I listened to this talk and then got my husband to listen to it. Even when not Lucid Dreaming, embracing one's shadows is the way to dissolve emotional charge. Thank you!
In my recent lucid dream i was being chased by a group of cannibals. I came to realize that the only way i would survive is if i talked to them as if they were a "normal" human. I approached them after being chased for what seemed like an hour. and i said to the leader of the cannibals "I respect you." The rest of the dream i walked around with them and asked them why they did what they did. I woke up feeling proud of my self and felt physically and mentally lighter. Thanks for sharing Charlie!
For me, the nightmarish elements of my dreams caused me to realize I was dreaming ultimately leading me to a lucid dream experience after confronting that fear. There are no amusement parks on this planet that can rival the experience of a lucid dream. I can fly or do anything I want through these dreams...that is an amazing feeling.
To become more awakened while venturing further into the dream states, life can seem so strangely paradoxical at times as we navigate thru the maze of our consciousness. . . Beautiful lucid presentation. . . Thanks Charlie. . .
Brilliant! There are so much potential in Lucid Dreaming that a Lifetime is not long enough to integrate half of it but enough to make us whole again... This is TRUE Healing. With Much Gratitude and Appreciation for the Work you do. Thank YOU!!!
I'm reading your book 'Lucid Dreaming', and followed your advice there to check out this talk. Glad I did! You're a great showman. It's like Jack Dawkins, the Artful Dodger from 'Oliver Twist', grew up and got enlightenment! It's going to be great, now, reading the rest of the book in your voice. Dream on!
Reoccurring nightmares from a young age gave me the ability to become consciously aware while i dream. Travelling to another dimension of reality is only truly comprehensible once you've experienced it. I've lost count of how many times i've been confronted by a black figure, which coincidentally i also describe to everyone as "the shadow"! It's feels like hearing myself explain what it's like to come face to face with terror, for years i have fought against it, but i've never had the courage to embrace it... After hearing another person say something so similar to my own experiences it's clear there is a mysterious power to be unlocked. Seems like i have some shadows to bear hug
Omg I love this talk! I record my dreams every night, and my shadow consistently shows up and I notice I treat it the same way I do with shadow people in real life - I throw them out or rebuke/make fun of them. I knew I need to integrate it but HOW, I wondered. I love what you did! Give it a hug. It's a clue for me, thanks!
Thank you, that was very inspirational. Ever since i first heard about lucid dreaming i've always wanted to try it, but my fear of nightmares has always kept me from trying it. I'll start keeping a dream diary, get into the techniques and attempt lucid dreaming for the first time as soon as i'm ready.
Currently reading your book on Lucid Dreaming - amazing work! I have always been able to recall my dreams partially, most of the days, but now I have started writing them in a diary to train my mind to remember them. Last night I dreamt that I was dreaming and I had a lucid dream, within that dream.. strange! Anyways, thank you so much for what you're sharing with the world! Bless you!
the reality of the shadows combined with false awakenings, night terrors, and dealing with dual realties scared me away from lucid dreaming, this talk was a push in the right direction for me, thanks
Fantastic talk, Charlie. You are a person whose energy and enthusiasm for life is infectious and inspires me to learn more about lucid dreaming and Buddhism. I do hope you make more videos for youtube!
tnx charly!!! i stopped because of the shadow,and the feer of angering my subconscious which i thought was trying to tell my not to lucid... your ted talk makes way more sanse
I had some occasions when I could realize that I was dreaming, but as soon as I realized that in dream, I would get so startled that my heart raced faster and I would wake up instantly (grimace) I could never get past this point.
Thank you both for your comments. Its only through debate of this subject that we will learn to explore its true depths so thank you both for your opinions :-) x
Many thanks, I been tryin to find out about "lucid dream causes" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Siyaarter Unimaginable Superiority - (should be on google have a look ) ? It is a good one off guide for discovering how to improve your lucid dreaming results without the headache. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my m8 got excellent results with it.
I have hypnogogic hallucinations. There is no way anyone should lucid dream. This is irresponsible. It is not cool to not be able to know what is real.
6:55 …the opportunity to engage psychological concepts immediately in a seemingly physicalized from… That's WHY lucid dreaming is important for all of us. Great talk!!
I have only had maybe 3-4 lucid dream experiences in my entire life without "trying" to get to that state. It has always been an amazingly euphoric experience for me which involved things like flying and love making. I can only imagine the demons that I have buried deep inside my subconscious...
When Charlie explained how when the three headed monster shrunk and he was hugging himself, I had chills for days. I've always been interested in lucid dreaming but time put it into action! Meditation session tonight! WaveAnyWay!
After reading Carlos Costaneda over twenty years ago, I had a couple of lucid dreams. In one I started to fly, but then everyone in the dream gained the ability to fly, and I soon forgot I was dreaming and I lost the lucidity. I just bought your book, Mr. Morely, I'm hoping for the best, especially since now I see the value of spiritual betterment during dreams, as per Tibetan Buddhist teachings.
Yes, I read it at night for inspiration, but after more than a couple of months, still no lucidity. Actually a lot of my dreams are like watching movies, where I'm not even a character in my own dream! Frustrating.
A lot of people say they're scared of being lucid in a nightmare or something but I used to realize I was dreaming during nightmares and make it stop. I'd be like this isn't real, I'd rather this to happen and the dream would change. Don't be afraid, just take control
i've went to different planets and saw things I couldn't ever have imagined. Once you give yourself to your dream maybe you will be able to reach farther. Good luck and sweet dreams!
Sounds great! Conscious dreaming can be one of the most amazing experiences that we get the chance to do as long as we practice and are diligent on keeping a dream journal and being more aware of ourselves throughout the day. Happy dreams to you!
It is such a simple concept: To tell yourself that accepting the light and the darkness of yourself shouldn't be feared, but embraced. If everyone did, how the world would change drastically. You are a great speaker. Short, but sweet. I really enjoyed. I hope there is more from you.
Charlie Morley Charlie! I just bought your book, it'll get to my place by february 15 or so. I also bought your tapes and had the most fun dreaming lastnight. I really think I'll get to lucid dream! thank you very much. Cant wait to read your book.
Hi Charlie. Really enjoyed the talk. I'm from scotland myself, have visited kagyu a couple of times, met with lama yeshe not long ago and i have the most amazing lucid dreams. I had my longest one the other night which i can only assume went on for at least 2 or 3 hours.. I am currently reading one of your books and you had suggested meditating whilst lucid. I tried this and whatever happened was insane as the visuals i recieved were stunning and made me question alot about where we recieve our thoughts from and the process behind them. Youre book is easy to read and the techniques are excellent. You really are a master and i hope to join you in the lucid world somenight. Sweet dreams and keep up the good work!
Charlie! I must say you are definitely one gifted human being! I am currently reading your book, Dreams of Awakening, and stumbled across this video on your website. You are very inspirational and have a young vibrant energy about you! Since I've been reading your book I feel myself getting closer to becoming lucid more than ever before! Keep up the fantastic work and I'm looking forward to read your lucid dreaming beginners guide tool! Come out to NYC, I'll love to shake your hand!!
I think I've had a handful of lucid dreams in my entire life and they have always been with me in memory. I never forget them. Now I want to do this on my own and not wait for one to come.
Great talk very inspiring, seems to make a lot of sense to embrace our shadow with love and compassion rather than fight it. I started keeping a dream journal and practicing lucid dreaming techniques about 2 months ago and have been fascinated with it so far...
the most i can lucid dream, is when something life threatening happens in the dream I often suddenly realize 'its okay, im dreaming, i can get out of this' and ill manifest my way into a new scenario. often in my dreams im aware that all i have to do is believe it and it will happen. had a really cool flying dream before but i noticed if i started to doubt myself i would lose air rapidly!
Really keen on learning how to do this, but as a person who only ever usually remembers dreams that are nightmares I'm worried about experiencing something horrific. But Damn this is so awesome. Charlie's such an amazing, cool and intelligent guy. Currently reading his book as I dive deeper into this subject
This is precisely why people go to the Amazon or Mexico to do Ayahuasca. In order to get the healing benefits, this process must be done with the correct intent and preparation. In Ayahuasca ceremonies, a true shaman is needed to direct these shadows you are talking about... He usually does that with specific songs (called icaros), tribal sounding music and also by blowing smoke from specific plants. He can recognize the harmful energy patterns and remove them if you are ready to let go of them.
you must get excited when you realize that you are lucid dreaming. If it were my dream, I would try to meditate and slow your heart rate down. It can be extremely exciting when you first start lucid dreaming. I started shouting out questions and let the dream direct me, it helped me with controlling how excited I get and I got to experience so many amazing journeys once i relinquished the need to control what I do and just pay more attention to my surroundings and let go. Good luck!
I've literally just taught about nightmares this evening as part of my online course! One of the points i was making was how great nightmares can be for lucid dreams and often people with nightmares make the best LDer's :-)
In our lucid dreams we are interacting with projections of our own psyche who seem as real as "real life" people. This makes the LD state a great place to engage in a kind of pycho-drama in which you could work with your anxiety in the safe space of your own mind. You can use the LD state to practice social interaction and even public speaking which will directly impact upon your practice of these things in the waking state :-)
Charlie, I am currently reading your book Lucid dreaming and I love it! I am also going to your workshop in Prague at the end of March, since I live here. I am so excited! Have been lucid dreaming spontaneously as a kid and want to "see beyond the well" even more :). Thanks so much for being such an inspiration. Lucid dreaming rocks! Cheers, Rosa
Just read his book lucid dreaming (very easy read) and will be attending his (donation) workshop at Buddhist centre on 7th Oct 2017 in Bermondsey London. On this TedTalk There was no intro and he could perhaps slow down his speech tempo a little to connect more with audience but he's well prepared and concise compared to other speakers. Lucid dreaming goes way beyond what has been covered at this intro of course ie Tibetan bon tradition and preparation for bardo upon one's death. Love a lucid dream but so far it seems to only come when it wants. Hypnogogic state seems a good entry point and acupuncture definitely has given me some guidance along the way.
Did I say that you're my new favorite person? You're my new favorite person. Great talk, buddy, well organized, you hit every point in exactly the right way at exactly the right time.
great job charlie … you're a great and lucid presenter … an idea flashed in my mind towards the end … something along the line of lots of people coming together for 'a big dream' … perhaps you already have something like that in mind … keep on keeping on x
Great speech. Funny enough I also have a story about hugging a dog in a lucid dream (my third video). I agree with you: when we are fully lucid, the dream environment feels identical to reality. Cheers!
I have been a lucid dreamer since I was 12 years old and the black shadow has terribly terrified me for years to the point where I get sleep paralysis. I recently have been diagnosed with narcolepsy at 21, I pretty much dream my whole night away my rem cycle starts 1min after I fall asleep . I am going to try the technique tonight, hopefully it works and can finally bring me peace.
I don't know if this was a lucid dream...but I woke up in another room screaming and crying. I 'woke up', I think, and looking around me, only saw weird hair/web/feather like things descending all around me. I think I tried to tear/shake myself free of them (I don't remember)...but the next thing I knew, I ran out of bed and curled up on the floor in the next room in tears. My roommates laughed at me. I still can't sleep in peace. I don't ever want to feel like that again. This kind of dream-thing has happened to me several times but i've only woken up with a jolt and a fast-paced heartbeat, and been able to go back to sleep.
In my opinion most people who cant tell the differnce between an OBE and an LD simply havnt had enough experience of both states. True OBE's are very different but there are lots of LD's which get misinterpreted as OBE's due to their high level of clarity. Also even if you were to do this in an OBE the power of your compassionate and fearless intent would protect you from any harm. Thats what i think anyway.
This spoke LOUDLY, can't seem to stop having the same nightmare over and and over... yes it's so lucid it's hard to tell if it's fake. The emotions are SO INTENSE im lost in it while dreaming. I do not notice that I'm dreaming but rather that I'm frustrated that I know to display the challenge but get lost in emotion before I can even try to rationalize. So it happens again and again. Maybe I'll meditate and try getting more control in this reality so I can do so in dream...any suggestions please?..any.....!
Most people agree that WILDing is harder. It takes a lot of concentration-most people I know who do it have experience in Buddhist-style meditation so if you meditate regularly it's just an extra step of increasing your concentration to the point where you force yourself into sleep paralysis.
I was reading a forum post on one of the lucid dreams websites written by a girl who'd followed the exact opposite course that you did. She waged war against her nightmarish dream characters in a lengthy series of scary lucid dreams. When they increased in strength she increased her armies. This escalation reached unmanageable size and eventually she was trapped, incarcerated and tortured. Your method would have saved her much suffering.
Once I had trouble falling asleep and I was anxious as I had a big day in high school the next day, so I knew I needed sleep to get through it. I lay there trying to go to sleep and my mind kept racing and wouldn't let me go to sleep, so I started counting sheep. Before I knew it my mind was still awake and my body had fallen asleep. It was weird and had I not been to worried about falling asleep I'd have experimented with it for a while. Closest I came to paralysis.
Would be a while explaining my story but I kept dying in my dreams after I think I explored to deep into my mind once but I stopped after a while when I kept dying in my dreams (which happens till this day) but soon I’m soon goin to train to go back to that state of consciousness and try to fix it ! Wish me luck 😕(; .
Yeah man afternoon naps are great for LDing, you get into dream really quick and often your mind is not as tired as it is at night so lucidity can be more accessible :-)
Absolutely man. There is definitely a place for plant medicine but the cool thing about lucid dreaming is that you don't need to go to the amazon to do it ;-) x
Thank you for your comments :-) However, I think you may be basing your views on quite a limited set of personal experiences. The vast majority of people remember their lucid dreams as well as they do events in the waking state and as for panic in lucid dreams this can definitely be worked with and in fact lucid dreaming has even been suggested as a medical treatment for nightmares :-)
Another world exists that's part of human subconsciousness. Within it exist Shadows, parts of people that they refuse to accept. The game kicks off with someone being killed by their Shadow from the other world, and a teenager mysteriously gains the power of the Wild Card Persona, allowing him to fight these Shadows. Thus begins an epic adventure through life, making friends along the way. Each friend faces their Shadow selves and comes to accept it as part of them. PLAY IT! IS AWESOME!
I've tried to reply to every comment so far and so this one (although its not such a positive comment) will also receive a reply :-) I'm sorry if I seem inauthentic, its tough to be fully yourself with thousands of people watching and especially when your trying to stick to a script. Anyway, don't give up on lasting love just yet, it's out there somewhere :-) x
charlie thank you for that info. i did just what you said and found myself feeling even more then just heeling. what i went through i want to feel more of. and thanks again
thanks to you i found other ways to make me aware of when i am dreaming. like when i know i am about to have a nightmare again i dont have them anymore but thats when i become aware and go about trying to stay lucid and yea still working on that part.
I stopped trying to Lucid dream, threw out my dream journals. Something dark, very dark scared me out of my lucid dream into sleep paralysis where it continued to terrorize me. I never really saw it while I was frozen...... but I could sense a horrifying form of abyss. Never tried since... and don't plan on it.
I have had lucid dreams and thinking back it did lead me to the place of my trauma. Basically I was a ghost there, where I buried my former self. But I had no clue that's what it was at the time. But it might well be that with this awareness lucid dreaming could take you foremost to what's hidden and what you need to resolve. There is a Swiss author on this subject and the book is quite fascinating: Werner Zurfluh
Astral Projection, OBE, Astral Plane, 5th Dimension, Lucid Dream etc. takes place at the Cloning Centers. When someone projects/has an OBE (or if they’re aware while “dreaming”), it means that their consciousness has been transferred into a chipped REM-driven Mark 2 clone at a Cloning Center in the 3rd Dimension while experiencing MK Ultra visual and audio effects. Also, their clone may be pre-drugged to make it feel like a dream. These Cloning Centers are above and below ground (in DUMBs).
man if Sogyal was your teacher i know you are very worth watching, i have to thank you, your one of the first people i ever really heard talk about life as a dream, and it has changed my whole life perspective, i actually just got done writing a 44 page book about the concept, maybe i can get your email sometime and get your opinion :)
Could you give me some advice on how I can have lucid dreams of my own? And also what I can do to prevent myself from waking up the moment I become lucid? I really want to start lucid dreaming again. I used to as a child but I haven't in years and would love to start again.
I listened to this talk and then got my husband to listen to it. Even when not Lucid Dreaming, embracing one's shadows is the way to dissolve emotional charge. Thank you!
"Lucid dreaming can lead to lucid living." Love it!
In my recent lucid dream i was being chased by a group of cannibals. I came to realize that the only way i would survive is if i talked to them as if they were a "normal" human. I approached them after being chased for what seemed like an hour. and i said to the leader of the cannibals "I respect you." The rest of the dream i walked around with them and asked them why they did what they did. I woke up feeling proud of my self and felt physically and mentally lighter. Thanks for sharing Charlie!
For me, the nightmarish elements of my dreams caused me to realize I was dreaming ultimately leading me to a lucid dream experience after confronting that fear. There are no amusement parks on this planet that can rival the experience of a lucid dream. I can fly or do anything I want through these dreams...that is an amazing feeling.
"Until we get lucid collectively, we will never be whole" - nicely said!
Glad it resonated with you James! :-)
@@CharlieMorley awesome, I'm just beginning to recall my dreams as suggested by Jim Kwik
To become more awakened while venturing further into the dream states, life can seem so strangely paradoxical at times as we navigate thru the maze of our consciousness. . . Beautiful lucid presentation. . . Thanks Charlie. . .
Great talk! I'm a lucid dreamer watching videos/ surfing the net to help inspire my lucidity... keep up the good work!
What a true inspiration Charlie is - a true master of his art with real passion! Thanks Charlie!
Brilliant! There are so much potential in Lucid Dreaming that a Lifetime is not long enough to integrate half of it but enough to make us whole again... This is TRUE Healing.
With Much Gratitude and Appreciation for the Work you do. Thank YOU!!!
thank you :-)
I'm reading your book 'Lucid Dreaming', and followed your advice there to check out this talk. Glad I did! You're a great showman. It's like Jack Dawkins, the Artful Dodger from 'Oliver Twist', grew up and got enlightenment! It's going to be great, now, reading the rest of the book in your voice. Dream on!
aha ha ha! Thanks man! :-) x
I've had lucid dreams from childhood and I'm still so terrified to this day.
Thank you for this video.
Reoccurring nightmares from a young age gave me the ability to become consciously aware while i dream. Travelling to another dimension of reality is only truly comprehensible once you've experienced it. I've lost count of how many times i've been confronted by a black figure, which coincidentally i also describe to everyone as "the shadow"! It's feels like hearing myself explain what it's like to come face to face with terror, for years i have fought against it, but i've never had the courage to embrace it... After hearing another person say something so similar to my own experiences it's clear there is a mysterious power to be unlocked. Seems like i have some shadows to bear hug
I hope you can give your shadow a hug soon man! :-)
Dec Kirk Hey same last name and lucid dreaming interest
the same,
I was once tolt that I should embrace my fears, never thought I was supposed to take that literally though
Yes that's a great tip, meditating in the lucid dream is one of the most beneficial things you can do in that state.
Omg I love this talk! I record my dreams every night, and my shadow consistently shows up and I notice I treat it the same way I do with shadow people in real life - I throw them out or rebuke/make fun of them. I knew I need to integrate it but HOW, I wondered. I love what you did! Give it a hug. It's a clue for me, thanks!
Thanks for the love! Yes exactly, hug your shadows in life and dreams :-)
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Thank you, that was very inspirational. Ever since i first heard about lucid dreaming i've always wanted to try it, but my fear of nightmares has always kept me from trying it. I'll start keeping a dream diary, get into the techniques and attempt lucid dreaming for the first time as soon as i'm ready.
Currently reading your book on Lucid Dreaming - amazing work! I have always been able to recall my dreams partially, most of the days, but now I have started writing them in a diary to train my mind to remember them. Last night I dreamt that I was dreaming and I had a lucid dream, within that dream.. strange! Anyways, thank you so much for what you're sharing with the world! Bless you!
+Lily Uzunova thank you! Keep dreaming! x
I've had a few crazy experiences with this. Probably one of the more popular topics on my channel. People are waking up to this! Great video!
Thanks man! :-)
the reality of the shadows combined with false awakenings, night terrors, and dealing with dual realties scared me away from lucid dreaming, this talk was a push in the right direction for me, thanks
I'm so glad :-)
I actually had a lucid dream the same night i saw this, which was yesterday. Thank you!
Yes there is a whole section on how to embrace the shadow in a lucid dream! You will love the book i think :-)
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Fantastic talk, Charlie. You are a person whose energy and enthusiasm for life is infectious and inspires me to learn more about lucid dreaming and Buddhism. I do hope you make more videos for youtube!
tnx charly!!! i stopped because of the shadow,and the feer of angering my subconscious which i thought was trying to tell my not to lucid... your ted talk makes way more sanse
I had some occasions when I could realize that I was dreaming, but as soon as I realized that in dream, I would get so startled that my heart raced faster and I would wake up instantly (grimace) I could never get past this point.
yeah thats pretty common I'm afraid BUT each time you will be able to sty in there longer! :)
Thank you both for your comments. Its only through debate of this subject that we will learn to explore its true depths so thank you both for your opinions :-) x
This is THE best Ted talk I've ever heard. Its so amazing what we can do!
So glad you enjoyed it man! :-)
congrats charlie, you impressed a human who likes to represent himself with a bathroom selfie.
@@freelectron2029 LOL! :)
Many thanks, I been tryin to find out about "lucid dream causes" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Siyaarter Unimaginable Superiority - (should be on google have a look ) ? It is a good one off guide for discovering how to improve your lucid dreaming results without the headache. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my m8 got excellent results with it.
I have hypnogogic hallucinations. There is no way anyone should lucid dream. This is irresponsible. It is not cool to not be able to know what is real.
Lucid speaking Charlie! Well done! Thank you for the global message re our collective shadow Love and Hugs X
6:55 …the opportunity to engage psychological concepts immediately in a seemingly physicalized from… That's WHY lucid dreaming is important for all of us. Great talk!!
Yes, exactly! :-)
Loved your story of embracing the monster! Could it be more clear?
Thanks man :-)
Yes Chris, i agree, lucid dreams can be remembered as well as our waking dream!
Amazing TED talk, Charlie Morley you inspire!
thank you!
I am so impressed with the delivery of this Ted talk. Wow! Thank you!!!
I have only had maybe 3-4 lucid dream experiences in my entire life without "trying" to get to that state. It has always been an amazingly euphoric experience for me which involved things like flying and love making. I can only imagine the demons that I have buried deep inside my subconscious...
When Charlie explained how when the three headed monster shrunk and he was hugging himself, I had chills for days. I've always been interested in lucid dreaming but time put it into action! Meditation session tonight! WaveAnyWay!
Glad that it had that impact on you :-) x
After reading Carlos Costaneda over twenty years ago, I had a couple of lucid dreams. In one I started to fly, but then everyone in the dream gained the ability to fly, and I soon forgot I was dreaming and I lost the lucidity. I just bought your book, Mr. Morely, I'm hoping for the best, especially since now I see the value of spiritual betterment during dreams, as per Tibetan Buddhist teachings.
hope you're enjoying the book! x
Yes, I read it at night for inspiration, but after more than a couple of months, still no lucidity. Actually a lot of my dreams are like watching movies, where I'm not even a character in my own dream! Frustrating.
A lot of people say they're scared of being lucid in a nightmare or something but I used to realize I was dreaming during nightmares and make it stop. I'd be like this isn't real, I'd rather this to happen and the dream would change. Don't be afraid, just take control
i've went to different planets and saw things I couldn't ever have imagined. Once you give yourself to your dream maybe you will be able to reach farther. Good luck and sweet dreams!
This man just give me a reason
to lucid dream
2021 best lucid dreaming speech ever 🙌🏾💯
thank you! xx
Sounds great! Conscious dreaming can be one of the most amazing experiences that we get the chance to do as long as we practice and are diligent on keeping a dream journal and being more aware of ourselves throughout the day. Happy dreams to you!
It is such a simple concept: To tell yourself that accepting the light and the darkness of yourself shouldn't be feared, but embraced. If everyone did, how the world would change drastically. You are a great speaker. Short, but sweet. I really enjoyed. I hope there is more from you.
So glad you enjoyed the vid! Yes i have loads more videos on my youtube channel :-) xx
Charlie Morley Charlie! I just bought your book, it'll get to my place by february 15 or so. I also bought your tapes and had the most fun dreaming lastnight. I really think I'll get to lucid dream! thank you very much. Cant wait to read your book.
Great to hear man! Thanks for the support! :-)
Hi Charlie. Really enjoyed the talk. I'm from scotland myself, have visited kagyu a couple of times, met with lama yeshe not long ago and i have the most amazing lucid dreams. I had my longest one the other night which i can only assume went on for at least 2 or 3 hours.. I am currently reading one of your books and you had suggested meditating whilst lucid. I tried this and whatever happened was insane as the visuals i recieved were stunning and made me question alot about where we recieve our thoughts from and the process behind them. Youre book is easy to read and the techniques are excellent. You really are a master and i hope to join you in the lucid world somenight. Sweet dreams and keep up the good work!
Ali Parry Not sure about the master bit but thanks for the love Ali! Keep up the great work! :-)
Charlie! I must say you are definitely one gifted human being! I am currently reading your book, Dreams of Awakening, and stumbled across this video on your website. You are very inspirational and have a young vibrant energy about you! Since I've been reading your book I feel myself getting closer to becoming lucid more than ever before! Keep up the fantastic work and I'm looking forward to read your lucid dreaming beginners guide tool!
Come out to NYC, I'll love to shake your hand!!
Glad your enjoying the book! I will be in NYC at the Open Centre in the fall :-)
And a simple thank YOU from me!
I'm gonna hug my nightmare tonight. Thanks!
Jazlyn Bell enjoy the hug!
I think I've had a handful of lucid dreams in my entire life and they have always been with me in memory. I never forget them. Now I want to do this on my own and not wait for one to come.
Great stuff! Check out my book Dreams of Awakening if you want to learn how :-)
Awesome! Will do!
Don't buy a book, there is plenty of valid advice freely available on the web :) good luck on your travels
Michael King Could you share some website/videos etc that u think would be beneficial? Thanks :)
Great talk very inspiring, seems to make a lot of sense to embrace our shadow with love and compassion rather than fight it. I started keeping a dream journal and practicing lucid dreaming techniques about 2 months ago and have been fascinated with it so far...
the most i can lucid dream, is when something life threatening happens in the dream I often suddenly realize 'its okay, im dreaming, i can get out of this' and ill manifest my way into a new scenario. often in my dreams im aware that all i have to do is believe it and it will happen. had a really cool flying dream before but i noticed if i started to doubt myself i would lose air rapidly!
Thank you for this talk! It gives me hope that I can face my dream shadows.
I've been too afraid to try, but now I'm feeling like now is the time.
Yes Hannah, go for it! :-)
Really keen on learning how to do this, but as a person who only ever usually remembers dreams that are nightmares I'm worried about experiencing something horrific. But Damn this is so awesome. Charlie's such an amazing, cool and intelligent guy. Currently reading his book as I dive deeper into this subject
Thanks so much :-) I hope you enjoy the book!
This is precisely why people go to the Amazon or Mexico to do Ayahuasca. In order to get the healing benefits, this process must be done with the correct intent and preparation. In Ayahuasca ceremonies, a true shaman is needed to direct these shadows you are talking about... He usually does that with specific songs (called icaros), tribal sounding music and also by blowing smoke from specific plants. He can recognize the harmful energy patterns and remove them if you are ready to let go of them.
you must get excited when you realize that you are lucid dreaming. If it were my dream, I would try to meditate and slow your heart rate down. It can be extremely exciting when you first start lucid dreaming. I started shouting out questions and let the dream direct me, it helped me with controlling how excited I get and I got to experience so many amazing journeys once i relinquished the need to control what I do and just pay more attention to my surroundings and let go. Good luck!
que bueno lo que decis.
I've literally just taught about nightmares this evening as part of my online course! One of the points i was making was how great nightmares can be for lucid dreams and often people with nightmares make the best LDer's :-)
Great experience in Girona, see you next year. BIG, Charlie!
thanks man!
In our lucid dreams we are interacting with projections of our own psyche who seem as real as "real life" people. This makes the LD state a great place to engage in a kind of pycho-drama in which you could work with your anxiety in the safe space of your own mind. You can use the LD state to practice social interaction and even public speaking which will directly impact upon your practice of these things in the waking state :-)
Charlie, I am currently reading your book Lucid dreaming and I love it! I am also going to your workshop in Prague at the end of March, since I live here. I am so excited! Have been lucid dreaming spontaneously as a kid and want to "see beyond the well" even more :). Thanks so much for being such an inspiration. Lucid dreaming rocks! Cheers, Rosa
I look forward to meeting you Rosa! :-)
Just read his book lucid dreaming (very easy read) and will be attending his (donation) workshop at Buddhist centre on 7th Oct 2017 in Bermondsey London. On this TedTalk There was no intro and he could perhaps slow down his speech tempo a little to connect more with audience but he's well prepared and concise compared to other speakers. Lucid dreaming goes way beyond what has been covered at this intro of course ie Tibetan bon tradition and preparation for bardo upon one's death. Love a lucid dream but so far it seems to only come when it wants. Hypnogogic state seems a good entry point and acupuncture definitely has given me some guidance along the way.
Thanks Niamh :-) No time for intros when you've got 9.30 mins max I'm afraid! xx
Charlie Morley good point. 😊
Did I say that you're my new favorite person? You're my new favorite person. Great talk, buddy, well organized, you hit every point in exactly the right way at exactly the right time.
Ah thanks man! :-)
May I ask you an Astrology question? Are you an Aries, Virgo, or Scorpio?
If you don't subscribe to astrology, you don't have to answer.
No man, I'm a double Leo!
Charlie Morley Ha! Dope.
great job charlie … you're a great and lucid presenter … an idea flashed in my mind towards the end … something along the line of lots of people coming together for 'a big dream' … perhaps you already have something like that in mind … keep on keeping on x
Sounds like a great idea man! :-)
Great speech. Funny enough I also have a story about hugging a dog in a lucid dream (my third video). I agree with you: when we are fully lucid, the dream environment feels identical to reality. Cheers!
I have been a lucid dreamer since I was 12 years old and the black shadow has terribly terrified me for years to the point where I get sleep paralysis.
I recently have been diagnosed with narcolepsy at 21, I pretty much dream my whole night away my rem cycle starts 1min after I fall asleep . I am going to try the technique tonight, hopefully it works and can finally bring me peace.
Amazing talk. This might be my new favorite Tedtalk.
I don't know if this was a lucid dream...but I woke up in another room screaming and crying.
I 'woke up', I think, and looking around me, only saw weird hair/web/feather like things descending all around me. I think I tried to tear/shake myself free of them (I don't remember)...but the next thing I knew, I ran out of bed and curled up on the floor in the next room in tears.
My roommates laughed at me.
I still can't sleep in peace.
I don't ever want to feel like that again.
This kind of dream-thing has happened to me several times but i've only woken up with a jolt and a fast-paced heartbeat, and been able to go back to sleep.
Emily Hunt That doesn't sound like a lucid dream Emily but sounds more like night terrors and false awakenings perhaps? x
I'm currently taking your courses on lucid dreaming. I want to say thank you very much :)
+정세휘 hope you enjoy the course! :)
Yes lucid dream work can definitely help you become more aware of all aspects of your sleep experience including sleep paralysis :-)
In my opinion most people who cant tell the differnce between an OBE and an LD simply havnt had enough experience of both states. True OBE's are very different but there are lots of LD's which get misinterpreted as OBE's due to their high level of clarity. Also even if you were to do this in an OBE the power of your compassionate and fearless intent would protect you from any harm. Thats what i think anyway.
Great job Charlie. Thank you. All love
Yes, absolutely! Happy dreaming! x
This spoke LOUDLY, can't seem to stop having the same nightmare over and and over... yes it's so lucid it's hard to tell if it's fake. The emotions are SO INTENSE im lost in it while dreaming. I do not notice that I'm dreaming but rather that I'm frustrated that I know to display the challenge but get lost in emotion before I can even try to rationalize. So it happens again and again. Maybe I'll meditate and try getting more control in this reality so I can do so in dream...any suggestions please?..any.....!
Also, having the back up of an authentic lineage is the best protection you can get though so i would recommend that to everyone :-)
Very Inspiring talk. Thank you!
thanks Pablo!
Thanks for the support!
Most people agree that WILDing is harder. It takes a lot of concentration-most people I know who do it have experience in Buddhist-style meditation so if you meditate regularly it's just an extra step of increasing your concentration to the point where you force yourself into sleep paralysis.
Yeah! great talk - I am inspired to last more than two days on my dream diary now... :)
I was reading a forum post on one of the lucid dreams websites written by a girl who'd followed the exact opposite course that you did. She waged war against her nightmarish dream characters in a lengthy series of scary lucid dreams. When they increased in strength she increased her armies. This escalation reached unmanageable size and eventually she was trapped, incarcerated and tortured. Your method would have saved her much suffering.
great work! truly bringing the light to the shadows.
Thanks so much for the support! :-) x
So glad that you enjoyed the talk! :) x
Once I had trouble falling asleep and I was anxious as I had a big day in high school the next day, so I knew I needed sleep to get through it. I lay there trying to go to sleep and my mind kept racing and wouldn't let me go to sleep, so I started counting sheep. Before I knew it my mind was still awake and my body had fallen asleep. It was weird and had I not been to worried about falling asleep I'd have experimented with it for a while. Closest I came to paralysis.
Would be a while explaining my story but I kept dying in my dreams after I think I explored to deep into my mind once but I stopped after a while when I kept dying in my dreams (which happens till this day) but soon I’m soon goin to train to go back to that state of consciousness and try to fix it ! Wish me luck 😕(; .
Dream journals/diaries make a HUGE difference in recall. Guaranteed results.
Such an amazing and captivating speaker!! Thank you for the encouragement, Charlie Morley - I've always wanted to get into Lucid Dreaming! :)
Sychedelectable That's great to hear! :-) x
:D Cheers!
Great talk, Charlie!! Well done!!! 🤗
Yeah man afternoon naps are great for LDing, you get into dream really quick and often your mind is not as tired as it is at night so lucidity can be more accessible :-)
Hey great talk Charley, love your lively presentation. Let's spread the Lucid Dreaming and OBE vibes to all we encounter :-)
Absolutely man. There is definitely a place for plant medicine but the cool thing about lucid dreaming is that you don't need to go to the amazon to do it ;-) x
Thank you for your comments :-) However, I think you may be basing your views on quite a limited set of personal experiences. The vast majority of people remember their lucid dreams as well as they do events in the waking state and as for panic in lucid dreams this can definitely be worked with and in fact lucid dreaming has even been suggested as a medical treatment for nightmares :-)
Another world exists that's part of human subconsciousness. Within it exist Shadows, parts of people that they refuse to accept. The game kicks off with someone being killed by their Shadow from the other world, and a teenager mysteriously gains the power of the Wild Card Persona, allowing him to fight these Shadows. Thus begins an epic adventure through life, making friends along the way. Each friend faces their Shadow selves and comes to accept it as part of them.
PLAY IT! IS AWESOME!
I've tried to reply to every comment so far and so this one (although its not such a positive comment) will also receive a reply :-) I'm sorry if I seem inauthentic, its tough to be fully yourself with thousands of people watching and especially when your trying to stick to a script. Anyway, don't give up on lasting love just yet, it's out there somewhere :-) x
charlie thank you for that info. i did just what you said and found myself feeling even more then just heeling. what i went through i want to feel more of. and thanks again
So glad!
thanks to you i found other ways to make me aware of when i am dreaming. like when i know i am about to have a nightmare again i dont have them anymore but thats when i become aware and go about trying to stay lucid and yea still working on that part.
Glad you liked the video man! Yeah, nightmares can be like dragons guarding pots of gold :-)
I have now have a great CD all about Nightmares available on my website!
I stopped trying to Lucid dream, threw out my dream journals.
Something dark, very dark scared me out of my lucid dream into sleep paralysis where it continued to terrorize me. I never really saw it while I was frozen...... but I could sense a horrifying form of abyss.
Never tried since... and don't plan on it.
Glad you liked the video! :)
I have had lucid dreams and thinking back it did lead me to the place of my trauma. Basically I was a ghost there, where I buried my former self. But I had no clue that's what it was at the time. But it might well be that with this awareness lucid dreaming could take you foremost to what's hidden and what you need to resolve. There is a Swiss author on this subject and the book is quite fascinating: Werner Zurfluh
Astral Projection, OBE, Astral Plane, 5th Dimension, Lucid Dream etc. takes place at the Cloning Centers. When someone projects/has an OBE (or if they’re aware while “dreaming”), it means that their consciousness has been transferred into a chipped REM-driven Mark 2 clone at a Cloning Center in the 3rd Dimension while experiencing MK Ultra visual and audio effects. Also, their clone may be pre-drugged to make it feel like a dream. These Cloning Centers are above and below ground (in DUMBs).
OMG, this is just soooooooo fascinating!
glad you enjoyed it!
glad you enjoyed it!
Normally I hate this kind of stage talk but this one was decent. Good job.
man if Sogyal was your teacher i know you are very worth watching, i have to thank you, your one of the first people i ever really heard talk about life as a dream, and it has changed my whole life perspective, i actually just got done writing a 44 page book about the concept, maybe i can get your email sometime and get your opinion :)
Wow, crazy encounter man, reminds me of that movie Ruby Sparks!
Could you give me some advice on how I can have lucid dreams of my own? And also what I can do to prevent myself from waking up the moment I become lucid? I really want to start lucid dreaming again. I used to as a child but I haven't in years and would love to start again.