LUCID DREAMING

Lucid dreaming is when you are aware that you
are dreaming while you are dreaming. This awareness gives you the ability to act consciously
and purpose-fully in the dream, instead of being swept along as a passive participant. You gain complete control over the dream and can do any-thing you wish. For serious dream workers, it is
the "holy grail" of dreaming. Tibetan Buddhist
monks actively seek out this skill as a high state of consciousness. In fact, one of the earliest writings about lucid dreaming is the eighth century Tibetan manuscript, Yoga of the Dream State.

Lucid dreaming is something anyone can learn. Through practice, you can learn to recognize the dream state. Once lucid, your possibilities for self-fulfillment are unlimited: inner exploration, overcoming fears, sensual adventure, mystical encounters -- any wish fulfillment! This remark-
able dream state has been researched in a clinical environment by Dr. Stephen LaBerge at the
Stanford University Dream Research Laboratory, and may possibly represent the forefront of consciousness development.