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Principles And Practices Of Lucid Dreaming

This web page contains an excerpt from Stephen LaBerge's book: "Exploring The World of Lucid Dreaming." Once you have achieved a momentary recognition of yourself as The Dreamer, this page gives you techniques, like spinning, on how to control the dream.

Dream Yoga

Lest we think that Dr. LaBerge invented lucid dreaming, let it be known to the reader that it is an ancient meditative practice of Tibetan monks called Dream Yoga. It is one of six yogas practiced. For Tibetan monks, lucid dreaming was not just something fun to do (although it is), it was more about understanding the illusory nature of reality. The web site states: "Through practicing the Six Yogas, we come to realize the infinite emptiness/openness, ungraspable quality, and luminosity that is the true nature of reality. "

The Zodiac Ages

As my own page on the physics of time indicates, the stars are set up to go through various ages as sort of a large "alarm clock" written in the sky. This is called the Precession of the Equinoxes. Each age roughly corresponds to 2,000 years. From this calendar, the aerial alarm clock is ringing! We are literally entering a New Age. Learn about the coming age of Aquarius and what the water-bearer brings to us. By scrolling further down this web page, you can learn all about the zodiacal ages and some of the major time periods and zodiacal ages we have already traversed as a species.

The Shift: A Time Of Change

For those of you that want to get a head start, the Elias transcripts offer a very concise view of some of the things we will be addressing in the Shift. Elias is a non-physical entity channeled by Mary Ennis who's intent is to help reduce trauma during the Shift in Consciousness. "The Shift: A Time of Change" is a book that is currently only available in the UK but through a special arrangement, I have managed to get a few copies into the States. It has nicely compiled some of the major teachings into an easy to read 352 page book. Click here to order or find out more.

• Row, row, row your boat,
• Gently down the stream,
• Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
• Life is but a dream!

Odd as it may seem, this simple nursery rhyme exemplifies the act of a gentle widening of our awareness. Life is but a dream and should we begin to recognize that fact, we could alter any aspect of it to suit our preferences. One way to begin the process of releasing our rigid notions of what constitutes a reality, is to encourage ourselves to explore our dreaming world through lucid dreaming.

Lucid dreaming is knowing you are dreaming while you are dreaming. This is actually a natural practice of a mind that has taken to noticing the passage of the stream as it gently rowed down it. One can't compel or force one's self to become more aware. One can only encourage and allow the action to spring forth into our everyday consciousness. The stream was always there. The dream was always present, whether in waking or sleeping. We just never noticed it.

Some of the ways to help produce this natural state of awareness is to become more familiar with our sleeping state. This can be done by keeping a dream journal. The simple act of noting our dreams causes us to focus on them.

Some people suggest they don't dream or can not remember their dreams. This is a function of the the slight shift in consciousness that takes place between waking and sleeping. Instead of a gradual awakening, in our modern lives we have been programmed to believe we need to wake up by a clock that either rings or blares music. Instead of allowing our consciousness to guide the awakening process, we insist on interrupting the natural flow with some outside means of focusing our attention immediately on the waking state. What this does is cause the shift to be quite jarring and sometimes traumatic. We aren't ready to wake up and had we been, we would not have needed an alarm clock. The shift of consciousness from sleeping to waking in this situation occurs so abruptly that information is lost. The dream activity of the night is instantly forgotten due to the quick shift in focus.

If this is the case for you, then take some days to sleep without your alarm clock. Upon awakening, try not to move. Once your eyes open, relax into the sleepiness and let your mind gradually shift to waking. By becoming familiar with your shift from sleeping to waking, you will also familiarize yourself with all the mechanics of a shift in consciousness. They are all the same. You merely are focusing and refocusing your attention from one form of consciousness to another. Then, after remembering images and thoughts of the dreams, take time to note them either by using a journal or a tape recorder.

Although the thought may seem impossible that anyone can awaken at any time they so desire without an alarm clock (whether it be 4 a.m. or 9 a.m.), I can assure you it is possible. I do it everyday of my life and often astounded my ex-husband when I would awaken prior to the alarm clock, which he preferred, to shut it off before it jarred me out of a nice dream.