I was talking with a friend from Kansas and we talked about using lucid dreaming as a platform to launch into the Out of body experience and much to my surprise he never heard of any kind of dream mask to help make lucid dreaming very achievable. I used to own the Nova Dreamer from the Lucidity Institute of Lucid Dreaming I had it for over ten years and do you know within that ten years I hardly used it more than a dozen times!
The reason back then was in the center of the mask was a small computerized circuit board with two dials to home in on specific flashes of lights and alarm sounds when I put the mask on it felt very uncomfortable and the square edges were putting much pressure around my eyes and pressure and weight of the board was putting pressure in the center between my eyes constantly. This became problematic to say the very least, you see these masks were the first on the market and they had not yet worked out all the kinks and comfort to be able to wear the device all night long.
Our conversation went on a bit more and I told him the theory of using the mask was sound but not without due diligence of practicing throughout the day "Reality Checks". I explained it takes a lot of patience to remind oneself to stop and silently say, "Is this a dream or is this reality?" I then would look at my hands and the area in which I was working and then silently confirm, "This is reality"! Why the drama of doing this every hour on the hour? Because ladies and gentleman your subconscious minds doesn't know the difference from this reality or a dream it just knows the present when it's activated while you are asleep.
Imagine for a moment if your subconscious mind were activated while your physically awake and this would be another topic for another time. Another friend of mine ealier this year was one step ahead by researching for the most comfortable night mask and here it is:
https://www.dreamstar.com/product.php
This mask is quilted and very well padded to solve the problems I had to deal with in the past and it has a removable small computerized control box in which you can hook the unit to your computer and validate your REM recorders for example how many times you entered into REM sleep. The video above will give you the gist of what the mask is capable of doing.
I sent him the link I am giving to you I am not an expert for sure when it comes to lucidity I have never had one yet, I am looking forward to having one someday in the future. I want to purchase the "Galantamine" its link:
http://www.brilliantdreams.com/about/about-dreams.htm
A friend of mine took this last year and he became lucid in his dream (Knowing he was dreaming) he took control and ended up out of his body actually right beside his body but unfortunately he had a bad experience show up in his room thinking it was product and not of his own psyche. So he is going to purchase the pills and try it again. The only drawback with some of these supplements they may induce insomnia once in awhile and you are not to use them more than 3 days in a row then you skip two days and continue with your regimen.
The body/mind eventually get used to the stimulants we have to constantly be dynamic like our bodies and life there is nothing stagnate about life even if it is boring at times. The DreamStar essentially had lights that pickup on your REM and you maybe dreaming of something completely different and all of the sudden the lights flash and you hear a beeping sound so the subconscious tries to keep you in the dream by masking the external stimuli this is where your "reality check" training comes into play. Once you are diverted from the dream using the DreamStar your subconscious will questioned its reality because you taught it too!
I am going to purchase "Brilliant Dreams" only because my friend tried them with success but he lacked at the time knowledge of what he was truly experiencing when he came out of body, he understands this now he will try again but this time I hope to help him along the way by taking them myself so I can fully understand what is going on with him.
Looks like I will be getting Core 6.0 next month and I'm quite excited to get this software/hardware package. What I find truly amazing is how accurate this program is I will be the first to tell you I was hard core I didn't believe any software was capable of diagnosing and balancing the energy bodies with 95% accuracy in the "long term mode" usage. It has three types of modes of operation and each one are for specific reasons but the majority will operate in the "Long Term Mode".
Knowing how it affected me in the not too distance past over at one of those sites that allow desktop sharing I believe it's gatherplace.com. I watched what she did and she asked me what ailments I was complaining about then I made it that much harder and told her just type in "Whats wrong with him" she did so and the program within a second at the most brought up the exact thing that had been bothering me at that time my wife just looked at me with eyes wide open and getting scared.
Anyway, soon to come this will keep me occupied for about one year along with the SE-5 1000 spectral analyzer.