tino
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Post by tino on Dec 17, 2006 19:29:45 GMT
Hi Tino, and welcome on the Forum, Interesting article and topic. Reading at your comment here below, the Pantheism come to my mind. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pantheism (Greek: ðÜí ( 'pan' ) = all and èåüò ( 'theos' ) = God) literally means "God is All" and "All is God". It is the view that everything is of an all-encompassing immanent God; or that the universe, or nature, and God are equivalent. More detailed definitions tend to emphasize the idea that natural law, existence, and the universe (the sum total of all that is, was, and shall be) is represented or personified in the theological principle of 'God'.Do you think that this is applicable? Hi Vadro... and thank you for your warm welcome My straightforward answer to your question would be: No, the pantheistic theory is not correct since God is more than the universe around us. ... As I interpret the Kabbalah, they look at the creation as a kind of "frozen dream"... it is the contemplation or 'thought product' of a Great Being, which has become a kind of strait jacket for this being. The strait jacket has been put on voluntarily since it is necessary for a more magnificient and complex manifestation of Gods Being. I believe there is a rather precise analogy to us having a dream: Suppose you woke up inside your own dream... then it wouldn't help that someone simply woke you up. You would still have the 'small dream you' tumbling around in a part of your consciousness. As you are the Great Being for this 'small dream you' you can devise some kind of stable dream, that eventually will merge your 'small dream you' with yourself again. The creation is an illusion, it is "frozen" consciousness in the mind of a great being, who is far far more than his creation. Best regards, Johan
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Post by maat on Dec 18, 2006 0:35:58 GMT
Waking up in your dreams - now there is A REAL TRIP!
Lucid Dreaming - many out there had that experience? Relatively easy to do once you settle down to do the preliminary exercises.
Maat
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tino
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Post by tino on Dec 18, 2006 21:52:52 GMT
Waking up in your dreams - now there is A REAL TRIP! Lucid Dreaming - many out there had that experience? Relatively easy to do once you settle down to do the preliminary exercises. I wasn't aware of the phenomena untill a friend of mine told me, that he had dreams in which he knew he was dreaming, and (as I recall) he had a partial control of his dream: He could manifest various things he wanted to experience in the dream. As above so below.. we are an image of God
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Post by maat on Dec 18, 2006 23:51:33 GMT
Waking up in your dreams - now there is A REAL TRIP! Lucid Dreaming - many out there had that experience? Relatively easy to do once you settle down to do the preliminary exercises. I wasn't aware of the phenomena untill a friend of mine told me, that he had dreams in which he knew he was dreaming, and (as I recall) he had a partial control of his dream: He could manifest various things he wanted to experience in the dream. As above so below.. we are an image of God Makes you wonder. What your friend said was correct. Most people do not realise they are dreaming until they wake up. Sometimes we have moments of thinking back to something and asking our selves - did that happen or did I dream it? The one thing that happens in dreams that does not happen in 'real' life is consistancy. Example - In a dream the walls might be white and then when you look back they will be green; the clock may say 09:10 am and a second later 10:17 pm; the people in the dream will change identity, mode of dress, etc. The main exercise then consists of looking at various things throughout the day TWICE. If they are the same on the second glance say to yourself - this is not a dream. I know it sounds silly - BUT - this exercise will become an automatic thing and becomes the TRIGGER for your first lucid dream. My first lucid dream was me noticing the colour of the loungeroom curtains changing colour. I remember thinking Wow I am dreaming - I can do anything I like - nothing can harm me.... Another important step is to relax your whole body before you go to sleep... as in yoga - work your way along the whole body tensing and then relaxing it.... don't know why you do this, but it works. Give it a go.. Cheers Maat
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Post by munkholt on Dec 19, 2006 8:28:01 GMT
Lucid Dreaming - many out there had that experience? Relatively easy to do once you settle down to do the preliminary exercises. Maat My wife gave me a book with exercises, but I only got through the theoretical bit. I'm intent on making it work, though. One exercise is learning to question reality: our dream activities mirror our waking ones. So, it is possible to practise asking, "Is this real?", "Am I dreaming?", "If not, how do I know?" Probably a healthy thing to do now and again, even if you don't plan to lucid dream.
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