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Originally Posted by Xynesthesia2
I find lucid dreaming (not merely an awareness of dreaming within the dream state but probing into it and manipulating dreams) very insightful and often fun exercises, for free. It does take some discipline and exercises to maintain the skill though and I have periods when I am interested and periods when I don't care and then I lose the skill some.
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I personally don't have lucid dreams and I don't think I've ever been aware in my dreams that I'm in fact dreaming.
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And I highly recommend it to anyone interested in psychoanalysis or any other kind of deep exploration of the psyche. It is very relaxed and a wonderful vacation to explore many beautiful features of Hawaii. I am not receiving any funds for this share but, seriously, it was one of my best best vacations ever. Also useful, as I learned to cultivate and target my lucid dreaming skills.
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I hope anyone who is interested saw this suggestion. For me personally, all kinds of workshop-like things on topics other than academic/professional are counter-indicated as I have generally difficulties connecting with people and more than few of them on the same time would just overwhelm me and basically send me into a survival mode.
Another reason I totally dislike this kind of workshop/group thing is because of my father who I have basically cut off from my life. He is a local new age guru - groups, workshops, spiritual stuff, yoga, tantra, transcendental meditation, healthy eating, crystal water, nutritional supplements, sexual energy etc etc etc. He does all of this and never alone, only in groups where he of course is kind of a leader. I can't tolerate being with him together in the same room because for me his emptiness is too noticeable. But I guess many people totally dismiss it because I can't explain how else does he find people who will come to his workshops/groups/lectures and accept him as a leader.