Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming
By Howard Rheingold & Stephen LaBerge
Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming. Ballantine Books, 1990.
Summary of Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming book by Howard Rheingold & Stephen LaBerge
An exhilarating study of lucid dreaming that explores the scientific depths of consciousness with step-by-step methods for acknowledging your dream state and seizing control of it, along with the benefits you’ll derive as a result.
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What do you get from this book? How to awaken to your dreams and use the experiences to enrich your life
Lucid dreaming allows you to control your dreams so you can live a more fulfilling reality
REM is a crucial sleep stage during which lucid dreaming can occur and the mind-body connection becomes clearer
Schemas are patterns of recognition that our brain uses to produce dreams
Keeping a journal that catalogues your dreamsigns is a great way to aid lucidity
Setting firm intentions by engaging in autosuggestion, then retaining them, makes it easier to produce DILDS
WILDs rely on hypnagogic imagery that helps you stay aware even as you fall asleep
Preventing yourself from waking too soon can be done by focusing on your senses and spinning like a top
Dreams allow us to create our own adventures and fulfill normally unattainable desires
The dreamworld is perfect for rehearsing big events, enhancing skills, and alleviating performance anxiety
Creative problem solving becomes easier when you utilize lucid dreams
Nightmares can be transformed into positive experiences by confronting monsters instead of running from them
Our dreams can help us heal our emotional and mental scars and, just maybe, our physical bodies
Expanding your spirituality becomes possible when you give up control and accept that reality isn’t what it seems
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Who should read Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming book
- Psychologists
- behaviorists
- sociologists
- anyone interested in dreams
- people with a desire to explore their subconscious
About the author of Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming
Howard Rheingold
American psychophysiologist Stephen LaBerge earned his PhD from Stanford University. As a research associate, he studied lucid dreaming at the Stanford Sleep Laboratory before founding the Lucidity Institute in 1987. Howard Rheingold is a writer and teacher focused on the effects of modern communication on culture and society. He was a visiting lecturer at Stanford University’s Department of Communication.
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