The Oneironic-I

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The Oneironic-I

• A theory of how ones sense of self continues
  and changes during lucid dreams.

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Origins of Oneiros

• The ancient Greek work for dream was Oneiros.
• In Prometheus Bound, the ancient Greek
  philosopher Aeschylus called the art of dream
  interpretation Oneiromancy.
• LaBerge a modern day lucid dream researcher calls
  explorers of the dream state Oneironauts.

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What is Self?
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• Most writers focus on the self-concept,
  self-esteem, personality traits or the self in
  a reflective, subjective manner.
• Sense of self as overlapping memories.

• Sense of self as a bundle of perceptions.
• Sense of self as a narrative structure and story.
• Sense of self as a collage of socially
  conditioned intepretations.

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Dans working definition of an Oneironic-I or self

• Derived duplex notion of the self from William
  James and George Herbert Mead.
• with the I, the self as observer, AND
• with the me, the self as the observations of
  that observer.

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Whats lucid dreaming all about?
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Lucid dreaming is

• Being able to consciously recognize that you are
  dreaming while you are dreaming
• Once aware you are dreaming, acting to
  consciously control and change the context
  characters of the dream in real time
• And why? Its an exhilarating experience, travel
  to exotic locations, meet interesting people, do
  things you couldnt when awake

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Whats a lucid dream like?
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Yes, you are asleep when you are lucid dreaming!

• LaBerges PhD dissertation (1977) at Stanford
  empirically verifies a dreamer can be lucid while
  asleep.
• How so?

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Your 90 minute sleep cycle
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The researchers say.

• Green (1968) - lucid dreams are accurate
  imitations of waking life.
• LaBerge (1988) - dreaming of doing something is
  equivalent to actually doing it.
• Moffitt (1988) - we dream to find out who we are.
• Wolf (1994) - we dream so that a sense of I
  manifests.

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Dans theory of the Oneironic-I
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Your lucid dreaming self is an extension of your
waking self.

• Lucid dream research suggests that ones sense of
  self extends across a continuum of conscious
  states.
• In lucid dreams you have a self-concept,
  reflexivity, memories, perceptions, narratives
  structures and socially constructed realities

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And so The Oneironic-I is.

• a self-perceived continuity in the sameness of
  the person, The I, the lucid dream OBSERVER.
• a self-perceived continuity in the persons self
  attributes, The Me, the lucid dream
  OBSERVATIONS.

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As an Oneronic-IYour Dreams Become You