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At 08:04 PM 12/4/98 -0700, you wrote: >Who's to say that what we experience in waking life is any more or less real >than that which we encounter in our dreams? No offense intended here to >Ruth or anyone else, but I'd rather be counted amongst the dreamers myself, >if the fact that I believe in a pd cure to be imminent makes me one. I know >very well, from experience, that belief in a negative outcome too often >becomes reality, so I'd rather believe in a positive one, since I have the >choice. > >Carlos Casteneda has a book called, "The Art of Dreaming," in which he >describes what are essentially adventures and lessons he's had while trying >to use his dreams to consciously visit other worlds in a sense. According >to him, these states of consciousness are very real, and have great power, >power which can spill over into "real" life, so we need to use a bt of >caution when exploring these other worlds/states. Deepak Chopra talks >about how both waking reality and dreams, as far as the brain itself is >concerned, have the same reality. Perception, memories, thoughts, are to an >extent, describable by chemicals and electrical signals in the brain, and >between the brain and the rest of the body. If ya take it to that basic >level, there is little difference between sleep and awake, other than the >magnitude of the activity. > >I had a psychic tell me once that I did astral projection sometimes in my >dreams. Frankly, I couldn't say for sure either way, but I have had some >doozy dreams, which seemed at the time to be VERY real. That's a bit scary >too tho', cuz I've heard of yogis nd other mystics who've done that from a >state of meditation, and never came back! Whew! > >Anyway, I'll keep dreaming of a cure, until it manifests to where all have >access to it. Can't hurt I figure. > > >Wendy Tebay > Hi Wendy : I always feel like Castenada's Don Quixote, tilting at windmills, grandoise expectations tend to be rudely dashed. I had three inmportant meetings this past week and they all went poorly. If you astral travel, drop in and see me, I could sure use somr of your optimism. BTW astral travel is a proven fact. Bill Harrington 42 29 27>