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Found 27 comments on The Tibetan Yogas Of Dream And Sleep:

u/accountcondom · 10 pointsr/Meditation

I have noticed a similar effect on myself.
Here's a book about the Tibetan practice of dream yoga. One of the first steps is to develop stability in waking life through meditation. It teaches how to gain lucidity in your dream life, but the purpose of lucidity according to the practice isn't just to have fun being awake inside your dreams.
You might also want to post or x-post into /r/LucidDreaming -

u/krodha · 9 pointsr/Buddhism

You may enjoy these books The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, and Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural
Light
by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu.

Dream Yoga is a practice that originated in India and has been an integral aspect of Vajrayāna for centuries.

u/[deleted] · 6 pointsr/Meditation

One of the best books I've read on this is http://www.amazon.com/Tibetan-Yogas-Dream-Sleep/dp/1559391014

Check it out!

u/Pandas_UNITE · 6 pointsr/LucidDreaming

Yes, dream yoga can enhance your lucid dreaming to a deeper personal and spiritual level. Lucid dreaming is something that hasn't been studied very much in the west. But in eastern cultures it has been studied and taught for thousands of years. I've been reading this book, its been blowing my mind, if you want to really push your lucid dreaming to what its potentials can be, look here. Try to have an open mind, but if you are on a lucid dreaming subreddit, you may already have one.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Tibetan-Yogas-Dream-Sleep/dp/1559391014

u/flowfall · 3 pointsr/Meditation

I've had a similar experience where I was meditating for nearly an hour, my body fell asleep after 20 minutes, everything was starting to go limp, jaw gaping and I felt less outside stimuli. My mind went wild and it was harder to concentrate, but I imagine the process to be similar to absorption if not the same if you can manage to keep concentrated.

In dream yoga which us similar to lucid dreaming, but with the intetion of being able to further your practice in your sleep by applying what's cultivated in meditation to your dreams, there is apparently a point that can be reached where a subtle kind of awareness can be held during deep/non dreaming sleep to the extent that one can meditate all throughout the night in their sleep in and out of dreams. I read about it in The Tibetan Yogas Of Dream and Sleep.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1559391014?pc_redir=1414614701&robot_redir=1

u/Realluzion · 3 pointsr/LucidDreaming

> By remaining 'awake' in your waking life you can lead yourself to become awake in your dreams

Exactly.

You might want to look into Dream Yoga.

More specifically: Dreaming Yourself Awake, by B. Alan Wallace, and The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep, by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche.

u/Someoneoldbutnew · 3 pointsr/LucidDreaming

Check out Yoga Nidra for a systematic sleep meditation which should be conducive to LD. It's a body scan and visualization.

I've had the most epic LD's after trying the exercises from the Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep. Like the kind where you spend what seems like years of time in a few hours of sleep. This was right after coming home from retreat though, so ymmv.

The Tibetan process is a little more dogmatic (woowoo) and if you're not attuned to subtle energies it's not going to be worth your time, as it involves blocking energy channels and paying attention to chakras. Yoga Nidra is far more approachable.

It should be said that I'm far too much of a weed smoker to be deep in the LD camp, I just hang out here.

u/metaphysicianENT · 3 pointsr/occult

http://www.amazon.com/The-Tibetan-Yogas-Dream-Sleep/dp/1559391014

Here is an excellent book by someone from the Bon tradition.

u/OsakaWilson · 3 pointsr/LucidDreaming

I've read quite a bit on Dzogchen Tibetan Dream Yoga. It is most certainly referring to both.

This book does a good job of presenting the methods of Dzogchen without much of the religious stuff getting in the way.

u/zedpapa · 2 pointsr/Meditation

if you want to go deeper the rabbit hole and really invest your time into this question, read the book titled The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep

u/Pengy945 · 2 pointsr/LucidDreaming

Another suggestion for those interested in dream yoga practices. http://www.amazon.com/The-Tibetan-Yogas-Dream-Sleep/dp/1559391014

u/hyperbolist · 2 pointsr/Buddhism

The Wikipedia article on Dream Yoga may be of use to you.

I hear The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep is widely recommended.

I imagine such practices require a great deal of concentration.

I have heard anecdotal stories of yogis who have almost maintained total mindfulness over 24 hours, slipping only during the times of entering and exiting sleep states. This implies that they are maintaining total mindfulness in the dream states.

u/DormiensVigila108 · 2 pointsr/LucidDreaming

Two books that I highly recommend if you're delving into the more transcendental aspects of lucid dreaming and looking to hone your skills:

The Tibetan Yogas of Sleep and Dreams - Tibetan Buddhists of the Dzogchen school have a tradition of lucid dreaming that spans millenia, they believe that in the dreamless sleep that the "clear light of consciousness" is revealed. It was one of the most powerful texts that I have read, especially given my own LD experiences. They say that for highly skilled lifetime practitioners that every dream is lucid, sleep stops "being sleep" but instead becomes a dissolution of ego and nightly transcendence. Fascinating stuff.

I also highly recommend The Lucid Dreamer: A Waking Guide for the Traveler Between Worlds. It is incredibly well written, full of full color photos, and exercises. It discusses not just techniques from all over the globe for LD induction and preservation, but also discusses at length the science, history, and cultural significance of dreaming throughout time. It explores the use of LDs by shamans, Sufi mystics, the Prophet Muhammad, Australian indigenous peoples, and a ton more. I still keep this book by my bed a year after finishing it; amazingly helpful.

Both books can be had on Amazon used for ~$5 each. Absolutely worth it. Especially since reading about LDing before bed is one of the best ways to trigger an LD.

u/En_lighten · 2 pointsr/Buddhism

Broadly speaking, this comes to mind.

I'm not sure that it's exactly what you're looking for but may be somewhat related.

u/Dream_Hacker · 2 pointsr/LucidDreaming

It's certainly tough to work for so long and not to reach your desired goals.

Lucidity results when many factors all come together at the same time: heightened self-awareness, memory, being well-rested, good dream recall, strong intention, being at the right phase of your sleep cycle. Also: being stress-free, having a healthy body and brain.

It sounds like you've worked on many of these things, at least individually. Maybe what you need to do is to work on them all in combination.

I'd avoid pure WILD attempts for a while: without having frequent enough DILDs under your belt, you may not be close enough to the "lucid dreaming feeling".

Whenever I'm going through a dry lucid or dream recall phase, I'll bring in the "big guns" to get jump-started again: setting strong intention to wake up after every dream. This means noticing those little wakings we all experience between sleep cycles during the night, and keeping your self awake just long enough to recall your dreams, grab a bit of awareness and head back to sleep. You don't want to stay up too long or this can cause insomnia, unless you're the type who can fall back to sleep easily and quickly.

Actually, that's a good question: can you easily and quickly fall back to sleep if you wake up during the middle of the night? Or are you more prone to insomnia? How long does it take you to fall b ack asleep on average?

I'm not saying to avoid WBTB altogether, it can be useful, but don't then try to WILD, just go back to sleep with the intention of being aware in your dreams, of getting lucid.

You may want to try an entirely new approach for a while. Perhaps follow the Tibetan Dream Yoga approach, for example:
http://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Yourself-Awake-Tibetan-Transformation/dp/159030957X
and
http://www.amazon.com/The-Tibetan-Yogas-Dream-Sleep/dp/1559391014 (you can find a pdf of this online via google)

One other idea is to transform your approach to lucid dreaming. Don't invest your happiness into getting lucid dreams, and don't try to "force" lucid dreams, but rather just keep doing all of the prerequisites (keep working on dream recall, and daytime awareness). The most dense periods of lucid dreaming I've had were when I was really happy and involved with my waking activities, and very physically active (and getting a lot of sunlight, in summer time).

You want your attention on dreaming, but no to make it the focus of your existence and your self-worth. You must still really want it, (in fact, "need" it), but at the same time, stay positive about your waking life, and your non-lucid dreams. If you can write pages of dream journal entries every night, that's pretty awesome in and of itself, be thankful for that, some people can't recall dreams at all.

If you basically give yourself a goal of living mindfully, of being continally aware of your consciousness whether waking or dreaming, you will absolutely start having lucid dreams.

There are some suggestions, I hope you find some of them useful, good luck!

Oh, p.s., join a community-focused LD forum where you can make LD buddies, chat, read, and write about LDing as much as you like. There are links to some great ones in the sidebar.


u/sovietcableguy · 2 pointsr/Buddhism

from your description i think you've inadvertently stumbled upon sleep yoga or 'clear light' practice. from p. 161 of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's 'The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep':

"As consicousness withdraws from the senses, allow the awareness to move smoothly through the tigles until only non-dual awareness - the clear light of the central tigle - remains. It is as if the body spirals down into sleep while you spiral down into the clear light."

what is a tigle? in the context of this practice it is a small sphere of light representing particular qualities of consciousness or, in the case of the central tigle, representing pure rigpa.

i think you might benefit by pursuing this practice.

u/jplewicke · 2 pointsr/streamentry

I haven’t read it, but The Tibetan Yogas Of Dream And Sleep is supposed to be good.

u/iglod · 1 pointr/Buddhism

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's book contains some specific practices.

u/armillanymphs · 1 pointr/streamentry

Given your experiences of late as well as your proclivities (interest in meditating while sleeping) you definitely should check out Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep. There are tons of exercises in there, but even 1 or 2 could give your practice a lot of juice to work with. Your perception of reality being goopy / insubstantial could be supplemented with the off-cushion inquiry of perception literally being a dream, which blurs the line between waking / sleeping life.

The main concern I've been focusing on is dullness, which you're being inquisitive about. I've noticed a similar trend as you, namely that something that doesn't seem like dullness but is reminiscent of it is arising; my practice has been awareness-heavy and due to that a bit spacey / floaty. I've found noting especially helpful as a grounding mechanism.

Interesting territory here, and I'm looking forward to hearing about this particular stretch of your path unfolding.

u/tenkayu · 1 pointr/occult

Spiritual discipline of choice: mostly tibetan buddhism, though I like reading about hermeticism and egyptian stuff, and ive started to collect tarot decks (I have the Thoth and a couple other artsy decks). I suppose id fall under the umbrella of "chaos magick" if I had to choose

Favorite occult related subject: astrology, alchemy, egyptian art

Favorite type of ritual: I dont often do rituals myself, but after reading Jodorowsky's "Psychomagic" I became intrigued with the concept of Performance/theater/live art as ritual

Favorite book:
Most influential occult/magick/spiritual personality: Jodo influenced me heavily, though I think he's a bit of an asshole. (Also I grew up catholic, and still feel an aversion to Thelema. Aliester wrote some interesting stuff, and as I said I own his Thoth deck and absolutely love it, but his religion reminds me too much of what ive tried to distance myself from)

Amazon wishlist if you have one: Ive bought and lost this book twice, so id be happy if you bought it for me again: http://www.amazon.com/The-Tibetan-Yogas-Dream-Sleep/dp/1559391014

Or, any Marseilles or Raider-Waite tarot deck.

Or, get me your favorite book on magick! I likely dont have it (I have a few books on tarot already)

Or, an incense holder of any type

One thing you want your Secret Krampus to know about you: .. if I think of something ill update this!


Edit: added a list!

u/knitrat · 1 pointr/INTP

I agree with u/djdrowsy that meditation is a lot more useful. Do this method and then you get both. A ton of work though.

u/ComicLawyer · 0 pointsr/explainlikeimfive

I have, since early childhood, had very vivid dreams. Like one poster below, I learned how to wake myself up from nightmares. By the time I was ten or so, I could (and still can) almost always tell when I'm dreaming. I think it is more of a natural skill or propensity, which I associate with me being an unusually introspective child. Constant evaluation and reevaluation of phenomena as they present themselves to my senses helped with this. For instance, I used to always wonder what was beyond the darkness that surrounds my vision. No what happens when I move my eyes to look, but what is at the edge of my sense perception itself.

As an alternative method of inducing lucid dreaming, I highly recommend the book "The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep." http://www.amazon.com/The-Tibetan-Yogas-Dream-Sleep/dp/1559391014

This book is a bit dry, as it reads like an instruction manual, but it is a very practical guide to putting your mind in the correct position to achieve lucid dreaming (and beyond!). Given my natural propensity for lucid dreaming, I was able to access levels of awareness in dreams that I did not know were available. While I was practicing the recommended meditation nightly before bed, I often had philosophical conversations with dream-people and could even visit with dead family members!