Free Lecture: Experiences of Consciousness Beyond Hypnagogia presented by Sirley Marques Bonham, Ph.D.
Experiences of Consciousness Beyond Hypnagogia: Using introspective experiences to develop skills like remote-viewing, lucid-dreaming, out-of-body experiences, or for the development of spiritual experiences Presented by Sirley Marques Bonham, PhD Tuesday, May 11th at 7pm Austin Center for Spiritual Living 4804 Grover Ave, Austin, TX 78756 Hypnagogia is a generic label given to sensorial perceptions that happens “automatically” – without conscious control – while falling asleep, or while awakening from sleep. Hypnagogia may also happen while a person is meditating – or while in trance-like situations. In this talk we will explore what can be learned from the perceptions we encounter during the sleep/awake thresholds, and from trance-like situations usually encountered in introspection practices like, for example, meditation and hypnosis. The most common and accessible skills that can be developed through situations of hypnagogia are lucid-dreaming and out-of-body experiences. However, remote-viewing frequently makes use of perceptions “on the threshold of consciousness,” which is obviously within the realm of hypnagogic perceptions. Remote-viewing may also make use of a conscious interaction with the subconscious mind, done while fully awake. Therefore, while working on developing these skills, we willingly or unwillingly tend to encounter
