I'm here today to talk to you about

sleep learning with lucid dreaming.

If you've seen that movie, "Inception," that came out the other year,

then you might be aware of the concept in science fiction of

planting

an idea or a suggestion,

or obtaining information

through dreams in which the dreamer is awake.

It's a little bit complicated to get into that story plot, but

if you saw that movie and felt a little bit of apprehension about the

ethics involved,

then I'm right there with you,

because obviously

it's important when we're working

with

energy

and with acknowledging other people

to always allow for

free choice

with other individuals.

But getting back on the subject of lucid dreaming, there is some amazing

information that came out of Yale University recently in which

the researchers there found that people

benefit tremendously

from lucid dreaming in terms of learning activities

that they can then

succeed at

with a much greater

track record and

much more

confidence and success in every

measurable form

afterward.

That part is not terribly surprising for anybody that's ever

worked with hypnosis or

has had lucid dreams. The thing that I thought was especially interesting about this

study is that

that anybody who had a history of lucid dreaming

seems to be a faster learner in general

and in my personal life, I certainly have found that to be

helpful. The fact that

sometimes I wake up within dreams, which is what the lucid experience is

all about.

Lucidity

being basically the

awareness

that when you're in a dream

that that is a dream.

And then as soon as that

awareness

becomes manifest in a person,

it is easier to start playing with the

parameters.

I'd like to share with you an example of what I mean from my book, "Karen

Kimball and the Dream Weaver's Web."

This is a story in which

the title character, Karen Kimball

is...

I'll just read you

this passage, but she is just taking a nap...

she's falling asleep.

She's climbed into

a tree where she likes to be.

And it says, "Karen felt like she was both wide awake, and

yet also asleep at the same time.

Her body was nestled snugly

in the branches of the mulberry tree.

And even though her eyes were closed,

She could see clouds in the sky

and hear

a warm summer breeze

rustling the mulberry's leaves.

She felt the beating of her heart,

and noticed that the vibrations that had passed through every cell in her body left

her with a tingling sensation.

Her left hand

was still resting inside the tree,

rubbing the rounded place where the branch met the trunk.

'How amazing it is to feel the inside

of a book and a tree...

and how very peculiar,' Karen thought to herself.

She gently placed her right hand inside her book and once again

felt the varying density and texture of the cover, pages,

and bookmark."

So if you haven't yet had a lucid dream, then

you've got a lot to look forward to, because in those kind of dreams you can fly

and

be aware that you're in the dream, and just exploring.

You can just

float up above things and bump into the ceiling and

rise up and out.

And in this book, "Karen Kimball and the Dream Weaver's Web," Karen has a lot of fun with that,

and goes on to solve a mystery.

But what I'd like you to think about in

this month's

issue of RealityShifters and also with this video, is to think about how

good your life can get when you're aware of the fact that even when you're awake you might be

dreaming.

This is actually one of

tips that you can use to have a lucid dream

when you're asleep.

It's just get into the practice of recognizing,

"This might be a dream right now,"

and find some way

that you can identify

the fact that you're awake right now, and develop

a practice of being more mindful of every moment in your awareness and your life.

To me, this is one of the key aspects

to getting into a reality shifting mindset.

Where you get that fluidity and that

conversation and dialogue and

fun

exchange of energy and

the interchange of moving through realities

that I talk about so often with reality shifting.

So until next time,

keep asking, "How good can it get?"

This is Cynthia Sue Larson

with RealityShifters.