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Robert Waggoner 7/1/2009 8:11:47 PM
Bruce, Thanks for recommending my book and your comments on the Scientific American article. At present, some science suggests that dreaming may assist in aspects of memory, emotions and creativity (the latest research showing creativity being enhanced by dreaming). However, this field has far to go, and lucid dreaming provides an entirely new area of exploration on many levels, as my book points out. Fifty years ago, famous scientists called dreaming "the junk of the mind" and lucid dreaming was a fantasy. Thankfully, those days are over -- and lucid dreaming now provides a new revolutionary scientific tool to consciously explore dreaming. However, it must be utilized as such....All the best, Robert Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Bruce Blair 6/28/2009 9:25:34 AM
Hi Robert, I'm halfway thru your book which I find most interesting. I've had a couple dozen lucid dreams which were mostly just a few seconds long, but the last one was almost 30 seconds and was in an urban setting. As an architect, I'm most interested in developing lucid dreaming as a way to review and design projects. As a subscriber to Scientific American (the country's oldest magazine), I read and commented on a recent web article of theirs on dreaming (the 2nd comment) and as I mention your book, thought you might like to read the article also. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=evolutionary-enigma-dream No one else had a lucid dreaming comment, tho; so far, at least. This may be an indicator of the interest and acceptance of lucid dreaming by our Scientific Illuminati at this particular point in time. Thanks again for the wonderful book. Bruce Submitted By: Bruce Blair

Robert Waggoner 6/19/2009 11:08:00 AM
Martin, Interesting comment! Sorry it was cut off - apparently this software has a character limit. To your main point, lucid dreaming appears to provide evidence for another layer or system of inner awareness with deeper knowledge, concepts and information beyond the ego's knowing. It would be interesting to have brain wave patterns on lucid dreamers in the process of seeking conceptual information. Perhaps, we would see the brain wave patterns of 'the Muse' in action. Lucid dreaming is a profound tool to boadening our individual and collective awareness. Cheers, Robert Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

martin 6/19/2009 10:15:58 AM
This not so much a question but I did not know how else to contact you. Just reading your 'gateway to the inner self book' and after reading all the other literature on lucid dreaming I finally found someone who hits upon the looming reality of the other sentience behind our ego. In Ovid's Metamorphosis there is a great discription of the island of sleep Where Somnos rules. His son Morpheus gives us human forms of greater portent, where as his two other brothers Phobetos and Phantasus they create the dream landscape and animals, trees etc. Folklore abounds with the island metaphor Neverland, Phantastica etc . My view is that the sea is the delta waves of deep sleep, the island is the 'place' where, as an example of our waking world, the theatre can take place. I have felt the call of the unconscious through Art and writing as well.i feel that it is wanting to contact us, to help us to wake up. One way is by producing gentle connatations of the absurd within the dream so our reas

Robert Waggoner 5/31/2009 12:56:35 PM
Rishabh, In general, the greatest likelihood for a lucid dream has been shown to be in the final two hours of sleep. However, if you wish, you can try to have a WILD or wake initiated lucid dream, by taking your conscious awareness into the sleep state as you fall asleep. In my experience, WILDs do not seem as interesting as regular lucid dreams. You may wish to look at the techniques I have summarized at www.dreaminglucid.com under Incubating Lucid Dreams. Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Rishabh 5/27/2009 10:40:57 AM
Is it possible to have lucid dreams in the first REM period of 10 minutes with the MILD technique? If I say I have an average quality of prospective memory , still can I take lucid dreams with MILD technique without prospective memory training? Submitted By: Rishabh

Robert Waggoner 5/26/2009 8:23:22 PM
Rishabh, When using the MILD technique, I suggest seeing it as a role-playing, visualization technique to be done in a playful manner. If done with too much intensity, you can become too alert -- it is better to stay in the creamy-dreamy state of the visualization which will make it easier to go back to sleep. So play easily with MILD as a dream fantasy. Best wishes, Robert Submitted By: Robert Waggoner Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Rishabh 5/26/2009 3:22:37 AM
Is it necessary to do reality checks if I am trying to master the MILD technique While doing the procedure of MILD I find some problems: 1.Its hard to get back to sleep 2.Due to which I have to sleep without intention. I do intention-reflection technique to get some of my lucid dreams.So tell me how to get frequent lucid dreams. So please help me!!! Submitted By: Rishabh

Robert Waggoner 5/22/2009 2:42:44 PM
Peggy, First, Congratulations on becoming lucid! So at the seminar, I suggested four crucial things to do in the first 15 to 30 seconds: Modulate your emotions; Elevate your awareness; Maintain your focus and Express your intent. Many people discover that they become too excited at being lucid, and the lucid dream collapses. In my handout, I gave three things to do to modulate emotions (check that out). My other suggestion is to create a goal, such as, "I will become lucid and fly around the room." That intent will help you when you become lucid, since it will act as a focus or goal for you to achieve. It may be that your current suggestion to become "lucid" is being achieved -- you are! But without a plan to do after becoming lucid, you wake. Keep at it, and let me know how it goes. Best wishes. Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Peggy 5/22/2009 2:32:15 PM
Hey Robert, It's me again. I've been consistently attempting to achieve lucidity since your visit to Norfolk. I think I have two or three times, but as soon as I realize it, I awaken. This is frustrating. Also, I'm wondering if conscious awareness can occur in the 'twilight' state, which is where most of my remembered dreams seem to occur. If so, is that why I wake up so quickly? Thanks. Peggy Submitted By: Peggy