Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner SelfLucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self is the account of an extraordinarily talented lucid dreamer who goes beyond the boundaries of both psychology and religion. In the process, he stumbles upon the Inner Self. While lucid (consciously aware) in the dream state and able to act and interact with dream figures, objects, and settings, dream expert Robert Waggoner experienced something transformative and unexpected. He was able to interact consciously with the dream observer - the apparent Inner Self - within the dream. At first this seemed shocking, even impossible, since psychology normally alludes to such theoretical inner aspects as the Subliminal Self, the Center, the Internal Self-Helper in vague and theoretical ways. Waggoner came to realize, however, that aware interaction with the Inner Self was not only possible, but actual and highly inspiring. He concluded that while aware in the dream state, one has both a psychological tool and a platform from which to understand dreaming and the larger picture of man's psyche as well. Waggoner proposes 5 stages of lucid dreaming and guides readers through them, offering advice for those who have never experienced the lucid dream state and suggestions for how experienced lucid dreamers can advance to a new level. Lucid Dreaming offers exciting insights and vivid illustrations that will intrigue not only avid dreamworkers but anyone who is interested in consciousness, identity, and the definition of reality. |
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... sense of having access to an inner knowing. Like many, I found life's deepest mysteries in the mind. For me, the occasional precognitive dream often appeared as small events, like dreaming of someone making an odd statement in a dream ...
... sense that all around me life had meaning, if I only cared to look. Since I lived in the middle of Kansas, far from the centers of world power, the pace of life was slower and perhaps simpler, yet below the surface, at another level, I ...
... SENsEs. My first lucid dream felt like a monumental achievement. I had actually become aware in a dream. Moreover, in the don Juan tradition, this first lucid dream seemed filled with auspicious symbols—becoming a speck of awareness ...
... sense of what I was seeing, I had the intuitive feeling that the building housed computers and was somewhere in the ... senses provide little distinction between physical reality and the real-seeming illusion of the lucid dream . Only ...
... senses show themselves as the confirmers of expectation—not infallible guides to sensory response—and experience is largely infused with mental expectation about the experience ... senses tell us. To sense 1: Stepping Through the Gate | 11.
Contents
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Beyond Freuds Pleasure Principle | 39 |
Independent Agents and the Voice of the Unconscious | 51 |
FeelingTones and Review Committees | 65 |
Experiencing the Light of Awareness | 77 |
Connecting with the Hidden Observer of Dreaming | 87 |
Fishing for Information | 139 |
Healing Yourself and Others | 155 |
Consciously Connecting via Telepathy | 173 |
ForwardLooking Precognitive Lucid Dreams | 185 |
Mutual Lucid Dreaming | 207 |
Interacting with the Deceased | 227 |
The Unified Self in a Connected Universe | 245 |
Frequently Asked Questions | 259 |
The Five Stages of Lucid Dreaming | 97 |
ExPLoRiNG THE PSyCHE | 107 |
Creating the Dream Reality | 109 |
Varieties of Dream Figures | 125 |
Endnotes | 283 |
Selected Bibliography | 297 |