Hi, I’ve come to realize that the reason I might not be having lucid dreams is because my dreams are not stable. When I try dream induction by replaying dream scenes, they go from one scene to another scene very quickly and then I start thinking about random stuff.
Then as I was walking yesterday I realized that I do the same when I’m awake. I shift my gaze quickly while looking at trees, roads, people, sidewalk etc. I have been trying to fix my gaze at one point when I’m walking and that’s becoming sort of natural recently
I also meditate very regularly but I mostly spend that time centering myself and letting things go because my belly is tightening up like crazy these days
How do I train my attention so that it stays in one place long enough for me to realize that I’m dreaming?
This book is so helpful at laying out the 8 stages of Shamatha meditation, and telling you the mental signs that you have progressed to each stage
Learning Dzogchen will also help, but many teachers will tell you if you havent got a strong Shamatha practice, its very difficult to get the full utility of Dzogchen.
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About 20+ videos of great meditations and teaching on dream practices.
Great question. Firstly, nothing by force. J. Krishnamurti calls it Choiceless awareness.
You’ve asked the most serious question of all. I’ll give my two cents. The honest question to ask yourself is whether you can overcome the conditioning. I’ll go straight to the ultimate
What came first, the chicken or the egg? The brain gave birth to the mind. When you run the program or application of the mind, the “self.” It uses 100% of available RAM, a known mind bug the self.
“In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true, either is true or becomes true within certain limits. These limits are to be found experientially and experimentally. When the limits are determined, it is found that they are further beliefs to be transcended. In the province of the mind, there are no limits. The body imposes definite limits.”
Looking to use my Muse headband in a much better way, to train attention and now, to monitor cognition. I’ve been using it for a few days with the new Alpha Peak detection for cognitive health, and it seems to be working. More on this as I have more time with it.
After personal experimentation, I concur with Lilly. What is in between the ears is a fertile substrate. The potential is you can load, boot, and run any program.
I really like mantra meditation in addition to other meditations, because I feel like it is an active reprogramiing.
Many of these malware ‘programs’ have been with us most of our lives, or in some cases for many life times. They are insidious because the elude the senses, but with meditative sensitivity and work, they can be discovered and dissolved.
This is really good, and the fact that you have become aware of this shifting gaze, is also a big step in the right direction.
For the Shamatha mediation, I think its helpful to see how many seconds you can hold the attention for before its broken. And then set a goal to double that amount of time.
I’m a recovering addict, not in the literal sense. It’s probably no different from an actual drug addict.
I was always going to remain in prison until I could see beyond the endless chases for pleasure that the mind(self) wants. I didn’t know what I couldn’t see.
Is the door open for me? Yes, there is a question mark. Can I withstand the assault of my mind? Under pressure, do I feed the beast?
All that can be true is my desire to learn, re-learn and love.
Thank you! I’ve been going through the book and I’m at level 3 currently. Even that stage is so hard to finish without getting distracted. And to think there are 7 more stages is overwhelming . But I absolutely LOVE doing this meditation. It takes me very deep and sharpens my attention
Is Zhine the meditation where your eyes are open? I used to do that during the pandemic when I first started learning about lucid dreaming techniques. Will listen to them
Yes, I believe it is traditionally taught with the eyes open. You can do it with eyes closed too, but then you have the added effort of having to visualize the ‘A’.
Both meditations with eyes open and eyes closed are very helpful.
One way to dip your toes again in eyes open meditation, is to do it at night in blackness, I feel this helps, and is kind of like training wheels to the actual meditation.
I’ve been practicing level 3 (vividness). A couple days ago I had one of the longest dreams in a long time so I guess that’s progress. But I’ve also noticed that after the meditation my mind goes nuts. It starts thinking about everything going on around me and I can’t focus on one thing easily. What might I be doing wrong?
. But I absolutely LOVE doing this meditation. It takes me very deep and sharpens my attention
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