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Staying Lucid. At first it will be difficult to continue a dream immediately after becoming lucid. The reason for this is that upon realizing you are dreaming for the first time you will likely become really excited. If you still aren’t convinced about how amazing it is to have a lucid dream, you won’t understand until you have experienced it. The realization that you are dreaming is usually accompanied by a profound appreciation for just how real everything seems in the dream— it feels like part of the real world. This appreciation is followed by the excitement of the prospect of actually being able to control something that seems so real. It is extremely common among first time lucid dreamers to wake up due to the sheer excitement alone, so don't be discourage if your first experienced isn't as lengthy as you'd expected. Dream Spinning As mentioned, at first you’ll likely find it difficult to remain in your dream upon becoming lucid.

Rubbing Your Hands False Awakenings. Basic Dream Construction. Basic Dream Construction This article is from the Hermes Reality Creator Series Books and or upcoming books. It is © copyright 1995 - 2014 by Tom DeLiso / Hermes Trismegistus. Please follow the copyright link for additional copyright information. Dreams are like the rooms in a house. Contrary to popular belief a dream is not merely some haphazard psychological event that occurs. Any particular dream in the Dream Universe, no matter what dream plane it occurs on, can be likened to a physical room. This independent existence of a dream, in relation to the dreamer, brings up a question or two. Well, upon leaving a dream that dream will continue its existence, on whatever plane it was created upon, independent of whether or not you did the initial creating.

Now, if you decided to reenter a previously experienced dream, as you can and do -- as the shopper can certainly visit the same store time and time again -- you will find that one of two things can possibly occur. You see! You see! Scientists Learn How Food Affects The Brain: Omega 3 Especially Important. In addition to helping protect us from heart disease and cancer, a balanced diet and regular exercise can also protect the brain and ward off mental disorders.

"Food is like a pharmaceutical compound that affects the brain," said Fernando Gómez-Pinilla, a UCLA professor of neurosurgery and physiological science who has spent years studying the effects of food, exercise and sleep on the brain. "Diet, exercise and sleep have the potential to alter our brain health and mental function. This raises the exciting possibility that changes in diet are a viable strategy for enhancing cognitive abilities, protecting the brain from damage and counteracting the effects of aging. " Gómez-Pinilla analyzed more than 160 studies about food's affect on the brain; the results of his analysis appear in the journal Nature Reviews Neuroscience. Synapses in the brain connect neurons and provide critical functions; much learning and memory occurs at the synapses, Gómez-Pinilla said. Sleep paralysis.

Sleep state in which a person is awake but unable to move or speak Medical condition Sleep paralysis (plural: sleep paralyses) is a state, during waking up or falling asleep, in which a person is aware but unable to move or speak.[1][2] During an episode, one may hallucinate (hear, feel, or see things that are not there), which often results in fear.[1] Episodes generally last less than a couple of minutes.[2] It may occur as a single episode or be recurrent.[1] Treatment options for sleep paralysis have been poorly studied.[1] It is recommended that people be reassured that the condition is common and generally not serious.[1] Other efforts that may be tried include sleep hygiene, cognitive behavioral therapy, and antidepressants.[1] Symptoms[edit] The main symptom of sleep paralysis is being unable to move or speak during awakening.[1] Pathophysiology[edit] If the effects of sleep “on” neural populations cannot be counteracted, characteristics of REM sleep are retained upon awakening.

J. Lucid Dream Tricks: The Stop, Drop & Roll Sleep Command. The next lucid dream tricks you're going to learn involve the "stop, drop & roll" sleep command to fall asleep quickly. In the last section we found that waking sleep paralysis is most likely when you wake up and fall asleep again without moving at all. So to do that you need a way to fall asleep quickly and reliably. The question is, how do you do that? Mind Body Independence The key is in the principle of "mind-body independence". Mind-body independence also works the other way. The key is that even though the mind and body act independently, they still communicate using a language. Your First Word in This Language Your first word in this language is called the "roll over signal". The Roll Over Signal If the mind is asleep, then mind does not respond and the body decides that the mind really is asleep and shuts down. So the question is: what can you do improve this?

The 4 Types of Roll Over Signals There are four types of roll over signals you'll encounter. 1. 2. 3. 4. Body Position is Key. Basics: How Much Sleep is Needed? As of July 1, 2013 ThinkQuest has been discontinued. We would like to thank everyone for being a part of the ThinkQuest global community: Students - For your limitless creativity and innovation, which inspires us all. Teachers - For your passion in guiding students on their quest. Partners - For your unwavering support and evangelism. Parents - For supporting the use of technology not only as an instrument of learning, but as a means of creating knowledge. We encourage everyone to continue to “Think, Create and Collaborate,” unleashing the power of technology to teach, share, and inspire. Best wishes, The Oracle Education Foundation. Altered States. Of consciousness recognized throughout history as the source of CREATIVE THOUGHT by numerous distinguished philosophers, artists, and scientists including: Aristotle, Brahms, Puccini, Wagner, Goethe, Keats, Coleridge, Nietzsche, Edgar Allen Poe, Charles Dickens, Salvador Dali, Henry Ford, and Albert Einstein.

(Mavromatis, 1987) According to Bernd (1978), Thomas Edison often used this mental state to acquire perceptive and ingenious solutions to mechanical and electrical problems. "Edison used to work very hard in his research at beta, the faster brain wave frequencies. Then when he would reach a 'sticking point'he would take one of his famous 'cat naps'. He would doze off in his favorite chair, holding steel balls in the palms of his hands. But what exactly is hypnagogia? According to Schacter (1976), hypnagogia is quite common occurring in 72 to 77 percent of the population although many times people are unaware of the phenomena.

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