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Zeddicus · 09-19-2009, 12:56 AM

Beginning October 1st, I have a new long-term goal: Meditation.

I am going to begin meditating every single day starting October 1st. The first week, I will meditate for 45 minutes. Second week, 50 minutes. Third week, 55 minutes. Fourth week and remaining days, 60 minutes. I will continue throughout the months, and I might go up to three or four hours, depending on circumstance or time constraints. My goal is to get enough experience with meditation in order to theoretically be able to enter the mind-awake body-asleep deep trance state during normal sleeping hours instead of just falling asleep and losing consciousness, whereupon I hope to be able to occasionally induce some powerful lucid dreams at will.

After all, if the real world doesn't suit your fancy, you might as well make your own.

Breakfast0fChampions · 09-19-2009, 01:46 AM

That sounds amazing.

I've been wanting to make meditation a habit and learn lucid dreaming for quite a long time. I hope you succeed! Good luck!

p.s. Have you read Stephen Laberge?

Zeddicus · 09-19-2009, 01:51 AM

Thanks. I've done meditation a few times now and then, but never as a habit, though I'm hoping to in the coming days.

I've heard that name before. Is that the one who developed the NovaDreamer device?

Breakfast0fChampions · 09-19-2009, 02:08 AM

Wow, yes he did. I didn't even know that until you mentioned it and I had to Google it. It sounds like it would just wake me up from a dream though. I like the idea of checking out your hands over the course of a day or asking yourself "Am I dreaming?" multiple times so it becomes ingrained and a likely behavior to pop up in a dream to alert you.

I was wondering if you've read him because I have his book Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming but I haven't read it cover to cover.

What kind of resources are you using for meditation, if any?

strawberryjulius · 09-19-2009, 02:09 AM

Wow, 45 minutes. I had enough trouble meditating for 5 minutes haha. I should probably start trying to do it again though.

Good luck.

Zeddicus · 09-19-2009, 11:50 AM

Cool. I made a laminated card with a few sequential letters and numbers on it that I pull out of my pocket every so often during the day which I use for "reality checks".

I haven't read that book yet, but most of the things I do read are in eBook format because you can usually find what you're looking for pretty easily online.

09-19-2009, 12:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
Zeddicus Status: ۩ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Miami, FL Gender: Male Age: 19 Posts: 641	Meditation Beginning October 1st, I have a new long-term goal: Meditation. I am going to begin meditating every single day starting October 1st. The first week, I will meditate for 45 minutes. Second week, 50 minutes. Third week, 55 minutes. Fourth week and remaining days, 60 minutes. I will continue throughout the months, and I might go up to three or four hours, depending on circumstance or time constraints. My goal is to get enough experience with meditation in order to theoretically be able to enter the mind-awake body-asleep deep trance state during normal sleeping hours instead of just falling asleep and losing consciousness, whereupon I hope to be able to occasionally induce some powerful lucid dreams at will. After all, if the real world doesn't suit your fancy, you might as well make your own.

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Breakfast0fChampions Status: Resist. Unlearn. Defy. Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: In My Tree Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 674	That sounds amazing. I've been wanting to make meditation a habit and learn lucid dreaming for quite a long time. I hope you succeed! Good luck! p.s. Have you read Stephen Laberge? __________________ I'mma do the things that I wanna do I ain't got a thing to prove to you - Weezer, Pork and Beans Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse Of my innocence... got back my inner sense... Baby got it, still got it - Pearl Jam, In My Tree Facebook - SuperBetter! A multi-player way to beat SA - Writerly

09-19-2009, 02:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
Breakfast0fChampions Status: Resist. Unlearn. Defy. Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: In My Tree Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 674	Wow, yes he did. I didn't even know that until you mentioned it and I had to Google it. It sounds like it would just wake me up from a dream though. I like the idea of checking out your hands over the course of a day or asking yourself "Am I dreaming?" multiple times so it becomes ingrained and a likely behavior to pop up in a dream to alert you. I was wondering if you've read him because I have his book Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming but I haven't read it cover to cover. What kind of resources are you using for meditation, if any? __________________ I'mma do the things that I wanna do I ain't got a thing to prove to you - Weezer, Pork and Beans Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse Of my innocence... got back my inner sense... Baby got it, still got it - Pearl Jam, In My Tree Facebook - SuperBetter! A multi-player way to beat SA - Writerly

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strawberryjulius Status: ^_^ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Australia Gender: Female Age: 18 Posts: 1,568	Wow, 45 minutes. I had enough trouble meditating for 5 minutes haha. I should probably start trying to do it again though. Good luck. __________________ Last.fm▪Anime "And if you've been let down, it might not be the last time. Cheer up, it will hurt much less tomorrow. We're all tired of **ing up and that's not just being sorry. It means brush the dirt off, get up and try again." NaNoWriMo Word Count: 470/50,000**

09-19-2009, 01:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
Zeddicus Status: ۩ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Miami, FL Gender: Male Age: 19 Posts: 641	Thanks. I've done meditation a few times now and then, but never as a habit, though I'm hoping to in the coming days. I've heard that name before. Is that the one who developed the NovaDreamer device?

09-19-2009, 11:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
Zeddicus Status: ۩ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Miami, FL Gender: Male Age: 19 Posts: 641	Cool. I made a laminated card with a few sequential letters and numbers on it that I pull out of my pocket every so often during the day which I use for "reality checks". I haven't read that book yet, but most of the things I do read are in eBook format because you can usually find what you're looking for pretty easily online.