Thursday, November 5, 2009

Visitation dreams: When the Veil between Worlds is Thin

Ryan over at dream studies gives us another great addition to his blog, this time about the dreams we experience and their references to the afterlife and past loved ones. I found it very intresting that he would be writing about such a topic as I was just talking a few days ago to a professor of mine about Robert Moss the writer of "The Dreamer's Book of the Dead". Here is a little of what Ryan has to say:


For hundreds of years, early November (conveniently poised between the Fall Equinox and the Winter Solstice) has been celebrated as a time of harvest and plenty, and also a time when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thin. Is it the death of summer, the lengthening nights, or the dark knowledge that some won’t make it through the hard winter to follow?


Read more over at dreamstudies.org

Visitation dreams: When the Veil between Worlds is Thin

Ryan over at dream studies gives us another great addition to his blog, this time about the dreams we experience and their references to the afterlife and past loved ones. I found it very intresting that he would be writing about such a topic as I was just talking a few days ago to a professor of mine about Robert Moss the writer of "The Dreamer's Book of the Dead". Here is a little of what Ryan has to say:


For hundreds of years, early November (conveniently poised between the Fall Equinox and the Winter Solstice) has been celebrated as a time of harvest and plenty, and also a time when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thin. Is it the death of summer, the lengthening nights, or the dark knowledge that some won’t make it through the hard winter to follow?


Read more over at dreamstudies.org

Visitation dreams: When the Veil between Worlds is Thin

Ryan over at dream studies gives us another great addition to his blog, this time about the dreams we experience and their references to the afterlife and past loved ones. I found it very intresting that he would be writing about such a topic as I was just talking a few days ago to a professor of mine about Robert Moss the writer of "The Dreamer's Book of the Dead". Here is a little of what Ryan has to say:


For hundreds of years, early November (conveniently poised between the Fall Equinox and the Winter Solstice) has been celebrated as a time of harvest and plenty, and also a time when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thin. Is it the death of summer, the lengthening nights, or the dark knowledge that some won’t make it through the hard winter to follow?


Read more over at dreamstudies.org

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Super Lucid

In the last few weeks I have been working with meditative techniques through Buddhist practice to come up with better ways of becoming "super lucid" or obtaining the stage of what some consider OBE. The Buddhist call these stage of sleep one of the Extra-bodily States called "dream body" and have been practicing in order to obtain perfection of this state. At any rate I have had tremendous success.

Meditation as stated before seems to be really about paying attention. The type of meditation that I use is paying attention to my breath out. During my lucid stage where I start to feel the strong vibrations that come from being aware and obtaining my dream body, the first thing I notice is my breathing changes. I tend to focus on this as a key point to knowing that I am able to "jump out" of my body.

Its not to say that everyone should look into meditation for obtaining lucidity in their dreams, but R also reports that he would also have the same effects when he would practice the meditation. I will continue to explore this rout as I try to learn better skills in obtaining release.

In the last few weeks I have also started to read two great books. One book is called "The Antipodes of The Mind" where the writer Dr. Benny Shanon talks about his uses of Ayahuasca and conducts the first ever psychological study of the drink. So far it has been a great book. The other book is called "Failed God" written by John A. Rush Ph.D and his also turning out to be a great book. Failed God is about the history of human religious experiences and how ultimately religion has turned from an experiences to a society based control modified for its best results. Both books have become a great addition to my collection of powerful books and I hope to write more about them in the future as I explore each one. During thanksgiving break I will be writing up a post about "The Antipodes of The Mind" in hopes to explore some of the areas that the writer touched on as well as my own ideas.

Super Lucid

In the last few weeks I have been working with meditative techniques through Buddhist practice to come up with better ways of becoming "super lucid" or obtaining the stage of what some consider OBE. The Buddhist call these stage of sleep one of the Extra-bodily States called "dream body" and have been practicing in order to obtain perfection of this state. At any rate I have had tremendous success.

Meditation as stated before seems to be really about paying attention. The type of meditation that I use is paying attention to my breath out. During my lucid stage where I start to feel the strong vibrations that come from being aware and obtaining my dream body, the first thing I notice is my breathing changes. I tend to focus on this as a key point to knowing that I am able to "jump out" of my body.

Its not to say that everyone should look into meditation for obtaining lucidity in their dreams, but R also reports that he would also have the same effects when he would practice the meditation. I will continue to explore this rout as I try to learn better skills in obtaining release.

In the last few weeks I have also started to read two great books. One book is called "The Antipodes of The Mind" where the writer Dr. Benny Shanon talks about his uses of Ayahuasca and conducts the first ever psychological study of the drink. So far it has been a great book. The other book is called "Failed God" written by John A. Rush Ph.D and his also turning out to be a great book. Failed God is about the history of human religious experiences and how ultimately religion has turned from an experiences to a society based control modified for its best results. Both books have become a great addition to my collection of powerful books and I hope to write more about them in the future as I explore each one. During thanksgiving break I will be writing up a post about "The Antipodes of The Mind" in hopes to explore some of the areas that the writer touched on as well as my own ideas.

Super Lucid

In the last few weeks I have been working with meditative techniques through Buddhist practice to come up with better ways of becoming "super lucid" or obtaining the stage of what some consider OBE. The Buddhist call these stage of sleep one of the Extra-bodily States called "dream body" and have been practicing in order to obtain perfection of this state. At any rate I have had tremendous success.

Meditation as stated before seems to be really about paying attention. The type of meditation that I use is paying attention to my breath out. During my lucid stage where I start to feel the strong vibrations that come from being aware and obtaining my dream body, the first thing I notice is my breathing changes. I tend to focus on this as a key point to knowing that I am able to "jump out" of my body.

Its not to say that everyone should look into meditation for obtaining lucidity in their dreams, but R also reports that he would also have the same effects when he would practice the meditation. I will continue to explore this rout as I try to learn better skills in obtaining release.

In the last few weeks I have also started to read two great books. One book is called "The Antipodes of The Mind" where the writer Dr. Benny Shanon talks about his uses of Ayahuasca and conducts the first ever psychological study of the drink. So far it has been a great book. The other book is called "Failed God" written by John A. Rush Ph.D and his also turning out to be a great book. Failed God is about the history of human religious experiences and how ultimately religion has turned from an experiences to a society based control modified for its best results. Both books have become a great addition to my collection of powerful books and I hope to write more about them in the future as I explore each one. During thanksgiving break I will be writing up a post about "The Antipodes of The Mind" in hopes to explore some of the areas that the writer touched on as well as my own ideas.

Opening to Energy with Entheogens, Part 1

Martin over at The Entheogenic Evolution posted another great podcast about his newest book "Being Human". This time he talks about exploring energy with the use of entheogens. Here is some of what his podcast talks about:


This week I distinguish the methods of working with entheogens to explore energy from the practices of meditation and the dualism of shamanism and entheogenic religion as discussed in my new book, Being Human: An Entheological Guide to God, Evolution and the Fractal Energetic Nature of Reality


Check it out here

Opening to Energy with Entheogens, Part 1

Martin over at The Entheogenic Evolution posted another great podcast about his newest book "Being Human". This time he talks about exploring energy with the use of entheogens. Here is some of what his podcast talks about:


This week I distinguish the methods of working with entheogens to explore energy from the practices of meditation and the dualism of shamanism and entheogenic religion as discussed in my new book, Being Human: An Entheological Guide to God, Evolution and the Fractal Energetic Nature of Reality


Check it out here

Opening to Energy with Entheogens, Part 1

Martin over at The Entheogenic Evolution posted another great podcast about his newest book "Being Human". This time he talks about exploring energy with the use of entheogens. Here is some of what his podcast talks about:


This week I distinguish the methods of working with entheogens to explore energy from the practices of meditation and the dualism of shamanism and entheogenic religion as discussed in my new book, Being Human: An Entheological Guide to God, Evolution and the Fractal Energetic Nature of Reality


Check it out here

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Dream Interpretation in Sufism Past and Present

Ryan over at dreamstudies.org posted another great article about how dream interpretation has been a large part of Sufism from the past and how it is currently being used. Here is a little of what Ryan has to say:


The reliance that Sufis place on dreams in their paths of spiritual progress is illustrated in a dream reported from the life of Imaam Abu Hamid al-Ghazzaalii (1058-1111). In Duncan B. Macdonald’s 19th century biography, it is said that Al-Ghazzaalii was beset by many personal struggles of a spiritual nature during certain phases of his religious studies.


You can read more at the Ryan's website www.dreamstudies.org

Dream Interpretation in Sufism Past and Present

Ryan over at dreamstudies.org posted another great article about how dream interpretation has been a large part of Sufism from the past and how it is currently being used. Here is a little of what Ryan has to say:


The reliance that Sufis place on dreams in their paths of spiritual progress is illustrated in a dream reported from the life of Imaam Abu Hamid al-Ghazzaalii (1058-1111). In Duncan B. Macdonald’s 19th century biography, it is said that Al-Ghazzaalii was beset by many personal struggles of a spiritual nature during certain phases of his religious studies.


You can read more at the Ryan's website www.dreamstudies.org

Dream Interpretation in Sufism Past and Present

Ryan over at dreamstudies.org posted another great article about how dream interpretation has been a large part of Sufism from the past and how it is currently being used. Here is a little of what Ryan has to say:


The reliance that Sufis place on dreams in their paths of spiritual progress is illustrated in a dream reported from the life of Imaam Abu Hamid al-Ghazzaalii (1058-1111). In Duncan B. Macdonald’s 19th century biography, it is said that Al-Ghazzaalii was beset by many personal struggles of a spiritual nature during certain phases of his religious studies.


You can read more at the Ryan's website www.dreamstudies.org

2C-B-FLY

2C-B-FLY is a psychedelic phenethylamine of the 2C family has recently been the target of some poor qualities. Apparently the owner of Haupt-RC had added 2C-B-FLY as a new product to its assortment on Monday September 28th and the operator of the company died from consuming it on Saturday October 3rd. Between those dates Haupt-RC has sent out an unknown number of orders around the world.
Some of Haupt-RC’s customers have been warned and thereby may have been saved from fatal ingestion. Unfortunately others have not been reached in time and have been hospitalized and died.

Unconfirmed sources have stated that this 2C-B-FLY was sourced from a Chinese producer. This Chinese producer may be selling to other Research Chemical vendors. It was later said that it was not a Chinese vender that was where the 2C-B-FLY was received, and so it is urged to be careful in all situations.

With all drugs it shouldn't be needed to be said that there should be caution when consuming anything, as there is always flaws.

2C-B-FLY

2C-B-FLY is a psychedelic phenethylamine of the 2C family has recently been the target of some poor qualities. Apparently the owner of Haupt-RC had added 2C-B-FLY as a new product to its assortment on Monday September 28th and the operator of the company died from consuming it on Saturday October 3rd. Between those dates Haupt-RC has sent out an unknown number of orders around the world.
Some of Haupt-RC’s customers have been warned and thereby may have been saved from fatal ingestion. Unfortunately others have not been reached in time and have been hospitalized and died.

Unconfirmed sources have stated that this 2C-B-FLY was sourced from a Chinese producer. This Chinese producer may be selling to other Research Chemical vendors. It was later said that it was not a Chinese vender that was where the 2C-B-FLY was received, and so it is urged to be careful in all situations.

With all drugs it shouldn't be needed to be said that there should be caution when consuming anything, as there is always flaws.

2C-B-FLY

2C-B-FLY is a psychedelic phenethylamine of the 2C family has recently been the target of some poor qualities. Apparently the owner of Haupt-RC had added 2C-B-FLY as a new product to its assortment on Monday September 28th and the operator of the company died from consuming it on Saturday October 3rd. Between those dates Haupt-RC has sent out an unknown number of orders around the world.
Some of Haupt-RC’s customers have been warned and thereby may have been saved from fatal ingestion. Unfortunately others have not been reached in time and have been hospitalized and died.

Unconfirmed sources have stated that this 2C-B-FLY was sourced from a Chinese producer. This Chinese producer may be selling to other Research Chemical vendors. It was later said that it was not a Chinese vender that was where the 2C-B-FLY was received, and so it is urged to be careful in all situations.

With all drugs it shouldn't be needed to be said that there should be caution when consuming anything, as there is always flaws.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Long Break Over

The last few weeks I have been reading up on my new obsession about Buddhism. I have learned a lot about the philosophy of the culture as well as some of the aspects of the religion. It really helped me to understand the importance of paying attention, especially in my day to day life, as well as during my sleep. Through some of their practices I have increased my ability to have lucid dreams as well as OBE, however I still believe that this is based on the simple rule of paying attention to my body and mind during the day and when I go to sleep has been the main cause behind this.

This concept brings me to the question of if we are continuing to have lucid dreams and OBE during most nights but just don't remember it? R has brought to my attention that a few individuals have reported this to be the case in the past. It could also be that paying attention to our breathing and how our minds act differently during our transitions between NREM and REM sleep, causes us to notice this and allowing us to become lucid. At any rate meditation and paying attention are key points in just about every way of increasing your lucidity during sleep.

In the next few weeks I will be focusing more on topics that deal with cultures and their drug use though history.

Long Break Over

The last few weeks I have been reading up on my new obsession about Buddhism. I have learned a lot about the philosophy of the culture as well as some of the aspects of the religion. It really helped me to understand the importance of paying attention, especially in my day to day life, as well as during my sleep. Through some of their practices I have increased my ability to have lucid dreams as well as OBE, however I still believe that this is based on the simple rule of paying attention to my body and mind during the day and when I go to sleep has been the main cause behind this.

This concept brings me to the question of if we are continuing to have lucid dreams and OBE during most nights but just don't remember it? R has brought to my attention that a few individuals have reported this to be the case in the past. It could also be that paying attention to our breathing and how our minds act differently during our transitions between NREM and REM sleep, causes us to notice this and allowing us to become lucid. At any rate meditation and paying attention are key points in just about every way of increasing your lucidity during sleep.

In the next few weeks I will be focusing more on topics that deal with cultures and their drug use though history.

Long Break Over

The last few weeks I have been reading up on my new obsession about Buddhism. I have learned a lot about the philosophy of the culture as well as some of the aspects of the religion. It really helped me to understand the importance of paying attention, especially in my day to day life, as well as during my sleep. Through some of their practices I have increased my ability to have lucid dreams as well as OBE, however I still believe that this is based on the simple rule of paying attention to my body and mind during the day and when I go to sleep has been the main cause behind this.

This concept brings me to the question of if we are continuing to have lucid dreams and OBE during most nights but just don't remember it? R has brought to my attention that a few individuals have reported this to be the case in the past. It could also be that paying attention to our breathing and how our minds act differently during our transitions between NREM and REM sleep, causes us to notice this and allowing us to become lucid. At any rate meditation and paying attention are key points in just about every way of increasing your lucidity during sleep.

In the next few weeks I will be focusing more on topics that deal with cultures and their drug use though history.

Lucid Dreaming and Christianity: Entering the Light

Ryan over at Dreamstudies.org provides us another great read on "Lucid Dreaming and Christianity." He does an excellent job in educating us in the past history of Christian religion and its references to lucid dreaming, and also on how the church has gone away from these beliefs. Here is a little about what he has to say:



The loudest voices of the lucid dreaming movement cite pleasure, power, and fulfilling fantasies as among the benefits of becoming more aware in our dreams. Unfortunately this popular expression has added fuel to the smoldering and historic distrust of dreams by many contemporary Christians, who are told that dreams can only be temptations of the Devil.


Read more over at dreamstudies.org

Lucid Dreaming and Christianity: Entering the Light

Ryan over at Dreamstudies.org provides us another great read on "Lucid Dreaming and Christianity." He does an excellent job in educating us in the past history of Christian religion and its references to lucid dreaming, and also on how the church has gone away from these beliefs. Here is a little about what he has to say:



The loudest voices of the lucid dreaming movement cite pleasure, power, and fulfilling fantasies as among the benefits of becoming more aware in our dreams. Unfortunately this popular expression has added fuel to the smoldering and historic distrust of dreams by many contemporary Christians, who are told that dreams can only be temptations of the Devil.


Read more over at dreamstudies.org

Lucid Dreaming and Christianity: Entering the Light

Ryan over at Dreamstudies.org provides us another great read on "Lucid Dreaming and Christianity." He does an excellent job in educating us in the past history of Christian religion and its references to lucid dreaming, and also on how the church has gone away from these beliefs. Here is a little about what he has to say:



The loudest voices of the lucid dreaming movement cite pleasure, power, and fulfilling fantasies as among the benefits of becoming more aware in our dreams. Unfortunately this popular expression has added fuel to the smoldering and historic distrust of dreams by many contemporary Christians, who are told that dreams can only be temptations of the Devil.


Read more over at dreamstudies.org

Being Human

Martin over at The Entheogenic Evolution has released another one of his books "Being Human." I have yet had a chance to read his book but he states on his most recent podcast that this book is more of and in depth guide to understanding the relationship in psychedelics. The book is said to be a small read, as it is a little more than 100 pages, but as for Martin's reputation on his book writing skills, should be a great book. If anyone has had a chance to read this book, please feel free to e-mail me and tell me more about it.

Being Human

Martin over at The Entheogenic Evolution has released another one of his books "Being Human." I have yet had a chance to read his book but he states on his most recent podcast that this book is more of and in depth guide to understanding the relationship in psychedelics. The book is said to be a small read, as it is a little more than 100 pages, but as for Martin's reputation on his book writing skills, should be a great book. If anyone has had a chance to read this book, please feel free to e-mail me and tell me more about it.

Being Human

Martin over at The Entheogenic Evolution has released another one of his books "Being Human." I have yet had a chance to read his book but he states on his most recent podcast that this book is more of and in depth guide to understanding the relationship in psychedelics. The book is said to be a small read, as it is a little more than 100 pages, but as for Martin's reputation on his book writing skills, should be a great book. If anyone has had a chance to read this book, please feel free to e-mail me and tell me more about it.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Lucid Nightmare Podcast

Ryan over at dreamstudies.org gives a great pod cast about his talk last June into lucid nightmares. Check out the pod cast over at his website dreamstudies.org

Lucid Nightmare Podcast

Ryan over at dreamstudies.org gives a great pod cast about his talk last June into lucid nightmares. Check out the pod cast over at his website dreamstudies.org

Lucid Nightmare Podcast

Ryan over at dreamstudies.org gives a great pod cast about his talk last June into lucid nightmares. Check out the pod cast over at his website dreamstudies.org

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The Snooze Method for Remembering More Dreams

Ryan over at dreamstudies.org posted another great article about improving your dream recall. Here is a little of what he has to say:

If you want to get on the fast track to remember more dreams, it’s important to start keeping a dream diary. Still, it can take a while before the dreams make it from slumberland to the waking world. The reason for this lag between intention and dream recall is that our memory system is not geared for automatic dream recall, and also because we live in a culture that does not value dreams.


Read more over at dreamstudies.org

The Snooze Method for Remembering More Dreams

Ryan over at dreamstudies.org posted another great article about improving your dream recall. Here is a little of what he has to say:

If you want to get on the fast track to remember more dreams, it’s important to start keeping a dream diary. Still, it can take a while before the dreams make it from slumberland to the waking world. The reason for this lag between intention and dream recall is that our memory system is not geared for automatic dream recall, and also because we live in a culture that does not value dreams.


Read more over at dreamstudies.org

The Snooze Method for Remembering More Dreams

Ryan over at dreamstudies.org posted another great article about improving your dream recall. Here is a little of what he has to say:

If you want to get on the fast track to remember more dreams, it’s important to start keeping a dream diary. Still, it can take a while before the dreams make it from slumberland to the waking world. The reason for this lag between intention and dream recall is that our memory system is not geared for automatic dream recall, and also because we live in a culture that does not value dreams.


Read more over at dreamstudies.org

Monday, September 21, 2009

Pods Blogs and You

Want your blog or podcast featured as one of our regularly updated news feeds? Get involved on the site and post a comment with your blog or podcast website and we will be sure to check it out and add it to our list. Continue to help spread the great information of consciousness!

Pods Blogs and You

Want your blog or podcast featured as one of our regularly updated news feeds? Get involved on the site and post a comment with your blog or podcast website and we will be sure to check it out and add it to our list. Continue to help spread the great information of consciousness!

Pods Blogs and You

Want your blog or podcast featured as one of our regularly updated news feeds? Get involved on the site and post a comment with your blog or podcast website and we will be sure to check it out and add it to our list. Continue to help spread the great information of consciousness!

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Lucid Dreaming: a Hybrid of REM and Waking Cognition

Ryan over at Dream studies.org seems to be busy as he posted another great post on the altered state of consciousness of lucid dreaming. In the post he talks about how a few new studies have been conducted regarding the possibility that lucid dreaming as not dreaming at all, but really a new type of consciousness. Here is a little of what the post has to say:


A study accepted in the journal Sleep last month (but not yet published) claims that lucid dreaming should be not be considered a REM dreaming phenomenon but rather a unique state of consciousness (Voss, et al., 2009). Poetically, the assertion that lucid dreaming has elements of waking consciousness and dreaming has been made for years. But this study, conducted at the Neurological Laboratory in Frankfurt, Germany, backs the assertion with physiological data taken with an EEG.



Read more by visiting dreamstudies.org

Lucid Dreaming: a Hybrid of REM and Waking Cognition

Ryan over at Dream studies.org seems to be busy as he posted another great post on the altered state of consciousness of lucid dreaming. In the post he talks about how a few new studies have been conducted regarding the possibility that lucid dreaming as not dreaming at all, but really a new type of consciousness. Here is a little of what the post has to say:


A study accepted in the journal Sleep last month (but not yet published) claims that lucid dreaming should be not be considered a REM dreaming phenomenon but rather a unique state of consciousness (Voss, et al., 2009). Poetically, the assertion that lucid dreaming has elements of waking consciousness and dreaming has been made for years. But this study, conducted at the Neurological Laboratory in Frankfurt, Germany, backs the assertion with physiological data taken with an EEG.



Read more by visiting dreamstudies.org

Lucid Dreaming: a Hybrid of REM and Waking Cognition

Ryan over at Dream studies.org seems to be busy as he posted another great post on the altered state of consciousness of lucid dreaming. In the post he talks about how a few new studies have been conducted regarding the possibility that lucid dreaming as not dreaming at all, but really a new type of consciousness. Here is a little of what the post has to say:


A study accepted in the journal Sleep last month (but not yet published) claims that lucid dreaming should be not be considered a REM dreaming phenomenon but rather a unique state of consciousness (Voss, et al., 2009). Poetically, the assertion that lucid dreaming has elements of waking consciousness and dreaming has been made for years. But this study, conducted at the Neurological Laboratory in Frankfurt, Germany, backs the assertion with physiological data taken with an EEG.



Read more by visiting dreamstudies.org

Friday, September 18, 2009

A night of sleep as a microcosm of samsara

Liza Solomonova over at Oneiricum has posted a great post on "A night of sleep as a microcosm of samsara." Her blog Oneiricum has shown great information into understanding the sleep in a Buddhist mindset as well as a medical mindset as she has been interested in the Buddhist teachings as well as a a research assistant at a Dream and Nightmare Laboratory.

Here is a little about what her post says:


Among many wonderful podcast series from Upaya, there is a 7-part series of talks by Alan Wallace, a Buddhist teacher, translator and practicioner who works on drawing Wester and Eastern thought on understanding the mind closer together. There are many wonderful things about his talks, and I am not going to get into them, it is much more interesting and exciting to listen to the podcasts firsthand. However, one of the things that he said I found so interesting, I just have to share it.



Check out her blog at : http://oneiricum.wordpress.com to read more about her and her wonderful blog.

A night of sleep as a microcosm of samsara

Liza Solomonova over at Oneiricum has posted a great post on "A night of sleep as a microcosm of samsara." Her blog Oneiricum has shown great information into understanding the sleep in a Buddhist mindset as well as a medical mindset as she has been interested in the Buddhist teachings as well as a a research assistant at a Dream and Nightmare Laboratory.

Here is a little about what her post says:


Among many wonderful podcast series from Upaya, there is a 7-part series of talks by Alan Wallace, a Buddhist teacher, translator and practicioner who works on drawing Wester and Eastern thought on understanding the mind closer together. There are many wonderful things about his talks, and I am not going to get into them, it is much more interesting and exciting to listen to the podcasts firsthand. However, one of the things that he said I found so interesting, I just have to share it.



Check out her blog at : http://oneiricum.wordpress.com to read more about her and her wonderful blog.

A night of sleep as a microcosm of samsara

Liza Solomonova over at Oneiricum has posted a great post on "A night of sleep as a microcosm of samsara." Her blog Oneiricum has shown great information into understanding the sleep in a Buddhist mindset as well as a medical mindset as she has been interested in the Buddhist teachings as well as a a research assistant at a Dream and Nightmare Laboratory.

Here is a little about what her post says:


Among many wonderful podcast series from Upaya, there is a 7-part series of talks by Alan Wallace, a Buddhist teacher, translator and practicioner who works on drawing Wester and Eastern thought on understanding the mind closer together. There are many wonderful things about his talks, and I am not going to get into them, it is much more interesting and exciting to listen to the podcasts firsthand. However, one of the things that he said I found so interesting, I just have to share it.



Check out her blog at : http://oneiricum.wordpress.com to read more about her and her wonderful blog.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

More Super Lucid

I am not one to normally post my personal experiences with dreams, but I figured that it was worthwhile to post my most recent events on here as it might help or inspire others to try the same techniques in order to super lucid dream.

In my last post about lucid dreaming and super lucid dreaming, I posted about the WILD events that have caused me to super lucid dream. I also defined what I believe super lucid dreaming is, and how in relation to out of the body experiences, they are one the same and truly are a lucid dream. At any rate I once again have had the effects of super lucid dreaming due to a WILD event.

Recently I have been paying much more attention to things, not just during the day but also during the time frame before sleep. I have been practicing some meditation techniques which is really just breathing and paying attention to the moment of breathing. Yes, Buddhist class has been paying off. Anyways in the past I have tried numerous techniques to increase my WILD events but nothing has helped. I have even tried the supplement technique which has caused me to somehow cure my depression in my life but also caused me to ironically remember less of my dreams. Nothing seemed to work until now.

Paying attention seems to be a common trend to any websites that have groups who have techniques to help someone lucid dream. Many of these techniques you have to read in a book, or pay money for, but when all is said and done, its paying attention that is the key element. I have been training my mind to pay attention during the day and before I go to sleep and strange as it may sound, we practice how we play. Our brains being as smart as they are also can pay attention when we are falling into REM sleep and feel these WILD events take place causing us to have a super lucid dream. I know this may not work for you, but it sure does work with me and I will continue to use it and improve on it. I have also seemed to cause my dreams to be even more lucid which has caused me to question if I am truly asleep or sleep walking throughout my house. Keep trying and pay attention and you will get the WILD you search for.

Happy dreaming!

More Super Lucid

I am not one to normally post my personal experiences with dreams, but I figured that it was worthwhile to post my most recent events on here as it might help or inspire others to try the same techniques in order to super lucid dream.

In my last post about lucid dreaming and super lucid dreaming, I posted about the WILD events that have caused me to super lucid dream. I also defined what I believe super lucid dreaming is, and how in relation to out of the body experiences, they are one the same and truly are a lucid dream. At any rate I once again have had the effects of super lucid dreaming due to a WILD event.

Recently I have been paying much more attention to things, not just during the day but also during the time frame before sleep. I have been practicing some meditation techniques which is really just breathing and paying attention to the moment of breathing. Yes, Buddhist class has been paying off. Anyways in the past I have tried numerous techniques to increase my WILD events but nothing has helped. I have even tried the supplement technique which has caused me to somehow cure my depression in my life but also caused me to ironically remember less of my dreams. Nothing seemed to work until now.

Paying attention seems to be a common trend to any websites that have groups who have techniques to help someone lucid dream. Many of these techniques you have to read in a book, or pay money for, but when all is said and done, its paying attention that is the key element. I have been training my mind to pay attention during the day and before I go to sleep and strange as it may sound, we practice how we play. Our brains being as smart as they are also can pay attention when we are falling into REM sleep and feel these WILD events take place causing us to have a super lucid dream. I know this may not work for you, but it sure does work with me and I will continue to use it and improve on it. I have also seemed to cause my dreams to be even more lucid which has caused me to question if I am truly asleep or sleep walking throughout my house. Keep trying and pay attention and you will get the WILD you search for.

Happy dreaming!

More Super Lucid

I am not one to normally post my personal experiences with dreams, but I figured that it was worthwhile to post my most recent events on here as it might help or inspire others to try the same techniques in order to super lucid dream.

In my last post about lucid dreaming and super lucid dreaming, I posted about the WILD events that have caused me to super lucid dream. I also defined what I believe super lucid dreaming is, and how in relation to out of the body experiences, they are one the same and truly are a lucid dream. At any rate I once again have had the effects of super lucid dreaming due to a WILD event.

Recently I have been paying much more attention to things, not just during the day but also during the time frame before sleep. I have been practicing some meditation techniques which is really just breathing and paying attention to the moment of breathing. Yes, Buddhist class has been paying off. Anyways in the past I have tried numerous techniques to increase my WILD events but nothing has helped. I have even tried the supplement technique which has caused me to somehow cure my depression in my life but also caused me to ironically remember less of my dreams. Nothing seemed to work until now.

Paying attention seems to be a common trend to any websites that have groups who have techniques to help someone lucid dream. Many of these techniques you have to read in a book, or pay money for, but when all is said and done, its paying attention that is the key element. I have been training my mind to pay attention during the day and before I go to sleep and strange as it may sound, we practice how we play. Our brains being as smart as they are also can pay attention when we are falling into REM sleep and feel these WILD events take place causing us to have a super lucid dream. I know this may not work for you, but it sure does work with me and I will continue to use it and improve on it. I have also seemed to cause my dreams to be even more lucid which has caused me to question if I am truly asleep or sleep walking throughout my house. Keep trying and pay attention and you will get the WILD you search for.

Happy dreaming!

The Link Between Depression and Dreams

Ryan over at DreamStudies.org provides us with a great read about the link between dreams and depression. I really enjoyed the read as it goes into the aspect of chemical relationships between the sleep phases and depression in relation to serotonin. I highly suggest you go over to dreamstudies.org and check out one of the best articles I have read to date.

Here is a little about what the post has to say:
In the 1970s, psychologists noted that people suffering from depression also report more dreams than average. In fact, people who are clinically depressed may dream three or four times as much. The quality of REM dreams (also called “paradoxical sleep”) is different too: more intense emotions, more negative themes, more nightmares, and more unpleasant dreams, in general.

Read more here

The Link Between Depression and Dreams

Ryan over at DreamStudies.org provides us with a great read about the link between dreams and depression. I really enjoyed the read as it goes into the aspect of chemical relationships between the sleep phases and depression in relation to serotonin. I highly suggest you go over to dreamstudies.org and check out one of the best articles I have read to date.

Here is a little about what the post has to say:
In the 1970s, psychologists noted that people suffering from depression also report more dreams than average. In fact, people who are clinically depressed may dream three or four times as much. The quality of REM dreams (also called “paradoxical sleep”) is different too: more intense emotions, more negative themes, more nightmares, and more unpleasant dreams, in general.

Read more here

The Link Between Depression and Dreams

Ryan over at DreamStudies.org provides us with a great read about the link between dreams and depression. I really enjoyed the read as it goes into the aspect of chemical relationships between the sleep phases and depression in relation to serotonin. I highly suggest you go over to dreamstudies.org and check out one of the best articles I have read to date.

Here is a little about what the post has to say:
In the 1970s, psychologists noted that people suffering from depression also report more dreams than average. In fact, people who are clinically depressed may dream three or four times as much. The quality of REM dreams (also called “paradoxical sleep”) is different too: more intense emotions, more negative themes, more nightmares, and more unpleasant dreams, in general.

Read more here

Fractal Anatomy

Martin over at the Entheogenic Evolution gives us an update on his podcast about some thoughts over at burning man. What a lucky guy for having the chance to explore such an interesting area. Anyways here is what he has to say as well as a link to his newest podcast:
Checking in with y'all post-Burning Man and sharing the idea of God's Signature in Fractal Anatomy =)

Check out the Podcast here

Fractal Anatomy

Martin over at the Entheogenic Evolution gives us an update on his podcast about some thoughts over at burning man. What a lucky guy for having the chance to explore such an interesting area. Anyways here is what he has to say as well as a link to his newest podcast:
Checking in with y'all post-Burning Man and sharing the idea of God's Signature in Fractal Anatomy =)

Check out the Podcast here

Fractal Anatomy

Martin over at the Entheogenic Evolution gives us an update on his podcast about some thoughts over at burning man. What a lucky guy for having the chance to explore such an interesting area. Anyways here is what he has to say as well as a link to his newest podcast:
Checking in with y'all post-Burning Man and sharing the idea of God's Signature in Fractal Anatomy =)

Check out the Podcast here

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Chocolate to Morphine

From Chocolate to Morphine is a great book about drugs. Its not just about a specific drug but entails just about every common drug that you could think of. It not only tells you about the drugs and what they can do, but talks about the proper use of the drugs as well as education for those who would want to use them or currently use them and want to continue using. The book doesn't promote drug use nor does it take any side at all, only giving the facts and letting the reader decide how they want to conduct themselves.

I personally love this book because it does exactly what our education system should be doing with our education about the drug use, giving the truth rather than producing lies that help no one. I highly recommend this book to anyone that has used drugs, wants to use drugs, or has family that have drug problems. This book helps us to remember that coffee and chocolate are also strong stimulants and have potential for abuse.

Chocolate to Morphine

From Chocolate to Morphine is a great book about drugs. Its not just about a specific drug but entails just about every common drug that you could think of. It not only tells you about the drugs and what they can do, but talks about the proper use of the drugs as well as education for those who would want to use them or currently use them and want to continue using. The book doesn't promote drug use nor does it take any side at all, only giving the facts and letting the reader decide how they want to conduct themselves.

I personally love this book because it does exactly what our education system should be doing with our education about the drug use, giving the truth rather than producing lies that help no one. I highly recommend this book to anyone that has used drugs, wants to use drugs, or has family that have drug problems. This book helps us to remember that coffee and chocolate are also strong stimulants and have potential for abuse.

Chocolate to Morphine

From Chocolate to Morphine is a great book about drugs. Its not just about a specific drug but entails just about every common drug that you could think of. It not only tells you about the drugs and what they can do, but talks about the proper use of the drugs as well as education for those who would want to use them or currently use them and want to continue using. The book doesn't promote drug use nor does it take any side at all, only giving the facts and letting the reader decide how they want to conduct themselves.

I personally love this book because it does exactly what our education system should be doing with our education about the drug use, giving the truth rather than producing lies that help no one. I highly recommend this book to anyone that has used drugs, wants to use drugs, or has family that have drug problems. This book helps us to remember that coffee and chocolate are also strong stimulants and have potential for abuse.

Dr. Laberge Interview

R sent me an e-mail a few days ago with a 10 part interview on YouTube.com that has Dr. Laberge talking about what lucid dreaming is and what capabilities you have while lucid dreaming.

You can start the interview by clicking (here)

Here is a little bit about Dr. LaBerge taking from Wikipedia.com:

Stephen LaBerge is a psychophysiologist and a leader in the scientific study of lucid dreaming. He was born in 1947. In 1967 he received his Bachelor's Degree in mathematics. He began researching lucid dreaming for his Ph.D. in Psychophysiology at Stanford University, which he received in 1980.[1] He developed techniques to enable himself and other researchers to enter a lucid dream state at will, most notably the MILD technique (mnemonic induction of lucid dreams), which was necessary for many forms of dream experimentation.[2] In 1987, he founded The Lucidity Institute, an organization that promotes research into lucid dreaming, as well as running courses for the general public on how to achieve a lucid dream.[3]

His technique of signalling to a collaborator monitoring his EEG with agreed-upon eye movements during REM became the first published, scientifically-verified signal from a dreamer's mind to the outside world. The first confirmed signal came from Alan Worsley under study in England; however his group did not publish their results until later. [4] Though the technique is simple, it opens broad new avenues of dream research and pushed the field of dream research, or oneirology, beyond its protoscientific and largely discredited psychoanalytic roots, establishing it as a fruitful and respectable discipline.

Dr. Laberge Interview

R sent me an e-mail a few days ago with a 10 part interview on YouTube.com that has Dr. Laberge talking about what lucid dreaming is and what capabilities you have while lucid dreaming.

You can start the interview by clicking (here)

Here is a little bit about Dr. LaBerge taking from Wikipedia.com:

Stephen LaBerge is a psychophysiologist and a leader in the scientific study of lucid dreaming. He was born in 1947. In 1967 he received his Bachelor's Degree in mathematics. He began researching lucid dreaming for his Ph.D. in Psychophysiology at Stanford University, which he received in 1980.[1] He developed techniques to enable himself and other researchers to enter a lucid dream state at will, most notably the MILD technique (mnemonic induction of lucid dreams), which was necessary for many forms of dream experimentation.[2] In 1987, he founded The Lucidity Institute, an organization that promotes research into lucid dreaming, as well as running courses for the general public on how to achieve a lucid dream.[3]

His technique of signalling to a collaborator monitoring his EEG with agreed-upon eye movements during REM became the first published, scientifically-verified signal from a dreamer's mind to the outside world. The first confirmed signal came from Alan Worsley under study in England; however his group did not publish their results until later. [4] Though the technique is simple, it opens broad new avenues of dream research and pushed the field of dream research, or oneirology, beyond its protoscientific and largely discredited psychoanalytic roots, establishing it as a fruitful and respectable discipline.

Dr. Laberge Interview

R sent me an e-mail a few days ago with a 10 part interview on YouTube.com that has Dr. Laberge talking about what lucid dreaming is and what capabilities you have while lucid dreaming.

You can start the interview by clicking (here)

Here is a little bit about Dr. LaBerge taking from Wikipedia.com:

Stephen LaBerge is a psychophysiologist and a leader in the scientific study of lucid dreaming. He was born in 1947. In 1967 he received his Bachelor's Degree in mathematics. He began researching lucid dreaming for his Ph.D. in Psychophysiology at Stanford University, which he received in 1980.[1] He developed techniques to enable himself and other researchers to enter a lucid dream state at will, most notably the MILD technique (mnemonic induction of lucid dreams), which was necessary for many forms of dream experimentation.[2] In 1987, he founded The Lucidity Institute, an organization that promotes research into lucid dreaming, as well as running courses for the general public on how to achieve a lucid dream.[3]

His technique of signalling to a collaborator monitoring his EEG with agreed-upon eye movements during REM became the first published, scientifically-verified signal from a dreamer's mind to the outside world. The first confirmed signal came from Alan Worsley under study in England; however his group did not publish their results until later. [4] Though the technique is simple, it opens broad new avenues of dream research and pushed the field of dream research, or oneirology, beyond its protoscientific and largely discredited psychoanalytic roots, establishing it as a fruitful and respectable discipline.

Lucid and Super Lucid

Well its been a little bit since I last posted anything. I have been sick for about a week now and have also been reading a lot on the topic of Buddhism which seems to be a good combination as one seemed to help the other. Feeling sick really brings things into the basic light, just wanting to survive the sickness and not needing a lot extra stuff (like fast cars and big house) to do so. The teachings that are contributed from the philosophy of Buddhism seems to also help with surviving the sickness. At any rate it has been a interesting experience.

Since I have started to read about Buddhism I have also tried to take into account some of the concepts of relaxation which really has made my mood more positive in result allowing me to sleep better. I have also noticed a more positive outcome is my ability to become super lucid has increased as well.

Some may ask what is being super lucid? Well I don't think that there is really a scientific answer to that question, but for me there seems to be two types of lucid dreams, lucid and super lucid.

Lucid Dreaming:
I know that I am dreaming and am able to change things in my dream or to have complete control over my dreams. I am normally already in a dream when it occurs to me that I must be dreaming.

Super Lucid Dreaming:
Achieved by a Wake Initiated Lucid Dream (WILD) which seems to also have the sense of strong vibrations and sometimes the old hag syndrome. In these types of lucid dreams I know that I am awake while dreaming but it seems so real (almost more than real) that I am scared to walk around the room or house because I am scared of sleep walking. I feel groggy at first as though half awake and half awake and eventually am fully inside the dream world which I can control. Some people have called these dreams out of body experiences but I strongly disagree and believe the are just super lucid dreams.

Recently in my super lucid dreams I have had the opportunity to talk with some dream characters about the world in which I am dreaming. They seem to be very insightful and full of life. Its really a fun time to talk to yourself and find out things you normally wouldn't know about yourself. I have also had the opportunity to meditate while in my dream and what a great experience that was.

I can honestly say that the WILD type of lucid dreaming has its price from its super lucidity. The vibrations are often frighting because they are often so intense it may feel like your body is going to break in half, the feeling of being half awake and half asleep is also scary as it makes you feel like you are paralyzed (good old sleep paralysis), and an occasional dream hallucination while your awake may scare the hee bee jeebies out of you. I am not sure why but my last scary WILD hallucination was a fat panda stilling in the corner of my room and he still scared the living hell out of me. If you can get past that, you can have some really insightful experiences and wake up well rested and glad that you had the adventure.

In the next week I will be working on some short book reviews for the Buddhist books I have been reading as well as what I have been learning on the brain and lucid dreaming.

Lucid and Super Lucid

Well its been a little bit since I last posted anything. I have been sick for about a week now and have also been reading a lot on the topic of Buddhism which seems to be a good combination as one seemed to help the other. Feeling sick really brings things into the basic light, just wanting to survive the sickness and not needing a lot extra stuff (like fast cars and big house) to do so. The teachings that are contributed from the philosophy of Buddhism seems to also help with surviving the sickness. At any rate it has been a interesting experience.

Since I have started to read about Buddhism I have also tried to take into account some of the concepts of relaxation which really has made my mood more positive in result allowing me to sleep better. I have also noticed a more positive outcome is my ability to become super lucid has increased as well.

Some may ask what is being super lucid? Well I don't think that there is really a scientific answer to that question, but for me there seems to be two types of lucid dreams, lucid and super lucid.

Lucid Dreaming:
I know that I am dreaming and am able to change things in my dream or to have complete control over my dreams. I am normally already in a dream when it occurs to me that I must be dreaming.

Super Lucid Dreaming:
Achieved by a Wake Initiated Lucid Dream (WILD) which seems to also have the sense of strong vibrations and sometimes the old hag syndrome. In these types of lucid dreams I know that I am awake while dreaming but it seems so real (almost more than real) that I am scared to walk around the room or house because I am scared of sleep walking. I feel groggy at first as though half awake and half awake and eventually am fully inside the dream world which I can control. Some people have called these dreams out of body experiences but I strongly disagree and believe the are just super lucid dreams.

Recently in my super lucid dreams I have had the opportunity to talk with some dream characters about the world in which I am dreaming. They seem to be very insightful and full of life. Its really a fun time to talk to yourself and find out things you normally wouldn't know about yourself. I have also had the opportunity to meditate while in my dream and what a great experience that was.

I can honestly say that the WILD type of lucid dreaming has its price from its super lucidity. The vibrations are often frighting because they are often so intense it may feel like your body is going to break in half, the feeling of being half awake and half asleep is also scary as it makes you feel like you are paralyzed (good old sleep paralysis), and an occasional dream hallucination while your awake may scare the hee bee jeebies out of you. I am not sure why but my last scary WILD hallucination was a fat panda stilling in the corner of my room and he still scared the living hell out of me. If you can get past that, you can have some really insightful experiences and wake up well rested and glad that you had the adventure.

In the next week I will be working on some short book reviews for the Buddhist books I have been reading as well as what I have been learning on the brain and lucid dreaming.

Lucid and Super Lucid

Well its been a little bit since I last posted anything. I have been sick for about a week now and have also been reading a lot on the topic of Buddhism which seems to be a good combination as one seemed to help the other. Feeling sick really brings things into the basic light, just wanting to survive the sickness and not needing a lot extra stuff (like fast cars and big house) to do so. The teachings that are contributed from the philosophy of Buddhism seems to also help with surviving the sickness. At any rate it has been a interesting experience.

Since I have started to read about Buddhism I have also tried to take into account some of the concepts of relaxation which really has made my mood more positive in result allowing me to sleep better. I have also noticed a more positive outcome is my ability to become super lucid has increased as well.

Some may ask what is being super lucid? Well I don't think that there is really a scientific answer to that question, but for me there seems to be two types of lucid dreams, lucid and super lucid.

Lucid Dreaming:
I know that I am dreaming and am able to change things in my dream or to have complete control over my dreams. I am normally already in a dream when it occurs to me that I must be dreaming.

Super Lucid Dreaming:
Achieved by a Wake Initiated Lucid Dream (WILD) which seems to also have the sense of strong vibrations and sometimes the old hag syndrome. In these types of lucid dreams I know that I am awake while dreaming but it seems so real (almost more than real) that I am scared to walk around the room or house because I am scared of sleep walking. I feel groggy at first as though half awake and half awake and eventually am fully inside the dream world which I can control. Some people have called these dreams out of body experiences but I strongly disagree and believe the are just super lucid dreams.

Recently in my super lucid dreams I have had the opportunity to talk with some dream characters about the world in which I am dreaming. They seem to be very insightful and full of life. Its really a fun time to talk to yourself and find out things you normally wouldn't know about yourself. I have also had the opportunity to meditate while in my dream and what a great experience that was.

I can honestly say that the WILD type of lucid dreaming has its price from its super lucidity. The vibrations are often frighting because they are often so intense it may feel like your body is going to break in half, the feeling of being half awake and half asleep is also scary as it makes you feel like you are paralyzed (good old sleep paralysis), and an occasional dream hallucination while your awake may scare the hee bee jeebies out of you. I am not sure why but my last scary WILD hallucination was a fat panda stilling in the corner of my room and he still scared the living hell out of me. If you can get past that, you can have some really insightful experiences and wake up well rested and glad that you had the adventure.

In the next week I will be working on some short book reviews for the Buddhist books I have been reading as well as what I have been learning on the brain and lucid dreaming.

Psiber Dreaming Conference Coming up

Ryan over at dreamstudies.org gives us some good information about an upcoming online conference.

There’s less than 2 weeks until the premiere Dreaming event on the web. I’m talking about the 2009 PsiberDreaming conference: a two week online conference that features over two dozen presentations from leaders in the fields of dream research and consciousness studies.

Keep in mind, this is not a boring academic conference, but an open forum for everyone who is interested in the strange and amazing possibilities of dreaming.


Read more at dreamstudies.org

Psiber Dreaming Conference Coming up

Ryan over at dreamstudies.org gives us some good information about an upcoming online conference.

There’s less than 2 weeks until the premiere Dreaming event on the web. I’m talking about the 2009 PsiberDreaming conference: a two week online conference that features over two dozen presentations from leaders in the fields of dream research and consciousness studies.

Keep in mind, this is not a boring academic conference, but an open forum for everyone who is interested in the strange and amazing possibilities of dreaming.


Read more at dreamstudies.org

Psiber Dreaming Conference Coming up

Ryan over at dreamstudies.org gives us some good information about an upcoming online conference.

There’s less than 2 weeks until the premiere Dreaming event on the web. I’m talking about the 2009 PsiberDreaming conference: a two week online conference that features over two dozen presentations from leaders in the fields of dream research and consciousness studies.

Keep in mind, this is not a boring academic conference, but an open forum for everyone who is interested in the strange and amazing possibilities of dreaming.


Read more at dreamstudies.org

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Buddah's Teachings

The last week has been one interesting week. I have spent a great deal of time reading a few books for one of my classes that is about Buddha’s philosophy in life. I find that Buddhism is one of the most complex and unselfish religions available, and as crazy as it may sound is really not a religion at all. Anyways. In the next few weeks I will be continuing to try to understand more about this philosophy and maybe write a few of my own personal insights. I find it extremely interesting that Buddha describes many of the same types of experiences that many people on psychedelics do. It seems that he had found a way of naturally creating these experiences in his mind, and that it was not very hard to do. Wouldn’t that be a wonderful tool?

Buddah's Teachings

The last week has been one interesting week. I have spent a great deal of time reading a few books for one of my classes that is about Buddha’s philosophy in life. I find that Buddhism is one of the most complex and unselfish religions available, and as crazy as it may sound is really not a religion at all. Anyways. In the next few weeks I will be continuing to try to understand more about this philosophy and maybe write a few of my own personal insights. I find it extremely interesting that Buddha describes many of the same types of experiences that many people on psychedelics do. It seems that he had found a way of naturally creating these experiences in his mind, and that it was not very hard to do. Wouldn’t that be a wonderful tool?

Buddah's Teachings

The last week has been one interesting week. I have spent a great deal of time reading a few books for one of my classes that is about Buddha’s philosophy in life. I find that Buddhism is one of the most complex and unselfish religions available, and as crazy as it may sound is really not a religion at all. Anyways. In the next few weeks I will be continuing to try to understand more about this philosophy and maybe write a few of my own personal insights. I find it extremely interesting that Buddha describes many of the same types of experiences that many people on psychedelics do. It seems that he had found a way of naturally creating these experiences in his mind, and that it was not very hard to do. Wouldn’t that be a wonderful tool?

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Help

I am currently looking for a few creative individuals to help with editing as well as article submition on this site. If you are a person with good editing and writing skills and have a passion for understanding and learning about drugs, psychedelics, and dreaming, please e-mail me at cyristvirus@gmail.com with some information about yourself and what you would like to write about.

Help

I am currently looking for a few creative individuals to help with editing as well as article submition on this site. If you are a person with good editing and writing skills and have a passion for understanding and learning about drugs, psychedelics, and dreaming, please e-mail me at cyristvirus@gmail.com with some information about yourself and what you would like to write about.

Help

I am currently looking for a few creative individuals to help with editing as well as article submition on this site. If you are a person with good editing and writing skills and have a passion for understanding and learning about drugs, psychedelics, and dreaming, please e-mail me at cyristvirus@gmail.com with some information about yourself and what you would like to write about.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Schools and Supernatural

Well next Monday is the big day and school will once again be in session for me. This time on the agenda is a nice class on the psychology of the brain where I intend to research more into the understanding of why drugs affect our minds in the ways they do. I find entheogens specifically to be a very fascinating topic as there is tons of information on them and still (even though underground) loads of individuals that self experiment with them. I hope to continue to share this information with all my readers and we learn together in the coming year of education.

I have recently continued reading a book called “Supernatural” that I put down due to its long drawn out information on cave art and its influence by entheogens. After a friend informed me of its great content later in the book I decided to take a look. Sure enough about three pages past where I left off the book gets really interesting. The author goes into his experimentation with the entheogen Ayahuasca and how information may be locked into our DNA while being only accessible by those who are experiment with Psychedelics. No matter how bazaar this may sound, the author does display some great points into the area. Once I get done with the book I will make sure to review some of this information and post in into the blog.

Schools and Supernatural

Well next Monday is the big day and school will once again be in session for me. This time on the agenda is a nice class on the psychology of the brain where I intend to research more into the understanding of why drugs affect our minds in the ways they do. I find entheogens specifically to be a very fascinating topic as there is tons of information on them and still (even though underground) loads of individuals that self experiment with them. I hope to continue to share this information with all my readers and we learn together in the coming year of education.

I have recently continued reading a book called “Supernatural” that I put down due to its long drawn out information on cave art and its influence by entheogens. After a friend informed me of its great content later in the book I decided to take a look. Sure enough about three pages past where I left off the book gets really interesting. The author goes into his experimentation with the entheogen Ayahuasca and how information may be locked into our DNA while being only accessible by those who are experiment with Psychedelics. No matter how bazaar this may sound, the author does display some great points into the area. Once I get done with the book I will make sure to review some of this information and post in into the blog.

Schools and Supernatural

Well next Monday is the big day and school will once again be in session for me. This time on the agenda is a nice class on the psychology of the brain where I intend to research more into the understanding of why drugs affect our minds in the ways they do. I find entheogens specifically to be a very fascinating topic as there is tons of information on them and still (even though underground) loads of individuals that self experiment with them. I hope to continue to share this information with all my readers and we learn together in the coming year of education.

I have recently continued reading a book called “Supernatural” that I put down due to its long drawn out information on cave art and its influence by entheogens. After a friend informed me of its great content later in the book I decided to take a look. Sure enough about three pages past where I left off the book gets really interesting. The author goes into his experimentation with the entheogen Ayahuasca and how information may be locked into our DNA while being only accessible by those who are experiment with Psychedelics. No matter how bazaar this may sound, the author does display some great points into the area. Once I get done with the book I will make sure to review some of this information and post in into the blog.

The Entheogenic Evolution: Becoming God with Ford

Another intresting podcast posted by Martin over at the Entheogenic Evolution. This time he has guest Ford, author of the new book, Becoming God (www.becominggod.org). Ford discusses the fractal nature of reality, the nature of the self, and transcendence of the ego in the context of mystical awakening and contemporary science. Check it out [here]

The Entheogenic Evolution: Becoming God with Ford

Another intresting podcast posted by Martin over at the Entheogenic Evolution. This time he has guest Ford, author of the new book, Becoming God (www.becominggod.org). Ford discusses the fractal nature of reality, the nature of the self, and transcendence of the ego in the context of mystical awakening and contemporary science. Check it out [here]

The Entheogenic Evolution: Becoming God with Ford

Another intresting podcast posted by Martin over at the Entheogenic Evolution. This time he has guest Ford, author of the new book, Becoming God (www.becominggod.org). Ford discusses the fractal nature of reality, the nature of the self, and transcendence of the ego in the context of mystical awakening and contemporary science. Check it out [here]

Thursday, August 13, 2009

How to Star a Dream Sharing Circle

Ryan Hurd over at dreamstudies.org brings us another great post on his blog about getting others involved with learning about your dreams.  Here is a little about what he has to say:
If you are interested in dream interpretation, being part of a dream circle can be surprisingly accurate at finding the core truths in a dream, be them fears, future possibilities, or emotional hangovers from the past.  Unfortunately, the uneasy fact is that we are pretty bad at “seeing” our dreams ourselves.

Read more over at dreamstudies.org

How to Star a Dream Sharing Circle

Ryan Hurd over at dreamstudies.org brings us another great post on his blog about getting others involved with learning about your dreams.  Here is a little about what he has to say:
If you are interested in dream interpretation, being part of a dream circle can be surprisingly accurate at finding the core truths in a dream, be them fears, future possibilities, or emotional hangovers from the past.  Unfortunately, the uneasy fact is that we are pretty bad at “seeing” our dreams ourselves.

Read more over at dreamstudies.org

How to Star a Dream Sharing Circle

Ryan Hurd over at dreamstudies.org brings us another great post on his blog about getting others involved with learning about your dreams.  Here is a little about what he has to say:
If you are interested in dream interpretation, being part of a dream circle can be surprisingly accurate at finding the core truths in a dream, be them fears, future possibilities, or emotional hangovers from the past.  Unfortunately, the uneasy fact is that we are pretty bad at “seeing” our dreams ourselves.

Read more over at dreamstudies.org

Alex and Allyson Grey: Podcast

The Entheogenic Evolution brings you part 1 and 2 of their interview with Alex and Allyson Grey who discuss spiritual awakenings, entheogens, art, and creative expression. Check it out here

Alex and Allyson Grey: Podcast

The Entheogenic Evolution brings you part 1 and 2 of their interview with Alex and Allyson Grey who discuss spiritual awakenings, entheogens, art, and creative expression. Check it out here

Alex and Allyson Grey: Podcast

The Entheogenic Evolution brings you part 1 and 2 of their interview with Alex and Allyson Grey who discuss spiritual awakenings, entheogens, art, and creative expression. Check it out here

Thursday, July 30, 2009

MAOI's and What They Do.

I have long been trying to understand the science behind the Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOI’s)and their effect on the human mind. I wanted to understand this not just because they are an effective means of allowing your body to transport the active compounds in the psychedelic drug DMT, but also because they are largely used as an anti-depressants. This topic has always confused me because it’s very complicated, but over the last few weeks I have begun to understand more about how these compounds work and why we should study them more.

For those of you that don’t understand how MAOI’s work, the bases is that they are inhibiting the Monoamine Oxidase’s (MAO’s) that exist in our body that restrict different compounds from being absorbed into our bodies. These MAO’s that exist in our bodies are there to protect us from gaining to much of one type of precursor to a neurotransmitter, keeping us healthy, in balance, and sane. Without these compounds we would surly die or at least experience something close to that effect whenever we ingest anything that is aged or has specific types of compounds in them.

Some would say that it seems very un-natural to inhibit something in your body that is there to protect you from dyeing, but that is actually the opposite of what is true. Some MAOI’s only inhibit specific types of MAO’s that allow for specific types of precursors to neurotransmitters to cross over our blood brain barrier into our brain and reduce the breakdown of those same neurotransmitters. Pinoline a compound that is created in our brain in our pineal gland, is one of those MAOI’s that is considered a MAO-A which is categorized to allow for the transportation of serotonin, melatonin, epinephrine and norepinephrine into our brain. Many antidepressants resemble this compound as they also act as a MAO-A because the main cause of depression is thought to be a lack of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.

Harmaline is also a MAO-A but is considered a reversible MAOI because of its interaction with something called tyramine. Tyramine is what is found in anything that is aged which causes individuals to have the adverse effects when taking MAOIs because it causes a reaction by releasing stored up dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine which can lead to high heart rate, strong headaches and deadly circumstances. Harmaline, being a reversible MAOI also means that rather than waiting weeks for the MAO’s in the brain to replenish themselves (which occurs with current antidepressants) once the harmaline wears off (around 12 hours) the body is protected once again from those nasty tyramine’s. Another positive outcome of harmaline based MAO-A’s is that they also don’t need to be used for long periods of time in order to take effect as they are almost instantaneously effective with the body.

So what causes depression and why do we need drugs to help us with the problem? Well there are a lot of theories that are out there that produce great discussion on the topic. I have my own theory that others may agree or disagree with. The current nature of human beings in industry based cultures is to eat as much non nutritional material as possible. We don’t take supplements to make up for the deficiencies that we lack from our food and our body is unable to produce these neurotransmitters from the non-existent precursors in our bodies. Our body continues to produce MAOs to protect us from the aged foods and dangerous amounts of tyramine’s that are currently located in just about anything we eat and maybe our bodies even have increased the amounts of MAO’s to increase the protection needed. We in reaction lack many of the neurotransmitters needed in order to function, serotonin being one of them. We then ask our doctors for a drug (which is really just a synthetic patented compound that used to be a plant compound) that may help increase or keep the amount of serotonin we have in our bodies. We are then given this drug that we are told that can take several weeks in order to take effect and must be continually ingested in order to fend off those evil MAO’s from replacing themselves in our brains.

Now I know it sounds like I am bad mouthing current anti-depressants (which I am) but really some people do need these drugs in order to live their lives and normal human beings. There is no alternative to current medication, right? Well that’s not 100% true. Humans have long been using plants that are active MAO-A and MAO-B (ones that deal with domaine) for hundreds of years if not longer. One such plant is called Peganum harmala (Harmal) or Syrian Rue which is also a reversible MAO-A has been used in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and by the Persians as an anti-depressant. Banisteriopsis Caapi is also one of those plants that is in the same group as Harmal where it too is a reversible MAO-A . The list goes on and on with these plants.

In the near future I will be researching more into the reasons that we humans require such plants or drugs in order to maintain our mood while I also explore the human mind as much as I possibly can. I still strongly believe that many of our today issues that we face with depression are based on our poor eating habits and our inability to accept alternative means of increasing our neurotransmitters. The effects can be brutal as according to Dr. Hobson who is one of the leading scientists on sleep research, anti-depressants SSRI’s (which rather than allow for the transport of serotonin into the brain but instead builds it up by not allowing it to be used) has the long term side effects of REM Behavior Disorder (RBD). RBD in turn is a good sign of obtaining Parkinson diseases later in life.

MAOI's and What They Do.

I have long been trying to understand the science behind the Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOI’s)and their effect on the human mind. I wanted to understand this not just because they are an effective means of allowing your body to transport the active compounds in the psychedelic drug DMT, but also because they are largely used as an anti-depressants. This topic has always confused me because it’s very complicated, but over the last few weeks I have begun to understand more about how these compounds work and why we should study them more.

For those of you that don’t understand how MAOI’s work, the bases is that they are inhibiting the Monoamine Oxidase’s (MAO’s) that exist in our body that restrict different compounds from being absorbed into our bodies. These MAO’s that exist in our bodies are there to protect us from gaining to much of one type of precursor to a neurotransmitter, keeping us healthy, in balance, and sane. Without these compounds we would surly die or at least experience something close to that effect whenever we ingest anything that is aged or has specific types of compounds in them.

Some would say that it seems very un-natural to inhibit something in your body that is there to protect you from dyeing, but that is actually the opposite of what is true. Some MAOI’s only inhibit specific types of MAO’s that allow for specific types of precursors to neurotransmitters to cross over our blood brain barrier into our brain and reduce the breakdown of those same neurotransmitters. Pinoline a compound that is created in our brain in our pineal gland, is one of those MAOI’s that is considered a MAO-A which is categorized to allow for the transportation of serotonin, melatonin, epinephrine and norepinephrine into our brain. Many antidepressants resemble this compound as they also act as a MAO-A because the main cause of depression is thought to be a lack of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.

Harmaline is also a MAO-A but is considered a reversible MAOI because of its interaction with something called tyramine. Tyramine is what is found in anything that is aged which causes individuals to have the adverse effects when taking MAOIs because it causes a reaction by releasing stored up dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine which can lead to high heart rate, strong headaches and deadly circumstances. Harmaline, being a reversible MAOI also means that rather than waiting weeks for the MAO’s in the brain to replenish themselves (which occurs with current antidepressants) once the harmaline wears off (around 12 hours) the body is protected once again from those nasty tyramine’s. Another positive outcome of harmaline based MAO-A’s is that they also don’t need to be used for long periods of time in order to take effect as they are almost instantaneously effective with the body.

So what causes depression and why do we need drugs to help us with the problem? Well there are a lot of theories that are out there that produce great discussion on the topic. I have my own theory that others may agree or disagree with. The current nature of human beings in industry based cultures is to eat as much non nutritional material as possible. We don’t take supplements to make up for the deficiencies that we lack from our food and our body is unable to produce these neurotransmitters from the non-existent precursors in our bodies. Our body continues to produce MAOs to protect us from the aged foods and dangerous amounts of tyramine’s that are currently located in just about anything we eat and maybe our bodies even have increased the amounts of MAO’s to increase the protection needed. We in reaction lack many of the neurotransmitters needed in order to function, serotonin being one of them. We then ask our doctors for a drug (which is really just a synthetic patented compound that used to be a plant compound) that may help increase or keep the amount of serotonin we have in our bodies. We are then given this drug that we are told that can take several weeks in order to take effect and must be continually ingested in order to fend off those evil MAO’s from replacing themselves in our brains.

Now I know it sounds like I am bad mouthing current anti-depressants (which I am) but really some people do need these drugs in order to live their lives and normal human beings. There is no alternative to current medication, right? Well that’s not 100% true. Humans have long been using plants that are active MAO-A and MAO-B (ones that deal with domaine) for hundreds of years if not longer. One such plant is called Peganum harmala (Harmal) or Syrian Rue which is also a reversible MAO-A has been used in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and by the Persians as an anti-depressant. Banisteriopsis Caapi is also one of those plants that is in the same group as Harmal where it too is a reversible MAO-A . The list goes on and on with these plants.

In the near future I will be researching more into the reasons that we humans require such plants or drugs in order to maintain our mood while I also explore the human mind as much as I possibly can. I still strongly believe that many of our today issues that we face with depression are based on our poor eating habits and our inability to accept alternative means of increasing our neurotransmitters. The effects can be brutal as according to Dr. Hobson who is one of the leading scientists on sleep research, anti-depressants SSRI’s (which rather than allow for the transport of serotonin into the brain but instead builds it up by not allowing it to be used) has the long term side effects of REM Behavior Disorder (RBD). RBD in turn is a good sign of obtaining Parkinson diseases later in life.

MAOI's and What They Do.

I have long been trying to understand the science behind the Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOI’s)and their effect on the human mind. I wanted to understand this not just because they are an effective means of allowing your body to transport the active compounds in the psychedelic drug DMT, but also because they are largely used as an anti-depressants. This topic has always confused me because it’s very complicated, but over the last few weeks I have begun to understand more about how these compounds work and why we should study them more.

For those of you that don’t understand how MAOI’s work, the bases is that they are inhibiting the Monoamine Oxidase’s (MAO’s) that exist in our body that restrict different compounds from being absorbed into our bodies. These MAO’s that exist in our bodies are there to protect us from gaining to much of one type of precursor to a neurotransmitter, keeping us healthy, in balance, and sane. Without these compounds we would surly die or at least experience something close to that effect whenever we ingest anything that is aged or has specific types of compounds in them.

Some would say that it seems very un-natural to inhibit something in your body that is there to protect you from dyeing, but that is actually the opposite of what is true. Some MAOI’s only inhibit specific types of MAO’s that allow for specific types of precursors to neurotransmitters to cross over our blood brain barrier into our brain and reduce the breakdown of those same neurotransmitters. Pinoline a compound that is created in our brain in our pineal gland, is one of those MAOI’s that is considered a MAO-A which is categorized to allow for the transportation of serotonin, melatonin, epinephrine and norepinephrine into our brain. Many antidepressants resemble this compound as they also act as a MAO-A because the main cause of depression is thought to be a lack of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.

Harmaline is also a MAO-A but is considered a reversible MAOI because of its interaction with something called tyramine. Tyramine is what is found in anything that is aged which causes individuals to have the adverse effects when taking MAOIs because it causes a reaction by releasing stored up dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine which can lead to high heart rate, strong headaches and deadly circumstances. Harmaline, being a reversible MAOI also means that rather than waiting weeks for the MAO’s in the brain to replenish themselves (which occurs with current antidepressants) once the harmaline wears off (around 12 hours) the body is protected once again from those nasty tyramine’s. Another positive outcome of harmaline based MAO-A’s is that they also don’t need to be used for long periods of time in order to take effect as they are almost instantaneously effective with the body.

So what causes depression and why do we need drugs to help us with the problem? Well there are a lot of theories that are out there that produce great discussion on the topic. I have my own theory that others may agree or disagree with. The current nature of human beings in industry based cultures is to eat as much non nutritional material as possible. We don’t take supplements to make up for the deficiencies that we lack from our food and our body is unable to produce these neurotransmitters from the non-existent precursors in our bodies. Our body continues to produce MAOs to protect us from the aged foods and dangerous amounts of tyramine’s that are currently located in just about anything we eat and maybe our bodies even have increased the amounts of MAO’s to increase the protection needed. We in reaction lack many of the neurotransmitters needed in order to function, serotonin being one of them. We then ask our doctors for a drug (which is really just a synthetic patented compound that used to be a plant compound) that may help increase or keep the amount of serotonin we have in our bodies. We are then given this drug that we are told that can take several weeks in order to take effect and must be continually ingested in order to fend off those evil MAO’s from replacing themselves in our brains.

Now I know it sounds like I am bad mouthing current anti-depressants (which I am) but really some people do need these drugs in order to live their lives and normal human beings. There is no alternative to current medication, right? Well that’s not 100% true. Humans have long been using plants that are active MAO-A and MAO-B (ones that deal with domaine) for hundreds of years if not longer. One such plant is called Peganum harmala (Harmal) or Syrian Rue which is also a reversible MAO-A has been used in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and by the Persians as an anti-depressant. Banisteriopsis Caapi is also one of those plants that is in the same group as Harmal where it too is a reversible MAO-A . The list goes on and on with these plants.

In the near future I will be researching more into the reasons that we humans require such plants or drugs in order to maintain our mood while I also explore the human mind as much as I possibly can. I still strongly believe that many of our today issues that we face with depression are based on our poor eating habits and our inability to accept alternative means of increasing our neurotransmitters. The effects can be brutal as according to Dr. Hobson who is one of the leading scientists on sleep research, anti-depressants SSRI’s (which rather than allow for the transport of serotonin into the brain but instead builds it up by not allowing it to be used) has the long term side effects of REM Behavior Disorder (RBD). RBD in turn is a good sign of obtaining Parkinson diseases later in life.

Dreaming Bear

This week Martin over at The Entheogenic Evolution bring you a conversation with Poet/Performer Dreaming Bear Baraka Kanaan, recorded at the Mystic Garden Party in Ashland, Oregon. Dreaming Bear shares his poetic languaging on entheogens, nature, self-awakening and authentic play.

Check it out over at: http://entheogenic.podomatic.com/

Dreaming Bear

This week Martin over at The Entheogenic Evolution bring you a conversation with Poet/Performer Dreaming Bear Baraka Kanaan, recorded at the Mystic Garden Party in Ashland, Oregon. Dreaming Bear shares his poetic languaging on entheogens, nature, self-awakening and authentic play.

Check it out over at: http://entheogenic.podomatic.com/

Dreaming Bear

This week Martin over at The Entheogenic Evolution bring you a conversation with Poet/Performer Dreaming Bear Baraka Kanaan, recorded at the Mystic Garden Party in Ashland, Oregon. Dreaming Bear shares his poetic languaging on entheogens, nature, self-awakening and authentic play.

Check it out over at: http://entheogenic.podomatic.com/

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Dream ReLiving: An Advanced Lucid Dreaming Practice

Ryan Hurd posted a great new informative entry over at dreamstudies.org about Scott Sparrow, a psychotherapist who had some interesting way of reliving dreams that you wanted to change. Here is a little bit from the post:
In a nutshell, Sparrow’s approach towards working with lucid dreams involves a focus on “unfinished business” as a springboard to greater lucidity. Many lucid dreamers know that sometimes the dreams end poorly, or have nightmarish elements that are difficult or impossible to control. Sometimes, the more you try to control the dream, the more nightmarish your dreams become. This is a fact of the powerful psychodynamic forces that we, sometimes unwittingly, come into contact with in our lucid dreams.

Read more over at dreamstudies.org

Dream ReLiving: An Advanced Lucid Dreaming Practice

Ryan Hurd posted a great new informative entry over at dreamstudies.org about Scott Sparrow, a psychotherapist who had some interesting way of reliving dreams that you wanted to change. Here is a little bit from the post:
In a nutshell, Sparrow’s approach towards working with lucid dreams involves a focus on “unfinished business” as a springboard to greater lucidity. Many lucid dreamers know that sometimes the dreams end poorly, or have nightmarish elements that are difficult or impossible to control. Sometimes, the more you try to control the dream, the more nightmarish your dreams become. This is a fact of the powerful psychodynamic forces that we, sometimes unwittingly, come into contact with in our lucid dreams.

Read more over at dreamstudies.org

Dream ReLiving: An Advanced Lucid Dreaming Practice

Ryan Hurd posted a great new informative entry over at dreamstudies.org about Scott Sparrow, a psychotherapist who had some interesting way of reliving dreams that you wanted to change. Here is a little bit from the post:
In a nutshell, Sparrow’s approach towards working with lucid dreams involves a focus on “unfinished business” as a springboard to greater lucidity. Many lucid dreamers know that sometimes the dreams end poorly, or have nightmarish elements that are difficult or impossible to control. Sometimes, the more you try to control the dream, the more nightmarish your dreams become. This is a fact of the powerful psychodynamic forces that we, sometimes unwittingly, come into contact with in our lucid dreams.

Read more over at dreamstudies.org

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The Entheogenic Evolution

The Entheogenic Evolution Podcast, hosted by author Martin W. Ball, Ph.D. Martin's podcast is dedicated to the discussion of the responsible and spiritual use of entheogens as agents of personal transformation and evolution. As sacred tools, etheogens have the power to "awaken the divine within" and bring us closer to our connection with the Sacred and with Spirit. For all those who walk the path of plant-based medicine and spiritual enlightenment .

Check it out: http://entheogenic.podomatic.com/

The Entheogenic Evolution

The Entheogenic Evolution Podcast, hosted by author Martin W. Ball, Ph.D. Martin's podcast is dedicated to the discussion of the responsible and spiritual use of entheogens as agents of personal transformation and evolution. As sacred tools, etheogens have the power to "awaken the divine within" and bring us closer to our connection with the Sacred and with Spirit. For all those who walk the path of plant-based medicine and spiritual enlightenment .

Check it out: http://entheogenic.podomatic.com/

The Entheogenic Evolution

The Entheogenic Evolution Podcast, hosted by author Martin W. Ball, Ph.D. Martin's podcast is dedicated to the discussion of the responsible and spiritual use of entheogens as agents of personal transformation and evolution. As sacred tools, etheogens have the power to "awaken the divine within" and bring us closer to our connection with the Sacred and with Spirit. For all those who walk the path of plant-based medicine and spiritual enlightenment .

Check it out: http://entheogenic.podomatic.com/

The Holy Mushroom

theholymushroom-cover-smI recently purchased a recently released book called "The Holy Mushroom" written by J.R. Irvin. So far I don't have anything to report about the book, but I did find a few good podcasts that interviewed J.R. Irvin talking about his book and the research done on it.

Part: 1

http://entheogenic.podomatic.com/entry/2008-10-09T12_49_12-07_00

Part: 2

http://entheogenic.podomatic.com/entry/2008-10-16T13_44_03-07_00