And the German here in the family loves them lol.

You spoke of dreams; I wish I could induce lucids and projections like I used to, but right now my sleep schedule is all over the damn place.

Many of my greatest revelations and visitations have come through these states.

Oh yes, I'm way into PIE studies. our ancestors were badass af lol

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Yeah I go lucid pretty frequently these days

I reached this point where I no longer have any negative or fearful dreams

There's no place for fear there really

I get 'frightening dreams', but not necessarily nightmares, if you get what I mean.

The connotation is obviously negative, but it's not so bad that it becomes unmanageable.

One last night I received was quite violent and frightening in retrospect, yet I didn't wake.

I don't experience fear in dreams. I think it's a natural part of working with dreams and similar liminal states (e.g. psychedelics)

This is true. Easier said than done of course, but it is necessary.

Especially when working with psychedelics--that fear is removed from the experience.

Not with Salvia, which is why it is my favorite

It doesn't coddle you with any kind of euphoric feelings. It's just a raw ego death

That was my first ever real trip was a breakthrough Salvia experience

Though I'd been there before, funny enough

😩 Lord you're one of those. It's very difficult for me to get a grip on those experiences, which is why I haven't done Salvia.

The Goddess, which would be Wisdom itself I'd assume, who presides over Salvia, is very unforgiving.

You remind me of a wise friend and mentor of mine.

Salvia is his native world, it would seem.

I like to call him Yajnavalkya of Veda lol.

At the beginning of the month, I astral projected three times. One had me bulleting through a parking garage down at the oceanfront somewhere, darting straight into the air and falling, tumbling dizzyingly from above into the ocean at several hundred miles an hour and plunging down into the ocean, continuing under without a decrease in speed. I could see the houses and buildings around the coast as I was coming down.

I could feel the temperature and texture of the water as things became darker, and then I came-to and awoke in my bed.

I've had a similar one to this. Went straight out my window into the sky outside above my neighbourhood and into the sunlight before coming back.

How many times did you practice till you officially astral projected?

Others have been in black and white, and I'm floating aimlessly in an indiscernible location for which, only abstract textures and some signatures of sensory, and vague geometry are my company.

I've only had one induced astral projection.

@Misha It's easier with a psych or dissociative, but can be done endogenously

I came out of my body, went in my parents' room and sat on the bed/heard and watched them sleep.

I( feel like psychs and dissos can be tools to help teach you and wire your brain for achieving those states

That was a while ago.

I can leave my body pretty easily but I've found it takes time to get deep enough for that state

Neurologically it's associated with theta EEG rhythms as a correlate

Whereas earlier meditation phases tend to be more alpha dominant

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When I induced a projection, I used theta frequencies as supplementary to the meditation.

I fell asleep, woke up that same night having failed, and then tried it again

The same night, popped right out of body

Around 6am