this is a great breakdown..
i like the book
TIBETAN YOGAS OF DREAM AND SLEEP
by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
for a really complete and amazing and useful system for it. like none other, really.
the table of contents really says alot.. these sections titles speak for themseleves.
.
The Four Foundational Practices...............................................................72
ONE: CHANGING THE KARMIC TRACES.........................................72
TWO: REMOVING GRASPING AND AVERSION...............................74
THREE: STRENGTHENING INTENTION............................................75
FOUR: CULTIVATING MEMORY AND JOYFUL EFFORT.................76
CONSISTENCY.......................................................................................76
4. Preparation for the Night...........................................................................78
NINE PURIFICATIONS BREATHING...................................................78
First Three Breaths...............................................................................79
Second Three Breaths...........................................................................79
Third Three Breaths.............................................................................79
GURU YOGA...........................................................................................80
The Practice..........................................................................................81
PROTECTION..........................................................................................82
5. The Main Practice......................................................................................84
BRINGING AWARENESS INTO THE CENTRAL CHANNEL............84
INCREASING CLARITY........................................................................85
STRENGTHENING PRESENCE............................................................87
DEVELOPING FEARLESSNESS...........................................................88
POSITION................................................................................................89
FOCUSING THE MIND..........................................................................90
THE SEQUENCE.....................................................................................93
6. Lucidity......................................................................................................96
DEVELOPING FLEXIBILITY................................................................97
7. The Obstacles...........................................................................................103
DELUSION.............................................................................................103
LAXITY..................................................................................................103
SELF-DISTRACTION...........................................................................104
FORGETTING.......................................................................................104
FOUR OBSTACLES ACCORDING TO SHARDZA RINPOCHE.......104
8. Controlling and Respecting Dreams........................................................106
9. Simple Practices.......................................................................................108
THE WAKING MIND............................................................................108
10. Integration
FURTHER "
In order to fully develop dream yoga, there are four tasks that need to be
accomplished in sequence: 1) bringing awareness into the central channel, 2)
cultivating clear vision and experience, 3) developing power and strength so
that we will not become lost, and 4) developing our wrathful aspect in order to
overcome fear. These tasks correspond to the four qualities of dreams –
peaceful, joyful, powerful, and wrathful – and to the four sections of the
practice."
ESSPECIALLY:
"
There are four main foundational practices in dream yoga. Although they are
traditionally called the Four Preparations, this does not mean that they are of
lesser importance and are to followed by the "real" practice. They are
preparatory in the sense that they are the foundations upon which success in the
primary practice depends.
Dream yoga is rooted in the way the mind is used during waking life, and it
is this that the foundational practices address. How the mind is used determines
the kinds of dreams that arise in sleep as well as the quality of waking life.
Change the way you relate to the objects and people of waking life and you
change the experience of dream. After all, the "you" that lives the dream of
waking life is the same "you" that lives the dream of sleeping life. If you spend
the day spaced out and caught up in the elaborations of the conceptual mind,
you are likely to do the same in dream. And if you are more present when
awake, you will also find that presence in dream."
thanks for the space to share these ideas. i would love to discuss this further and my own experiences with lucid dreaming and the interpretations.
sxr
i like the book
TIBETAN YOGAS OF DREAM AND SLEEP
by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
for a really complete and amazing and useful system for it. like none other, really.
the table of contents really says alot.. these sections titles speak for themseleves.
.
The Four Foundational Practices...............................................................72
ONE: CHANGING THE KARMIC TRACES.........................................72
TWO: REMOVING GRASPING AND AVERSION...............................74
THREE: STRENGTHENING INTENTION............................................75
FOUR: CULTIVATING MEMORY AND JOYFUL EFFORT.................76
CONSISTENCY.......................................................................................76
4. Preparation for the Night...........................................................................78
NINE PURIFICATIONS BREATHING...................................................78
First Three Breaths...............................................................................79
Second Three Breaths...........................................................................79
Third Three Breaths.............................................................................79
GURU YOGA...........................................................................................80
The Practice..........................................................................................81
PROTECTION..........................................................................................82
5. The Main Practice......................................................................................84
BRINGING AWARENESS INTO THE CENTRAL CHANNEL............84
INCREASING CLARITY........................................................................85
STRENGTHENING PRESENCE............................................................87
DEVELOPING FEARLESSNESS...........................................................88
POSITION................................................................................................89
FOCUSING THE MIND..........................................................................90
THE SEQUENCE.....................................................................................93
6. Lucidity......................................................................................................96
DEVELOPING FLEXIBILITY................................................................97
7. The Obstacles...........................................................................................103
DELUSION.............................................................................................103
LAXITY..................................................................................................103
SELF-DISTRACTION...........................................................................104
FORGETTING.......................................................................................104
FOUR OBSTACLES ACCORDING TO SHARDZA RINPOCHE.......104
8. Controlling and Respecting Dreams........................................................106
9. Simple Practices.......................................................................................108
THE WAKING MIND............................................................................108
10. Integration
FURTHER "
In order to fully develop dream yoga, there are four tasks that need to be
accomplished in sequence: 1) bringing awareness into the central channel, 2)
cultivating clear vision and experience, 3) developing power and strength so
that we will not become lost, and 4) developing our wrathful aspect in order to
overcome fear. These tasks correspond to the four qualities of dreams –
peaceful, joyful, powerful, and wrathful – and to the four sections of the
practice."
ESSPECIALLY:
"
There are four main foundational practices in dream yoga. Although they are
traditionally called the Four Preparations, this does not mean that they are of
lesser importance and are to followed by the "real" practice. They are
preparatory in the sense that they are the foundations upon which success in the
primary practice depends.
Dream yoga is rooted in the way the mind is used during waking life, and it
is this that the foundational practices address. How the mind is used determines
the kinds of dreams that arise in sleep as well as the quality of waking life.
Change the way you relate to the objects and people of waking life and you
change the experience of dream. After all, the "you" that lives the dream of
waking life is the same "you" that lives the dream of sleeping life. If you spend
the day spaced out and caught up in the elaborations of the conceptual mind,
you are likely to do the same in dream. And if you are more present when
awake, you will also find that presence in dream."
thanks for the space to share these ideas. i would love to discuss this further and my own experiences with lucid dreaming and the interpretations.
sxr
