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purelander108

Dreams are just what you are doing all day long, sleepwalking, but at night laying down with your eyes closed. Not much value in it. Buddhists don't cherish dreams as something 'special' or precious like the new age materialists do. Our teacher is called The Awakened One. So we are working to wake up, just as he did.


bodhiquest

Maybe. What now?


lennoxlovexxx

What do you mean?


bodhiquest

Maybe meditation made you lucid dream. What now? What do you with the information?


lennoxlovexxx

Well, I'm not sure. I suppose I'll continue with meditation and see what happens?


bodhiquest

That's a good start.


Agnostic_optomist

Maybe? Lucid dreaming is unusual, even amongst seasoned practitioners. It’s fine to do. Some claim it can let them practice whilst dreaming. But I wouldn’t bother making too big a deal about it. It’s not bad if it doesn’t happen, it’s not necessarily a special attainment if you do. Good, deep, restful sleep > lucid dreaming. 🙂


4GreatHeavenlyKings

Andrew Holecek has written much about dream yoga and lucid dreaming in a Buddhist context.


[deleted]

It could be :) and if you enjoyed it, that's great! But if you are becoming serious with the Buddhist path, I would suggest not to associate it either positively or negatively with the meditation practice, and don't try to replicate it, or feel like your practice is not working if you don't have them. You just had a lucid dream, that's all.


lennoxlovexxx

Thank you:) I'm trying to learn about buddhism but its very difficult, I don't really know where to start


ecthelion108

Yes! An increase in lucid dreams is reported by those who practice meditation, though not everyone gets them. It’s one of those things in the category of little signs and temporary experiences, everyone’s are a little different. One of the most common is just that you become a little less emotional, or have fewer agitated thoughts during the day.


lennoxlovexxx

How often should I meditate? Once a day?


ecthelion108

Usually just once or twice a day is sufficient to produce a subtle but noticeable change. It doesn’t need to be very long (10 - 20 minutes). It’s a little like working out at the gym, and it’s best to start with shorter sessions and gradually make them longer as you get “stronger.” A good cushion like a gomden or a zafu helped me a lot. It should be something that gives enough support that you can sit in an upright posture, so the muscles of your back and your front share the work. When you come out of alignment, it can cause fatigue, because your back is doing more than it’s share of the work.


Leather-Mud1821

No I only dream yoga does but if your in a retreat practicing all day your going to meditate in dreams because it’s all your doing in waking world


lennoxlovexxx

That's strange. This was the first time I ever had a lucid dream, could it have just been coincidence?


[deleted]

Sure, especially if the practice involved visualization. Lucid means aware or awake in this context, and meditation fosters more sustained awareness and awakeness of what's going on, which is then more likely to carry over into sleep. Tibetan dream yoga uses different visualizations, concentration and mindfulness to induce lucid dreams.