Quote Originally Posted by scriber02
So I'm going to assume you're correct about the theory you presented, since it does make sense. But I have no control over these "shifts" in waves. If you're right on your theory, then I would be able to control when these shifts occur..how would I go about doing that? because right now it feels I'm lost in-between waves (sleep/awake), how do I get back up to that "awake" state? and have better control of this new-born ability (as you said, is a gift)
Well... usually, most of us has not the ability to shift, at will, the "tuning" of our minds. Its a thing the mind does by itself, without our conscious control. When youre sleeping and wake up do you say for your mind "OK mind, now i want to wake up, so stop dreaming and start to percieve the outside world the way you does when im awake"? Im sure not... when you wake up, the mind automatically tunes itself into the "awake" mode... i would say the control we have upon this "tuning" is somewhat like the control we have over our muscles when walking, for example. We know exactly what to do to walk, but we dont know (at least consciously) exactly which muscles to contract, how much to contract, and etc. We just walk, without thinking about it. And the same goes with the mind tuning. It (usually) works by itself, outside our conscious control.

BUT, there are ways to control it. I had forgot it completly, but thanks to Dream Of The Iris' post i remembered that meditation is indeed the most usual way to control this shifts of consciousness. In fact, meditation is exactly a procedure to learn how to move the consciousness' tuning at will. So i think it would help you a lot if you learned to meditate/concentrate.

Cause what makes the mind to stick in some definite "tuning" is exactly the attention, in what the mind is paying atention at that moment. When we're awake, we LEARN to pay attention to the outside world (mostly), so when we're awake our minds keep fixed in the tuning that allows us to percieve the outside world as "real". But when we're sleeping, we need not to pay attention to the outside world, so the mind can pay attention to other things (like memories), to become fixed in other stations that allows us to percieve other things than the outside world, like dreams, for example.

So, if you were able to train your mind to keep your attention completly (or at least at a large extent) focused in the outside world, it would help your mind to keep "tuned" in the "awake" mode. Keeping the attention focused is the key to keep the mind tuned in any "station". And letting the attention wander is the key to make the mind loosen its tuning (exactly what happens when we daydream, for example).

And i wouldnt say that your state is exactly a "gift". All of us are born with this ability, but due our socialization, we "unlearn" it, we force our minds to keep fixed in only one way of percieving the world. You, by chance, luck, or whatever, could return to our "original" state, the state of freedom of perception, when we can percieve in many ways, instead the one imposed on us by the society. And if you learn how to control and use it, surely it will be much more than a "gift", it will be an unvaluable skill.

Quote Originally Posted by scriber02
and to answer your question, no I'm not a girl. just a 19 yr old guy. I understand why you would think that though, because when you were introduced to my text, you saw that tidbit about me having to check my appearance in the mirror always. That's just how I've always been, I'm always self-conscious about my appearance. lolz
Well... in this case forgive me. Now i know that girls arent the only ones who has this "attraction" to mirrors... lol! Just kidding, man! :thumbsup: