Comments on: An excerpt from the The Joy of Living by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/22/an-excerpt-from-the-the-joy-of-living-by-yongey-mingyur-rinpoche/ a blog exploring lucid dreaming, entheogens, metaphysics, & the conscious experience Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:28:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Zataod http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/22/an-excerpt-from-the-the-joy-of-living-by-yongey-mingyur-rinpoche/#comment-433 Zataod Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:09:09 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/22/an-excerpt-from-the-the-joy-of-living-by-yongey-mingyur-rinpoche/#comment-433 This reminds me of the times that I've read the Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep. One of the waking exercises in that book is to think of waking reality as a dream and see the events and objects all as dream objects. If you can perceive waking reality as a lucid dream, then it matters a lot less whether or not you are lucid in your dreams while you are sleeping. This reminds me of the times that I’ve read the Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep. One of the waking exercises in that book is to think of waking reality as a dream and see the events and objects all as dream objects.

If you can perceive waking reality as a lucid dream, then it matters a lot less whether or not you are lucid in your dreams while you are sleeping.

]]> By: Ben http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/22/an-excerpt-from-the-the-joy-of-living-by-yongey-mingyur-rinpoche/#comment-434 Ben Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:52:28 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/22/an-excerpt-from-the-the-joy-of-living-by-yongey-mingyur-rinpoche/#comment-434 Zataod is the Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep hard to read? Is it full of metaphor and poetry or is it more straightforward? If you're able to perceive waking reality as a lucid dream, I don't think it necessarily means then that having real lucid dreams won't matter as much. I think it depends on why you want to have lucid dreams in the first place. For me, I would be disappointed if the perception of waking life as a dream didn't result in more dreams where I became aware I was dreaming. Zataod is the Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep hard to read? Is it full of metaphor and poetry or is it more straightforward?

If you’re able to perceive waking reality as a lucid dream, I don’t think it necessarily means then that having real lucid dreams won’t matter as much. I think it depends on why you want to have lucid dreams in the first place. For me, I would be disappointed if the perception of waking life as a dream didn’t result in more dreams where I became aware I was dreaming.

]]> By: Derrick http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/22/an-excerpt-from-the-the-joy-of-living-by-yongey-mingyur-rinpoche/#comment-486 Derrick Tue, 08 May 2007 17:50:55 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/22/an-excerpt-from-the-the-joy-of-living-by-yongey-mingyur-rinpoche/#comment-486 It also reminds me of insight meditation in which you focus on breathing and sensations in order to stay present. This also works to keep you in a lucid dream. Rubbing your hands in a lucid dream or engaging with the dream environment keeps one lucid. It is quite enamoring to realize one could use the same technique to stay conscious in the wake and dream worlds. It also reminds me of insight meditation in which you focus on breathing and sensations in order to stay present. This also works to keep you in a lucid dream. Rubbing your hands in a lucid dream or engaging with the dream environment keeps one lucid. It is quite enamoring to realize one could use the same technique to stay conscious in the wake and dream worlds.

]]> By: Jeff http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/22/an-excerpt-from-the-the-joy-of-living-by-yongey-mingyur-rinpoche/#comment-4532 Jeff Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:42:16 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/22/an-excerpt-from-the-the-joy-of-living-by-yongey-mingyur-rinpoche/#comment-4532 Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep is a very easy book to read. No abstract poetry at all. The book offers methods and ideas which incorporate a lot of lucid dreaming tasks such as changing environment and one's body, then relates them to waking life and the nature of reality. Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep is a very easy book to read. No abstract poetry at all. The book offers methods and ideas which incorporate a lot of lucid dreaming tasks such as changing environment and one’s body, then relates them to waking life and the nature of reality.

]]> By: Ben http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/22/an-excerpt-from-the-the-joy-of-living-by-yongey-mingyur-rinpoche/#comment-4543 Ben Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:49:16 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/22/an-excerpt-from-the-the-joy-of-living-by-yongey-mingyur-rinpoche/#comment-4543 Jeff thanks for seconding that recommendation. Today I've tried finding the book in my county library system but it's not available! I might try and get it from Amazon this year then. If it's not full of abstract poetry and whatnot, I would very much like to check it out. Jeff thanks for seconding that recommendation. Today I’ve tried finding the book in my county library system but it’s not available! I might try and get it from Amazon this year then. If it’s not full of abstract poetry and whatnot, I would very much like to check it out.

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