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Lucid Dreaming

Lucid Dreaming as Shamanic Technology

By Ryan Hurd

Although definitions vary depending on your culture and the strength of your resistance towards the transpersonal, most call lucid dreaming the experience of dreaming with awareness, and sometimes dreaming with control, while the body sleeps. With … [Read more...] about Lucid Dreaming as Shamanic Technology

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How to Have More Lucid Dreams: Through Lucid Living

By Ryan Hurd

Movies like Inception and Avatar have made lucid dreaming a household word. The buzz around the idea that we can wake up in our dreams ripples outwards, rocking our collective boat as more us realize that the world as we know it is malleable and … [Read more...] about How to Have More Lucid Dreams: Through Lucid Living

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Exploring the Void in Lucid Dreaming

By Ryan Hurd

Since I was a child, I have had conscious dream experiences that take place in immense, spacious realms devoid of light or objects.  Sometimes these spaces are truly voids and my own dream body does not exist.  Other times, these spaces become filled … [Read more...] about Exploring the Void in Lucid Dreaming

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5 Traits of Successful Lucid Dreamers

By Ryan Hurd

This article is for those who wonder if lucid dreaming is for them or if it is a waste of time to try to learn. The fact is, successful lucid dreamers have certain habits and personality traits in common. Lucid Dreaming Basics Lucid dreaming is the … [Read more...] about 5 Traits of Successful Lucid Dreamers

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Lucid Dreaming and Christianity: Entering the Light

By Ryan Hurd

The loudest voices of the lucid dreaming movement cite pleasure, power, and fulfilling fantasies as among the benefits of becoming more aware in our dreams.  Unfortunately this popular expression has added fuel to the smoldering and historic distrust … [Read more...] about Lucid Dreaming and Christianity: Entering the Light

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What is Lucid Dreaming?

By Ryan Hurd

This is my final post on ways of working with dreams without a dang dream dictionary.  Becoming a lucid dreamer is an advanced dream practice that is actually easy to learn.   I've been leading up to this post because to start lucid dreaming you have … [Read more...] about What is Lucid Dreaming?

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