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Something weird I've realized from the psychedelics: The "dream" experience is going on all the time at every moment, and not only when sleeping. The difference is that when I'm awake my conscious mind assumes dominance, and for some reason my awareness is cut off from what the subconscious part of my mind is experiencing.

In the Castaneda books there are terms used that correspond to these two parts: Tonal and Nagual.

I think that the area of the mind that is experienced in dreams is the area that is interconnected with other living things, and so it wouldn't be surprising that one might have an experience simultaneously with a friend or sibling.

In my opinion it's stupid to assume that what my conscious mind is aware of at this moment is representative of my *entire* experience at this moment.

A nice example of this is color-psychology. It has been established that certain colors have a definite psychological effect on people. It has also been established that these colors have an equal effect on color-blind people who are unable to consciously perceive the color that is affecting them.

<blockquote data-quote="BrandonD" data-source="post: 30454" data-attributes="member: 334">Something weird I&#039;ve realized from the psychedelics: The &quot;dream&quot; experience is going on all the time at every moment, and not only when sleeping. The difference is that when I&#039;m awake my conscious mind assumes dominance, and for some reason my awareness is cut off from what the subconscious part of my mind is experiencing.In the Castaneda books there are terms used that correspond to these two parts: Tonal and Nagual. I think that the area of the mind that is experienced in dreams is the area that is interconnected with other living things, and so it wouldn&#039;t be surprising that one might have an experience simultaneously with a friend or sibling.In my opinion it&#039;s stupid to assume that what my conscious mind is aware of at this moment is representative of my *entire* experience at this moment.A nice example of this is color-psychology. It has been established that certain colors have a definite psychological effect on people. It has also been established that these colors have an equal effect on color-blind people who are unable to consciously perceive the color that is affecting them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrandonD, post: 30454, member: 334"] Something weird I've realized from the psychedelics: The "dream" experience is going on all the time at every moment, and not only when sleeping. The difference is that when I'm awake my conscious mind assumes dominance, and for some reason my awareness is cut off from what the subconscious part of my mind is experiencing. In the Castaneda books there are terms used that correspond to these two parts: Tonal and Nagual. I think that the area of the mind that is experienced in dreams is the area that is interconnected with other living things, and so it wouldn't be surprising that one might have an experience simultaneously with a friend or sibling. In my opinion it's stupid to assume that what my conscious mind is aware of at this moment is representative of my *entire* experience at this moment. A nice example of this is color-psychology. It has been established that certain colors have a definite psychological effect on people. It has also been established that these colors have an equal effect on color-blind people who are unable to consciously perceive the color that is affecting them. [/QUOTE]

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