Table of Contents
Foreword Stephen LaBerge, PhD ix
Prologue xiii
Introduction Adventures in Consciousness 1
Chapter 1 What Is a Lucid Dream? 11
Chapter 2 A Map for Practices of the Night 17
Chapter 3 Understanding Sleep Cycles 29
Chapter 4 Western Lucid Dream Induction Techniques 39
Chapter 5 Eastern Lucid Dream Induction Techniques 57
Chapter 6 A Fundamental Meditation: Mindfulness 77
Chapter 7 The Lion's Gaze 89
Chapter 8 Advanced Meditations and Visualizations 97
Chapter 9 Illuminating the Deeper Mind 113
Chapter 10 The Mind's Fuzzy Boundaries 129
Chapter 11 A Taxonomy of Dreams 137
Chapter 12 Breaking the Frame: An Introduction to Illusory Form 147
Chapter 13 The Practice of Illusory Form 157
Chapter 14 Advancing to Dream Yoga: First Stages and Practices 175
Chapter 15 Higher Attainment: More Stages of Dream Yoga 191
Chapter 16 Near Enemies and Other Obstacles 203
Chapter 17 An Introduction to Sleep Yoga 217
Chapter 18 The Practice of Sleep Yoga 221
Chapter 19 The Fruition of Dream and Sleep Yoga 243
Chapter 20 Bardo Yoga 255
Epilogue 263
Acknowledgments 267
Notes 269
Suggested Reading 317
Index 319
About the Author 325