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That's such a profound experience! Do you have a reference for learning those techniques?

by arunix 9y ago

charred_toast 9y ago
Yeah, wake up in the morning and then shortly thereafter go back to sleep.
givan 9y ago
You can find the techniques in his book "The Art of Dreaming" https://www.amazon.com/Art-Dreaming-Carlos-Castaneda/dp/006092554X https://www.amazon.com/Art-Dreaming-Carlos-Castaneda/dp/0060... The first one is to try to see your hands in the dream. You can also read about Dream yoga https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Yoga-Illuminating-Through-Dreaming/dp/1622034597 https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Yoga-Illuminating-Through-Dream...
jerry40 9y ago
Yes, a rule of thumb is to remember to look at your hands in a dream. You even may look at them in reality (or "reality") to get a habit. After you look at hands in a dream you remember that you in a dream. Next difficult thing is to be able not to ruin a dream and to try to explore it. I constantly tried to go through walls in my room or to fly - no success :) Also it is possible to keep attention at the period when you're go from reality to a dream. It feels like your body made of a stone and you can't move and then you're in a dream.
hdhzy 9y ago
I think the classic book from Dr LaBerge [0] is quite good (although dated). Lucid dreaming itself is a researched subject and there are a lot of material on that but the simplest techniques as keeping a dream journal (writing what you dreamt about each morning) so the mind recognizes that it's important to be aware of dreams and testing if you are dreaming. When you are reading this comment do you think you are dreaming? How do you know? Contrary to usual thinking dream world is quite different from "normal" world. For example you can block you nose and mount in a dream and not suffocate. Or turn on a light, in a dream it won't be as fast as in real world. Usually sleeping during the day also triggers lucid dreams. One way or another it's a skill one can learn given some time and practice. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-World-Dreaming-Stephen-LaBerge/dp/034537410X https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-World-Dreaming-Stephen-LaBe...

That's such a profound experience! Do you have a reference for learning those techniques?

by arunix 9y ago

That's such a profound experience! Do you have a reference for learning those techniques?

charred_toast 9y ago

Yeah, wake up in the morning and then shortly thereafter go back to sleep.

givan 9y ago

You can find the techniques in his book "The Art of Dreaming" https://www.amazon.com/Art-Dreaming-Carlos-Castaneda/dp/006092554X https://www.amazon.com/Art-Dreaming-Carlos-Castaneda/dp/0060... The first one is to try to see your hands in the dream. You can also read about Dream yoga https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Yoga-Illuminating-Through-Dreaming/dp/1622034597 https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Yoga-Illuminating-Through-Dream...

jerry40 9y ago

Yes, a rule of thumb is to remember to look at your hands in a dream. You even may look at them in reality (or "reality") to get a habit. After you look at hands in a dream you remember that you in a dream. Next difficult thing is to be able not to ruin a dream and to try to explore it. I constantly tried to go through walls in my room or to fly - no success :) Also it is possible to keep attention at the period when you're go from reality to a dream. It feels like your body made of a stone and you can't move and then you're in a dream.

hdhzy 9y ago

I think the classic book from Dr LaBerge [0] is quite good (although dated). Lucid dreaming itself is a researched subject and there are a lot of material on that but the simplest techniques as keeping a dream journal (writing what you dreamt about each morning) so the mind recognizes that it's important to be aware of dreams and testing if you are dreaming. When you are reading this comment do you think you are dreaming? How do you know? Contrary to usual thinking dream world is quite different from "normal" world. For example you can block you nose and mount in a dream and not suffocate. Or turn on a light, in a dream it won't be as fast as in real world. Usually sleeping during the day also triggers lucid dreams. One way or another it's a skill one can learn given some time and practice. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-World-Dreaming-Stephen-LaBerge/dp/034537410X https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-World-Dreaming-Stephen-LaBe...