Thread: what's a good lucid dreaming book you recommend reading?

"Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming"--Stephen LaBerge is the only book you need. In my experience, other lucid dreaming books are linked too much with mysticism/spirituality, too many questionable anecdotes rather than facts, and ends up misinforming readers with the authors personal opinion.

Originally Posted by VictoReverie

"Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming"--Stephen LaBerge is the only book you need. In my experience, other lucid dreaming books are linked too much with mysticism/spirituality, too many questionable anecdotes rather than facts, and ends up misinforming readers with the authors personal opinion.

Thank you VictorReverie

At the top of this Google page is a pdf of of that book. I kust down loaded it to my phone and I will begin reading the 202 pages.

exploring the world of lucid dreaming by stephen laberge pdf - Google Search

Thank you Kublakhan for opening this thread.

Whatt? you can get it for free here? I bought it ! Although my version is 313 pages excluding indexes etc

There are plenty of books on the subject. There are also a few free internet video series available. I particularly enjoyed all eleven of Stephen Berlin's Lucid Dreaming Discourses. StephenBerlin.com

Here is a thread with lots of good recommendations.

Originally Posted by VictoReverie

"Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming"--Stephen LaBerge is the only book you need. In my experience, other lucid dreaming books are linked too much with mysticism/spirituality, too many questionable anecdotes rather than facts, and ends up misinforming readers with the authors personal opinion.

Yep! VictorReverie

This Ebook seems very good. I will order it when my other books arrive.

Yep!

This book seems very interesting. I will order it after Chistmas


EXPLORING THE WORLD OF LUCID DREAMING By Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D. & Howard Rheingold

Page 1
Contents
1. The World of Lucid Dreaming
2. Preparation for Learning Lucid Dreaming
3. Waking Up in the Dream World
4. Falling Asleep Consciously
5. The Building of Dreams
6. Principles and Practice of Lucid Dreaming
7. Adventures and Explorations
8. Rehearsal for Living
9. Creative Problem Solving
10. Overcoming Nightmares
11. The Healing Dream
12. Life Is a Dream: Intimations of a Wider World\

Exercises

1: The World of Lucid Dreaming
Your present state of consciousness

2: Preparation for Learning Lucid Dreaming
Cataloging your dreamsigns
Goal setting for success
Scheduling time for lucid dreaming
Progressive relaxation
Sixty-one-point relaxation

3: Waking Up in the Dream World
Critical state-testing technique
Power of resolution technique
Intention technique
Reflection-intention technique
Prospective memory training
MILD technique
Autosuggestion technique

4: Falling Asleep Consciously
Hypnagogic imagery technique
Relaxed (“pot-shaped”) breathing
Power of visualization: White dot technique
Power of visualization: Black dot technique
Dream lotus and flame technique
Count yourself to sleep technique
The twin bodies technique
The one body technique
The no body technique

5: The Building of Dreams
How schemas take us beyond the information given

6: Principles and Practice of Lucid Dreaming
The spinning technique
The dream television
Lucid dream incubation
Spinning a new dream scene
Strike the set, change the channel

7: Adventures and Explorations
How to script your own adventure
You are the hero

8: Rehearsal for Living
Lucid dream workout
Playing to the dream audience

9: Creative Problem Solving
Lucid dream problem solving
Building a lucid dream workshop

10: Overcoming Nightmares
Conversing with dream characters
Redreaming recurrent nightmares

11: The Healing Dream
Seeking opportunities for integration

12: Life Is a Dream:

Intimations of a Wider World
Seeking the highest
Afterword: The Adventure Continues
Appendix: Supplementary Exercises

Appendix: Supplementary Exercises
Understanding the value of the will Strengthening your will Candle concentration
Visualization training

Page 7
Why This New Book?
In Lucid Dreaming, I collected the available knowledge on the subject from both ancient and modern sources. Since that book’s publication, some ten thousand people have written to me describing their experiences and discoveries, and requesting more practical information about lucid dreaming. In response to those requests, I decided to collaborate on a new book with Howard Rheingold.

Howard has written extensively on topics such as creativity, consciousness, and dreamwork.

Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming is a self-teaching curriculum, a step-by-step method for learning to have and use lucid dreams. You can learn at your own pace, and to your own depth, how to explore your lucid dreams and use them to enrich your life. You will read a rich variety of examples of actual lucid dreams excerpted from letters to the Stanford program, like the three quoted at the beginning of this chapter. While the kind of “anecdotal evidence” offered by these nonprofessional dream explorers cannot replace the carefully controlled experimentation that is required for testing scientific theories, it does offer invaluable inspiration for continued exploration of the world of lucid dreaming.

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Page 8
Our Approach
This book strives to present, in a step-by-step manner, everything you need to know in order to learn the skill of lucid dreaming. All the many techniques and exercises presented work for some people, but how effective each exercise will be for you depends on your individual psychology and physiology. Experiment with the exercises, test them for yourself, and see what works best for you.

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Page 10
Before we get into the specifics of how to have lucid dreams, let’s take a closer look at the reasons for learning to awaken in your dreams. Do the potential benefits jus-fy the time and effort required for mastering lucid dreaming? We think so, but read on and decide for yourself.