OMG, Richard, what happened to salyavin? He used to sound pretty even tempered
and reasonable. Now he's saying vile stuff to you. And using the c word! Jeez...
From: "'Richard J. Williams' [email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Lucid-dreaming query
On 11/30/2014 9:44 AM, Share Long wrote:
>
dear Richard, I'll really miss you. Thank you for all the laughter and
knowledge and good you've brought into my life. all the best always to you and
Rita and your whole family, Share
>
Thanks. Maybe you should consider subscribing to The Peak.
>
From: "'Richard J. Williams' [email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Lucid-dreaming query
On 11/17/2014 9:58 AM, Share Long wrote:
>
Richard, I tried this last night but didn't notice anything different.
Maybe cuz I didn't sit up in bed when I did it? And I forgot to do it this
morning. Nonetheless, will soldier on, thanks again for posting.
>
The technique may not work for just anyone. Apparently MMY dropped using this
technique himself for some reason, but I found it quite enjoyable.
People usually think thoughts just before going to sleep but quite often they
are just random thinking without any direction.
Until I was taught the "Night Technique" by Satyanand, I used another
technique that I developed myself - you simply think of something positive to
look forward to the next day and then slip into sleep.
It works too, but not as well. There is something about the directed sound
vibration than is a subtle relaxing feeling with the bija mantra - Laya Yoga
while you sleep.
>
From: "'Richard J. Williams' [email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Lucid-dreaming query
On 11/15/2014 5:22 PM, s3raphita wrote:
>
So last night I had a lucid experience while dreaming (it's happened a few
times before - always involuntary as I've never bothered to follow the
"techniques" recommended by devotees of this perception). At least I assume
it was a lucid-dream experience - I suppose one could have a normal dream
which included the false thought that one was lucid when in fact one wasn't
(if you can follow that explanation). What's more, I woke up (for real),
mused about the dream for a minute, then fell asleep again and immediately
went back into the same dream landscape in the same self-conscious, lucid
state. Now I'd heard that when in a lucid dream you can alter the "dreamscape"
to suit yourself. So you might find it amusing to flip over into being a Zero
pilot on a kamikaze mission and diving into the Golden Dome in Fairfield.
Whatever floats your boat. Anyway, though I was lucidly self-aware that I was
indeed dreaming I couldn't change the story narration unfolding before me so
just left the dream to run its course while absorbing the novel experience.
My question is: is there some trick to getting the dream to change to suit
your whim or is it a case of practice makes perfect? Or maybe most lucid
dreams are like mine? Or maybe my will power is feeble compared with my
imaginative power and others have a more dominant will?
>
The trick is to practice a Laya Yoga technique we learned from Satyanand:
When you are ready for sleep you just sit up in bed and then let your bija
mantra rest at the heart chakra for a few minutes. That way, the subtle
currents from your Istadevata will permeate your entire being while you
sleep.
For example, my Istadevata is Saraswati, the Goddess of Learning, so by
resting the bija portion of her mantra at the heart chakra, my intelligence
will grow by leaps and bounds, right while I'm sleeping.
Then, when you awaken in the morning you will feel refreshed and full of
energy and knowledge. It's that simple!
>
Anyone had a similar experience?
>
Yes. A lucid dream is a dream in which the sleeper is aware that he or she
is dreaming. From what I've read, the phenomenon of lucid dreaming has been
well established by scientific research, so its existence is well
established.
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