Some people try to read into their own dreams and re-analyze reality based on a larger metaphysical picture stemming from their own images. This can become schizophrenia if it is not kept in check by a strong dose of reality. Sometimes it is not a clear line, and "daydreams" may end up taking the form of actual dreams for some people who hallucinate or see images. It is a potent and dangerous place to go.įebruary 17, think it can be hard to differentiate between "thinking outside of the box," and actually having an altered state of consciousness.
This makes me shrink from pursuing any sort of deeper understanding of the unconscious mind. I think of a recent preoccupation with "lucid dreaming" or "conscience dreaming" which were obsessed over by shooter Jared Loughner. Just keep your fantasy life and your reality separate.įrom experience, I would recommend not questioning your sanity, contemplating madness or trying to identify too strongly with other people's mental problems. Sure I could take LSD and probably experience some things I've never experienced before, or perhaps I would experience things I've long been experiencing without it.Īs far as being afraid that lucid dreaming will make you go crazy, I wouldn't worry about that. I'm glad this article advises against the use of drugs to reach such states of consciousness. There are plenty of perfectly legal ways to do this while awake, and each person will certainly do so while asleep. People must also understand that it’s widely unnecessary to try to induce an altered state of consciousness by illegal means. It’s clearly unadvisable to use illegal drugs to enter an altered stated of consciousness, though in some native cultures, it may be commonplace to use certain substances to create altered states. There’s little evidence to suggest that an altered state is evil or based in paganism instead these differences in conscious perception occur to all people, and most cultures have created unique interpretations of altered states. However, these critics cannot avoid dreaming, getting a high fever or possible diagnosis with mental illness. The experiments that led to drug use to enter altered states, and fear that an altered state somehow represents witchcraft or association with paganism leads some people to criticize all such states, and intentional entry to them.
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