An article on CelticBear’s blog talks about a comment made by neurologist Steven Novella which I found illuminating to the topic of lucid dreams. Asked a question about dreaming and the brain, Novella went on to explain that because you are in an altered state during your dreams, the dreamer is quite literally a [...]
Entries from September 2008
September 14, 2008
The Golden Rule & Dream Yoga
The Golden Rule & Dream Yoga
The above article unintentionally provides a distinction between the attitudes of Western “lucid dreamers” and the Eastern approach of dream yoga. Lucid dreamers often make the mistake of giving no attention to dream characters while lucid–even treating them like toys at times for their own ego’s satisfaction. [...]
September 14, 2008
The Wrong Way to Lucid Dream
Posted here is a short, good article on what the author says is “how not to succeed at lucid dreaming.” The basic premise is that dream control is not a prerequisite for lucid dreaming. Instead, the author contends, one should first focus on stabilizing awareness in the present moment.
I support this kind of [...]
