Lucid Meditation

**shamurban** · 10-14-2010 05:49 AM

Meditation is a form of receding back into the core of your consciousness. It often brings people the realization that their egos are fiction, stories carefully written by an unstoppable flow of reactions to sensory input. These stories replace the present moment in our minds so that the most important times seem to be in the past or future. The present, the moment that has always been, is increasingly forgotten.

Have you meditated during a lucid dream? What techniques did you use? What sort of mental relationship did you establish with your dream body?

**Raetin** · 10-14-2010 08:24 AM

I want to meditate in real life so I can get the stress from school down because that's why I think I hadn't recalled a dream a long time, any specific meditations I should try?

**Yatheklane** · 10-14-2010 04:20 PM

I have meditated in a dream and to be honest...its a little overwhelming. I was in an outer body experience that seemed too real at first, then the next time I did it I felt as if I was a ghost in my own dream world. I still had control of what i was doing, like going through walls and moving objects, but I couldn't react with any of my dream characters. No one seemed to notice I was standing right there with them in my dream. After that I came to a realization and haven't done it since. Its not the best thing to try.

**sisyphus** · 10-14-2010 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by Raetin

I want to meditate in real life so I can get the stress from school down because that's why I think I hadn't recalled a dream a long time, any specific meditations I should try?

The style that I like is called Mindfulness. It descends from Buddhist practices, but you don't necessarily need to embrace Buddhism to benefit from it. In mindfulness meditation, you simply observe the processes in your mind. You acknowledge your thoughts without judgment, attachment, or analysis. You concentrate on the breath, recognize thoughts as they arise and then let them go, returning to the breath. It's a deep subject but I recommend it to anyone. A good book is Mindfulness In Plain English.

The most important part is just to start. Once you try it a few times, your views will change and they will continue to evolve over time. You will start to enjoy meditation, but not for the reasons that initially brought you to it. It's a journey.

**ReachingForTheDream** · 10-17-2010 03:31 AM

I tried chakra meditation once... and oh my lord it was some crazy ass weird experience.

I decided to try meditating on my third eye since it wouldn't open IRL. When I did I felt like my head both exploded and opened up to the universe at the same time, if that makes any sense. I saw all these intense vivid colors and almost ascended into them. I thought I was going to go into an OBE or something. I felt like my "soul", if you will, seemed to get sucked out of my chakra.

It's hard to describe. But let me tell ya, that opened up my chakra so much. Also, ever since that experience I've had extremely consistent LDs... I think after that time I had like a week of LDs.

Haven't had any more experiences as amazing as that. Haven't meditated in a while either. Maybe I should...

**shamurban** · 10-29-2010 02:44 AM

sisyphus i read your post and went out and got the book. now i've read it and practice it. amazing stuff!

**Hukif** · 10-29-2010 02:59 AM

Well, I have meditated several times in a dream, but not for self-enlightment, just to recover memories. And I just lay in a place, close my eyes and do it? Don't have a technique for it.

**sisyphus** · 10-29-2010 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by shamurban

sisyphus i read your post and went out and got the book. now i've read it and practice it. amazing stuff!

Glad to hear. I still haven't tried meditation within a dream. But mindfulness is quite a bit like a constant awareness reality check. I think I'll try it soon.