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Lucid Dreaming
by Dr. Barry Burns |
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Lucid dreaming is simply
being aware that you are dreaming while you are in a dream.
Learning how to do lucid dreaming intentionally is a personal
growth tool. It may help you resolve personal problems because
you’re able to consciously take an active role in your dreams.
It can also be a lot of fun!
Lucid dreaming is a challenging art to master, but there are
steps that can be taken to help you achieve the state.
As you go to sleep, use the suggestion: “As I am dreaming
tonight, I will realize I am dreaming” (use your own words).
It’s important to do this as you are drifting off to sleep, but
you can do it throughout the day as well. Sometimes as you are
making this suggestion you may actually have a memory of a
previous dream come to mind! Your attitude should be one of
positive expectation, but gentle inviting rather than insisting
or applying any type of pressure or anxiety.
Next, work on remembering your dreams after you wake up. By
getting the mind used to remembering your dreams, you are
creating a more deliberate connection of awareness between the
conscious and unconscious mind. In fact, it’s possible that you
may already be having lucid dreams, but you aren’t remembering
them!
The final step is to attempt to stay in the twilight sleep state
for as long as possible upon awakening. You will often have a
dream just before you awake in the morning so if you can stay
still and keep your eyes closed, you may be able to enter back
into the dream, but with more conscious awareness – thus
creating a type of lucid dream as you balance between the
sleeping and waking states.
A common problem some people encounter with lucid dreaming is
that they wake up as soon as they realize they’re dreaming. This
is because the work of making conscious choices while sleeping
causes the conscious mind is rise from its slumber, thus
arousing the wakening state.
This can be overcome with practice, but there is a technique
that can help. Before you go to sleep, plan on what you will do
in your lucid dreams. This removes an element of conscious
choice during your dreams, which may help you stay in the dream
state.
Dr. Barry Burns received his doctorate from the American
Institute of Hypnotherapy. He studied Neuro-Linguistic
Programming, Hypnosis and Dreams. Dr. Burns founded Wellspring
Hypnotherapy, conducts seminars nationwide and is author of
“Wide Awake,” a book on dreams. For more on the meaning of
dreams, visit: http://www.diagnoseyourdreams.com |
| This article
is provided courtesy of Roxanne Courtmanch. Please visit
www.thehelpingcircle.com for more articles on
lucid dreaming
as well as many other topics that may be of interest to you. |
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