Thread: Meditation before sleep...LD induction?

Originally Posted by ChaybaChayba

I meditate for the sole purpose of dreaming. The meditation technique I use to WILD is the following:

I close my eyes, and place my attention only on the center of my forehead (between my eyebrows) and on my breath. That's it.

Why does it work? Because that is where the pineal gland, the third eye, the minds eye is located. By imagining sensations at that location, you directly stimulate it. The pineal gland is the gland that secretes melatonin, which is one of the hormones responsible for dreaming. You can increase stimulation the better you can concentrate on it and the better you can induce sensations or vibrations in that area. The better your imagination, the better this technique works. The longer you use this technique, the faster you will get into a WILD.

This is a 5000 year old tantra technique, as the story goes, one of the 112 meditations given by Shiva to his consort Parvati. Still works like a charm, and it's the easiest WILD technique out there IMO. This one directly induces dreaming. I also already managed to go into dreaming during meditation without laying down, all I need to do is close my eyes and concentrate for a while. The litteral translation of the tantra technique is the following:

Wow i love this, you can actually enter a dream just by doing this? Amazing! I didn't know that's where melatonin is produced, whew, takes my breath away. I'm going to try this tonight! I really like the part that you can enter into a dream without laying down/

I really like the techniques presented here, and I really dislike lucid techniques that require you to disrupt your sleep in the middle of the night. so I like my techniques that I can do before sleeping

I have a question though. Are there any side affects for so much focus on the crown chakra if your other lower chakras aren't developed?

Originally Posted by tranquilitybytrey

'focusing on the third eye'.. wouldn't that be over-balancing the rest?

'not exact quote'

Possibly, this is becoming a very complex explanation now. I think chakra balancing may be beyond the scope of this thread but there isn't going to be any long term energetic disruptions I wouldn't have thought from trying this WILD technique a few times a week, at least I haven't felt any. If you wanted to stay balanced though, also make sure you are still 'connected to the earth' and have a healthy base chakra if you are concerned. Maybe seek an energetic healer to get some feedback on the current state of your chakras too?

Are there any side affects for so much focus on the crown chakra if your other lower chakras aren't developed?

Again, possibly. Balancing the chakras is a journey where the process is more important than the destination. I would recommend maintaining a healthy balanced lifestyle by making sure you keep yourself grounded overall if you do spend time working with the higher chakras, particulary the crown and third eye. I have read a few times that it is advisable to have balanced the lower chakras before you start seriously opening your crown chakra. Zen style Meditation tends to do this naturally I think.

If you want to know more you should start researching the chakras, buy a good book on it, there can be alot of questions one wants to ask. I'm still in the learning process myself

It could certainly serve as a very powerful autosuggestion method and symbol, if nothing else.

I found this video by Tim from Lucipedia

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=zahodQ2mHy8

Its about the role the techniques play in Lucid Dreaming and how Meditation can help!

enjoy