heh nice dream pal.
Im into lucid dreaming n all that stuff, and yes the "mind awake, body asleep" state you speak of HHC is truly fascinating. It can be quite scary but the more you do it the more you get used to it and the more interesting and exciting it becomes.
For those of you who dont know what we're talking about, basically it is possible to stay conscious whilst you fall asleep. You're not aware of it, but your body and your mind are BOTH conscious and they behave independently. Do you ever wonder why you sometimes take ages to get to sleep and will constantly shift and move in bed? What is happening is your body is "asking" your brain if you have fallen asleep so it can shut itself down. Your body will send an impulse to your brain telling it to move. If you are still conscious then you will move, and your body will not shut down. However, if you lie in bed COMPLETELY still, and resist the urge to move (which will become extremely hard, even painfall at times), then your body will be tricked into thinking that your mind is no longer conscious. If you manage to stay still long enough, you can literally watch your body fall asleep and watch as you leave reality and enter the dream world. I cant think of anything more fascinating than this, watching as you leave one reality for another, incredible!
This is known as the gateway state. From this state you can enter a dream (if you remain conscious) and it will usually be a lucid dream. A lucid dream is a dream in which you are aware that it is a dream, and can have full control of the dream allowing you to literally do anything that you can imagine (depending on the level of lucidity, they vary).
This is one way of inducing a lucid dream, there are however many other ways that I wont go into now. If you are interested by this stuff (which I cant see how anyone could not be) then there are many videos on youtube about lucid dreaming, sleep paralysis and obes (out of body experiences).
This video goes into further detail about the gateway state (mind awake, body asleep) that I talked about in this post. Check out the rest of the series if you are interested in learning more. Its good to see other wormers have an interest in this subject!
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