Dreaming Your Way to Enlightenment
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Learn to Control Your Dreams
One way to live in abundance is to learn about Lucid Dreaming. This is when you are aware that you are dreaming, and if you wish you can "re-write" or "re-dream" the outcome.
If you enjoy audio books try A Guide To Dream Interpretation
Awaken
That's Buddhism in a nutshell. We live our lives, blissfully unaware that we're dreaming (ignorance, delusion, craving, etc). We could spend our entire life like this and never be aware of it, even upon death. However, once you've realized you're dreaming, you can't follow the dream the same way as before. Now you know it for what it is, and you know that you can now wake yourself up. That's the Awakened Mind, that's Enlightenment. The term Buddha just means "Awakened One" anyways. Once, someone asked the Buddha "what are you?" His reply was "I am awakened."
Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (MILD)
The verbalization that I use to organize my intended effort is: "Next time I'm dreaming, I want to remember to recognize I'm dreaming." The "when" and "what" of the intended action must be clearly specified.
I generate this intention either immediately after awakening from an earlier REM period, or following a period of full wakefulness, as detailed below. An important point is that in order to produce the desired effect, it is necessary to do more than just mindlessly recite the phrase. You must really INTEND to have a lucid dream. Here is the recommended procedure spelled out step by step.
1. During the early morning, when you awaken spontaneously from a dream, go over the dream several times until you have memorized it.
2. Then, while lying in bed and returning to sleep, say to yourself, Next time I'm dreaming, I want to remember to recognize I'm dreaming."
3. Visualize yourself as being back in the dream just rehearsed; only this time see yourself realizing that you are, in fact, dreaming.
4. Repeat steps two and three until you feel your intention is clearly fixed or you fall asleep.
If all goes well, in a short time you will find yourself lucid in another dream (which need not resemble the one you have just rehearsed.
A Great Book by Physicist Fred Alan Wolf
The Dreaming Universe: A Mind-Expanding Journey Into the Realm Where Psyche and Physics Meet
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Kenneth Ring said, "The most important book on the nature and significance of dreams since Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams. The result is a ground-breaking, mind-bending excursion into the contemporary human psyche in ways so illuminating that even the universe itself is likely to be dazzled."
Moving Mountains
Moving Mountains: a personal tale of healing through dreams, guides, kundalini and the music of Donovan
Moving Mountains a personal story of stillness, faith, healing and everyday miracles.
In summer of 2003, author Lucy D'Mot was on the verge of abandoning her music career. Struggling with physical, emotional and spiritual health, as well as the death of her music partner and friend, she entered into a time stillness to seek direction for her life.Within weeks she received a remarkable message in the dream state to present the music of 1960s singer-songwriter Donovan Leitch in a new format.
This project, Great Songs of the Sky, became the medium for Lucy to experience many miracles, which she had always intellectually believed possible, but never personally experienced. Over the next three years, while mounting this Donovan Tribute Concert, she faced the challenges of acting in faith and accepting the messages of dream states, animals guides, and her own personal spiritual guardians, often while doubting her own sanity.
As miracles large and small became the everyday norm, Lucy developed the faith to accept what was happening within, to learn to "know that you know what you know," and that in the most literal sense, God has no limitations.
About the Author
Lucy D'Mot is a free-lance musician and founder of Great Songs of the Sky, a non-profit organization dedicated to healing through the arts. Lucy lives with her dogs Frances and Beau, on the forested Western Slope of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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Backdoor to Enlightenment
The Backdoor to Enlightenment: Eight Steps to Living Your Dreams and Changing Your World
Amazon Price: $11.90 (as of 07/13/2009)
A revered teacher and Tibetan monk discredits common myths about how to grow spiritually and find happiness. Rinpoche introduces six qualities--generosity, morality, patience, effort, concentration, and wisdom--and shows readers how these traits can lead to lasting peace.
Get Your Dream Catcher Essential Oil
"Dream Catcher" is an exotic formula designed to enhance the process of dreaming and visualization. The ability to hold onto your dreams - positive dreams that move you forward emotionally and spiritually - can lead to a greater ability to realize your desires and stay on the path of fulfillment. Dream Catcher also protects against negative dreams that may cloud your vision. I personally love this oil and highly recommend it.You might also want to check out the blend called
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Sleeping Dreaming and Dying
Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying
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Insightful, intelligent. . . Anyone interested in Buddhism, psychology, neuroscience, or the alternative worlds of dreams and the afterlife will surely enjoy the discoveries contained herein.
Death, Intermediate State, and Rebirth in Tibetan Buddhism
Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth in Tibetan Buddhism
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The book discusses stages of death which are then repeated in reverse order in the bardo state during the transition towards rebirth. It says that sleep is in essence a rehearsal for this process of dying, and I was struck by the similarities between sleep and death. It also states two other conditions in which those same steps take place: the meditative state and orgasm.
Dream Resources
The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep
This book gives you procedures to perform during each stage of the night.
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Nightly Wisdom: Buddhist Inspirations for Sleeping, Dreaming, and Waking Up
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Tibetan Dream Yoga
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Chinese walking buddha - ceramic figure
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The Flowering of Human Consciousness: Everyone's Life Purpose
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Wisdom Loving Mother Blog
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Nighttime Products
Yoga Dream
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Qi Dao - Tibetan Shamanic Qigong: The Art of Being in the Flow
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Great Book on Enlightenment
Enlightenment for Idiots: A Novel
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Cushman is a seasoned yoga practitioner and meditator, co-directing the Mindfullness Center. She's especially good at capturing the ashrams and gurus that attract Western spiritual seekers. Among others, there's a B.K.S. Iyengar-like character called Mr Kapoor; a Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) type named Prana Ma, whose followers hug dolls made in her likeness; and a character not too unlike Gangaji named Saraswati.
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Interesting lens. I had one lucid dream. I always try to figure out the meaning in my dreams -- dreams are important! :)
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Very nice lens. It's amazing how much of human wisdom comes from altered states of consciousness if we are "tuned-in." There is truly a lot to be said about "finding oneself." Nice job 5 stars, a fav and a lensroll!
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