Questions

1. Are techniques based on breathing be considered non-autonomous methods of entering the phase?

2. Which non-autonomous and non-chemical means allow phase entrance after the first attempts?

3. Why is it still not possible to create a device that causes phase entry?

4. Are cueing technologies beneficial to overcoming difficulties with conscious awakening?

5. What happens if a practitioner uses cueing technologies for seven days in a row?

6. Can cueing technologies make use of light signals?

7. Can feasting on peanuts before sleep help the process of phase entry?

8. Will putting a tight rubber band around an ankle promote phase entry?

9. While working in a pair, are both practitioners required to enter the phase?

10. Can the helper be compared to a cueing device while working in a pair?

11. When should the helper give the signal that the active practitioner is dreaming?

12. Would a hypnotist making suggestions about entering the phase be helpful to every practitioner?

13. Why do phase-inducing technologies sometimes work, even though these are based on flawed theories?

14. What is absent in a phase induced by chemical substances?

Tasks

1. Try using a cueing device several times in conjunction with the deferred method. Create a short sound file and set it to a device that plays the file between 15-minute intervals of silence.

2. Before going to sleep at night, try the raised forearm method of entering the phase several times. Attempt this using the deferred method.

3. If you have the opportunity, try to achieve entry into the phase by working in pairs.