By Lucy Gillis © 2018 About 30 years ago, while reading a Seth book by Jane Roberts, I came across a section in which Seth said it was “quite possible to take your normally conscious ‘I’ into the dream state”1 — in other words, to be consciously aware that you were dreaming while you were dreaming.…
Photo by Ryan Brohm via Iowa State Daily London-based consciousness explorer Todd Acamesis uses lucid dreaming to explore the depths of awareness. Learn how in this interview by Robert Waggoner. Tell us about your first spontaneous lucid dream. How old were you? What happened? Well, depending on your worldview, you could say…
Photo by darksouls1 via Pixabay A valuable source of good lucid dreaming information comes from books written by experienced lucid dreamers. The following books earned 4 stars or better on Amazon reviews. 1 Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge and Howard Rheingold (1991) Lucid dream researcher, Stephen LaBerge, co-authored this widely read…
Photo by kellepics via Pixabay Occasionally when I am giving lucid dream presentations, someone will raise their hand and ask, “How would you describe the experience of lucid dreaming to someone who has never had a lucid dream before?” On social media I created a graphic of a Zen garden with this statement to capture…
Photo by kellepics via Pixabay Good Evening, I have been lucid dreaming as long as I can remember. This started as nothing more than waking myself up from nightmares as a toddler. When I was 18 (I’m 21 now), I began practicing it further. I have become more skilled at it and can change an…
Photo by PhotoVision via Pixabay Robert, I had my first active lucid dream last night. In this dream I actually realized my intention to become aware of being in a dream state. In this lucid dream I started off by testing to see what I was capable of doing. Two of the activities that I…
Photo by cuncon via Pixabay Hi Robert, I used to have one to two lucid dreams a week. But for the past week, I have had no lucid dreams. I have been doing my reality checks, but no luck again. Can you help me? Robert Responds: Hi Doron, Most lucid dreamers report ‘dry spells’ where…
Hi Robert, I am new to lucid dreaming and have a question. My whole life I have woken up while in sleep paralysis right before falling asleep. My body is frozen, yet I am awake and conscious. I always pull myself out of it, but it is bothersome and anxiety-provoking. I learned recently that this…
Photo by pixundfertig via Pixabay Hi Robert, I am in the process of reading your second book. I have completed your first book and am listening to your Tel Aviv presentation on Lucid Dreaming. I used to lucid dream as a child to get rid of nightmares, which worked. Now in later life, I had…
Photo by JR Korpa via Unsplash When it comes to the endeavor of exploring the construction of a dream, thought forms appear to be the most accessible phenomenon to get your research going. I discovered the idea of thought forms in the book, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self by Robert Waggoner. As he…
Photo by kellepics via Pixabay What do you do in waking life to help with dreaming? I personally view waking life and dreams as ‘mental constructs’ and the mental principles that I apply to my dreams are also applied to my waking experience. So while awake, I pay attention to my experience as if…