I really didn't know what I was missing out on. Also, I'm glad I finally did it!

I got a new bed. It's a memory foam mattress and it is changing my (dream) life. No joke. 

I suffered with a bed that was too firm for 3 years! Part of the reason I persisted in keeping it, despite the tossing and turning and waking up 1-2 times a night to change positions, is that I had spent quite a bit of money on it in the first place; also, I always held out hope that it would eventually "break in" and be more comfortable. Oh, what a mistake that was! 

The worst part about having an uncomfortable bed is that I had a hard time settling into a state that promoted dreaming. Over the last 3 years, I really did not dream too much or remember them. I think the awareness of my physical discomfort while asleep kept my consciousness tied too closely to the physical.

With my new Novaform memory foam mattress, I feel like I'm floating on a cloud! I rarely -if ever- wake up in the middle of the night to get more comfortable. I usually sleep all the way through the night! And the best part: I have SO many more dreams now. It's as if I can forget my body more easily now and be more present in the dream state. The last couple of nights I've had more self-awareness and self-possession in my dreams than I have had in a very long time. I feel like my dream life is back!

Do you find yourself waking up in the middle of the night to roll over or turn on your side? Maybe it's time to try out one of these wonderful memory foam mattresses :)

Something interesting happened to me this morning.

I dreamt of meeting up with an old friend that I haven't seen for over 5 years. We were very coridal in the dream, saying things like, "Wow, when was the last time we saw each other?" And recalling the get together at his house 5 years prior. 

That was the last dream I had before waking. When I went to check my phone, I found that I had been added to a group chat with this individual.

So, after 5 years of not having heard from this person, then suddenly a dream and then a real-life connection. 

Can it be just a coincidence? If not, then how is something like this explained?

I would really like to know.

I have begun to notice that in the subtle world, in my dreams, whenever I am talking to someone, I've stopped bothering to move my lips and try to make sounds.  I just communicate by thought.  Has anyone else noticed anything similar?

The person with whom I am talking always seems to understand and conversely, I "hear" them quite clearly, even though often times they don't use their mouths to talk either. 

The few times I become consciously aware in my dreams I usually start jumping high.  I find it fun.  if I'm even MORE consious, I'll suspend in mid air, or fly around a bit.

Lately I've wondered: how far can I go?  How high can I go?  William Buhlman says I can go to outer space, to other planets.  He's been there.  I'm beginning to believe that, if I get more serious about this whole thing, I too might possibly travel very very far away...

Over the past 2 months I’ve been working on consistently practicing some of the exercises I’ve read about in some of the books referenced by this site. The goal, of course, is having a fully conscious out of body experience when I lay down at night.

Suddenly, over the course of these last 2 months, I’ve had 5 “dreams” where I become fully aware that I am dreaming and that I am flying -or- having become conscious, I decide that I would like to fly, and I somehow begin doing so.

I’ve noticed a pattern that includes awareness, flying, and then the “vibrational state” that several authors referenced on this site say is an immediate precursor to an out of body experience. They say that the “vibrational state” is our experience of the subtle body’s vibration rate becoming out of phase with the physical body’s vibration rate. The next step is total dissociation and a “stepping out” (or floating out) of the subtle body from the physical.

Daily life (work, kids, etc.) certainly presents many challenges to the practice, but having flown more in the past 2 months than I have in the past 10 years is very exciting and satisfying. Each time has been an exhilarating learning experience.