outskirts of the sun: 2013

sun meditation

You breathe in light and exhale black smoke and repeat. You do this again and again as you scan every inch of your body. If you are uncomfortable breathe in light and focus on the breath entering the uncomfortable area.

- If you feel that your head is not as relaxed as it could be imagine a ray of white light moving like a solid line clockwise and counterclockwise in a dark circle. do this slowly and then reverse direction. you might hear little creaks and cracks in your mind, kind of trippy, but as they say get all the kinks out.

- Basically what you do is allow the sun to enter through your third eye (mind’s eye) you allow the light to fill your entire being little bit by little bit – start with your mind. soon you will feel aglow. This may take several minutes.

++ if you have problem areas you can imagine the light focusing on the area for longer durations of time++

- now you let go and ‘dissipate/dissolve ‘ into the sun. I prefer more like a golden mist effect, while others enjoy the fragments; either way, dissolve little by little and float into the sun. you can go directly into the sun, or you can go from the side, you can go in anyway that feels comfortable for you.

- once you have completed this meditation you can add a person that you would like to heal, or receive some healing and imagine them next to you as you repeat the above.

this is considered a type of blessing.

lucid dreaming

We were talking awhile back about dreams and per a request I offered to write up some lucid dreaming techniques. I found a great site that does a detailed outline of the below. I thought that it was very good so here you have the cliff notes. I’ve been studying dreams and how to do this since I was very young. It fascinates me to no end. I think this is a world, like space and sea that has alot of uncharted territory. Take it for what you will, the limitations are only yours.

Okay here it is:

Lucid Dreaming Techniques

For those of you who don’t already know lucid dreaming is knowing that you are dreaming while in dream state. It is a really vivid form of mental imagery, ‘so realistic that the trick is to realize it’s a mental construct’.

Lucid dreaming allows people to do such things as overcome fear (which the feeling is quite real, but the danger is not), adventure and fantasy fulfillment and only be restricted by what your ability to ‘imagine and conceive, not by laws of physics or society. There is great creative potential involved with lucid dreaming as well as healing of anxieties and phobias and self confidence. It can literally transform your fear into courage.

Some people have an innate quality to lucid dream in varying degrees, but everyone can learn! It takes training to be able to take pleasure in lucid dreams at will.

There are different degrees to lucidity:

High degree – you are aware that everything experienced in a dream is occuring in ones mind and that there is no danger.

Low level lucidity – you may be aware to a certain extent that you are dreaming.

A few steps to start off:

Dream Recall – create a dream journal and try to recall one dream (at least) per night. Write in your journal immediately from waking and jot down any and all details. Some people will find that they think they don’t recall anything and with training and trying they will come to find that they get better and better.

*drinking and smoking excessively will prevent the ability to lucid dream. You have less control over your body and mind in waking and in dreaming hours.*

Reality Testing:

- do a repetitive action during the day, like looking at your watch (they say that a digital watch works the best). You train yourself to do this and when you look at the numbers and they are all fumbled then your dreaming. This repetitive action helps to acknowledge a dream state.

- imagine surroundings as a dream. Look around and feel what it would be like if your surroundings where a dream. If you could do anything….

- visualize a dream activity, like flying

Dreamsigns:

- identify dream signs. People have dream signs unique to them and if you begin to recognize your personal dream signs (i.e. the purple cat) you can realize more quickly that you are dreaming.

Before Sleep Exercises:

- set up dream recall (see above)

- Focus Intent (this is more important than many people realize)
“concentrate single-mindedly on your intention to remember to recognize that you are dreaming” If you begin to think about this that and the other thing, go back to your intention. From personal experience this is key to lucid dreaming. Setting a proper mind state prior to sleep with intention.

To Prevent Waking Up From Lucidity:

Many people once they realize that they are dreaming become very excited and this excitement causes them to awake.

- Remain Calm and Get your Poker face on, relax.

- If the dream shows signs of ending, ‘loss of detail or vivideness’ imagine that you are spinning. This stimulates the mind and if done properly and carefully you can continue lucidity without waking up or leaving the ability to remain ‘conscious’ in the unconscious.

**Please refer to http://www.lucidity.com on the area of lucid dreaming for this and more information.