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FunkyGroovy Avatar
FunkyGroovy
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Posted: 08.18.09, 11:29 AM
Wow.....thats pretty awesome
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danthemango
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Posted: 08.18.09, 04:33 PM
That should be obvious, the brain chemistry that induces REM sleep is similar to hallucinogens, and have the same effect.
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browser111
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Posted: 08.18.09, 06:14 PM
What do you think of the claim by the philosopher J.Krishnamurti that if you eliminate conflict during the day then you don't dream but just experience a blissful sleep state. I've experienced some effects myself of reducing conflict following his advice. I haven't eliminated dreams but they seem to occur less. And sleep is more energizing.

Krishnamurti's reduction of conflict includes eliminating thought patterns like values and principles that csuse conflict as well as trying to life without conflict with others.
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Narwe
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Posted: 08.18.09, 07:41 PM
Great talk.
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Narwe
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Posted: 08.18.09, 07:44 PM
@browser111

That might be sensible if the work of REM sleep was to only develop associations for negative events. There's no indication that I'm aware of that this is the case.
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Kiran Agarwal
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Posted: 08.19.09, 04:34 AM
very interesting, well explained and easy to understand. Also it has some facts I need to know and understnd.
Is it possible to download entire speech not just a 13 minute segment in MP3 format so I can listen to it later?
Kiran
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yuriythebest
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Posted: 08.19.09, 04:53 AM
yes- psyhotic is a state in non-lucid dreams. when I gain lucidity I become my reular self in dreams astounding that this entire video does not mention the possibility of lucid dreaming
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tomislav
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Posted: 08.19.09, 05:16 AM
for some reason the full program will not run for me?
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Trevar
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Posted: 08.19.09, 11:11 AM
@Kiran Agarwal

The MP3 is actually the entire talk, I'm not sure why the run time is listed at 13 minutes.
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Trevar
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Posted: 08.19.09, 11:14 AM
@tomislav

Are you running an ad blocker? We've noticed that lately some ad blockers are negatively affecting the player.
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