The Art Of Lucid Dreaming Book Review
I love learning something new that I can use in everyday life. As much as I enjoy reading and listening to something inspirational, it doesn’t have the same pizzaz as something that I can put into action.
I always wanted to learn how to have a lucid dream and I found the perfect course for doing exactly that.
I was recently asked by Author Rebecca Turner to do a review on my blog about her new course; The Art of Lucid Dreaming : The Pursuit of Conscious Dream Control.
I’ve had lucid dreams before, but I have never experienced one that I consciously created. The lucid dreams that I had were a product of me waking up during my dream by chance.
Lucid Dreaming is a powerful tool that can be used to:
• Teleport across the world to visit other people in your dreams
• Travel into the distant past and observe ancient man
• Fly high over New York City at night hand-in-hand with your partner
• Rocket through the universe at impossible speeds
• Shrink myself down to the size of an atom and explore the quantum world
• Tunnel through the ground only to fall into the sky of another reality
Here are the most popular lucid dreaming methods:
• Dream Journaling
• Reality Checks
• Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams
• Wake Induced Lucid Dreams
• Cycle Adjustment Technique
• Wake Back To Bed
• Guided Meditation
• Self Hypnosis
• Subliminal Induction
Sigmund Freud believed that our minds are full of hidden memories and desires, and that dreams were a source of psychological insights.
When you dream the subconscious mind takes over. The subconscious mind is the inner child that we often ignore during our waking hours. When you sleep, the inner child has your full attention. It doesn’t use logic and isn’t able to plan ahead like the conscious mind.
Rebecca insists that you keep a dream journal next to your bed so that you can record your dream symbols, and find out their meanings. I kept a dream journal before for several months, and this absolutely helps to program your mind for dream recall.
Dream interpretation and finding the meaning of dreams and their symbols is not essential to lucid dreaming, but it can help you become more comfortable during lucid dreaming. Getting to know your subconscious mind better is a key element of lucid dreaming, as it will help you to decipher what is occurring in your dreams.
While there are many ways described in this book on how to have a lucid dream, the Wake Back To Bed method is my favorite.
What you do is wake up earlier than normal, and get out of bed. Do some type of activity that moderately stimulates your brain, like reading for about a half an hour. Then you go back to bed and relax while using visualization skills to direct your next lucid dream.
I really like the fact that Rebecca guides you through various meditation techniques to help prepare the mind and body for lucid dreaming. Meditation is an invaluable tool for people who have a difficult time relaxing their mind and body.
There are also ways to use self-hypnosis, subliminal programming, and dreaming herbs to easily induce yourself for lucid dreaming.
Tonight I will set a lucid dream intention to go to Egypt back when the pyramids were being built. I had always wondered how they were constructed. Or maybe I’ll just have some lucid sex instead. Rebecca states that ‘sex’ is the number one reason people learn lucid dreaming skills.
Now that I am prepared for lucid dreaming I am ready to implement what I have learned. I will report back my discoveries in a couple of weeks.
Two weeks later….
My Experience
All that I can say is wow. My ability to recall dreams has gone up drastically within these two weeks. Whether I take a nap, or sleep through the night, I am easily able to recall many of my dreams.
Last night I had the coolest lucid dream. I was back in my childhood home, but this time my son was with me. I was showing him my old bedroom, the kitchen , and even where we placed our Christmas tree. The dream lasted a few minutes, but I was totally aware that I was dreaming, and I was able to move about the dream at will.
I can tell you from my own personal experience that lucid dreaming is not scary at all. I am still a little giddy inside from the experience.
Towards the end of The Art of Lucid Dreaming book, Rebecca has some really cool interviews with other lucid dreaming experts Robert Waggoner and Erin Pavlina. The both of them have experienced some really amazing things in the lucid dreaming world.
This book has really intrigued my mind, and I intend to do more experiments in The World of Lucid Dreaming.
Lucid dreaming is a great tool for experimentation. Try programming a dream for an experience that you would like to have in the “real world.”
Get The Course
The Art of Lucid Dreaming is a great course which is really good if you do not want to add another book to your collection. I downloaded my copy onto my desktop for easy viewing. You can also download it onto an E-Book reading device like Kindle.
Update 8/21/11.
Rebecca has just updated her Lucid dreaming course by adding a meditation book and a lucid dreaming MP3 hypnosis.
Go to Rebecca’s site and order your copy of: The Art Of Lucid Dreaming. Trust me, you are going to love it!
Category: Metaphysical/Paranormal
About the Author (Author Profile)
I became curious about what motivates people’s behavior and attitudes, and what is the secret formula to success. As a result I got my hands on every piece of material that I could find to answer these questions.
I have immersed myself with knowledge and experience for over 15 years pertaining to the fields of Psychology, Personal Development, Spirituality, Physical Health and Vitality, and Metaphysical Studies. I have read over 700 books, 1000s of blog posts and listened to over 100 audio programs pertaining to personal growth. I’ve made tons of mistakes along the way but more importantly I learned from them.Now it is my turn to share what I know with you. Are you ready? Let’s Rock!
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Hi, Justin,
but what if we have bad dreams, nightmares? Lucid Dreams seems to be a powerful tool, but the hidden messages and insights can also be found deep in ourselves, in self-realizing what we want from life. I think dreams are a bit overrated with their purpose and significance, as I never seem to be able to interpret them and find their meaning, if there is any.
Dreams are usually about the sub-conscious mind trying to figure out how to solve problems.
There are also pre-cognitive dreams that indicate a future event.
I just read a book on how lucid dreaming can actually promote a sense of well-being in yourself. Do you think this is true?
This is very true because there is not much difference between this world and the dream world. When you have control in this reality you will have control in the dream world. The opposite is true as well. You can allow your dream experiences to become a mirror of your waking reality.
I've been going through Rebecca's e-book as well. It not only shows the most effective ways to induce lucid dreaming, but contains a really good history of the science of dreaming. It even has some of Rebecca's coolest lucid dream experiences, and as you mentioned, interviews by dream experts.
Good stuff. :)
It's funny, since i read the book, I have way more lucid and vivid dream experiences. It makes sleeping more fun because I don't feel like I am missing anything. The dream world is another level of reality to experience. Are you going to write a review as well?
How can you prolong a lucid dream? I have had lucid dreams before but they only last for a few second. The last lucid dream that I remember was I was in my homeland, walking on the beach.
With each lucid dream experience you will get better at remaining conscious during your dream.
This is interesting! I had been dreaming of my high school days for several nights already and my family members as well. How do I make this a lucid dream experience? :)
What I learned in the book is to meditate on your desired experience before going to bed. I highly recommend the book to get more knowledge on how to do this.
