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Summary: Ridiculously good... you won't be able to put it down.
Review: First of all, the idiot that said LaBerge based all his theories on Freud... he goes out of his way to say the exact opposite. He MENTIONS Freud, but by no means is he putting Freud on some sort of pedestal. It's pretty clear he didn't finish the book. Or more likely, he probably didn't read any of it. Moron. Anyway, I'll make this short since most of you have probably stopped reading to watch the next Nascar event... and i'll dumb it down a little. Good book. It works really really good. and it's fun. and good. and very deep and stuff. and the paper tastes good. Dreaming is fun. Yay!
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Summary: Easily the best book on Lucid Dreaming.
Review: First, I must state that I want to give this book more around 4 1/2 stars, but I mine as well round up. If you are starting to become interrested in lucid dreaming, I HIGHLY recommend that you order or pick up this book. It has techniques for becoming lucid and tips for what to do when you're lucid. Along with that, the book has ways for lucid dreaming to further improve your life, beyond the aspect of just having fun. However, I wanted to give the book 4 1/2 stars for one reason and one reason only. Like other reviews that have stated this, this book totally is without the spirituality that is experienced during a lucid dream and LaBerge's theories on dreams are a solely based on Freud, which may or may not be a good thing, depending how you look at it. Overall, excellent book. If you're looking into lucid dreaming, read this book. Believe me, it will be an incredibly useful tool for you.
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Summary: Great
Review: If your interested in Dream Research and the different stages of sleep, check it out, it has some good info for you. And it is presented in a better language than most of the Dream Research books, written so any one can understand it.
If you want to learn how to dream lucidly (I was able to do dream lucid before reading it I discovered) its worth every penny.
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Summary: The authoritative work on developing lucid dreaming ability.
Review: Lucid dreaming, i.e. dreaming with full awareness, is one of the most ecstatic experiences open to human beings. Yet creating this state of bliss has traditionally been difficult - the naive approach of autosuggestion produces only very low success rates. In "Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming", Stephen LaBerge discusses far more efficient techniques, including one pioneered by himself - MILD, or Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams. He explains how to create conditions conducive to lucid dreaming, how to prolong a lucid dream once one has one, and how to use lucid dreams for creative problem solving, health, entertainment and spiritual growth. I should point out, however, that there is no miracle method for having lucid dreams instantanously. The techniques that this book offers still need to be exercised, patiently and diligently over a period of weeks if not months before results will start to materialize. But if you are willing and motivated to invest the necessary work and effort, this book will be one of the best guides there is. For those readers who prefer a simple, step-by-step approach, I would also recommend "Lucid Dreams in 30 Days" by Keith Harary and Pamela Weintraub.
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Summary: Useful techniques but dull metaphysics...
Review: On the one hand I found this (very cheap and handy)book very useful in that it contains detailed, clear descriptions of lots of different techniques for inducing lucid dreams. I often read it in the dead of the night after my first awakening in order to focus my mind on lucid dreaming before going to sleep again and I have found it very effective in inducing a heightened state of consciousness in dreams.
On the other hand, this is a very irritating book because of Laberge's dogmatic insistence that dreams are just mental constructions, illusions created by the brain, which in philosophical jargon I term a typical case of scientific reductionism: the "nothing more than" disease which afflicts the whole scientific establishment in the West.
Although the author does not realize it, such a trivial theory undermines his whole case for trying to have lucid dreams and getting answers to deep questions from dreams in the first place: why should one bother about illusions? Besides, if the content of dreams comes solely from one's individual brain, how can one expect to find anything new in one's dreams? Obviously this is an illustration of the famous principle GI-GO (garbage in/garbage out).
Of course, being a Western scientist trained at Stanford University, Laberge could not possibly have come up with more exotic but perhaps more accurate explanations, namely the existence of etheric bodies and realms, which have a transpersonal nature.
Buy the book for the methods and tricks but look for inspiration elsewhere. Where? This is a hard question. No matter how much inspiration self-proclaimed dream guides purport to draw from their fantastic adventures in dreamland (I'm thinking of Robert Moss), I haven't as yet read a single really well-written book on dreams and lucid dreaming, although the topic is such an interesting one. All are trivial, boastful and superficial, if not downright misleading.
Maybe the best solution is to trust yourself and go through the whole process of trial and error with the aid of the few tricks that really work for you, tricks which you can find easily on the Internet. Unless you are a psychic, it is a long process, believe me (certainly not one that cannot be accomplished in 30 days!).
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Summary: Many Techniques for Exploring Lucid Dreaming
Review: This book contains a wide variety of techniques for lucid dreaming from different esoteric traditions. The essence of one's success with lucid dreaming though, IS, intention to dream lucidly.
You may be surprised with how many things you can accomplish just like that by beginning with a state of mind that it is easy to accomplish, that it is natural for you to accomplish it, intending the effect and expecting it.
It may take you more time to experience lucid dreaming if you have never invested any effort to work intentionally with your subconscious mind, but on the other hand, if you are experienced working with self-hypnosis, you may find yourself having a lucid dream just by reading through the book because it would plant a suggestion in your subconscious. Perhaps you have already had experiences where you watched something on TV just before going to sleep and then dreaming about it; or reading something before going to sleep and then dreaming about it - it can be as easy as that.
And yes, the practice of conditioning your mind to be aware that you are, even now, awake in your dream - works. Again, if you have never engaged in any spiritual practice, or working with your mind, it may seem that there is a distinction between the "dream" of your waking life (the time when you believe that you are fully awake) and the dreams you dream during the night - but if you'd engage in creating outcomes intentionally in your daily life with your mind - your daily life would soon begin to feel like a dream, just a projection from your mind - one moment you think about something - and the next moment you experience it in your outer reality.
There is a distinction, though - as you'll find yourself able to do certain things while dreaming with your physical body asleep, which you are not able to do with your physical body - such as fly - so any such unusual experiences can serve as a wonderful "cue" to alert you to the fact that you are dreaming and help you to become lucid.
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Summary: A fine overview...but....
Review: This book is a must for anyone interested in lucid dreams because it presents such a complete overview of the subject. However, there are several shortcomings. First: The style is somewhat dry and academic, which is fine if you're only interested in the facts, otherwise it might seem a bit boring. Second: Laberge give numerous tips for inducing lucid dreams, but success seems to depend more on a positive attitude than technique--they do help, but the results are often minimal. Third: This last criticism concerns the out-of-body experience, or OBE. Laberge seems to consider the OBE as just another dream. But for those of us who have experienced one, there is a subtle but real difference. Perhaps the subject was too esoteric for Laberge, but for those interested in both, Oliver Fox's "Astral Projection: A Record of Out-Of-The-Body Experiences" contains a personal account of Fox's attempt at distinguishing the two. Read Leberge first, then Fox for an eyeopener.
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Summary: Unbe-FREAKIN'-lievable book.
Review: This book is unreal. I could not put it down. I have read many, many books on the subject, and this is the only text that covers the subject in a scientific, rather than SUPERNATURAL way. it's SCIENCE, people! and it's absolutely fascinating. it will change your life. i'm sure you hear that every day, and you can choose to read this review and dicard it, but either way, it's unreal. It will change the way you see your waking life as well as your dream life. NOT just on a short-term basis, as so many self-help books, but in a meaningful, realistic, down-to-earth approach that dates back to Buddhist monks seeking Enlightenment (if you are a hard-core Christian, please don't be alarmed at this point... many of their theories are applicable to you, as well). Anyway, it is a life-changing book. You will begin to see how many people "sleep-walk" through their waking life and "wake-walk" through their sleeping life. I have had 3 lucid dreams since reading this book 3 months ago, and each is more enjoyable than the one before. the last one i had was by far the most exhilirating experience of my life. as good as sex (i won't go as far as to say "better than sex"). it's unreal. just buy it... i SWEAR to you it will be worth every penny.
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Summary: Unbe-FREAKIN'-lievable book.
Review: This book is unreal. I could not put it down. I have read many, many books on the subject, and this is the only text that covers the subject in a scientific, rather than SUPERNATURAL way. it's SCIENCE, people! and it's absolutely fascinating. it will change your life. i'm sure you hear that every day, and you can choose to read this review and dicard it, but either way, it's unreal. It will change the way you see your waking life as well as your dream life. NOT just on a short-term basis, as so many self-help books, but in a meaningful, realistic, down-to-earth approach that dates back to Buddhist monks seeking Enlightenment (if you are a hard-core Christian, please don't be alarmed at this point... many of their theories are applicable to you, as well). Anyway, it is a life-changing book. You will begin to see how many people "sleep-walk" through their waking life and "wake-walk" through their sleeping life. I have had 3 lucid dreams since reading this book 3 months ago, and each is more enjoyable than the one before. the last one i had was by far the most exhilirating experience of my life. as good as sex (i won't go as far as to say "better than sex"). it's unreal. just buy it... i SWEAR to you it will be worth every penny.
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Summary: Want to learn to lucid dream? This is the book.
Review: This is THE book on lucid dreaming. It is a manual of how to lucid dream containing every main technique with clear instructions including a detailed description of the technique that the author used to learn to become lucid in his dreams at will. It is also filled with descriptions of the lucid dreaming experiences of many other people. Dr. Laberge is a rigorous scientist and you will not find any irresponsible conclusions about the the topic or pseudo-science. After becoming interested in lucid dreaming, I scoured the net and read everything about the topic that I could find, but after 6 months I had no success. However this is the book that got me going in the right direction and now I am having lucid dreams regularly. If you get one book on lucid dreaming, this is the one. His earlier book, called Lucid Dreaming, is also very good if you want a more detailed description of the history of lucid dreaming or discussion and philosophy of lucid dreaming. In short, the book 'Lucid Dreaming' provides lots of background and 'Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming' is the "How to" manual.
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