any different paths have beencreated for exploration. From Freuds sexual symbolism to the current randomrecollection theories diversity in dream interpretation abounds. However, there is a way todream and not be at the mercy of your subconscious mind. For the past ten years a bright psychologist at Stanford University, by the name ofSteven Laberge, has been studying dreams and the physiology of the human body duringthe dream state. His research may sound commonplace if it werent for the added fact thathe is training people to control their dreams. His subjects are learning to become aware oftheir dream experience as it is happening. Once they are aware of their dream they cansimply take complete command of theirdream and can consciously cause anything tohappen. To the semi-conscious mind the experience is virtually identical to being awake.This concept is nothing new, in fact many of us will experience at least one of thesedreams in our lifetime. There are a variety of stimuli that he uses to induce this state of mind. One methodis playing a tape recording of the phrase "This is a dream" during the sleepers REM. Hemay also use conditioned tactile stimuli. Light, however, appears to be the best stimulusmeans of providing an external cue to the sleeper that they are dreaming. This is becauseenvironmental light seems to be easily incorporated into dreams and, when properlyconditioned, reminds dreamers that they are dreaming(6). Use of a special light device hasbeen promising: 55% of 44 subjects had at least one lucid dream during one study(5). Thepossibilities for human progression that this concept creates seem to have no bounds. Foryears psychologists and others have sought to find a perfect semi-conscious state of mindwhere a subject will have a strong link with their subconscious and may even interact withan interviewer using this frame of mind. Another name for this state of mind is calledhypnosis. Although the luc...
