Lucid Dreaming and “Five Ways” Mindfulness Meditation ~ Shinzen Young

by | Jul 23, 2014 | Videos | 10 comments

Shinzen answers the question from a student about lucid dreaming and his Five Ways approach to mindfulness meditation. He shares how he’s used the mindfulnes…
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  1. Rimotev92 on July 23, 2014 at 4:49 PM

    If I meditate before sleep I always get lucid and vivid dreams, of course
    depending how successful the meditation is, because you know in the
    morning, how you wake up then you go to sleep then you wake up and then go
    to sleep and boom, you have really vivid dream, and if you meditate at
    night its very likely that you will fall asleep your head will fall a
    little and you wake up,repeat, by this way I induce vivid dreams when I
    sleep,try and tell me what happens to whoever wants to try.

  2. Josh Lipovetsky on July 23, 2014 at 4:33 PM

    Now that is a brilliant answer!

  3. Nessy Mathew on July 23, 2014 at 3:42 PM

    Yes, that is a lucid dream. When you are able to realize that you are
    having a dream, then you are lucidly dreaming. I do not have much
    experience with lucid dreaming, but I would love to be able to practice
    more with controlling my dreams. I typically do not have nightmares, so I
    tend to “just go” with the dream and only realize that it was a dream when
    I wake up. 🙂

  4. ps34evah on July 23, 2014 at 3:32 PM

    Exactly my sentiments! Quite rightfully top comment!

  5. Zombait360 on July 23, 2014 at 3:30 PM

    Have you ever herd of astral projection? It’s basically lucid dreaming but
    you achieve it through deep meditation. You go from an awakened state
    directly to an OBE.

  6. jo on July 23, 2014 at 2:49 PM

    True, but how are you really gonna miss out on that opportunity my good
    sir. I mean if the guy has something important to say he can say it in
    front of my new 10 friends 😀

  7. Arturo Arroyo on July 23, 2014 at 2:49 PM

    I just realize that today … Awesome … Im doing it right …. I just
    started to do mindfullness a week ago … and I had some vivid dreams
    …that in some way got me in a very good mood and recharged me with a very
    positive energy during the day!

  8. IteMaledicti on July 23, 2014 at 2:47 PM

    The latter portion of this video is a prime example of why I love to hear
    successful lucid dreamers speak. They have such JOY at what they’re able to
    manifest! Lucid dreaming is, seriously, one of the skills a person should
    master in their lifetimes. There is NOTHING equatable to the freedom it
    offers.

  9. oozecandy on July 23, 2014 at 2:39 PM

    Nicely explained and I appreciated hearing “the point is not to play
    games…”. Seems like so many sites which explain how to have lucid dreams
    are all about ‘playing games’ instead of probing yourself and feelings.
    However, when you think about it, if someone in a dream is trying to
    explain something important to you a moment before you become lucid and you
    interrupt that conversation to wish for 10 girls in bikinis, you are losing
    out on that info.

  10. Rimotev92 on July 23, 2014 at 1:50 PM

    About oozecandy’s comment, I had this experience, I asked some kind of
    guide to tell me something, but now I dont remember because I wasnt fully
    lucid, its a funny experience, try to ask your guide or someone that you
    think can help you and see what happens 😀 Another funny experiece, I want
    to master lucid dreaming so i can OBE, i did it once sucessfuly going into
    the paralysis state, I was dreaming flying forward and then really quick I
    flew upwards and then blackness, and felt SP.

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