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.

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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