Brief lucid dream last night… on the night of the full moon. Was interrupted by a false awakening. Thinking it might be a good idea to do a status check every time I wake up.
I recently purchased Feeding Your Demons by Tsultrim Allione. This is an AMAZING book. Really made me fall in love with chöd practice. Want to make it a part of my daily practice. I’ve been looking to start a shadow work practice, so this book came to me at a fortuitous time. Looking forward to when I can extend the practice to the dream world.
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LD last night. Did some stage 4 DY. I asked the dream to “show me my worst fear” while staring at a mirror. The mirror went black and there was a screeching sound in my ears. My heart started thumping madly, then I woke up in the same place with my sheets over my head. My heart was still beating furiously from fear. I could feel something moving through the sheets. I briefly feared it was some sort of demon or something, but it was only my dog who came to be with me to comfort me. I then woke up again- this time for real- and saw my dog was fast asleep in his bed. He must have sent his astral body to comfort me when I was sleeping.
sounds are also, in my case, the worst nightmare I can have, but in my case, it’s in this reality! it’s what shakes me the most!..
Yes, most probably!
Last year I have experienced once one of the craziest naps of my life… I was cuddling my dog and feeling his presence as if he was with me… but it was just a lucid dream!.. I also asked for something BIG - a tiger! but my dog came! it was an amazing dream!
Returning to being more active after taking a break of about a month from most spiritual practices to play video games. I’ll be answering many of the comments you wonderful people have posted in the coming weeks. A little busy right now though, so I’m taking it slow.
Some significant non-lucid dreams recently. One teaching dream about the sentience of plant life. Another one about a place where I’ve felt stuck in life recently. No lucid dreams, of course, because I dropped my practice. But I’ve been picking it back up again. Illusory form, status checks, all that good stuff.
I remember there is a book about lucid dreaming by a Christian author that was mentioned here in a post somewhere. Can’t recall the name however. I want to check it out, but can’t find it. So if anyone remembers and can point me to it, I’d be very thankful!
Related: I read an article recently that briefly mentioned how the Bible never says anything about Jesus having a dream life. I know there comes a stages in spiritual practice when you’ve cleared out your unconscious and you cease dreaming. Not dreaming, then, is the sign of a highly realized being. Never made the connection though with the Bible never mentioning Jesus dreaming… even though plenty of people around him like Mary his mother and many of the apostles are said to have significant dreams.
Anyways, that’s it for now. Looking forward to being more involved in this community again.
Found the book, it’s Lucid Surrender by Melinda Powell. Not actually sure if she’s Christian, but she does talk about the “black light” discussed by many Christian mystics such as John of the Cross and Thomas Merton. So worth a read for me.
You had a false awakening and an LD, very impressive.
Did you figure out what the symbolism of the mirror was? Interested in interpretation?
The fact that your dogs spirt was there to protect you is so cool! I think the probability it very high the two of you had ‘mixed mind/spirit’ in the dream state
AH would say (I think):
‘just because he didn’t ‘dream’, doesnt mean he was up all night playing video games’
(this is what he says about the Buddha)
AH also says it is possible for the Buddha to have precognitive dreams (if he wanted)
In a recent video I posted, it said Muhammad had 6 months of continuous precognitive dreams without symbolism, the Highest form. I believe Christ and Buddha also experienced something similar or identical.
Meaning these precognitive dreams (without symbolism) are not true ‘dreams’ per say (projections of mind) but more so they are in line with Visions: a clear sight of the future, or the past. Which parallels with the concept of Turiya, or a mindset that subsumes all forms of time.
Only three chapters in so far, but I can already tell this is going to be an important book for me. Her emphasis on the process of surrender really speaks to me. That’s something I find hard to do and something I need to learn to do. So really looking forward to reading the rest of the book and being inspired by her to make surrender a bigger part of my practice.
Just started reading it. Arrived yesterday, so haven’t had much time to read. Seems the author is Christian, though she hasn’t said that explicitly anywhere yet. She grew up in the church and her spiritual practice is largely Christian at least. That makes me happy because I was looking for someone who has engaged in “Christian dream yoga” or “Christian dream work”- working with dreams from an explicitly Christian perspective. I am deeply in love with Buddhism and Hinduism and have learned much from them, but I’ve come to realize recently that my heart is Jesus’, and that devotion is my path. I’ve been diving back into my native tradition which is Christianity.
I’ve been enjoying the book so far. Her main theme is surrender, and that’s an important message for me at the moment. Also I’m encouraged to read that she started her lucid dreaming practice in her late 30s, just like me. That helps my feelings of regret that I feel sometimes for not starting sooner. When I see the progress she’s made since she started, I’m encouraged to put more effort into my practice.
this is so interesting… if you feel the drive for it, please keep sharing about it here… I already have SO MANY books to read…
in my practice Jesus is always opening the doors for me. He’s part of my circle of protectors and my most amazing super lucid dream experiences have always manifested thanks to the power of my heart
I too am very interested in finding these Sacred Dream texts.
Lord how I would LOVE to wet my beak in the Vatican Library for a few days or decades, my heart tells me it is chalk full of these dream books, as well as innumerable other great works of secret wisdom.
The Dali Lama said in an interview people should stick with the religion they were raised with, and dive as deep as possible before thinking about abandoning ship for another faith. I think this is very sage wisdom.
I will also add that by studying other faiths, it greatly enhanced my understanding and appreciate of God.
No lucid dreams yet since I took my break. But I’m happy to report that my perspective memory is getting a lot better. I used to really have a hard time remembering to make status checks when I’m at a particular place, but now I’ve been doing them pretty regularly no problem.
Dream recall is still pretty poor though.
Had a significant dream last night. Before bed I said a prayer, asking for love and compassion for all beings and that God would guide me in my dreams so that I could use my dreams to learn how to surrender to God’s will. That night I had a dream where an invisible force assaulted me as a lay in bed. The feeling during the attacks- which came in waves- was not painful, but it was intense and uncomfortable. Instead of resisting, I let go and let it happen while thanking God for the opportunity the attacks presented to me. This was a non-lucid dream, so I didn’t know I was dreaming while this was happening.
I was very encouraged when I woke up because of how I handled myself during the dream. This poor soul is slowly learning how to die to themself.
Love this dream incubation prayer, and the fact that God responded with such a powerful dream! Have heard Andrew say recently one of his new favorite lines is: "Let Go & Let God"
It will come in time, trust me, if you stick with it long enough, you will one day be writing down so many dreams every morning, that you will be wishing the flood gates restricted the flow.
Amen Sister!
These dream responses are big blessings, and when they are met with gratitude and deep appreciate I think that makes God more likely to send more blessings in the future.
Yes, my mind is a bit more sattvic than I supposed. That’s encouraging, because the rest of my disposition is tamasic, which is the worst type of guna .
That’s so beautiful . Jesus’s words in Matthew 7:7-8 are true:
“7 Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.”
No. I just read that’s something that Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche recommends. Will try it.
Thank you Nighthawk ! I wrote it after reading the chapter in Dream Yoga again where AH talks about using prayer and liturgy before bed. I plan on making it a part of my night routine. Very blessed and grateful to receive such a dream after praying it the first time. The galantamine I took might have helped too .
BTW, I prefer “sibling” to “brother”, since I am agender (I don’t have a gender) .
I never heard this from AH. Pretty cool quote. This is basically the Christian path in a nutshell. I never thought of using dreams to practice surrendering though until I read Melinda Powell’s Lucid Surrender.
I think one problem I have is I never review my dreams. I use a voice recorder, so reviewing dreams would mean listening to the recordings which would take a while. I want to start reviewing them each day, writing down any dream signs, and archiving them on my comp. Also writing down any significant dreams in a journal. Haven’t gotten around to starting yet though.
it was an amazing dream!
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! I wrote it after reading the chapter in Dream Yoga again where AH talks about using prayer and liturgy before bed. I plan on making it a part of my night routine. Very blessed and grateful to receive such a dream after praying it the first time. The galantamine I took might have helped too 
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