Thanks for replys everyone

Quote Originally Posted by Sageous View Post
Patjunfa:
I'm not sure you are making the right assumptions about the practice. As you research it, you might discover that dream yoga develops mindfulness in pretty much the same manner as any other discipline; it is what it does with that mindfulness that sets it apart from the rest: dream yoga is a first step toward sleep yoga (essentially constant mindfulness/self-awareness straight through the night, with an ultimate goal of doing the same straight through the death process); if you can sort out sleep yoga, then you might be able to glean how dream yoga can be used to develop very high levels of mindfulness/self-awareness.
That actually makes good sense. There are aspects of the Practice, that may contribute to development of awareness or mindfulness, however actual resulting mindfulness developed from time in actual lucid dreams may not be evident for a relatively long time. Its continuem towards sleep yoga seems to exemplify the potential of this tho. For a long time I've been inspired by Ken Wilbers descriptions of constant consciouness, and how as morning arives its like puting on clothes, as the personality and ego arise for a time and are in time also shed, but the identification is with that which is ever present. He quotes ramana marahisi, saying only that which is present in deep sleep is real...
It seems for so many authors, some version of spiritual insight appears to be their motivation for their dream practice. If this is so, then it is to examine if it seems to bear fruit...Someone posted a thread here before "lucid dreaming doesnt make you more spiritual", and of course it doesnt...nothing does...and anything can, if that is ones intent and motivation. My question is, assuming one already has an established mindfulness practice-is lucid dreaming a useful tool to expand/deepen ones mindfulness/compassion/insight... I need however to narrow down to a few simple research questions...


Verre, there is enough writting on dream yoga to give a good introduction. such as by andrew holechek, Tenzin Wangal Rinpoche, Alan Wallace, Namkhai Norbu etc. Charlie Morleys writings are probably in that direction also, tho less explictly named as such. I'll post my lit review soon when I've a chance to tidy it up a bit.

Zoth, great thanks, look forward.