Conscience The Entire Night.

[Pyrox]

Short story before - So today I was sitting in my car waiting for a girlfriend to get off work. I had a headache and I was worn out. I was there an hour early so I decided to take a nap. I was also listening to the radio and wanted to hear a new song they were going to play. I decided to try to get my body into SP while listening to the radio. I did it and remained conscience the whole time while listening to the radio. I still saw images and HI, and for a second saw a vivid dream image. When I finnaly decided to get up, my head wasn't hurting and I wasn't tired anymore. It felt like I took a nap, even though the whole time I was listening to the radio. The idea - What if you can stay conscience the ENTIRE night. I know that it is possible to be conscience in your deep sleep from reading a book and a little of my own experiences. If you practiced every night to stay conscience as long as you can, eventually you would be able to do it. The things this could do for us - 1. We would be able to know all of our dreams and be lucid in all of them. And maybe in your deep sleep you could just think about your LD and what you could do in the next one. 2. You can put on a tape or CD about what your intrested in learning. Say a lanugage, history, ect.) You will be taught in your sleep. Though I'm not entirly sure you can hear things while in deep sleep, you can hear it in other stages. 3. MUSIC FANS : You can listen to music all night! Learn the songs, the lyrics, or just relax. Conclusion - So this is something I was thinking about today. I'm going to start right after I learn how to stay conscience into my dream. So tell me what you think! Later

[wombing]

tibetan buddhists have claimed to be able to maintain consciousness 24 hours a day. although the awareness during deep sleep isn't the sort wherein one can "think" normally, and learn or listen to music.

[Pyrox]

Well I would think if you can stay conscience you could think.

[Lyla]

I know you said that after your nap you felt relaxed, as you should feel after taking a normal nap, but, I don't exactly know why, the idea sounds a bit scary to me. Maybe, it worked out right once, for a nap, it wouldn't if you slept like that all the time...maybe you only had an impression that you were relaxed. I think the stages in the a sleep cycle, when you are unconcious, are necessary in a way. Why else, would they be there? Of course, that is just my opinion.

[SeventhGeneration]

I have stayed conscience the whole night. I found it was hard to really pay attention to anything. I just layed in my bed, paralyzed for 9 hours. My dreams came and went but they kept over lapping with reality, and I would awake mid dream to find I wasnt actually dreaming, I was just looking at say.. the wall or the door and thinking super deeply. Hard to describe, but perhaps I need more practice and focus into this. I have music on all night usually, and during this I hardly noticed it, due to my lack of attention.

[Kaniaz]

I don't know if you could do this. There's unescapable sleep phases and I'm pretty sure at just some point you need to be "knocked out". I'm no scientist, though, so I could be totally off the mark.

[Pyrox]

Or course you shouldn't be able to think at some point in the night. Even I have stayed somewhat conscience just seeing blackness for hours, but during the time I don't realize it. I woke up and thought I had been lying there all night awake. But I wasn't. Just like lucid dreaming, it takes practice to be conscience during any point in sleep.