Thread: I got 99 problems, but a dream ain't one

Hmm yes. Compassion and appreciation is something I've been working on a lot since I picked up dream yoga.

It's a wonderful world!

Originally Posted by XeL

Hmm yes. Compassion and appreciation is something I've been working on a lot since I picked up dream yoga.

Whoa, dream yoga? I've heard of monks doing this, but how does it work in practise? You go through the poses over an hour or whatever when you become lucid? How does it differ from waking yoga? Is it as amazing as it sounds?

"Dream yoga" just means "yoga of dreaming" i.e. the way of getting control over your dreams

Originally Posted by Tim_PL

"Dream yoga" just means "yoga of dreaming" i.e. the way of getting control over your dreams

actually it's much, much more involved than that, although that concept is included, to a certain degree.

it has nothing to do with poses (or asanas), lots to do with consciousness, and from a Buddhist perspective your short term "goals" (as much as a Buddhist would think of them as goals) are what are known as "clear light" dreams and to burn karma through controlling your reactions to the samsaric events presented to you in dreams. and to play with mutability, thus influencing your "open-ness" in waking life.

the ultimate "goal" is to become aware enough in real life that the awareness passes on into death, where (according to some tenets of Buddhism) there is an "in-between" realm called Bardo. With this awareness you can choose your next re-birth or step off the wheel altogether.

I am not a Buddhist, per se, but find the above response severely lacking.

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even more crazy is "sleep yoga" where awareness is supposedly maintained throughout deep (stage 3 and 4) sleep.

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

Gratefulness Increases awareness.

I am working on being more grateful in waking life for everything, and hopefully that will translate to longer lucid dreams.

My theory is that if you appreciate your lucidity, it will extend the length of your lucid dream.

Sorry to get off topic. Gratefulness is a fantastic virtue to cultivate, in all areas of life.

The ultimate "goal" is to become aware enough in real life that the awareness passes on into death, where (according to some tenets of Buddhism) there is an "in-between" realm called Bardo. With this awareness you can choose your next re-birth or step off the wheel altogether.
I am very admire this words.

Originally Posted by zhineTech

actually it's much, much more involved than that, although that concept is included, to a certain degree.

it has nothing to do with poses (or asanas), lots to do with consciousness, and from a Buddhist perspective your short term "goals" (as much as a Buddhist would think of them as goals) are what are known as "clear light" dreams and to burn karma through controlling your reactions to the samsaric events presented to you in dreams. and to play with mutability, thus influencing your "open-ness" in waking life.

the ultimate "goal" is to become aware enough in real life that the awareness passes on into death, where (according to some tenets of Buddhism) there is an "in-between" realm called Bardo. With this awareness you can choose your next re-birth or step off the wheel altogether.

I am not a Buddhist, per se, but find the above response severely lacking.

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even more crazy is "sleep yoga" where awareness is supposedly maintained throughout deep (stage 3 and 4) sleep.

Originally Posted by melissa001

The ultimate "goal" is to become aware enough in real life that the awareness passes on into death, where (according to some tenets of Buddhism) there is an "in-between" realm called Bardo. With this awareness you can choose your next re-birth or step off the wheel altogether.
I am very admire this words.

I actually am a Buddhist. After studying Tibetan Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Shintoism, Ashtanga Yoga, and dream yoga... I came up Nichiren Buddhism founded upon the Lotus Sutra, which Buddha taught in the last eight years of his life. Part of my practice is to be grateful. I recently realized gratitude in a dream, or appreciation for the dream itself and for lucidity, will help prolong lucidity and dream time because when you are grateful for something, you notice the fine details of it.