Alan wallace is a prominent voice in the emerging discussion between contemporary buddhist thinkers and scientists who question the materialist presumptions of their 20thcentury paradigms. Alan wallace, dreaming yourself awake, is an instruction manual for lucid dreaming and tibetan dream yoga. Dream yoga for insight and transformation pdf by b. Lucid dreaming with alan wallace, stephen laberge, fariba. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Lucid dreaming and tibetan dream yoga for insight and transformation by b. Jul 09, 2017 dream yoga and sleep yoga can develop further into bardo yoga, which is when you use the darkness of the night to prepare for the darkness of death. This podcast was created live every day during the retreat in 2010. Bardo is a tibetan word that means gap or transitional state, and in this case it refers to the gap between lives.
Meditation is an instrument or technique to shape or tranform the mind. Meditations of a buddhist skeptic isbn 9780231158343 pdf. The nocturnal landscape of lucid dreaming and tibetan dream yoga. This compilation was inspired by a suggestion made by his holiness the dalai lama, himself one of the contributors, after one of a series of crosscultural scientific. Reflecting its wide variety of topics, buddhism and.
This acclaimed book by alan wallace is available at in several formats for your ereader. But he recultivated lucid dreaming as a graduate student in psychology. As a hindu yoga teacher once told me, its better to have a good book than a bad teacher. Alan wallace has gifted western students of buddhism with a series of wonderful books. Lucid dreaming and tibetan dream yoga for insight and transformation, by b. Pdf b3dc5 some of the greatest of lifes adventures can happen while youre sound asleep. Aug 21, 2014 fall 2014 shamatha, vipashyana, dream yoga, and the experience of pristine awareness in the great perfection tradition of tibetan buddhism b. Along the way, he offers cogent observations on genuine happiness as a symptom of a. Meditations of a buddhist skeptic isbn 9780231158343 pdf epub. If one can find a qualified teacher of lojong, theres no question thats best, as it is for learning virtually any other skill. This compilation was inspired by a suggestion made by his holiness the dalai lama, himself one of the contributors, after one of a series of crosscultural.
Lucid dreaming and tibetan dream yoga for insight and transformation. In 1968, he enrolled in the university of california at san diego, where for two years he prepared for a career in ecology, with a secondary interest in philosophy and religion. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the attention revolution. What do eastern and western philosophy, neuroscience and phenomenology have to say about the. Alan wallace audio books, best sellers, author bio. Illuminating your life through lucid dreaming and the tibetan yogas of sleep i also have an online community called night club devoted to the study and practice of lucid dreaming and dream yoga, as well as the other nighttime practices. Just imagine that youve attended about 34 lectures or a weekend workshop and you are now ready to dream. Thats the promise of this book revealing the steps to altering your dream reality any way you like. Alan wallace 25 31 october 2011 organized by vajrayana institute, sydney au modern scientific research into lucid dreaming draws a sharp distinction between the waking state and dreaming, and it has developed practical methods for inducing lucidity, namely, recognizing that we are dreaming while we are dreaming. Jan 27, 2016 a panel with alan wallace, stephen laberge, fariba bogzaran and moderated by daniel deslauriers.
According to my own meagr experience of meditation as a simple buddhist monk, as i get older, even though many of the problems i hace become more serious and my responsibilities become more challneging, my mind is becoming calmer. This book is a practical guide to lead you towards your own conscious experience of. Dream yoga for serious dreamers this is a high quality audio book about dream yoga and lucid dreaming technique. We have five dream cycles a night, and each has multiple dream sequences.
Dream yoga, a book by samael aun weor gnostic teachings. Jul 11, 2016 this is a short clip from our live event with b. He left his college studies in 1971 and moved to dharamsala, india to study tibetan buddhism, medicine and language. Buddhist anarchism examining the intersection between two. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Through practice the dreamer can in fact choose how to act or react within a dream for extended periods of time and at will. Dream yoga are tantric processes and techniques within the trance bardos of dream and sleep standard tibetan. Wallace also includes interludes on the meditative cultivation of lovingkindness, compassion, empathetic joy, equanimity, tonglen giving and taking, lucid dreaming, and dream yoga. Buddhist anarchism examining the intersection between.
Wallace provides a fine overview of meditation as the path to fulfillment in thematic sections on 1 meditative quiescence, 2 the four applications of mindfulness body, feelings, mind, phenomena, 3 the four immeasurables compassion, lovingkindness, empathic joy, and equanimity, 4 dream yoga, and 5 dzogchen the great perfection. Alan wallace also shows how to take the experience of lucid dreaming beyond entertainment to use it to heighten creativity, to solve problems, and to increase selfknowledge. This podcast feed was 100% created and updated by us his students here in phuket so we can share alans diamondsharp teachings. With dream yoga, instead of using your mind as an entertainment center, you turn it into a laboratory.
To learn more about dream yoga, check out my book, dream yoga. In the tradition of the tantra, dream yoga method is usually passed on by a qualified teacher to hisher students after necessary initiation. Alan wallace describes how misunderstanding the term can have implications for your practice. Along the way, he offers cogent observations on genuine happiness as a symptom of a healthy, balanced mind. While lucid dreams can create negative karma, dream yoga is designed to purify it. Joining science and spirituality, east and west, in a fullspectrum exploration of the night, it explains how lucid dreaming develops into dream yoga, which can evolve into sleep yoga, which further develops into bardo yoga. Alan wallace, laberges capacity for lucid dreaming became somewhat dormant when he was a teenager and got absorbed in alternative mental interests. Alan wallace explains why this just may make perfect sense. This book has a foreword by his holiness the dalai lama. Lucid dreaming and dream yoga part 2 of randall january 20, 2015 at 1. Lucid dreaming and tibetan dream yoga for insight and transformation isbn. This is the most comprehensive book yet on the nocturnal meditations.
Buddhism and science brings together distinguished philosophers, buddhist scholars, physicists, and cognitive scientists to examine the contrasts and connect, isbn 9780231158343. Part 1 describes lucid dreaming, and gives exercises and tips on how to become a lucid dreamer. Unlocking the power of the focused mind kindle edition by wallace ph. Dreaming yourself awakelucid dreaming and tibetan dream yoga for insight and transformation, by b. Fall 2014 shamatha, vipashyana, dream yoga, and the experience of pristine awareness in the great perfection tradition of tibetan buddhism b. Born in pasadena, california in 1950, alan wallace was raised and educated in the united states, scotland, and switzerland. Astral projection, lucid dreaming, out of body experiences, and vision quests are all part of the extensive science called dream yoga, the sacred knowledge of consciously harnessing the power of the dream state. She is an acharya, or senior teacher, in the shambhala buddhist tradition. Dream yoga, and its practice, seeks to bring this lucidity to every dreamand to maintain it.
In his recent book, the universe in a single atom, the dalai lama argues for the immateriality of mind. Lucid dreaming and tibetan dream yoga for insight and transformation 1 by wallace, b. Buddhism and science brings together distinguished philosophers, buddhist scholars, physicists, and cognitive scientists to examine the contrasts and connections between the worlds of western science and eastern spirituality. Some of the greatest of lifes adventures can happen while youre sound asleep. In fact, were it not for the one experience i had had, i probably would have relegated the whole topic to the realm of yogic feats, beyond the capacity of ordinary people.