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Becoming a Lucid Dreamer
Written by MichaelZ on June 30, 2009 – 3:08 am -So you want to be a lucid dreamer. Well that’s a good start, at least you know what you want to do; but how exactly do you go about it?
You may have heard that there are benefits to being a lucid dreamer/lucid dreaming. This is the case, but to get a clearer picture of what these benefits are, you need to take a look at what usually happens when you go to sleep.
What typically happens is you lay down, you close your eyes and you wake six to eight hours later – you may or may not remember any dreams you gave had in this time. In and of itself, not terribly exciting.
Average sleep has a purpose it prepares our minds and bodies to carry out the duties of the next day. However, consider the idea of managing your dreams consciously.
What if there was a way to become a full participant in your dreams? Lead them in the manner in which you alone determine consciously? That my friend is basically what a lucid dreamer does. They control all aspects of their dreams, going where they will and doing whatever they want in the confines of the dream state.
This sounds great, but how can you become a lucid dreamer? There are two ways to reach this state – one is by having a DLID, or dream initiated lucid dream. These are instances where the dreamer has taught themselves to recognize that they are having a dream and start to assert control over the direction of their dream.
The next way is called wake initiated lucid dream (WILD); in this process, you go from wake to sleep stage with no loss of consciousness. To put it more simply you walk through the door from here to your dreams instead of just happening upon them
Now that we know the basic how, what are the fine points to entering either one of these lucid dream realms?
Dream Recall
The easiest place to begin your lucid dream search is in dreams you have already had. When you can remember your dreams, you will be able to recognize when you have that dream again. Many times, we will have the same dream or part of a dream over and over.
The best way to remember your dreams is of course to write them down. Keep a pen and pad by the bed and immediately upon waking from a dream write it down. The reason you want to write it immediately upon waking is so you do not forget any part of the dream. Dreams tend to fade from our conscious mind rather quickly.
Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (MILD)
This is a technique based on entering your dreams with the intention of realizing you are dreaming or looking for a dream sign. For instance when you awaken in the nigh from a dream and recall a blue dog you mark that blue dog in your mind as your dream sign. Then when you encounter this again you will know you are dreaming.
Wake-Back-to-Bed (WBTB)
This simple process has you taking no action except to set an alarm that will waken you in less time than you normally sleep. For most of us about five or six hours will do it. After the alarm awakens you do not try to fall back to sleep. For about an hour you should read, watch TV or concentrate on lucid dreaming then go back to sleep.
According to Stephen LaBerge, there is a 60% success rate of this technique. The reason why is that you would have woken up during the process of sleep, meaning that your mind is not fully aware of this, and are still in the middle of REM cycle. So basically, it’s like going to your mind and telling it that you want to lucid dream.
Cycle Adjustment Technique
Developed by Daniel Love, in this technique you first acclimate yourself to waking 90 minutes earlier than usual. Then alternate waking early with waking at your usual time. When you wake up at the later (regular) time, your body will begin to stir 90 minutes earlier, giving you a much better chance at achieving a state of lucid dreaming, at least during this 90 minutes.
Wake-initiation of Lucid Dreams (WILD)
As described earlier wake initiated lucid dreams are matter of keeping your mind conscious as you fall asleep. This may be the most fun way to achieve lucid dream state.Imagine if you will that, your dreams are like a movie you are planning to watch. You get comfortable, turn on the television set, (sleep), first you have a dark screen (eyes closed) and now it is a matter of getting through the previews to the movie.
There are any number of ways to keep your mind alert, count, controlled breathing techniques or concentrated relaxation are all great ways to keep the mind alert. It is a bit like hypnotizing your self. This works best if you are not exhausted, try it during an afternoon nap.
Technologies like strobe lights and dreaming masks can also help you to become a lucid dreamer.
Definitely the easiest and most reliable way of inducing a lucid dream however is by listening to binaural beats sound frequencies via headphones.
The purpose is to synchronize both sides of the brain to create the REM frequency that is required for lucid dreaming.
Put all or many of these techniques together and you are ready to begin your journey into the wonderful world of lucid dreaming. It is a simple process that anyone can do.
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Know more about your lips and its needs
Written by MichaelZ on June 29, 2009 – 3:33 am -Cosmetic surgery is the latest innovation blessed by the ever developing medical science to secrete all the kinds of physical defects lastingly. Anyone can avail the desired form with the help of cosmetic surgery. Because of their body faults and formless physical condition, many people are ashamed of themselves. Because of their physical disability, many people are suffering from inferior complex.
A great collection of various kinds of cosmetic surgeries are offered by the Cosmetic Makeover. Total information about the period along with estimation is also provided by the Cosmetic Makeover.
The uninvited shape of your lips can spoil the entire appearance of your face. Cosmetic makeover now has an resolution for any sort of lip amendment. Any sort of amorphous could be recreated with the help of the lip augmentation, as it is the right answer to rectify very thin or extra thick lips. While redesigning the lips or any limb of the body they use the most admired implantable items widely known as Softform and Alloderm. While augmentation of lip they would use the own fat of the unwearied as well as a synthetic or natural biocompatible object is either injected or implanted into the lips.
The modus operandi of the lip augmentation is to be recurring until the last effect is accomplished. Instead of any false implantation, the Autologen is inserted, which is a natural dermal embed substance. Nowadays, many substitutes are obtainable for the implantation along with you can choose the one that is finest fitting to you. Many times, the cosmetic surgery causes an allergic reaction like swelling, bruising, bleeding and even shifting of the implant. These kinds of evils could be avoided being continually in touch with the doctor.
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HIV/AIDS Basics
Written by MichaelZ on June 29, 2009 – 3:33 am -AIDS/HIVwas first reported in the United States in 1981 and has since become a major worldwide epidemic. AIDS is caused by HIV, and results when HIV has severely damaged a patients immune system. By destroying or harming cells of the body’s immune system, HIV eventually destroys the body’s ability to fight off infection. People who have been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS can get dangerous infections called opportunistic infections. OI’s are caused by viruses and bacteria that don’t normally effect someone with a healthy immune system.
HIV Causes AIDS
Since 1981, more than 980,000 cases of AIDS have been reported in the United States to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to CDC, more than 1,000,000 Americans may be infected with HIV, one-quarter of whom are unaware of their infection. The HIV epidemic is increasing the most amoung minority populations and is leading killer of black males between age 25 and 44. According to CDC, AIDS affects nearly seven times more African Americans and three times more Hispanics than whites. In recent years, an increasing number of African-American women and children are being affected by AIDS/HIV.
HIV kills CD4 + cells, which are white blood cells that help maintain the immune system. As the virus attacks those cells, the person infected with HIV is less equipped to fight off infection and disease ultimately resulting in the development of AIDS.
Generally people who are infected with HIV can have the viruses for a realtively long period before the immune system starts to fail. However, there is a strong connection between high levels of HIV in the blood and the decline in CD4+ T cells and the development of AIDS. Antiretroviral medicines can reduce the amount of virus in the body, preserve CD4+ T cells and dramatically slow the destruction of the immune system.
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