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Lucid Dreaming
Introduction
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Well, lucid
dreaming is not really tough to comprehend: as the
introduction mentions, lucid dreaming is just dreaming
while being conscious that you’re having a dream. You can
consider lucid dreaming as having cognizance while
dreaming. |
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Understanding
Lucid Dreaming - Part 1 |
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The concept of
lucid dreaming has been recognized and acknowledged from
time immemorial. Greek philosophers have been known to
realize the possibility of lucid dreaming – that is a
state where you realize that you are dreaming while still
in the dream state. |
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Understanding
Lucid Dreaming - Part 2 |
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While physicists
do their research in laboratories consisting of purely
physical phenomena, Buddhist yoga maestros master the
discipline of dream yoga to understand the mind and their
laboratories would consist of only different states of
consciousness. |
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The Many Ways
of Lucid Dreaming - Part 1 |
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While for some people lucid dreams come naturally, others have
to try hard to reach the lucid state. Be that as it may, there
are many ways one can have lucid dreams and anyone and
everyone can do this, if you put in some efforts. |
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The Many Ways
of Lucid Dreaming - Part 2 |
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Staring at your hands
- This is a very popular way to reach the lucid state.
Simply stare at your hands and with practice, you will
notice that the moment you look at your hands, it is a
dream. |
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Is There a
Connection Between Dreams and Intelligence? |
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Dreams enable us to gaze deep within our own intellect, to
find out the Enigma of Man. However, unless we dedicate
ourselves and apportion time to operate with the connotation
of dreams and energies, they always will stay as unwelcome and
weird phenomena. |
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Shape Shifting
Within Spiritual Dreams |
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Chuang Tzu, the influential Chinese philosopher dreamt he
became a butterfly. When he got up, he was unsure whether he
were a human who dreamt of being a butterfly, or he were a
butterfly who dreamt of being a human. Chuang Tzu's
reflections call attention to a basic truth: life is akin to a
dream. |
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Why Do We
Experience Scary Dreams? |
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"Hey, I had the
eeriest dream the previous night," is an expression I
regularly hear. Seldom do I catch, "Oh, I had a standard
dream,” Still, if somebody started to talk in Mandarin, we
would also think that it sounded odd, unless we had spent
time to study the terminology, grammar, folklore, and
culture of Mandarin. The same is with dreams. |
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Lucid Dreaming
& Meditation |
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Since the ancient
Grecian times, philosophers were aware of the likelihood
of lucid dreaming – i.e., realizing that you are having a
dream while in the dream phase - and theologians from St.
Augustine’s time have known of such dreams also. |
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Lucid Dreaming
– What is it Exactly? |
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It has been known
to philosophers and theologians since the time of Greek
antiquity as well as the time of St Augustine that a state
called ‘lucid dreaming’ is possible, where you are aware
that you are dreaming while you are still in the dream
state. |
