Great podcast.Thank you for inviting Andrew Holecek - an incredible inspiring human being. I had a lucid dream in the past and I am practicing now to get back into it. Since three months doing 'reality checks' and using other methods, but not successful yet. I am not giving up because I believe there is such a value in lucid dreaming and lucid dreaming meditation. It's important to know though that while anybody can do it, it can take time to start having lucid dreams. The 'Nightclub' Andrew mentioned is a real good space to hang out with other likeminded people and share frustration as much as successes, and also thoughts about other topics that are discussed there.
Fascinating topic. I've had some lucid dreams, would like to have some more, and would love to practice dharma when I'm asleep. Thanks for this great episode!
Loved this interview - I've liminal and lucid dreamed when I was 19 in 1971. I was part of a class with a teacher and my friend from school (who'd taught me to meditate in the Zen tradition - shikantaza). Very memorable, happening time. I was also a beginning meditator at the time during this period. I did try flying and was successful...but I woke up in my regular dreams and observed the goings on and made decisions on my actions in dream scenarios as they came up. I also set my alarm for 4am, did intention setting, state checks. After a while, I lost interest because I didn't know about developing spiritually. This gives me some motivation to try for the spiritual aspects. Also I'm newly retired and could use some ideas for my new life...after retirement.
Great topic. I wonder if this is related to the phenomenon where I wake up then fall back to sleep to intentionally rejoin the dream I was just having (or the converse, not wanting to fall back asleep to avoid slipping into bad dream)
Yeah, that's related. Read "exploring the world of lucid dreaming" by Stephen laberge. This habit you have is something that only lucid dreamers can do
Great podcast.Thank you for inviting Andrew Holecek - an incredible inspiring human being.
I had a lucid dream in the past and I am practicing now to get back into it. Since three months doing 'reality checks' and using other methods, but not successful yet. I am not giving up because I believe there is such a value in lucid dreaming and lucid dreaming meditation. It's important to know though that while anybody can do it, it can take time to start having lucid dreams. The 'Nightclub' Andrew mentioned is a real good space to hang out with other likeminded people and share frustration as much as successes, and also thoughts about other topics that are discussed there.
Thanks for listening!
Fascinating topic. I've had some lucid dreams, would like to have some more, and would love to practice dharma when I'm asleep. Thanks for this great episode!
Thanks for listening!
Loved this interview - I've liminal and lucid dreamed when I was 19 in 1971.
I was part of a class with a teacher and my friend from school (who'd taught me to meditate in the Zen tradition - shikantaza).
Very memorable, happening time.
I was also a beginning meditator at the time during this period.
I did try flying and was successful...but I woke up in my regular dreams and observed the goings on and made decisions on my actions in dream scenarios as they came up.
I also set my alarm for 4am, did intention setting, state checks.
After a while, I lost interest because I didn't know about developing spiritually.
This gives me some motivation to try for the spiritual aspects.
Also I'm newly retired and could use some ideas for my new life...after retirement.
Thanks for sharing your story!
I’d like to know how to become aware in deep dreamless sleep. I have read this gentleman’s book and I am a frequent lucid dreamer.
Thanks for sharing!
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche has a book about sleep yoga. In the book, he has step-by-step how to practice sleep yoga, which is what you mentioned above.
@@jennyle6268 I believe I have the audiobook. I think I made it halfway. I should have bought the physical book.
I once was lucid in a dream and decided to sit in lotus and close my eyes to meditate, but i ended up just waking up unfortunately:p
Great topic. I wonder if this is related to the phenomenon where I wake up then fall back to sleep to intentionally rejoin the dream I was just having (or the converse, not wanting to fall back asleep to avoid slipping into bad dream)
Yeah, that's related. Read "exploring the world of lucid dreaming" by Stephen laberge. This habit you have is something that only lucid dreamers can do
That's called dream reentry. Robert moss speak a lot about that in his books
How to meditate while you sleep at night ...... I,d be happy if I could just sleep !
We feel you!