Enhance your lucid dreams with a simple practice
As I noted in my last blog entry, I've been working on a method to enhance my lucid dreaming abilities that I read in a book titled The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep. Based on my own experience, I think it makes a lot of sense, and more importantly, it works.
The method I'm working on right now is the first of four "Foundational Practices" that the author introduces, and this first method is to practice dreaming during the day. Specifically, as you go through your daily routine, see all of your life as a dream. As the author states when talking about this first foundational practice:
"... throughout the day, practice the dream-like nature of life until the same recognition begins to manifest in dream. Upon waking in the morning, think to yourself, 'I am awake in a dream'. When you enter the kitchen, recognize it as a dream kitchen."
Astral projection "best practices"
I've been thinking a lot lately about what I know about astral projection and out of body experiences (OBE's). At work we talk a lot about "best practices", so I'm working on my own list of "astral projection best practices", and they currently go something like this:
Fall, 1984
I'm married now, and living in Texas. School here has been very easy for me, so while my wife is working -- remodeling a store out of town -- I'm hanging out with her, living here in her hotel for a little while. School is such a yawner I'll catch up with whatever I miss when I get back.
