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I never remember my dreams either. (I think it has something to do with all that green stuff I smoke, but I'm not sure.)
I did, however, meditate very successfully once. So successfully that I haven't tried it again since then. It was the single weirdest thing my mind has ever done.
I should explain that I have a friend who is very in to this type of shit and he told me what he does to meditate and I gave it a try. Basically you lay completely motionless in your bed with soothing music. (I used Portishead, but you can use whatever as long as it's soothing and the volume isn't up to loud.) As you lay there, you think to yourself repetitively "My left leg is asleep, my left leg is asleep, my left leg is asleep..." You should do this until your left leg is numb and actually feels like it's asleep. Once it is, then you do the same thing for your right leg. Then you say "I'm asleep from the waist down, I'm asleep from the waist down, etc..." Then your torso, then your arms. Please note that once you put an extremity to sleep, you shouldn't move it. (Not even if you have an itch.) Okay, so now your body is asleep, but your mind is not. You repeat in your mind "When I fall asleep, I'm in control. When I fall asleep, I'm in control, etc..." Eventually you will drift into a dream like state, but you will be controlling your actions within the dream.
Okay, I know that it sounds far fetched, but that's what he told me to do and I decided to give it a try. Here's what happened...
I laid down in my bed and the clock read 10:01.
I put my body to sleep just like he said to.
Before long, I found myself in my own backyard looking up at my house. I wandered inside only to find a big formal affair/party going on. Everyone there was having a great time, but for some reason I wasn't. So I went back outside and noticed that the neighbor (their backyard touches my backyard) was having a party too. So I went to my neighbors party. It was quite the opposite from the party taking place at my house. This one was all people dressed in black like it was some sort of goth party or something. Well, for some reason, I found this party lame too and decided to leave. I was walking across my backyard yet again when I took a step, but my step landed about a foot above the ground. I took another step and my step landed another foot above my first step. Before long I had ascended an invisible staircase in the center of my backyard. I was almost as high as the roof of my garage. Even in my dream state, I found it very odd to be climbing invisible staircases and decided to go back down. As I tried to go back down, I couldnt. Every step I took brought me higher and higher on the invisible staircase. In my dream state, I began to panic. I distinctly remember saying in my dream...
"If I can't go down, then I must be-"
As I sat upright in my bed, I finished my own sentence out loud,
"-dreaming."
I looked at my clock and it was 10:17. Only 16 minutes had passed since I first laid down and the time I awoke finishing my own dream sentence.
It was without question one of the most bizarre experiences I've had. It was the only time I was able to successfully meditate. (I had tried a few times before that to no avail.) And it freaked me out to the point that I haven't even attempted it since then. Anyone else know anything about dream control?
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