Altered States of Consciousness – Meditation vs. Other Ways
What I am going to tell you in this post about the altered states of consciousness is based on my own experiences and learning, through this article, I really want to debunk various myths associated with meditation because often people with less knowledge about it believe that it is just another way to escape the reality.
Before talking about how meditation works, I want to answer a basic question.
What Is Altered States of Consciousness?
Let us consider this particular moment; if you are able to perceive your environment with total awareness then you are fully conscious.
But during our day, we often go through phases where we are not fully awake, it could be when you are daydreaming, obsessed with a particular thought, immersed in your favorite music, etc.
In all the above-mentioned activities we are experiencing a different mind state than the normal fully awake state, so it could be said that your consciousness varied during those times.
Now, those were just a slight variation of mind state which we all experience frequently. The degree to which we perceive things properly using our 5 senses decides the quality of our consciousness. Continue reading
Lucid Dreams and Nightmares – Facing Your Fears
Lucid dreams are one of the best ways to end reoccurring nightmares, but things can also get worse when you start having lucid nightmares.
I am about to share some very important things about nightmares here that will help you if your sleeps get ruined due to disturbing dreams.
Nightmares are normal when it happens rarely, but if unpleasant dreams become a part of your life, then that could really mean that there are some deep unresolved psychological issues about which you are doing nothing, these dreams could be an indication.
Lucid dreaming is a process that can solve such problems when used wisely, however sometimes using conscious awareness to dissolve the psychological stuff could be far more difficult than what you might be expecting.
It is a type of therapy when you use lucid dreaming for knowing your nightmares better so that you could do something to put an end to it at once. Doing this will extremely benefit your life and mind state. But you might have to face your biggest fears while doing this. Continue reading
A Guy Who Can Read Two Pages at Once – Laurence Kim Peek
The man who inspired the movie “Rain Man”, Laurence Kim Peek had a special ability which makes him a superhuman in my eyes because for people like me who are interested in the concepts like photo-reading, he serves as a great example.
Kim possessed a special type of memory that’s known as photographic or eidetic memory, people also called him a megasavant as he had development disabilities that caused him to have this amazing ability to recall everything he has ever read.
He was able to scan the pages of any book, one with his each eye and all those information got stored in his memory far better than anyone who has spent a lot of time reading books. This made him popular as the person who can read two pages at once.
It is said that Kim Peek stored more than 12,000 books in his memory and he retained the information quite accurately. Unfortunately, he passed away in the year 2009 at the age of 58, but the incredible potential of the human brain he has demonstrated with his amazing skill will always be remembered. Continue reading
3 Easy Aura Cleansing Techniques for Everyone
Everything about our lives depends on the state of our energy and that’s why I am going to provide some very simple aura cleansing techniques here that can be used by anyone.
Our energy is always changing depending on what kind of thoughts, ideologies and beliefs we accept, our reality is created by our energetic state.
So, it will prove out to be a very wise step if one focuses towards improving the quality of their energy before they put some effort in the physical plane.
That’s where energy clearing comes in handy because this process helps you to get rid of any blocks in your aura, thus it allows the life force to flow freely. And when that happens, your desires get manifested easily, your emotional state improves, your health gets better, your finances flourishes and you get into the state of flow. Continue reading
Dangers of the Victim Mindset and Ways to Change It
There is nothing more destructive than a victim mindset. It ruins relationships, it kills marriages, it leads to self-destruction and collectively it also causes wars.
It is hard to know when we fall for the idea of being a victim as it seems so real that we don’t even get a chance to doubt it. Yes, everyone in this world feels like a victim on some level during various phases of their lives, but there are people for whom it has become their ultimate truth.
You cannot make your life beautiful if you harbor the beliefs that tell you that your life is an effect of what the world and society does.
See, when things go wrong, it is natural to feel like a victim, but how your life will get shaped from there depends on whether you choose to be a victim forever or you want to raise above such thoughts. Continue reading
Is Lucid Dreaming Safe? – Possible Dangers of Conscious Dreaming
Being a dream explorer who can control their world is obviously a very amazing thing, but is lucid dreaming really safe?
Anyone who is new to conscious dreaming might have such questions in their mind and I too had the same kind of worries initially.
People have a plethora of things to say about it, but it has never put me into any serious trouble, so I am pretty much sure that it is safe for me.
However, I will leave it up to you to decide whether it is good for you or not by making you aware of a few possible troubles you might have to deal with as a conscious dreamer.
I have faced some of these lucid dreaming dangers whereas the rest is what I have only heard from others, either way, you can know what to expect while trying to have lucid dreams by reading this post. Continue reading
What Are Paraliminals – Do They Really Work?
One very good tool that is often used by many self-improvement programs nowadays are Paraliminals and it has gained a lot of popularity recently.
Since every day marketers come up with a new concept and technique, you may be confused whether Paraliminals really work or if it is just another over hyped technique. That’s why in this post I will be talking about these audio tracks in detail which will clear all the doubts that you may be having in your mind about it.
When I first tried an audio of this type, I felt very relaxed and positive, even though I was not able to comprehend what was being said, I enjoyed it and knew that those positive words were sinking deep into my subconscious mind. Continue reading
8 Best Law of Attraction Techniques for Easy Manifestation
It has been a very long time since I started to explore the self-help world and I have learned one very important thing about our creative power that like any other skill it also is honed with persistent efforts and practice.
Doesn’t matter if you are a personal development guru or a beginner, you use the same power and the universal laws to create your reality.
The difference between those who fail and the those who succeed depends on their ability to change themselves(inner beliefs) in a way that they become vibrationally aligned with their dreams.
Manifestation is all about changing the frequency of your vibrational state by altering your subconscious beliefs and the tool that helps you to do that most effectively and quickly is what you should choose. Continue reading
Dream Yoga – Sleeping with Heightened Level of Awareness
It has been a very long time since I started to learn about lucid dreaming, but I don’t know why, I have never been so curious about dream yoga before.
All I ever wanted to do was to enjoy my dream world as a virtual reality and also to explore the dream world to find solutions to some real life issues using lucid dreaming. Even though I heard about dream yoga many a times, I never took time to learn about it in detail.
Due to lack of knowledge I considered it as some practice similar to lucid dreaming where one might be meditating or doing some spiritual stuff inside dreams. Then I stumbled upon a few of Andrew Holecek’s works that really made me very curious about dream yoga and that’s when I realized that dream yoga is a lot different than lucid dreaming. Continue reading
Lucid Dreaming Reality Check Techniques That Actually Work
Most people struggle with lucid dreaming not because they lack techniques, but because they don’t focus enough on what actually matters.
Reality checks are one of the most important parts of lucid dreaming, yet they are often misunderstood or practiced incorrectly.
It’s true that lucid dreaming allows you to do almost anything in your dreams, almost like a kind of virtual reality. But at its core, lucid dreaming is simply about becoming aware that you are dreaming.
Many people see this as just the first step, but in my experience, it is everything.
Dream awareness is the very act of understanding the difference between dream and real life. You build this by becoming more aware of your thoughts during the day and by regularly questioning your reality.
What you do in your waking life is what carries into your dream life. When you make a habit of asking yourself “Am I dreaming?” and apply the techniques you will learn in this post, you naturally begin to do the same inside your dreams.
Reality check techniques are not a one-time action. They are a practice that requires genuine curiosity in your waking life for them to work effectively in your dreams.
Through my interest in both spirituality and lucid dreaming, I’ve come to understand something deeper about the connection between our waking life and dream world. In this post, I’ll explain how reality checks work and how you can use them effectively to become more conscious in your dreams.