Guru Corner
Disclaimer: Teachers highlighted in the guru corner are not
being recommended or promoted for spiritual guidance. They are
merely individuals who exemplify certain spiritual qualities
that are placed here for us to observe and use in whatever fashion
works best for us.
"Stephen
LaBerge is a psychophysiologist and a leader in the field of
lucid dream research. He began
to research lucid dreaming while at Stanford University.
He developed techniques (REM cues) to enable himself and
other researchers to enter a lucid dream state at will, which
was necessary for many forms of dream experimentation. In
1988 he founded the Lucidity Institute, an organization that
promotes research into lucid dreaming, as well as running
courses for the general on how to achieve lucid dreaming.
He has written a number of books on the subject of lucid dreaming,
and developed a device that can help users achieve a lucid state
while dreaming. The device consisted of a mask worn over the
eyes with LEDs positioned over the eyelids. The LEDs flashed
whenever the mask detected that the person had entered REM sleep.
This stimulus was incorporated into dreams, which the dreamer
then recognized." - Excerpt from Biography.ms
Prior to LaBerge, it was not accepted within the scientific
community that one could be conscious in one's dreams. It took
Dr. LaBerge's pioneering work with REM cues to literally signal
the outside waking world that he was awake within his dream!
Dr. LaBerge has contributed to the understanding
of consciousness and even provided some technical assistance
for those who prefer
their electronic gadgets. One such invention that came forth
from his work was the Novadreamer. It is a mask that signals
the sleeper when his body goes into REM (Rapid Eye Movement)
which is the equivalent of dream space.
What can one accomplish through lucid dreaming
besides getting to know one's Self (which is quite a feat!)?
Well, it's said one can produce healing within one's body as
well as one's mind. One can resolve difficult issues while sleeping.
For a variety of Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ's) visit a Lucid
Dreaming FAQ on the net. If you want to know my opinion,
I think most of this information was taken from Lar's
FAQ as he was one of the original members of alt.dreams.lucid .
I should know, I was there when the Internet first came on-line
and our little original group was discussing lucid dreaming.
It was at that point way back, that Lar's posted his dream FAQ.
But, in consciousness, all is as one, so it doesn't matter in
the end. We all lend energy to creations that appear in objective
reality, whether we are aware of it or not.
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Beyond The Dream
Some people have referred to
it as "The Rapture." Still others talk about Ascension.
Some people think it has nothing to do with us, it has to do
with
Earth Changes. Some people are convinced it's an actual magnetic
pole shift. Some have scenarios of doom and misery, others of
joy and enlightenment. Whatever
it
is
-- it's
big!
There
is
a great
sense of expectation
in the air as we, like the animals before a tsunami or an earthquake,
subconsciously decide whether we want to stay and experience
or leave and watch the drama unfold from the sidelines. There
is
no right
or wrong
in that choice. This is a major event. It is the birth of a
new era -- a spectacular new reality.
Elias, as channeled by Mary Ennis,
refers to is at "The Shift." What kind of shift? Are
we talking about a global earth shift? It depends on what we
choose to create. We create our own reality. One thing is certain,
however, before the physical manifestation we will have completed
the shift through an underlying shift in consciousness. On one
level, it could be defined
as
earth-shattering.
However,
there will be some people who will surf the new waves of consciousness
like they had been born to live high up on
a surf board located across the tidal waves. Simply put, we
are in the middle of "The Shift" and no one even seems
to know it.
Do you know when you are going
from waking to sleeping? Probably not, unless you are an experienced
out-of-body traveler. Now, imagine that you will open your eyes
and be able to know when you are traversing from sleeping to
waking. Your awareness will expand to include not just this
lifetime, or focus, but many other lifetimes that are of interest
to you. You will not just have an idea that you create your
own reality, you will know how you do that as well. You
will practice creation daily and in that freedom you will learn
to explore areas of your consciousness that were previously
hidden from you. The veils of forgetfulness will be dropped
completely!
Some of us will dream dreams.
Others will see visions. Maybe we will hear voices from those
that are supposedly dead. Maybe the voices will come through
our own bodies as we channel new information into this reality.
Mary affectionately calls Elias, the entity she channels, as
"The Dead Guy." These types of phenomena are becoming more widely
accepted and mainstream.
Even now, we are starting to see
the birth pangs of this new reality. People are having experiences
that only a decade ago were solely the province of full-time
mystics. Not only that, but we hunger for these experiences.
We are tired of our old reality and we want to play in a new
sandbox -- one that expands the concept of us and our relationship
to the universe of All That Is.
Will this shift be traumatic or
not? That will depend solely on the individual. No amount of
money will buy peace of mind here. It depends solely on whether
the individual can learn to accept everything as a part of themSelves.
It will depend on whether the individual chooses to identify
with the old victim paradigms or the new Creator ideal. It will
be solely up to the individual.
As each individual shifts, so
will the grander Shift be swept forward - one individual at
a time. Then, we will look around at what we have created and
we will see how the Individual is the Creator and from then
on many of our institutions will cave in from within, having
no substance to hold them together anymore. They will become
obsolete.
Will this be traumatic? It can
be, but it doesn't have to be. It is solely up to the individual.
As push comes to shove and the baby's head crowns, the midwife
of the Universe will let us know it's time. Time to embrace
all of us as One. Time to accept all of our preconceived notions
for what they are: belief systems. Through acceptance and trust,
we will learn to step beyond our present conflicts and issues
into newer more inventive
belief
systems that speak to us of freedom, creativity, and joy.
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