Techniques for bizarre dreams anyone?

[Rasputin]

Hey. One of my class mates told me about this historic figure, a French prisoner who was held in a prison-island. He managed to do something to his oxygen supply to the brain, thus making his dreams much more vivid. This way, he walked as a prison in the camp at waking life, and as a free man in his vivid dreams.
My question is: any ideas on how to make your un/subconsciousness more Dali-esque in nature? Most of my dreams are pretty much mixed scenes from my boring waking life.

[CFTraveler]

Read bizarre books, and then don't get enough sleep. Ignore #2, it's bad advice.

[CFTraveler]

Better advice: Learn to Lucid dream, and then tailor to your tastes.

[Veles]

yes, read bizarre books, watch bizarre movies, visit bizarre places, eat bizarre food, listen to bizarre music, etc...
Well, the only suggestion i've got is hyperventilation. But even that probably won't help, and it's actually bad for you anyway.
Drugs are also incredibly bad, so we won't even talk about that.
AP seems to be the best option, it's a "dream" in a way...

[journyman161]

You could try the obvious - get a more interesting life so you're not reliant on wierdness in dreams to provide your entertainment...

Note that playing around with the oxygen supply to your brain is DANGEROUS!!!

[Rasputin]

Just a couple of days ago I was very interested in sleep deprivation. After succeeding the difficult task of not falling asleep until 2 A.M I unconsciously gave up and woke up 5 hours later to find my MP3 player turned off.
Thanks for the tips, i probably should start spicing up my "reading life" before I spice up my "Living life"

By the way, I've found out the name of the book I was talking about- "Papillon" by Henri Charrière". Several folks told me there is no mention of any "lack of oxygen" techniques so probably the best way is to start practicing Lucidity

[The Cusp]

Wow, I vaguely remember that papillon movie from when i was VERY young!

YOu want bizzare dreams, watch the movie Pan's Labrinth.

[orbit1]

Here's an interesting post about cheese and various foods that can affect your dreams:

http://forums.astraldynamics.com/viewto ... ght=cheese

[Neil Templar]

yeah i've always found that cheese before bedtime gives me more intense dreams,tho they are often quite scary.

[Tom]

From dream and sleep yogas in Tibet there is an approach of sleeping in a box which does not have room to lay down in. If you do not lay down during the day or night, so that you only sit or stand, your sleep is not as deep and you have much more awareness in your dreaming. The purpose of sleeping in a box is to be propped up by its sides.