Lucid Dreaming, Plain and Simple: Tips and Techniques for Insight, Creativity, and Personal Growth

by Robert Waggoner, Caroline McCready

Overview

Aimed at beginners, Lucid Dreaming, Plain and Simple shows the reader how to enter and fully experience the lucid dreaming. Among the amazing things Waggoner and McCready teach readers are how to:

• consciously decide what actions to perform
• explore dream space (or the contents of your subconscious)
• interact with dream figures
• conduct personal and scientific experiments
• be free of waking state limitations (e.g., flying, walking through walls, and discovering creative solutions to waking issues)

This book approaches lucid dreaming from a more cognitive psychology stance, and focuses more on how to lucid dream and how to use lucid dream techniques for personal growth, insight and transformation. Whether a reader is completely new to lucid dreaming or someone who has experienced that incredible moment of realizing, "This is a dream!", readers will learn valuable tips and techniques gleaned from scientific research and decades of experience to explore this unique state of awareness more deeply.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590035085
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	07/01/2020
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robert Waggoner is President-Elect of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) and a summa cum laude graduate of Drake University with a degree in psychology. He is also the co­founder and editor of the online journal, The Lucid Dream Exchange (dreaminglucid.com), the only ongoing publication devoted specically to lucid dreaming. He is a frequent speaker at national and international dream conferences.  
Caroline McCready teaches art, meditation, lucid dreaming and creativity workshops in London. As a practicing artist she has exhibited in the UK and Australia and has sold her art pieces globally. She has a BA honors degree from the University of Warwick, studied Sculpture in London and has an SQC in Psychology from Oxford Brookes University. For more information visit www.carolinemccready.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Preface ix

Introduction xi

Chapter 1 The Science and Paradox of Lucid Dreaming 1

Chapter 2 Preparing to Dream Lucidly 21

Chapter 3 Basic Induction Techniques 33

Chapter 4 Stabilizing Your Lucid Dreams 53

Chapter 5 The Power of Projection 65

Chapter 6 Dream Objects and Settings 87

Chapter 7 Interacting with Complex Dream Figures 101

Chapter 8 Intent and the Power of Surrender 113

Chapter 9 Responding Effectively in Your Dreams 125

Chapter 10 Exploring Inner Space 137

Chapter 11 Emotional Healing in Lucid Dreams 149

Chapter 12 Intending Physical Health 161

Chapter 13 Meditating in Lucid Dreams 171

Chapter 14 Living Lucidly 183

Endnotes 193