In most of our dreams, our inner eye of reflection is shut and we sleep within our sleep. The exception takes place when we seem to awake within our dreams, without disturbing or ending the dream state, and learn to recognize that we are dreaming while the dream is still happening. Stephen LaBerge awakedisturbdream share on social
Lucid dreaming has considerable potential for promoting personal growth and self-development, enhancing self-confidence, improving mental and physical health, facilitating creative problem solving and helping you to progress on the path to self-mastery. Stephen LaBerge confidenceconsiderablecreative share on social
Your experience is a dream; so is my experience. This stuff about how the frontal cortex is repressed during dreaming, lucid dreaming presents an obvious contradiction to it. The only difference is sensory input. Stephen LaBerge contradictioncortexdifference share on social
The consciousness of lucid dreaming is a cultural evolution. It's something that we are talking about and learning about, not biological evolution. Stephen LaBerge biologicalconsciousnesscultural Change image and share on social
I'd say that we dream primarily the same way that we have consciousness of the world for the same reason. Basically, that our brains evolve to simulate reality and to control what's happening around us. Stephen LaBerge basicallybrainconsciousness share on social
In the dream state, the only essential difference from waking is the relative absence of sensory input, which makes dreaming a special case of perception without sensory input. Stephen LaBerge absencecasedifference Change image and share on social
Not all lucid dreams are useful but they all have a sense of wonder about them. If you must sleep through a third of your life, why should you sleep through your dreams, too? Stephen LaBerge dreamlifelucid Change image and share on social
Some people have vivid imagination, some not so vivid, but everybody has vivid dreams. Stephen LaBerge dreamimaginationpeople Change image and share on social
You just don't get funding to go out and find God. Even if you did, you'd have to first define what you mean by 'God.' Stephen LaBerge definefindfund Change image and share on social
Lucid dreaming lets you make use of the dream state that comes to you every night to have a stimulating reality. Stephen LaBerge dreamletlucid Change image and share on social