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MrsLowe
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 Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 2:53 pm Post subject: what can our minds do? |
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I recently had my first lucid dream and it has reinspired my passion for all things mind related. Now I have seen a bit bit of what my mind can do, I want to explore this further. Does anyone have any recommendations for good books about exploring various abilities of our mind? Or even literature about the use of things like meditation, mind machines, binarual beats, ect? I should say first of all that I am an atheist, so Im not interested in anything with a spiritual bent (no offense meant to believers, I respect you right to believe what you want, Im just not interested in that side of life). And Im not into drugs, so Im not interested in learning what our minds can do on LSD for example.
I just want to explore what this baffingly complicated organ of ours is capable of, I just don't know where to start. Thanks.  |
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bakufun1
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you can learn touse ki aka aura. just search utube on it. it isent really spiritul people just think it is.
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Lence
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:50 am Post subject: Re: what can our minds do? |
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| MrsLowe wrote: | | I should say first of all that I am an atheist, so Im not interested in anything with a spiritual bent (no offense meant to believers, I respect you right to believe what you want, Im just not interested in that side of life). |
Spirituality has nothing to do with belief. It's about experiencing and exploring awareness, a property of consciousness. Yes, there are many ways to approach this and a lot of them are rooted in strong belief traps, which is probably why many people are quick to associate spirituality with religion and New Age gobbledygook. Personally, I just stopped caring about the rather ridiculous discussion of whether or not there is a "God", simply because everyone seems to be having different definitions.
I think we should go beyond belief, but that's easier said that done. For a long time I held the strong belief (partly subconsciously) that reality is purely physical and that consciousness is just a byproduct of an incredibly complex network of neurons and synapses. I did not see how that was just another dogma. Of course our own Western science tells us that is all most likely just an illusion, but that seems to be a truth that is difficult to grasp and accept. There's much more to reality than is apparent.
Anyway, I would strongly recommend reading "My Big TOE" by Dr. Thomas Campbell. He has many YouTube videos online too (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxECb7zcQhQ&feature=BFa&list=PLBFFCEB1CAEDF9E6C&lf=results_main), but the book explains all the logical deductions he makes to arrive at his model of reality being virtual (a "dream"). What does this have to do with the mind? Well, everything. It explains how our intent changes reality on a "physical" level (starting with the double-slit experiment). It explains paranormal and metaphysical phenomena. His book also describes very plainly how to experience the "larger reality" he talks about (how to do meditation, OBEs, ...). I still have my reservations on several parts of his theory, but I can say the overall model of a virtual reality makes a lot of sense (I haven't finished the book yet though, it's a lot to process...).
In any case, whether you're interested in this or not, I'd recommend having a daily meditation habit and sticking with it for at least a couple of months. Not only is it healthy (it has been shown to lower stress over and over again), it will also help you have lucid dreams more often  |
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Robert Waggoner - Lucid dreaming, Gateway To The Inner Self
Very good book about a lot, the subconscious, unconscious, and a lot more, I recommend it to you. |
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4amlucidity
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:03 am Post subject: by far the best book that is no religious and life changing |
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I too am very amazed by my lucid dreams and have also asked the question of "what are our minds truly capable of"? Read a book called Journeys out of the body by Robert Monroe. It's not simply about out of body experiences to a place which he terms locale 1 but also being out of body in a place he calls locale 2 which is the lucid dream world. A place with a past, present, and future buy no obvious transition from one to the next. He outlines the techniques necessary for full control. The fabric of your existence in the Lucid dream world is created by merely " thinking" it into existence. Seriously rent the book. It was written in the 60s'. It will change your lucid dreaming approach and take it to a whole new level. You will learn somethings that you never knew possible.
- " It is not reality that shapes us, rather it is the lens through which our mind views the world that shapes our reality"- |
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Gold
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:17 pm Post subject: Re: what can our minds do? |
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| Lence wrote: |
Spirituality has nothing to do with belief. It's about experiencing and exploring awareness, a property of consciousness. Yes, there are many ways to approach this and a lot of them are rooted in strong belief traps, which is probably why many people are quick to associate spirituality with religion and New Age gobbledygook. Personally, I just stopped caring about the rather ridiculous discussion of whether or not there is a "God", simply because everyone seems to be having different definitions.
I think we should go beyond belief, but that's easier said that done. For a long time I held the strong belief (partly subconsciously) that reality is purely physical and that consciousness is just a byproduct of an incredibly complex network of neurons and synapses. I did not see how that was just another dogma. Of course our own Western science tells us that is all most likely just an illusion, but that seems to be a truth that is difficult to grasp and accept. There's much more to reality than is apparent.
Anyway, I would strongly recommend reading "My Big TOE" by Dr. Thomas Campbell. He has many YouTube videos online too (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxECb7zcQhQ&feature=BFa&list=PLBFFCEB1CAEDF9E6C&lf=results_main), but the book explains all the logical deductions he makes to arrive at his model of reality being virtual (a "dream"). What does this have to do with the mind? Well, everything. It explains how our intent changes reality on a "physical" level (starting with the double-slit experiment). It explains paranormal and metaphysical phenomena. His book also describes very plainly how to experience the "larger reality" he talks about (how to do meditation, OBEs, ...). I still have my reservations on several parts of his theory, but I can say the overall model of a virtual reality makes a lot of sense (I haven't finished the book yet though, it's a lot to process...).
In any case, whether you're interested in this or not, I'd recommend having a daily meditation habit and sticking with it for at least a couple of months. Not only is it healthy (it has been shown to lower stress over and over again), it will also help you have lucid dreams more often |
You are so right. There is only one kind of spirituallity, but countless kinds of beliefe systems.
Unfortunately (maybe) not every human on this planet is spiritual. They dont have the ability, its like beeing colour blind - you just dont get/see it.
More important, we cant teach someone to be more spiritual.
The good thing about beeing spiritual is, that it shows that there is hope for mankind. A psycological evolution is possible - a new and better "human" race could emerge from us. I am sure of that.
On the backside is that we are not there yet, and belief sytems merge from spiritual people but most of those are totally egocentrated and unconsciouss. So war is unevitable - an suffering.
Please read some books or wach some vids on the subject, Krishnamurti, Tolle, Tai te ding etc: You will need some patience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4-AbN2GLkc
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_60UWQXDpA
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB1_1J6Jqvk&feature=related
or
http://vimeo.com/13056150 |
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