We sleep one third of our lives, and while it refreshes and revives us for our waking hours, what if we could use part of this time to not only have fun, but to transform how we experience the world and who we are?
This is where Lucid Dreaming comes in.
Since I was a child, I have always dreamt very vividly, remembering most of my dreams. I kept a dream journal since I was a young teenager and have had many dream adventures and nightmares. I was recently introduced to an amazing guy called Charlie Morley, who is a Lucid Dreaming Expert and Hay House author of the book Dreams Of Awakening and I discovered there was a way to allow my dreams to bring me healing, inspiration and much more.
Reading Charlie’s Book and after watching a documentary he is in here, and his Ted talk here, I was enthralled by the possibilities and wanted to know more. And after watching the videos, I had my first taste of lucid dreaming which was incredibly healing for me.
So a big welcome from Kelly Martin Speaks to Charlie Morley, who is going to answer some questions so that we can find out more about Lucid Dreaming and the potential uses of this less well known awakening tool.
1. What Are The Potential Possible Uses Of Lucid Dreaming?
which you realise “Aha! I’m dreaming!” while you are still inside the dream and then consciously engaging it.
interested in psychedelic exploration, I can assure you that the experiences of lucid dreaming make many psychedelic drug experiences seem like a drop in the ocean. Lucid dreaming is the ultimate mind-expanding experience and one that is totally safe, totally uncut and totally free.
2. What is a simple way that someone can begin to lucidly dream?
is no simple way. Lucid dreaming is a mind training method that requires
sustained practice to reap rewards. However, the simplest way to begin is by
starting to remember and recall your dreams. By getting to know the territory of your
dreams you will eventually start to know that territory while you are in it! But for all the actual techniques to learn how to lucid dream, check out my book Dreams of Awakening.
3. What was your biggest challenge when you first began to lucidly dream?
training ground for enlightened action that I now know it is. I saw it purely as a place to get laid.
4. If you are able to consciously and regularly become lucid in a dream, is this similar to someone who is a regular meditator realising that they are both the watcher and the person being watched, where they realise that they are more than this body, that they are limitless?
spiritual practice lucid dreaming.
5. I am interested in the mind/body connection and how our unconscious minds in some cases can create physical pain to protect us from certain emotions which it feels are more painful. Have you known of anyone who has healed physical challenges through lucid dreaming?
Personally, I have healed everything from addictions, to torn ligaments, to ear infections through visualized healing in lucid dreams, and have heard of people healing their eyes after laser eye surgery and chronic muscle pain through similar means. Within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition it is believed that the power of mind within the lucid dream is heightened, making visualized healing “far more powerful than simply visualising in the waking state’1 so it seems that both East and West agree on the healing power of the imagination.range of ailments and perhaps help with the treatment of some of the most serious conditions.
from Tibetan meditation master Lama Yeshe Rinpoche in 2008 after being asked to teach by Buddhist mindfulness instructor Rob Nairn, who described him as “the most authentic practitioner of lucid dreaming teaching in Europe”. Since then Charlie has run retreats
and workshops around the world, written the bestselling book Dreams of Awakening, taught courses for the Mindfulness Association and given the first ever talk on lucid dreaming at the well-known TED conferences.
Michael Katz, Tibeten Dream Yoga, Bodhi Tree, 2011, p31
Thank you Charlie. This was very informative and extremely interesting. I am sure my readers will want to learn more about Lucid Dreaming now. I know I do.
Charlie appeared at ‘I Can Do It Ignite!’ (March 8-9) along with Gabrielle Bernstein, Robert Holden, Kyle Gray, Pam Grout and Mastin Kipp.
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Kelly Martin, author of ‘When Everyone Shines But You’ is a dedicated writer and blogger who fearlessly explores life’s deepest questions. Faced with a decade of profound anxiety and grief following the loss of her father and her best friend Michael, Kelly embarked on a transformative journey guided by mindfulness, and she hasn’t looked back since. Through her insightful writing, engaging podcasts, and inspiring You Tube channel Kelly empowers others to unearth the hidden treasures within their pain, embracing the profound truth that they are ‘enough’ exactly as they are.
I would just like to feel total freedom within the dream!
I would like to read these books to find out how to improve my life
Meet Take That.
See My Granddad again
Change some of my past.
Change my relationship with my dad during the last few years of his life
I would love to explore my sexuality more.
I'd talk to someone in my dream. I've always wanted to lucid dream but haven't managed to so far but talking to someone in your dream is basically talking to an aspect of your own subconscious…I find that idea extremely intriguing!
Would love to win, thanks
Interact with comedians like Francie and Josie etc. Maybe get them to share their life experience :- In how they got to be comedians etc.
I'd like to be able to put myself in situations which would help me overcome my fear of heights.
go to the other side and meet all my late family again, especially my dad
great prize hope i win
love to win xx
love to win would be great – i'd love to be able to read any book i could
I'd love to be able to fly!
Lucid dreaming is amazing – I'd love to be able to do it!
would love to read all about this and this is something I had never heard about
fab
i'd love to meet with my ex boyfriend who passed away 10 years ago
there are a few personal issues that would be great to find some closure on, it sounds great
I would love to run and jump and have my mobility back, and then do a hike to raise money for charity! 🙂 x
I would like to see my grandad and tell him how much I loved him.
Just reread this article, I'd bookmarked it for later as I'd found it really interesting when I first skimmed through it. What an amazing technique Lucid Dreaming is, I went on to watch Charley's TED talk, he's a very engaging speaker and I'd love to get to see him in London at Ignite – now trying to rearrange my diary to get there! In the meantime, I'm going to make a start on Dream Recall, the prerequisite for Lucid Dreaming – thanks for the article, it makes very interesting food for thought.
Oh hope you get to go. I would have loved to go but unable to right now, but lots of amazing speakers there. Yes recalling them is the beginning. I started in my teens writing them in a journal, even if it's just a few scribbles in the middle of the night helps with dream recall the next day. I have had a couple of lucid dreams recently, but not a lot. I now realise when I was younger I had a lot when I chose to go flying in my dreams, they were fun dreams. Thanks for taking an interest and would love to hear how Ignite goes if you rearrange your diary and go.
swim deep into the cool blue pacific ocean
I'd love to be able to fly
I'd like to fly to the top of my house, to the tops of the trees and wherever, and not feel the cold or rain.
Would be great if i could fly as i dont drive 🙂
I would love to discover an untouched island with many un-discovered wild life there
Be able to sing :0)
Cure illnesses in children's hospitals
Get my health fully back
Sleep!!! Dreams are the wish of an isomniac!
I would love to do all the things im scared off 🙂
Would love to fly! 🙂
Paint a landscape picture!
I would also fly 😀
id travel the world. wouldnt have to do it in real life then. i could just sleep
I have a real rough time with sleeping and suffer with horrible night terrors regularly – so I would like to delve into that and maybe somehow and make sense of it all to stop it finally!!!
travel
revisit places of my childhood memory
Cure my anxiety!
Get rid of my fear of wasps
I would love to relive my childhood memories of living in South Africa x
I'd love to fly
Travel all around the world and sail the south seas