sparaig: > Perhaps me meant Witnessing Dreaming? > > Though, I've no reason to think that an > arbitrary dream, enlightened or no, is > going to be more important to the waking > state if one is enlightened or not. > A lucid dream is a dream in which the sleeper is aware that he or she is dreaming.
Lucid dreaming has been researched and its existence is apparently very well established. According to what I've read, in the eighth century, Tibetan Buddhists and Bonpo were practicing a form of Dream Yoga held to maintain full waking consciousness while in the dream state. One of the important messages of the book is the distinction between the Dzogchen meditation of Awareness and Dream Yoga. The Dzogchen Awareness meditation has also been referred to by the terms Rigpa Awareness, Contemplation, and Presence. Awareness during the sleep and dream states is associated with the Dzogchen practice of natural light. This practice only achieves lucid dreams as a secondary effect—in contrast to Dream yoga which is aimed primarily at lucid dreaming. According to Buddhist teachers, the experience of lucidity helps us to understand the unreality of phenomena, which would otherwise be overwhelming during dream or the death experience. SAMA Screens Film Series: 'Waking Life' (2001) Q&A with film director Richard Linklater San Antonio Museum of Art, May 11, 2001 http://tinyurl.com/2c7wvgc > > > I was thinking that if a person had transcendental dreams, > > > then the solutions to problems in the waking consciousness > > > would be rehearsed and reenacted during the dream state in > > > a blissful way. He or she would then actually perform a > > > creative solution during the waking state to fix the > > > problem, whether it be in relationships or work issues. > > > > Sometimes John's cluelessness amazes me, even after > > all this time. There can never be any such thing as > > a remembered "transcendental dream," because if it > > had any attributes you can remember, it wasn't > > transcendental. > > > > If you disagree, describe a period of "transcendence" > > that you experienced in TM for me. In detail. I'll > > wait... :-) > > >
