Sonho lúcido

EXPLORING THE WORLD OF LUCID DREAMING
(ebook version 1.0—please increment version number if you make corrections to this text. Thanks! The Toad) Stephen LaBerge, Ph. D.and Howard Rheingold BALLANTINE BOOKS • NEW YORK

Contents
1. The World of Lucid Dreaming 2. Preparation for Learning Lucid Dreaming

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Waking Up in the Dream World Falling Asleep Consciously The Building of Dreams Principles and Practice of Lucid Dreaming Adventures and Explorations Rehearsal for Living Creative Problem Solving Overcoming Nightmares The Healing Dream Life Is a Dream: Intimations of a Wider World

Afterword: The Adventure Continues Appendix: Supplementary Exercises Notes Index Exercises 1: The World of Lucid Dreaming

Your present state of consciousness

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Preparation for Learning Lucid Dreaming

Cataloging your dreamsigns Goal setting for success Scheduling time for lucid dreaming Progressive relaxation Sixty-one-point relaxation 3: Waking Up in the Dream World Critical state-testing technique Power of resolution technique Intention technique Reflection-intention technique Prospective memory training MILD technique

Autosuggestion technique 4: Falling Asleep Consciously Hypnagogic imagery technique Relaxed (“pot-shaped”) breathing Power of visualization: White dot technique Power of visualization: Black dot technique Dream lotus and flame technique Count yourself to sleep technique The twin bodies technique The one body technique The no body technique

5: The Building of Dreams How schemas take us beyond the information given

6: Principles and Practice of Lucid Dreaming The spinning technique The dream television Lucid dream incubation Spinning a new dream scene Strike the set, change the channel

7: Adventures and Explorations How to script your own adventure You are the hero

8: Rehearsal for Living Lucid dream workout Playing to the dream audience

9: Creative Problem Solving Lucid dream problem solving Building