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SOME FUN DREAMS
Have you ever been sleeping and gradually you started to have the
awareness that you were sleeping? Then, as you accepted this
awareness that you "knew" you were sleeping, there also came a
sensation about you that told you that you were floating. Has that
ever happened to you?
Have you ever been aware of dreaming and suddenly you were able to see
outside your house or apartment. Then, you realized that in your
dream you were outside your house. Maybe you saw someone else you
know, perhaps a friend who you were surprised to see doing the same
thing. You said hello to your friend and stopped to chat for a bit.
Have you ever had that happen? If you have, was it a case of you or
you and your friend were idly floating about as you engaged in the
friendly discourse? If you have had such an experience perhaps it has
become an ordinary occurrence with you since you first started doing
it.
Or how about, as you began to have the sensation that you were
floating, after you had accepted the idea that you were aware of being
asleep, you then began to have the experience of flying and being able
to control your flight. As you were engaged in your flight, could you
see the brightness of the stars in the sky and the passing scenes
below in all their brilliance?
No? Well, you've been missing out on a most exciting treat. Some
people have experience these things and only remember doing them a
time or to, yet others do it all the time with full recollection. If
you don't normally have such experiences or don't recall having them,
would you like to have these experiences more frequently with better
recollection of them? Would you like to? In the event you haven't
experience any of the things described above and you are still reading
this, you may likely be asking yourself, "is there any harm in all
this?"
The answer is absolutely not! After all, it's only a dream, isn't it?
But at the same time, it is certainly something you can most
definitely experience and have a great deal of enjoyment in
experiencing as well.
Well, we should say that most people can have these experiences, if
they have not previously done so. There are no guarantees, of course.
With some people there could be various physiological or medical
reasons why they are unable to dream and experience some of the things
just described. And if that is the case, then we are sorry about it,
and perhaps such a person should seek help somewhere else.
But for the rest of us who are relatively in good shape, why not go
for it? On the average, people sleep eight hours per night. That's
2,912 hours per year of fun that some of us are not having! That's a
lot of pleasurable experiences to miss out on, in my estimation. And
the scientists have found from their studies that people who dream get
better rest than those who don't. Is it starting to seem attractive
to you?
For those of you who have not experienced what has been described
above, or don't remember it, or only have slight memories of it, and
would like to improve your ability to experience it and remember it,
then you might want to do as follows.
An Exercise
Many people in attempting to have a dream or have some of the
experiences described above make the following mistake. It is nothing
in the least which has anything whatsoever to do with any form of
"effort." Quite to the contrary, it is simply a slight thought,
perhaps accompanied with a little desire, to simply begin your dream.
It sounds too simple to be true but is nevertheless the way it
happens. Another very simple thing you can do which will help is
this. When going to sleep, do not make any conscious effort to begin
dreaming or go to a dream, but rather just let yourself simply "be" in
your dream.
The mechanics of it seems to be that it is much easier for us to cause
it to happen by simply thinking of "being" in the dream, rather than
"going" into the dream. It doesn't happen to have anything to do with
"doing" anything. At the same time, it has everything in the world to
do with "being" somewhere. Does that make sense to you? If it seems
a little unclear, try it a few times, and with a little practice you
should soon be the master of "being" in a good dream much more easily.
This same principle of "being" rather than "doing" also applies once
we are in the dream and want to dream our dream the way we want it to
be. If you want to change something in your dream more to your
liking, don't make a big effort of it. Just let yourself have the
thought, and what you want will happen in your dream. Just let your
dream "be" what you want it to "be."
The same also applies to your floating, flying or whatever
tremendously fun activities you engage upon while asleep. There is no
need to make a big "effort," or any effort at all. What you want to
do is much more simple than in the regular world we live in, which
often requires effort for us to accomplish things.
When asleep and there is that exciting thing you want to do, simply
allow yourself to have the thought, and you will be surprised at how
well you do at accomplishing whatever it is you wanted to do, and with
an ever increasing amount of control on your part as well.
Other Related Factors
There are a few other things which also enter into it. For example,
suppose you have a difficult time getting to sleep. If this is the
case, ask yourself this question. Is my diet correct? Do I eat
properly, get enough proteins and carbohydrates in my diet. Do I have
vitamin or mineral deficiencies of any kind?
And do I get a sufficient amount of exercise? If a person doesn't get
enough exercise it can cause nervous problems that hamper a person's
ability to go to sleep. The problem can be remedied with something as
simple as taking a walk every day. It doesn't have to be anything
strenuous, just something to get the circulation in the body improved.
Or maybe you sleep restlessly, have unpleasant dreams and prefer not
to dream. Well, if you prefer not to dream, then that is up to you,
particularly if your dreams are unpleasant. By if you would like to
dream and improve the quality of your dreams, there may be an answer
for you yet.
In another book entitled "Fine-Tuning Your Life" there are many
additional exercises. None of these additional exercises are designed
specifically for helping you to improve your dreams, but it has
incidentally happened that some people's dreams have been improved as
a result of having used these exercises. To get a copy of Fine-Tuning
Your Life see "Order Form" on the Table Of Contents.
Results
Should you use the exercise described above and find some interesting
results, I would be very happy to hear about them. Or if you would
like to submit to me your comments of any kind, I would be happy to
hear about those as well. You may contact me at the address on the
order form via the Table Of Contents.
In the meantime good luck with your life, and pleasant dreams.
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