That’s possible. I guess the only way to know for sure would be to hook ol’ Steve up to an EEG and get a reading on his brain-waves to know whether he is going ‘deeper’ than REM sleep or not. It would be an interesting study I think.

(another aspect of this is my wondering whether or not transcendental experiences could be made more conscious–the causal state could be allowed to ‘peek’ into waking reality if we are deprived access to that state through diminished sleep–and in that vein I would add in some more esoteric groups whose initiation rituals have included sleep-deprivation as a way to induce so-called ‘mystical experiences.’)

the up-side of sleep-less-ness, eh?? ; o ) something I’ll be discovering here very shortly with my imminent parenthood approaching! ; o )

I kind of wonder what the long-term effects of not accessing ‘deep dreamless sleep’ would/will be.

I am sure you know that if you don’t go onto REM sleep you will start to experience ‘waking hallucinations.’ This is why my best guess would be that Steve’s seemingly ‘transcendent experiences’ as a result of polyphasic sleep are due to not accessing the causal realm via deep dreamless sleep. I would bet it is directly attributable to the same reason why people who go wihtout sleep at all for long periods begin to hallucinate–in other words, dream while waking.

Despite the fact that many claim that rigidity is best, I’ve taken a much more lackadaisical approach, trying to train my body to flexibly polysleep. So far, so good. I’ve been able to maintain my full-time day job successfully.

I’d be interested in reading your attempts at it as well, or any research you come across. Please keep it coming.
–
Sean
…on Polyphasic Sleep.
…on Personal Development.

Yes, I’d definitely say that what Steve and others are doing, does seem quite unnatural, relative to natural sleeping habits. It would be neat to speak to some historians, who would have “the downlow” on the history of sleeping among humanoids (and not the lazy napping kind . I’d be interested to see if polyphasic or monophasic sleeping was more natural way way way back in the day, and see how sleeping habits evolved (or stayed the same) over time. I have no clue though. It would also be interesting to see some long-term study on polyphasic sleeping… Seems like there could definitely be some negative long-term effects, since certain phases of sleep don’t seem to be being accessed. Hmmmmm. Thanks for the comments dawgs!

Polyphasic sleeping is getting some attention over at Vincenthorn.com. This reminded me of my previous escapades into Lucid Dreaming and OBE. I remember having some weird, fun, scary, and insightful dreams during those days. But I eventually got tired of