Lucid Dreams Entering the Inner World
f a l l i n g a s l e e p , s o t h e r e i s continuous l u c i d i t y f ron waking i n t o t h e dreaming state.
LUCID DREAMS ENTERING THE INNER WORLD Part 2 In our l a s t i s s u e we discussed l u c i d dreams, dreams i n which t h e q u a l i t y of your consciousness i s much more l i k e waking than dreaming, dreams where you know you a r e dreaming while gou a r e dreaming. In lucid dreams you can exercise much more conscious c o n t r o l over e v e n t s than ordin a r i l y . Paul Tholey, a German psycholog i s t , has developed a number of techniques f o r inducing and controlling lucid dreams. He worked w i t h more than 200 normal subj ects, many of whom had never experienced lucid dreaming before. The ~ e f l e c v t i o nTechnique was Tholeyls most g e n e r a l technique f o r inducing lu-cidity. The essence of. it was a s k i n g rourself d u r i n g waking, "Am I dreaming? dhy or why not?" The repeated examination ~f the q u a l i t i e s of ongoing experience can Lead t o a s e n s i t i v i t y t o your s t a t e of :onsciousness# and a carrying over of the labit of questioning into the dream state. Jventually the answer w i l l be and l u c i d i t y w i l l result. This a r t i c l e w i l l describe other techniques devised by Tholey and h i s c o l Leagues. These techniques have just been 3ublished i n t h e American psychological L i t e r a t u r e (Tholey, 1983). They f a l l i n t o two broad c a t e g o r i e s . F i r s t a r e techC.
LUCID DREAMS ENTERING THE INNER WORLD Part 2 In our l a s t i s s u e we discussed l u c i d dreams, dreams i n which t h e q u a l i t y of your consciousness i s much more l i k e waking than dreaming, dreams where you know you a r e dreaming while gou a r e dreaming. In lucid dreams you can exercise much more conscious c o n t r o l over e v e n t s than ordin a r i l y . Paul Tholey, a German psycholog i s t , has developed a number of techniques f o r inducing and controlling lucid dreams. He worked w i t h more than 200 normal subj ects, many of whom had never experienced lucid dreaming before. The ~ e f l e c v t i o nTechnique was Tholeyls most g e n e r a l technique f o r inducing lu-cidity. The essence of. it was a s k i n g rourself d u r i n g waking, "Am I dreaming? dhy or why not?" The repeated examination ~f the q u a l i t i e s of ongoing experience can Lead t o a s e n s i t i v i t y t o your s t a t e of :onsciousness# and a carrying over of the labit of questioning into the dream state. Jventually the answer w i l l be and l u c i d i t y w i l l result. This a r t i c l e w i l l describe other techniques devised by Tholey and h i s c o l Leagues. These techniques have just been 3ublished i n t h e American psychological L i t e r a t u r e (Tholey, 1983). They f a l l i n t o two broad c a t e g o r i e s . F i r s t a r e techC.
