This week we have been focusing on coming into the third and final phase of our inquiry project. My final book that I am reading is called Lucid Dreaming by Stephan LaBerge, Ph.D. I have only just begun reading it, but already the book seems very interesting, informative, and dare I say innovative in its insights into the world of lucid dreaming. This is a very welcome change from my previous book, On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins, which quite frankly, was written as if it was intended to be read by a 4 year old. On a minor tangent, I was actually supposed to read The Lucid Dreamer by Malcolm Godwin, which I have heard very good things about and most definitely still plan on reading later on when I have the funds (the book is out of print and has become very expensive), but until then, I am content to wrap up my study of consciousness and perception with Steven LaBerge's analyzation the concept of lucid dreaming.
To speak more specifically, there are several things in particular I already enjoy about this book: the scientific grounding of ideas and claims in factual evidence and studies, the mature language and writing style, the external cd that comes with it (containing tracks that build upon themes in the book as well as guided techniques for lucid dreaming), and the concise nature of the author (at no point does he speak in excess or repetition, thus far at least). Anyway, I look forward to diving deeper into this book as we finish up our study on perception.
I agree with your sentiments about On Intelligence. It was a bit demeaning to read. I'm glad you are liking Lucid Dreaming! My book, The Lucid Dreamer is incredibly insightful and is providing me with some good advice and strategies about how to achieve a lucid state while dreaming.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why you are bagging about On Intelligence, either of you. He kept the language simple but it wasn't as bad as a lecture from...somebody in our past. I mean would you have preferred he used really heavy language that you had to look up every word for?
ReplyDeleteon intelligence is very usefull to a nuroscientist not sombody concerned with the future of technology. the differences were well put, but irrelivent and offcasting.
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