A lucid dream is a dream in which you wake up in the dream and realize you are awake and dreaming at the same time. An out-of-body experience is said to occur when you become aware that you have consciousness while being somehow separate from your physical body, which is asleep.

Interestingly, a lot people report that their out-of-body experience began in a lucid dream. And there is also an interesting common factor between the OBEs and a coma. It is widely agreed that most OBEs include a brief condition in which your body is frozen and cannot move – sleep paralysis.

Many comas exhibit the same state of physical paralysis. Some physicians believe that a coma is a natural response to injury that allows the body to slow bodily actions and focus on healing. But here is where it gets interesting – some people emerge from a coma and claim they were in an OBE. So here’s the question: Could such a coma be an extended OBEs?

Doctor Mihai Dimancescu, Chairman of the Traumatic Brain Injury Association, says “sleep, and indeed coma, suggest a state of unawareness of one’s surroundings. But while an individual in a coma may be unresponsive, we have no way of determining what they may be aware of.” “While a person in a coma may be totally unaware of his or her state or environment,” he continues, “others may have some, or even full, awareness. Many recovered patients have related events that occurred when everyone believed they were still in a coma.”

Carl Becker, author of “Paranormal Experience and Survival of Death” and Professor at Kyoto University in Japan, has an especially interesting view of OBEs. “OBEs are indeed important phenomena,” he says, “[and] many report their experiences on the battlefield, in automobile accidents, or during surgery, describing OBEs during such events.”

Becker feels this supports the theory of some scholars that life after death may be thought of as a continuing OBE, since OBEs are often reported by those resuscitated from death or coma.

It’s interesting that more and more of today’s high caliber scientists are open to the possibility of other forms of matter and other dimensions. One widely accepted idea is that other spatiotemporal dimensions may exist which may be impervious to detection, but which nevertheless exist and contain ‘universes’ of their own.

And as university philosopher and author George Kneller says, “We probably do have faculties which science has yet to employ, such as the capacity for travel with the ‘astral body’.”

So this brings us back around to the opening question of whether lucid dreams, out-of-body (OBE) experiences and comas might overlap? How would you now answer this? And how would you now rate the importance of lucid dreams and out-of-body experiences. Check this out!

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Human Consciousness

There are six easily recognized states of human consciousness:

1. Deep Sleep
2. Dreaming Sleep
3. Conscious Wakefulness
4. Instantaneous Insight
5. Transcendental Consciousness
6.  Enlightenment

Each of these six states of consciousness represents an increased direct personal experience of the nature of reality, and is said to move us closer to the ideal state of enlightenment.

Deep sleep is the first level of consciousness, and occurs when your brain is producing very slow Delta brainwaves. During deep sleep there is some awareness, and we can still respond to such external stimuli as sound, bright light, or touch. However for the most part, during deep sleep our sensory perception is primarily turned down, and we experience very little cognition or thinking.

The second state of consciousness is dreaming. During dreaming we produce REM (rapid eye movements) and spikes into the faster brainwave frequencies. We are a bit more conscious and alert than during deep sleep. Dreams are definite experiences – we see images and patterns, perceive sounds, and can even think and analyze during dreams.  Dream reality poses something of a mystery. The Buddha is quoted as having said: “Am I a man dreaming I am a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming I am a man.”

The experience of conscious wakefulness is the mental state we tend to spend most of our waking time in. Measurable brain activity during the waking state of consciousness is quite different when compared with brain activity during both sleep and dreaming. Common wakefulness brainwave activity is dominated by Beta and Gamma brainwaves, perhaps with some Alpha spikes.

The fourth state of awareness is instantaneous insight. This is the state of consciousness we experience when we have an instant insight, often accompanied by a sensation of a light flashing in the brain, or a vibration or pressure across the top of the head. This state of mind is entered through a state of relaxed awareness dominated by Alpha and some Theta brainwaves. The sensation of light flashing in the brain is an explosion of energy created by a massive neural connection. The feeling of pressure across the top of the head is sensed as the entire cortex vibrates in a single coherent frequency – like the shaking of a bowl of jello.

The fifth state is content-free restful alertness, often referred to as transcendental consciousness. This state usually occurs during deep meditation when we become, even for a moment, absolutely still and focused in the quiet gap between our thoughts. This state occurs as the mind momentarily aligns with the Unified Field of Consciousness — the one source of infinite intelligence and creativity. In this state the the self is only aware of itself, and is devoid of all thoughts, feelings and perceptions. Your self-awareness is intact, yet there is no sense of time, space, or your body.

This mental state has a corresponding brainwave corresponds to an integrated brain state in which the left and right hemispheres are totally balanced and the Schumann gate is open. Conscious Delta brainwaves are present, and levels of Theta and Alpha are elevated and integrated through activity in the Schumann frequency (7.87 cps).

The sixth state of consciousness is enlightenment, a meta-level of awareness characterized by the persistent presence of Transcendental Consciousness throughout all of one’s activity – waking, sleeping, and dreaming. To my knowledge, no brainwave studies have been performed of this state of consciousness. I personally know only one person whom I can attest lives in this state of enlightenment and constant bliss – Sri Anandi Ma – but I have heard of others.

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I had a dream for a while of living in a lean-to in the nearby mountains (never did manifest that one.)  I also had a dream of being an artist. That one went underground until a friend “tricked” me into discovering my long-submerged painting talent at age 60.

Actually daydreaming is NOT a waste of time, in spite of our childhood teachers scolding us with *wake up and pay attention.*

Daydreaming is a super powerful KEY to truly getting what you most want as an adult.  Daydreams in the form of focused visualization can transform your deepest desires to reality.

Do YOU have a dream you want to bring into reality? The first step is to escape the stress and relax down into the Alpha brain state that was so natural for us as kids.

The next step is to carve out a 10 minute slot for a focused visualization of actually *having* what you desire – make your daydream as detailed and real as possible.

The more often you do this, the more convinced your powerful subconscious mind will become – and the more likely it will push you to take the appropriate actions to achieve your dream.

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Recall how as a kid you dreamed of playing wonderful roles – doctor, lawyer, fireman, hero, maybe even superman or wonder woman! Anything and everything was possible then.

I had a dream for a while of living in a lean-to in the nearby mountains (never did manifest that one.)  I also had a dream of being an artist. That one went underground until a friend “tricked” me into discovering my long-submerged painting talent at age 60.

Actually daydreaming is NOT a waste of time, in spite of our childhood teachers scolding us with *wake up and pay attention.*

Daydreaming is a super powerful KEY to truly getting what you most want as an adult.  Daydreams in the form of focused visualization can transform your deepest desires to reality.

Do YOU have a dream you want to bring into reality? The first step is to escape the stress and relax down into the Alpha brain state that was so natural for us as kids.

The next step is to carve out a 10 minute slot for a focused visualization of actually *having* what you desire – make your daydream as detailed and real as possible.

The more often you do this, the more convinced your powerful subconscious mind will become – and the more likely it will push you to take the appropriate actions to achieve your dream.

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If so, did you wonder how that book could end up on the NY Times Bestseller list for three years!

WHY did this happen? Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler here. I have spent years  teaching mind power and personal growth to people from around the world — and before that I did the same in a clinical environment in California’s Silicon Valley.

And although I have developed many of the best personal development tools on the web, there is something I must still admin: WE LEARN MORE, AND LEARN MORE DEEPLY, FROM STORIES.

Here is a ell-written adventure fable that, Like Celestine Prophesy, will drop personal transformation right into the back of your mind:

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Today’s power of the mind researchers have identified the source of that strange sensation of a light bulb suddenly flashing in your brain -– or an oddly pleasant buzzing sound inside your head.

What’s happening? You have simply slipped into the realm of your HQ -– your Higher Intelligence.

What is HQ?

Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler here. Your Higher Intelligence (HQ) is a fascinating mental state. While your IQ and EQ (emotional intelligence) operate on actual neural (brain cell) pathways or networks -– your HQ is a rebel.

HQ, your most creative and inventive mental state, does not seem to use any connections between your neurons at all. HQ experiences are accompanied by a spontaneous vibration of your cortex (your thinking cap) like an electrified bowl of jello.

That flash of light probably IS very real inside your brain, as suddenly your entire cortex is vibrating at a single coherent frequency, just like you had shot a current of electricity through it.

Can HQ be Taught?

Interestingly, quite a bit of HQ experiences seem tied to the 7 Hz (cycles per second) and lower brainwave frequencies. And it also seems apparent that an open A-T bridge connecting the conscious and subconscious minds is essential.

This could explain why your *ah ha* experience seems so fresh and remarkable -– you have integrated two portions of yourself that seldom meet face-to-face.

The secret of building your ability to experience HQ experiences is to strengthen this conscious-subconscious bridge through A-T (alpha-theta) brainwave training. Come discover the true power of the mind at the Quantum Brain Gym!

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A  study by UCLA neuroscientist Gary Small has clearly shown that using your computer changes your brain is some very beneficial ways, and can actually build your mind power and make you smarter.

In his new book, “iBRAIN: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind,” Small tells us that the modern  shift in how we gather information and communicate with one another has touched off an era of rapid evolution that may ultimately even change the human brain.

This should not come as a surprise. Our amazing brain’s plasticity – its ability to change in response to different stimuli – is now well known. And the more time you devote to a specific activity (like using your computer), the stronger the neural pathways responsible for that activity become.

Professional musicians have more gray matter in brain regions responsible for finger movements. And athletes’ brains are bulkier in areas that control hand-eye coordination. So, of course, people who process a lot of digital information would have more neurons dedicated to handling that information.

To see how the Internet might be changing our brains to make us somehow smarter, Small and colleagues monitored the brains of 24 adults as they performed an online search, and again as they read a page of online text.

During the online search, those who reported using the Internet regularly in their everyday lives showed twice as much activity in brain regions responsible for decision-making and complex reasoning.

The findings suggest that Internet use enhances the brain’s capacity to be stimulated, and that reading on your monitor activates more brain regions than reading printed words. The research adds to previous studies that have shown that tech-savvy people:

1 Possess greater working memory: they can store and retrieve more bits of information in the short term,

2 Are more adept at perceptual learning: adjusting their perception of the world in response to changing information, and

3. Have better motor skills.

Researcher Small says these differences are likely to be even more profound across generations, because younger people are exposed to more technology from an earlier age than older people.

He refers to this as the brain gap. On one side, what he calls digital natives – those who have never known a world without e-mail and text messaging – use their superior cognitive abilities to make snap decisions and juggle multiple sources of sensory input.

On the other side, digital immigrants – those who witnessed the advent of modern technology later in life - are better at reading facial expressions than they are at navigating cyberspace.

Well, I have to say maybe, and maybe not. The thing to remember is this: Those of us who were not born with a computer on our playshelf STILL have brain plasticity going for us. So get Grandma and Gramps on the computer.

And as to those who say computer use is isolating youth, this too can be challenged. A 2005 Kaiser study found that young people who spent the most time engaged with high-technology also spent the most time interacting face-to-face with friends and family. Interesting.

There are now even online high tech programs especially designed to use your computer to build your mind power.

How Power of Mind Works. Everything making up your power of mind is stored on such physical neural-pathways. Each time you think a thought, it is communicated among your neurons via tiny electro-chemical messages.

The first time you learn something new, a new neural pathway is created. The next time you have that experience, your brain will follow the same pathway. This is how a thought or action becomes a habit.

Then each time you act out that habit, the more physically durable the neural pathway holding it will become.  That is why it is so hard to break a habit. Your habit is wired into your brain as actual physical connections.

Using Mind Power to Change Habits. If you have  habits you would like to change, start by recognizing the fact that you cannot just  rationalize them away. You will have to create neural pathways that are stronger that the one you wish to change. Two things create strong neural pathways: Repetition, and intense emotion.

You can use your mind power to change a habit by: (1)  Allowing yourself to feel some intense emotion about the habit you want to change, (2) choosing a new positive behavior or thought pattern, (3) associating your new pattern with even stronger positive emotion, (4) rewarding yourself with praise each time you replace the old pattern with the new one, and (5)  repeating this as often as possible.

By doing this you are  creating physical changes in your brain – rewiring the neural pathways that will change that habit.

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If your IQ is ataverage,  hold on to your socks: Genius levels of mental processing ARE within your reach.

John von Neumann, the inventor of th least e computer, estimated that our brains hold two hundred and eighty quintillion bits of memory that’s 280, followed by 18 zeros. But most of today’s neuroscientists feel even this estimate is far too low.

A few short years ago scientists believed geniuses were born with brains that were somehow different from the rest of us. BUT – recent scientific research suggests that genius mind power is more the result of mental training not just genetic superiority.

Even today’s Einstein’s are now seen by neuroscientists as ordinary people who have simply consciously developed extraordinary genius mind power and focus.

How Genius is Developed

We don’t often think of the mind as a tool whose powers can be developed on such a dramatic level. But the good news is  there are definite, proven-effective ways to develop your brain’s capacity to express genius mind power.

Modern neuroscientists and brainwave training experts claim that genius-level mental functioning is primarily all about connections.

Which connections? The ever-changing maze of connections among your neurons brain cells. The scientific evidence is this: The more you stimulate and challenge your brain, the more connections it is forced to create to enable your neurons can communicate with one another.

And the more interconnections you have between your brain’s neurons, the closer you move toward genius-level creativity and thinking! It really is primarily that simple.

Einstein’s Secret
As a child, Albert Einstein was seriously dyslexic and had great difficulty with both speech and reading. He was actually expelled from high school and flunked his first college entrance exam, although he finally did manage to complete his bachelor’s degree.

He then took a lowly job in the Swiss patent office. But then when he was only 26, he published his Special Theory of Relativity And sixteen years later he won a Nobel Prize.

Dr. Thomas Harvey, a pathologist on duty at Princeton Hospital when Einstein died in 1955, removed Einstein’s brain. Harvey studied it under a microscope over a 40-year period, but never found any differences from “normal” brains.

But in the early 1980s Dr Marian Diamond, a neuro-anatomist at the University of California at Berkeley, made some interesting discoveries. Her findings about brains in general revolutionized our ideas about what genius really is!

Diamond placed a group of rats in a very stimulating environment with ladders, swings, treadmills, and rat toys. She then confined a control group of rats to bare cages.

The rats in the stimulating environment lived to advanced ages the equivalent of 90 for mankind. But even more remarkable, Diamond found their brains had grown an amazing number of new connections between their neurons.

She had discovered the first hard evidence that higher intelligence could be created through mentally-stimulating exercise. And then when she examined sections of Einstein’s brain, she made the remarkable discovery that it WAS different from the average brain in one way. Like her super-stimulated rats, Einstein’s brain also had an unusually high number of experience-based neural interconnections.

Our brains can continue to grow in complexity right up to a very advanced age. Each challenge you present to your brain causes immediate physical changes no matter what your age.

A Plan of Action
Your brain’s inter-neural connections can potentially increase in number and complexity throughout your life. The more you learn, the more of these pathways you create. And the more you stimulate your brain, the sharper your memory and mental responses. The payoff is immeasurable, and can lead straight to genius mind power.

The most basic way to build genius mind power is to intellectually challenge and exercise your brain. You can create healthy new neural networks by learning a new skill or a second language, or learning to play a musical instrument.

posted by Jill Ammon-Wexler
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Here’s a tip on how to control panic attacks and anxiety attacks by By Barry McDonagh, a man who once had such intense panic attacks he couldn’t leave the house.

Why, I wonder, are top psychologists and doctors still teaching the same old outdated methods for treating general anxiety and panic attacks?

Panic Attack Control Solutions?

It seems every time I do an online search there’s yet another anxiety “expert” talking about controlling anxiety and panic attacks with brown paper bags, by just thinking happy thoughts, with special breathing, etc. I’m sure you have come across them a million times already.

This is silly. How can anyone *solve* an anxiety issue  or control a panic attack if they are only exposed to “coping methods.” When it comes to anxiety attacks, just “coping” is not good enough. What’s needed are REAL solutions! I know!

So, I want to share something that DOES work to REALLY control anxiety and panic attacks. It’s a very simple way to help end the fear of having PANIC ATTACKS. This is a very good exercise for people who want something practical to focus their attention on when they feel the pressure of a panic attack building.

It’s very simple and easy to remember. Here goes…

Control Panic Attacks For REAL

Try My 20 Second CountdownSolution: When you feel the sensations of a panic attack building up, do the following to establish control:

Tell the panic it has 20 seconds to initiate a full panic attack. 20 seconds and no more. After the 20 seconds are complete it must stop making empty threats.

You are allowing 20 seconds for it to fully manifest, but not a second more.

Whatever the bodily sensations you fear, they must happen within that 20 second time frame.
• If you heart is going to explode then it has 20 seconds to do so.
• If you are going to lose control, then your mind has 20 seconds to do so.
• If you are going to faint – 20 seconds! But absolutely no more time than that.

You get the picture. By setting a specific time frame for your panic attack, YOU establish boundaries of control. You turn it into a game where YOU call fear’s bluff. If it were in a party poker game, you are asking anxiety to show its hand.

This works because it establishes a sense of control within your mind and body.

You think to yourself, “I’m not prepared to spend my time worrying about controlling my panic attacks. I’ve had enough. I’m going to give it 20 seconds. But after 20 seconds and nothing has happened, then the opportunity has officially passed and I am going to go back to what I was doing.”

Then start counting nice and slow. Do NOT  rattle it off as fast as you can. Really tease it out like you did when you were a child and you never wanted to reach zero. Teasing it out is the key, because it allows you to feel generous and that you are giving anxiety every chance possible.

Deep down you DO know there is really nothing to fear.

To really help tease it out, break the last few numbers into fractions.
5…………………………..
4…………………………..
3……………………………
2…and three quarters…
2…and half………………
2…………………………..
1…and three quarters… (last chance anxiety)
1…and half……………… (I really cant wait any longer)
1…………………………..
0.
Sorry — too late. We’ve reached the end.

By not rushing through the countdown you will feel your confidence soar. You are demonstrating real control and authority over your anxious thoughts and bodily sensations. You are saying “Look, I am really trying to give you all the time I can to unleash X,Y, and Z. I am being very generous here with this countdown.

Count your way to freedom. Count your way to confidence.

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P.S. Let me help you end the vicious cycle of anxiety and panic attacks fast. I’m personal proof that you CAN use natural methods to congtrol panic attacks and general anxiety.

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