Lucid Dreaming as a healing process?
The main reason why I'm interested in LD at the moment is because of it's "healing" potential. Healing here refers to the physical as well as the psychological.
On the psychological aspect, I found Laberge's point of view very interesting when he talks about the potential of integrating the Shadow, those parts of ourselves that we have repressed over the years. Since everything that unintentionally comes up in a LD is an expression of our unconscious, I find it fascinating to suggest using LD as a mean of self-discovery. I find very wise Laberge's advice when he says that when being confronted with a seemingly "threatening" entity, to start a dialogue with it, asking them what they want, etc, instead of summoning a whole arsenal of weapons to destroy the bastard.
Seems like we can live our LD's as a video game or as self-discovery. Is there anyone here on the latter path who can share how LD changed his waking life for the better?
I also wonder at the potential of using LD to heal our physical body. Laberge gave some examples of this, stating that it ultimately was more powerful than mere visualization, that the impact on the body of having a healing session in a LD is greater than doing a visualization in waking life. This kind of makes sense since the experience is richer in the LD, thereby having more repercussions on the body.
Anyone had any experiences related to either one of those healing processes?
John
Re: Lucid Dreaming as a healing process?
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Originally posted by Neoneironaut
The main reason why I'm interested in LD at the moment is because of it's \"healing\" potential. Healing here refers to the physical as well as the psychological.
On the psychological aspect, I found Laberge's point of view very interesting when he talks about the potential of integrating the Shadow, those parts of ourselves that we have repressed over the years. Since everything that unintentionally comes up in a LD is an expression of our unconscious, I find it fascinating to suggest using LD as a mean of self-discovery. I find very wise Laberge's advice when he says that when being confronted with a seemingly \"threatening\" entity, to start a dialogue with it, asking them what they want, etc, instead of summoning a whole arsenal of weapons to destroy the bastard.
Seems like we can live our LD's as a video game or as self-discovery. Is there anyone here on the latter path who can share how LD changed his waking life for the better?
I also wonder at the potential of using LD to heal our physical body. Laberge gave some examples of this, stating that it ultimately was more powerful than mere visualization, that the impact on the body of having a healing session in a LD is greater than doing a visualization in waking life. This kind of makes sense since the experience is richer in the LD, thereby having more repercussions on the body.
Anyone had any experiences related to either one of those healing processes?
John
Maybe this should be in Beyond Dreaming?
Anyways, I know nothing about it, but if I do get sick, my favorite thing to do in a LD is kill the blobs that seem to be ruining the landscape. LDing always has & always will leave me refreshed, whether healthy or not, b/c it is really cool! Sometimes, I do the same thing w/VGs in real time(kill the bad people), & that can also leave me refreshed.
