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The Importance of Sleep, and the Hazards of “Dream Deprivation”

Dr. Mercola Waking Times Dr. Rubin Naiman, author of Hush: A Book of Bedtime Contemplations, is a clinical psychologist and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine directed by Dr. Andrew Weil. As a sleep and dream expert, his focus is how sleeping and dreaming affects your health. Four

52 Ways to Have Lucid Dreams

Rebecca Turner, World of Lucid Dreaming Waking Times Learning to have lucid dreams can be fun, intensive, frustrating, euphoric, bizarre, daunting – yet ultimately, lucid dreaming is a hugely rewarding and life-changing experience. Learning how to lucid dream is like any other skill that you develop over time. There is no magic secret to behold.

Unleash the Power of Your Dreams

Christine Hoeflich, Guest Waking Times Besides paying attention to your intuition and inner nudges, you can pay attention to your dreams and by doing so, unleash the power of your dreams (which will go a long way toward helping you solve your and your family’s problems and fulfill your higher purpose). This is because dreams

How Courageous We Are

Ida Lawrence, Contributor Waking Times Almost forty years ago, when my second son was young, I started having dreams of an atomic bomb exploding. One time it was in a playground… another time I could see it in the distance. In every dream my son would be in my arms, my precious little baby, and

Waking From the Waking Dream

Colin Bondi, Contributor Waking Times Many of you have heard the statement that life is a dream or like a dream. It’s an often repeated concept in spiritual circles and, even to some extent, in popular culture. While it’s a fascinating concept, few people really see things that way. We are all familiar with the

How Dreams Can Heal

Rachel G. Norment, MA, Guest Waking Times The word for “dream” in Hebrew is chalom and is derived from the verb meaning “to be made healthy or strong.” In his book Healing Dreams Marc Barasch discusses how his own dreams and those of others led to healing. In his own case, after he had ignored

How We Create Reality

Al Smith, Contributing Writer Waking Times Do you wonder why life is a chaotic roller coaster of both positive and negative events?  Have you, like most, earnestly tried positive thinking, meditation or prayer without any tangible beneficial results?  Do you stress over your quietly desperate realization that you have little control over your own life? 

The Importance of Paying Attention to Your Dreams

Bambi Corso, Guest Writer Waking Times  It’s interesting to realize that we spend approximately 6-8 hours of our daily life sleeping. When you add that up over a lifetime, that’s almost 1/3 of our lives! Along with all the benefits that sleep offers including rejuvenating the body, mind and spirit, there is another benefit that

Astral Projection Technique – Lucid Dreaming

Belsebuub, Guest Writer Waking Times Here’s a simple technique through which to become conscious in the astral plane by waking up in a dream, which is commonly known as lucid dreaming. With it, you can carry out exactly the same investigations in the astral world as you would do when you project from your bed.

How to Remember Your Dreams

Belsebuub, Guest Writer Waking Times Here are some simple things you can try for remembering your dreams better. 1. Plan Ahead The first thing to think about is that just before you go to sleep have the intention to remember your dreams in the morning when you wake up. Because as soon as you wake

Lucid Dreaming – Listening to the Dreamer

Steve Beyer, Guest Writer Waking Times A lucid dream is one in which the dreamer is aware of being in a dream state while the dream is still in progress. Lucid dreams can be extremely vivid and realistic, depending on the level of self-awareness during the dream. Most strikingly, lucid dreamers report being able to actively participate

Top Five Ways to Induce Lucid Dreaming

Bruce N. Gelerter, Guest Writer Waking Times Lucid dreaming doesn’t work for everyone, but those that do find themselves able to induce lucid dreams largely rely on a few popular methods. While most of these lucid dreaming tips rely only on mental preparation and self-coaching to induce lucid dreams, there are lucid dream gadgets, such

Recurring Dreams, Themes and Parallel Worlds

Zen Gardner It’s time for a little conscious conjecture but let’s see what resonates. I, like many of you, have had dreams in my life, including recurring ones, that were clearly significant. I can’t say I’m an adept interpreter but most of us often try to consciously get whatever message we think there may be

Can You Gain Complete Control Over Your Dreams?

Mukul Sharma Prevent Disease  Consciousness means being awake and aware of our surroundings, whereas dreams happen only in sleep when we have no idea of what’s happening in the real world. What’s going on here? Is there any scientific basis to it? According to Doctrines of Walter Evans-Wentz, there are six stages of Dream Yoga.

Can You Gain Complete Control Over Your Dreams?

Consciousness means being awake and aware of our surroundings, whereas dreams happen only in sleep when we have no idea of what’s happening in the real world. What’s going on here? Is there any scientific basis to it?


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