Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming

Every beginner should start with this book for dream world exploration.

What a book ! Ideal for people looking for Fun or Inner Adventures in sense of 'experimenting with body and mind'. Amazing results , I got 10 lucid dreams already, took me few months of consistent practice though. But Very well written Dr Stephen LaBerges,much appreciated, his writing is profound, and practical. He is speaking truth: through experiment and facts, numbers, tested results in sleep laboratory, ready to use and implement with scientific evidence to support.

Had my first Lucid Dream while reading the book, this is definitely a proper guide for beginners who don't know where to began in the journey of Lucid Dreaming

Great place to start learning lucid dream

Very informative in a mini size book

Very nice read. I placed the order on 22/12/15 and received the book on 25/12/15. The condition of the book is very good.

Jawsome

The only thing I regret about purchasing this book is not purchasing it in the hardcover version, because it is definitely a keeper, one that's earned a place on my 'Absolute All-time Favourites' bookshelf. As someone with a fervent interest in dream psychology, particularly the concept of lucid dreaming, I've come across a LOT of hocus pocus New Age bogus type of writings on the subject. This book is NOT among those. LaBerge takes a practical and experiential—in contrast to the oft-encountered 'mystical'—approach on the subject. If you have any doubts as to whether lucid dreaming is achievable, be it in general or for you in particular, you need only practice the techniques and heed the advice. Personally, I found the 'reality tests' and the keeping of a dream journal to be the most critical exercises to getting you on the right track. All in all, patience, practice, and a regular sleep schedule will get you there! The other thing I loved about this book, perhaps even moreso than being able to achieve control over my dreams, is what it did for my general anxiety. As a high-stress individual, I’ve dealt with all manner of anxiety problems throughout my life. As such, I’ve also gone through all manner of self-help books. I don't know if it was the act or outcome of achieving lucidity in my dreams, or the process by which I got there, but something about it made me a far less anxious person and far more resilient to the stresses of my daily life.

Now this really is a fantastic book. I was looking for something to help me both understand and explore lucid dreaming and this book has been absolutely perfect for this. Stephen Laberge has done a lot of scientific studies into lucid dreaming over the years, using his own experiences and the experiences of others and has come up with great, easy to follow techniques that the reader can use over a period of time to try and become lucid while dreaming. I read a lot of the other reviews before purchasing and was very impressed by what I'd read. People's accounts seemed really positive and encouraged me to give this book a go. I have always had an interest in the subject after experiencing lucid dreams randomly throughout my life but had never before considered learning techniques to induce them. And what a wonderful idea it is. It truly opens up a new world that is difficult to put into words. After reading this book you begin to wonder how more people aren't investigating the amazing possibilities for themselves. I am thrilled with this book and have already started to experience changes in my sleeping and dreaming process and even had my first ever experience of sleep paralysis after reading about it in this book, which was just utterly bizarre! A life changing book for those who crave adventure and discovery!!

Great book you learn how to get a lucid dream step by step it's worth every cent of my money normally I don't like books but I like this one🔥 If you want to know how to lucid dream then this book is a great option. If you still haven't hath a lucid dream don't give up keep trying and you will succeed!

In Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, LaBerge provides a detailed, albeit borderline "how-to" manual on lucid dreaming, which encompasses a wide variety of techniques, so there is definitely at least one that will work for everyone. Furthermore, LaBerge goes into a thorough description of the applications of lucid dreaming to real life, which proves to be quite interesting and even motivational in a very scientific approach. However, despite this and the very goal-oriented aspects of the book, this scientific approach proves to be very reductionist, so while still inspirational, one should look towards other literature for inspiration as well as motivation is a key component of lucid dreaming. From my personal experience with the book, I highly recommend this book for people new to the concept of lucid dreaming that would like to try it out. Through the incorporation of psychological studies, Tibetan dream yoga, other dream research and beliefs (such as that of Jung and Freud), and his own research at the Lucidity Institute in Stanford University, LaBerge has created a book capable of teaching even the most closed-minded of people to lucid dream. The book contains every main technique with clear instructions including a detailed description of the technique he pioneered, known as the Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams, or MILD. From the very beginning of the book, Dr. LaBerge reveals many personal experiences of other people who have written to him, thus providing a fantastical background on lucid dreaming and the expectations which can be enjoyed from reading this book. Furthermore, LaBerge also provides a FAQ for many skeptics of lucid dreaming (such as myself) who were unsure of the "risks" of lucid dreaming or whether they would be able to. LaBerge also provides a series of tips and tricks for beginners, such as keeping a dream journal, focusing on the idea of dreaming before sleeping, and "reality checks". The next few chapters provide detailed techniques to induce a lucid dream, specifically the WILD and MILD techniques. By Chapter 6, most of the induction techniques will be exhausted, and LaBerge then focuses on showing readers how to improve their achieved lucidity- how to retain their lucidity, prevent premature awakenings, awaken when desiring to do so, and guide dreams intelligently. Towards the last few chapters of the book, Dr. LaBerge even goes through many of the applications of the book, such as enjoyment in action, adventure, romance, and pleasure, spiritual growth, relieving oneself/exploring the dark side of nightmares, and rehearsal of daily life. The applications tie in the greater scheme of why one is to try lucid dreaming in the first place. After you have reached an advanced stage of lucid dreaming, the book invites you to take a new dimension with expansion of your ability regarding lucid dreaming to break all types of self-defined parameters. You can explore the dream stage to an even greater extent by constantly proving to yourself that you can go another step forward. Laberge discusses seeking out mutual dreams or trying to exercise precognition by getting a dream character to speak or write to you about a future incident. You may also try to alter the course of events of something happening in reality (LaBerge has a very fascinating personal experience with precognition involving his son and how he may have saved a life). In a quote from the book, LaBerge states, "According to `The Doctrine of the Dream State' an ancient Tibetan manual of lucid dream yoga, the practice of certain dream control techniques lead to the capacity to dream anything imaginable. Tulku makes a similar claim, `Advanced yogis are able to do just about anything in their dreams. They can become larger or smaller or disappear, go back into childhood and relive experiences, or even fly through space". Despite the seemingly extravagant claim, this is all very possible. The Tibetans heavily influenced LaBerge and today's lucid dreamers as they have been lucid dreaming for more than a thousand years. Their experiences and techniques have influenced many of the applications we believe in today and add further credibility to the use of these applications. Such applications proved to be extremely interesting, and all were further discussed with their own set of a "how-to", thus backed up by a good amount of fact. For example, in the idea of rehearsal of daily life, one could learn how to improve athleticism by learning dance moves or shooting a basketball over and over again. One could improve their confidence in these sports as well as other activities such as public speaking by having lucid dreams involving speaking in front of large crowds. Other interesting applications were problem solving and healing. A lucid dream can be a stage for all your problem solving purposes. Lucid dreams can provide countless trial and error situations to determine what kind of solution would work in reality. The metaphysical aspect of healing is discussed thoroughly as well, with interesting probed ideas such as whether or not the physical body can be healed of disease if the dream body is healed and whether various avenues of healing can be used in an attempt to help a particular ailing person. The metaphysical aspect I found most intriguing involved understanding the self. It was how LaBerge showed that lucid dreaming can have a deep spiritual effect toward understanding ourselves if we were to surrender our egos and allow our dream to take us somewhere rather than us trying to control it. Another quote taken from Tulku in this book, truly summed up the power of lucid dreaming; "Dreams are a reservoir of knowledge and experience, yet they are often overlooked as a vehicle for exploring reality." One of the greatest things I have garnered from reading this book is that we can learn so much from lucid dreams about life, death, and the time in between. If you are new to the concept of lucid dreaming, and would like to try it out, then this book is for you. Before reading I could only rarely recall dreams, and although I am still unable to lucid dream, it has only been a month and I can now recall dreams almost every night and even choose what I dream about before I sleep. I have yet to even try most of the techniques in this book, and I'm still very excited. The applications of this book are outstanding and the how-to sections make lucid dreaming very much possible for everyone. I suggest reading the book before sleeping and with an open mind. If getting bogged down by the steps, take a break and come back to it later. Lucid dreaming should be fun to learn, and from what I can tell, motivation and relaxation are key.

Das Buch behandelt das Träumen und vor allem, wie man Träume bewusst beeinflusst. Zuerst lernt man, dass eigentlich jeder träumt, dass man die Träume aber leicht vergisst und wie man sich trotzdem an Träume erinnert. Nachdem man sich an Träume erinnert, lernt man, anhand von Traummerkmalen, Träume von der Wirklichkeit zu unterscheiden. Danach geht es weiter mit Tips und Tricks, wie man richtig einschläft, wann man seinen Wecker stellt, wie man seinen Geist austrickst, etc. Man erfährt nebenbei sehr viel Hintergrundwissen über Träume, wobei es nicht um Traumdeutung geht, sondern um eher unterhaltsame Tatsachen, z.B. wie lange 10 Sekunden im Traum dauern, wie man beweist, dass der Schlafende in seinem Traum tatsächlich 10 Sekunden erlebt. Interessant ist auch die Beschreibung eines Experiments, in dem der Klarträumer sich über die eine vorher abgemachte Augenbewegung mitteilt. Außerdem erfährt man, mit welchen Hilfsmitteln andere Kulturen Klarträume herbeiführen. Insgesamt ist das Buch sehr umfassend und fordert harte Arbeit, bis man sein Ziel erreicht. Es ist mit dem Lesen allein nicht getan, sondern man muss die Übungen ernst nehmen um voran zu kommen. Nichts desto trotz lohnt sich die Arbeit, auch wenn man nicht gleich einen Klartraum hat, da man sich Träume merkt und besser erlebt, was ich schon als bessere Ausnutzung der Lebenszeit erachte. Ich hatte zwar noch keinen richtigen Klartaum, aber es ist mir schon ein paar mal im Traum eingefallen, dass ich träume. Bin nach vier Monaten also fast am Ziel angekommen.