Dreams of Awakening

If you sleep, you dream, and if you dream, you can lucid dream – this book will show you how.Lucid dreaming, the art of becoming conscious within your dreams, allows you to explore your mind’s deepest potential while you sleep. This practice has powerful, scientifically verified benefits while also being fun, exciting and spiritually transformative.In this ground-breaking exploration of lucid dreaming within both Western scientific and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, Charlie Morley distils wisdom from more than 20 years of practice and teaching. This completely revised and restructured edition includes up-to-date scientific research and new sections on the use of lucid dreaming to aid the treatment of depression, PTSD and nightmares. Using a three-part structure of Ground, Path and Germination you will discover:• how to lucid dream for psychological and spiritual growth• the science and transformative benefits of lucid dreaming• the latest research into lucid dreaming for treating trauma• how to rewire your brain to create new, powerful pathways while you sleepNEW in this edition: A brand-new chapter on trauma integration based on Charlie’s breakthrough 2023 study, the latest research into shadow work and healing (drawing on Charlie’s work with war veterans), and five new lucid dreaming techniques.