Thread: Long Term Lucid Dreaming Technique - Single Pointed Awareness of Singleness

Hello everyone,

I would like to share a special technique that will help with the following things, pertaining to lucid dreaming,

-Dream recall
-Attaining lucidity
-Maintaining lucidity
-Higher degree of control within dreams
-Higher degree of awareness within dreams

In short, this technique will help in all aspects of lucid dreaming. Before I describe the technique, I must first explain the theory behind the technique.

All methods of lucid dream mastery are based around solving a central problem. This problem is the fragmentation of mind. Our mind is split up into the conscious mind, subconscious mind, the unconscious mind, etc. When we sleep, our conscious mind becomes less dominant, and all lucid dreaming methods are centered around making the conscious mind more dominant during the stages of sleep.

It is a common phenomena that certain lucid dreaming techniques will stop working. For example, you could use one reality check, such as trying to poke your finger through your hand, and have it work consistently, and then have that method stop working. It's as if we're at odds with our own subconscious mind, battling with it to gain control. It's a lot like those 'spy vs spy' cartoons.

The goal of this special method is to bring our inner minds into harmony with each other, by gradually de-fragmenting our mind(s) into a single whole mind, which works in harmony with itself. As our mind becomes more and more whole by using this method, the battling will stop, and the mind will work more and more towards solving goals (such as lucid dreaming) collaboratively. If the mind is whole, and decides to have a lucid dream, what is there to stop it? Once the mind is whole, there is no conscious mind, subconscious mind, etc, there is only the mind.

THE METHOD

This is a very simple method. There is something called "single pointed awareness" used by monks to attain high levels of concentration during meditation. They focus on just one single object and nothing more, such as focusing on chanting a mantra over and over. Well this method is kind of like that, with the object of meditation being "singleness". This method can be called Single Pointed Awareness on Singleness. Or you could call it Singular Focus on Singularity. Or Meditation on Oneness.

With this method, you keep your attention constantly on oneness at all times, even while sleeping. To do that, you can simply hold the word "one" in your mind, and put your attention upon the holding of the word "one". Do not say the word "one" over and over again in your mind. Don't visualize the word "one". You simply think "one". Just think one. Think "one" and don't stop thinking one.

Of course there will be times when you will not be able to think "one", such as when reading. After some practice, you'll find that you naturally stop thinking "one" when some other activity requires your full attention, and then start thinking it again once that activity is over. Or you may find that you were still thinking "one", but just didn't notice it because the other activity became dominant.

Also, this is the practice of great sages - it can and will lead to supreme enlightenment to the nature of reality.

Can i choose another word ?

Originally Posted by VagalTone

Can i choose another word ?

Great question. As long as the word means the same thing as 'one', such as 'single', it should be fine, but since the word 'one' is so short and easy to keep in mind, I wouldn't recommend using anything else. If English is not your first language, then using your language's version would suffice.

You could also hold the sacred "OM" in your mind with good results. If you do this, just think "om". Don't think "oooooommmmmmmm", as if you were sounding it out. Just om.

Yeah, i think "one" is a good word and also holds a powerful meaning. Can you give some feedback about your own practice and success with LDing?

Originally Posted by VagalTone

Yeah, i think "one" is a good word and also holds a powerful meaning. Can you give some feedback about your own practice and success with LDing?

Sure. I learned about lucid dreaming from this site a while back, when I was like 12 (I'm 24 now). I've had many many dreams that I've recalled, and quite a few lucid ones. Lately I haven't had many lucid dreams, but mainly because I'm not in a good position to be having them. I'm in a position in which if I were to become lucid during my dreams, it would interrupt the functions of my natural dreams, which are currently performing an important function. Kind of a vague explanation, I know.

See, that's the problem with lucid dreaming. Our natural dreams are there for a reason, to perform certain functions, such as organizing memories. That's why our subconscious battles us to stop us from becoming lucid, because to become lucid during certain dreams would impede the dream's function. For example, if our mind is trying to organize the previous day's memories about lessons we've learned in history class, and we become lucid and start flying around, then we've just interrupted our dream's natural process. If you could make your mind more whole, and have it work collaboratively with itself, then the mind would set aside certain times to have lucid dreams, and certain times to have natural dreams.

I've learned the best way to have lucid dreams is to not battle myself to have them. I could simply say to myself that I would like to have a lucid dream soon, and then I could have one without having to force it. It's like my subconscious could set up a certain time to have a lucid dream, and make obvious signs for me to help me become lucid.

My interests in lucid dreams evolved into spiritual practice. My life goal is now to become lucid in this dream of life.

One more tidbit I've learned - In actuality, all of our dreams are lucid. We are aware that we are dreaming in each and every single dream we have. The trick is not to become aware that we're dreaming, but rather to become aware that we're aware that we're dreaming =)

A question: when I try to WILD and meditate, I concentrate on sound of rain I play on my phone. Is that something like your method? Since I am not playing it all day. And I don't get how this would help in achieving lucid dreams, if you could clarify it a bit.

I really like this concept and I think it's suitable for myself since my biggest problem is intention/belief. Still, I have some questions.

First, how do I actively think something without saying it in my mind? The only way I can imagine myself thinking without saying it in my mind, is passively. If I'm right in that, how can I control my passive thoughts? And isn't the control of something passive a contradiction in terms?

And secondly, how does thinking 'one' unite my subconscious and conscious mind? I'd like some elaboration on that if you have the time.