that.  Mostly, your help and support is all i ask of any of you...  That and maybe a little kinship would be nice as well

with peace, love, and light!  Your new acquaintance and determined student,
-ktv

ps.  My only question at this very moment is how long/short it has taken some of you to finally make it into the astral planes.  I've been learning about what seems to be all the basics and everything...  I'm just not sure it's smart for me to be skipping ahead and trying to enter right away.  -thx   (k)