Becoming Lucid
Lincoln Stoller2023-01-27T18:39:05-08:00How do you get what you don’t have? The question of how you become more aware from a less aware state requires something that you do not yet have. This is a healthy spiritual exercise.
Discovering the New World
Lincoln Stoller2023-01-27T18:46:05-08:00Discover the clarity that emerges from approaching sleep through relaxation, imagination, and emotion.
Sailing the Sea of Sleep
Lincoln Stoller2023-01-27T18:45:51-08:00Considering the role of your mind in the nature of your sleep.
Relearning to Sleep
Lincoln Stoller2023-01-27T18:45:19-08:00You can train your brain to function better during sleep. It’s a process of tuning down habitual tension and separating yourself from habitual conflict.
Who Says What Sleep Is?
Lincoln Stoller2023-01-27T18:45:30-08:00A surge of interest in the consequences of poor sleep has gotten people worried about what is perceived to be a growing epidemic.
Liver and the Lack of Sleep
Lincoln Stoller2023-01-27T18:48:22-08:00"I have created a guided visualization to connect you with your liver. The purpose is to gain a perception of yourself and your environment viewed from a place where clarity and purity are paramount..."
To Put You To Sleep
Lincoln Stoller2023-01-27T18:49:46-08:00"Spontaneous fainting, an unexplained phenomenon, is a clue to the nature of consciousness... I guess 30% of us will instantly "faint" with nothing more than a touch and a few quick words. It's called 'rapid induction'..."
Becoming Lucid
Lincoln Stoller2023-01-27T18:51:13-08:00"Over the years I’ve read much about lucid dreaming, but I’ve been frustrated that it’s mostly portrayed as an amusement park ride. Surely, there has to be more to it than spectacle and entertainment..."
Our Lack of Sleep
Lincoln Stoller2023-01-27T18:51:31-08:00Many of the consequences of insufficient sleep are highlighted in Matthew Walker's 2017 book is titled, Why We Sleep, Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams. The extracts I'm quoting come from his penultimate chapter, "Sleep and Society."
Season of Dreams
Lincoln Stoller2023-01-27T18:52:09-08:00"Living systems, like us, engage our environment. We interact, express, modulate, and are modulated by our environment... We are not just 'subject to' or 'creatively imagining'; we do both. Their combination is how we control our world..."
The Reality of Illusion
Lincoln Stoller2022-05-06T12:17:57-07:00This piece is about what we think is real and the difference between sensation and feeling, the worlds of imagination and dreams and making dreams real.
Sleep Authority, and Why We Don’t Have It
Lincoln Stoller2023-01-27T18:53:05-08:00"One of the paradoxes of sleep is that the harder you try, the less you get. It would seem you are responsible, but lack the authority to procure it. The fundamental rule that authority must come with responsibility doesn't apply to sleep... It's a paradox for me too. I can see a person's problem, and what he or she needs. I could sell them an illusion that there is something they can do, but it would never work. What they need is not to do, and not to try. You cannot force your way into a sleeping state of mind..."