This podcast feed was 100% created and updated by us his students here in phuket so we can share alans diamondsharp teachings. This book is a practical guide to lead you towards your own conscious experience of. Alan wallace has gifted western students of buddhism with a series of wonderful books. In his recent book, the universe in a single atom, the dalai lama argues for the immateriality of mind. Born in pasadena, california in 1950, alan wallace was raised and educated in the united states, scotland, and switzerland. This compilation was inspired by a suggestion made by his holiness the dalai lama, himself one of the contributors. Reflecting its wide variety of topics, buddhism and. Meditation is an instrument or technique to shape or tranform the mind. 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. 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. Buddhist anarchism examining the intersection between. 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. 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. Unlocking the power of the focused mind kindle edition by wallace ph.
Alan wallace, laberges capacity for lucid dreaming became somewhat dormant when he was a teenager and got absorbed in alternative mental interests. Jul 11, 2016 this is a short clip from our live event with b. The nocturnal landscape of lucid dreaming and tibetan dream yoga. Lucid dreaming and dream yoga part 2 of randall january 20, 2015 at 1. Just imagine that youve attended about 34 lectures or a weekend workshop and you are now ready to dream.
Buddhism and science brings together distinguished philosophers, buddhist scholars, physicists, and cognitive scientists to examine the contrasts and connect, isbn 9780231158343. Bardo is a tibetan word that means gap or transitional state, and in this case it refers to the gap between lives. This book has a foreword by his holiness the dalai lama. Due to my own minds obscurations, i did not make great progress in the practice of dream yoga and the practice of natural light. Lucid dreaming and tibetan dream yoga for insight and transformation. This book is a practical guide to lead you towards your own conscious experience of the world of dreams. Alan wallaces teachings from the spring 2010 shamatha retreat in the wonderful phuket international academy mind centre. 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. But he recultivated lucid dreaming as a graduate student in psychology.
If one can find a qualified teacher of lojong, theres no question thats best, as it is for learning virtually any other skill. Through practice the dreamer can in fact choose how to act or react within a dream for extended periods of time and at will. Lucid dreaming and tibetan dream yoga for insight and transformation 1 by wallace, b. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. What do eastern and western philosophy, neuroscience and phenomenology have to say about the. While lucid dreams can create negative karma, dream yoga is designed to purify it. Along the way, he offers cogent observations on genuine happiness as a symptom of a. Dream yoga for insight and transformation pdf by b. Lucid dreaming and tibetan dream yoga for insight and transformation by b.
Alan wallace describes how misunderstanding the term can have implications for your practice. 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. We have five dream cycles a night, and each has multiple dream sequences. Some of the greatest of lifes adventures can happen while youre sound asleep. 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. Alan wallace explains why this just may make perfect sense. Alan wallace audio books, best sellers, author bio. This acclaimed book by alan wallace is available at in several formats for your ereader. Pdf b3dc5 some of the greatest of lifes adventures can happen while youre sound asleep. 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. Lucid dreaming with alan wallace, stephen laberge, fariba. In the tradition of the tantra, dream yoga method is usually passed on by a qualified teacher to hisher students after necessary initiation.
Jan 27, 2016 a panel with alan wallace, stephen laberge, fariba bogzaran and moderated by daniel deslauriers. 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. 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, by b. Buddhist anarchism examining the intersection between two. She is an acharya, or senior teacher, in the shambhala buddhist tradition. A panel with alan wallace, stephen laberge, fariba bogzaran and moderated by daniel deslauriers. Dream yoga, a book by samael aun weor gnostic teachings. Meditations of a buddhist skeptic isbn 9780231158343 pdf.
Dreaming yourself awakelucid 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. Dream yoga, and its practice, seeks to bring this lucidity to every dreamand to maintain it. Thats the promise of this book revealing the steps to altering your dream reality any way you like. Dream yoga for serious dreamers this is a high quality audio book about dream yoga and lucid dreaming technique. 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. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Dream yoga are tantric processes and techniques within the trance bardos of dream and sleep standard tibetan. Meditations of a buddhist skeptic isbn 9780231158343 pdf epub. Aug 21, 2014 fall 2014 shamatha, vipashyana, dream yoga, and the experience of pristine awareness in the great perfection tradition of tibetan buddhism b. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the attention revolution. Part 1 describes lucid dreaming, and gives exercises and tips on how to become a lucid dreamer.
Lucid dreaming and tibetan dream yoga for insight and transformation isbn. As a hindu yoga teacher once told me, its better to have a good book than a bad teacher. To learn more about dream yoga, check out my book, dream yoga. Wallace also includes interludes on the meditative cultivation of lovingkindness, compassion, empathetic joy, equanimity, tonglen giving and taking, lucid dreaming, and dream yoga. With dream yoga, instead of using your mind as an entertainment center, you turn it into a laboratory. This is the most comprehensive book yet on the nocturnal meditations. Fall 2014 shamatha, vipashyana, dream yoga, and the experience of pristine awareness in the great perfection tradition of tibetan buddhism b. He left his college studies in 1971 and moved to dharamsala, india to study tibetan buddhism, medicine and language.