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Hey, have you ever gone into the WILD?
In other words, have you ever gone into a "Wake Initiated
Lucid Dream" (WILD)? If not, then you do not know what you
are missing. It can be one of the most exciting healing
experiences of your life.
The term “lucid” can be defined as being “clear” or
“transparent.” Therefore, a lucid dream is a clear dream.
Lucid dreaming is the phenomenon that happens when you are
aware that you are actually dreaming. Lucid dreaming takes
place in the rapid eye movement state (REM). Many times we
wake up in a dream, and then it either quickly ends, or we
cannot stay focused long enough to remain conscious of the
fact that we are dreaming.
The trick to going into the WILD is to remain focused as
your body begins to go to sleep. At first you will feel a
paralysis starting at your feet and then moving upward to
your head. At that point you will only be able to move your
eyes and to keep breathing. Do not be afraid. This is what
you do every night, only unconsciously. Next, you will begin
to notice impressions or pictures like landscapes flashing
off and on. These are designed to put you in an unconscious
hypnotic type state. Do not focus on these impressions; just
let them pass by while you stay focused on being aware.
Soon, the picture that remains will appear like the
beginning of a movie. This is the beginning of the dream
that you initiated while being internally awake. You are now
in the REM state and are awake as an observer. You will most
likely have a dream body with arms, legs, and etc. The
Higher Self, or the true Self, is the organizing principle
behind the theme of the dream. You represent the lower ego
in the dream, and you can also influence the content and
theme of the dream.
Once you get good at this, you can have your own holodeck,
just like the one on Star Trek. The holodeck on Star Trek
was a simulated reality built upon photons and force fields.
You could program the holodeck for any reality you wanted.
You can do this in your dreams also, if you are awake, and
aware, and develop your ability to concentrate through
meditation.
There is, however, a deeper significance in being able to
master lucid dreaming. You can eventually move beyond the
dream stage, and have out of body experiences. You can talk
to loved ones who have passed on to the other dimensions of
existence. You can access higher dimensions of healing and
talk to the angels. On a more mundane level, you can access
your dream consciousness during the daytime and use it for
remote viewing or telepathy.
We have four main divisions of consciousness, as described
by modern psychology and ancient yoga practices. These four
states are waking, dreaming, dreamless sleep, and
trance-like. The lower ego is only self aware in the waking
state as a rule. It is only by the development obtained by
meditation that the lower ego can be self aware in all four
states, like the great spiritual masters. Every night, we
die to the waking state, and our higher bodies withdraw from
the physical sheath. These bodies are the etheric, the
astral, and the higher mental. At death, the bodily
withdrawals of our higher bodies are permanent as far as
this incarnation is concerned. They will unite again at our
next incarnation if we still need one. The lessons learned
in the previous lifetime are absorbed into the Higher Self,
and its individualization is then enhanced. Every
succeeding, or future incarnation, also brings greater self
awareness to our Divine Spark.
The Buddhists practice Death Yoga. They practice dying, or
being conscious at every stage of consciousness, so as to be
able to “consciously” control their next incarnation.
Eventually, as one reaches Nirvana, a bodhisattva will
renounce heaven and remain at a higher level of existence to
help humanity. To put it in English, our perfected etheric
body is the perfected angelic body, our perfected astral
body is the perfected archangel body, and our perfected
mental body is our divine body or the formless body of an
Archia. The Buddhists call these the Trikaya, or the three
bodies, known as the Nirmanakaya, the Sombhogakaya, and the
Dharmakaya. For those who are interested, please see my
book, Essential Healing: Therapy and Consciousness, for a
more detailed description of the higher bodies.
So what do you say? Should we take a conscious walk into the
WILD now, or wait until we pass on to the next dimension of
existence? The Buddhists say that once you are dead, you can
no longer work on becoming a Buddha. Therefore, your current
life is precious, so use it for the good of us all. You can
start tonight by going into the WILD.
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