{"id":4716,"date":"2026-01-21T23:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/?page_id=4716"},"modified":"2026-09-01T19:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:01:14","slug":"notes-on-dreaming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/earlywithdrawal.net\/tolton\/notes-on-dreaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes on Dreaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dreams are Life Experiences<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your dreaming experiences are experiences. Because they are self-modifying, they open a feedback loop to rapid personal development.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lucidity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucidity is the one topic that cannot be discussed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dream Guide<\/a>s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some dream characters know you are dreaming and want to help you.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dream Parables<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some dreams are so impersonal and so well-structured that they seem more like parables than dreams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike dream guide dreams, in which there is a teacher present, these are carefully crafted situations that nevertheless teach.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dream Malls<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Above personal dreams are public spaces in which nothing in particular happens.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Historical Dreams<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I often dream of being another person in another period of history. In case this is happening to other people, here are my notes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Noticeability<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seeing and noticing are separate phenomena.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Identity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An identity is a mobile prison for awareness.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Shifting Allegiances of Dream Spies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After you’ve dreamt of a hundred lives, what are you?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kaleidoscope of Reality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reality is a giant hyper-dimensional crystal that gives the illusion of internal movements when you look through it from different angles. Or so I dreamt.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Family Religion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One \u2018transcends\u2019 personal mperfection through mindfulness. Every-day reality can be a religion.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Appearances<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t confuse the font for the text.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dream Companions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get in. I know a really cool dream!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cohabitation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My dreaming career has stalled, due to one concept \u2014 or rather, lack of a particular concept.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Heaven<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is one serious question in psychology, and that is, why does one ever dream of anything other than Heaven? <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Consent<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There is something you need to know about this place, the most important thing: Everything<\/em> that goes on here is by consent.”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Mode of Child Awareness<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the dreaming world, the decisions you make are less important than the perspective you take.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hell<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hell exists. And you are closer to one than you think.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dream Wraiths<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A wraith is not just a ghost; it is a ghostly doppelganger. It lives in a supernatural world and it has supernatural powers. It is self-delusional, reckless and wilful. And then you wake up.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Netherlings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not all sentient dream characters are nice. But even they must follow the rules.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Invasion of the Waking World<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I dreamt the waking world had been invaded by aliens who could be seen only in dreams. And then I woke up. Technically speaking..<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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4D Movement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Movement in the 4th dimension is an important dreaming skill, for whatever reason.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What Heaven does not Want I do not Need<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Current Trial<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amnesia makes the meaning of existence much more obvious, not less.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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One Cubic Centimeter of Reality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What would you do if you could do anything with a cubic centimeter of reality?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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