Only Lucid Dreamers Can Understand This Book

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	• The Art of Dreaming Carlos Castaneda Harper Paperbacks, 1994 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 46 reviews view larger image
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Full of knowledge

This book is full of valuable knowledge about self-realization. Do not consider this book as fiction or you will loose its message. If you have never read any Castaneda's book I recommend that you start from The Teachings of Don Juan.

Dreamwork

I generally don't have time to type reviews online. This book is the one that will knock the walls down and give you the tools to change your life. The experiences that you will have in dreaming, just by reading this book, will forever change how you view the world. If I were to recommend one single book to someone seriously interested in Toltec knowledge, this would be the one. It will be some time before the truths and power found in this book will be recognized for what they are by western society. Are you ready to be blown away?

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A PROFOUND BOOK THAT IS WIDELY MISUNDERSTOOD

For anyone who has experienced what it is like to dream lucidly, this book is invaluable. I think the problem with this book is that the only way you can truly appreciate just how important this book is, is if you are a lucid dreamer. My advice is as follows, if you are interested in dreaming lucidly but have no experience, read the book but suspend judgement. Just hold on to it until you begin to have the actual experience and then re-read the book. In the meantime, I would suggest some of the more basic texts like those written by Robert Monroe (Journeys Out of the Body, Far Journeys, Ultimate Journey) or Esmeralda Arana (The Path). It is important to understand that the practice of lucid dreaming is what gives Warriors their extraordinary perceptual abilities. This is the key feature of the Warrior's Way that results in the development of abilities such as clairvoyance. While it is certainly not the only way to tap into our "magic" it is nevertheless a very powerful tool.

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Delve Deep into your psyche to find answers

This book in 'The Teachings of Don Juan' series is all about dreaming, lucid dreaming, traveling to other realms and meeting non-corporal beings using your dreams as a key. It's about finding the keys to your inner self, your inner power, and unlocking your potential to find the answers you need to know in your life.

Like all the 'Don Juan' books this isn't so much a how-to manual like many books on magic are. Rather, this is a story about one man and one teacher and thier experiences together. There is much to learn here, but individuals may have different experiences with some of the methods than Carlos Castenada had. A good book to read if you are working on unlocking the power of your dreams.

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Only Lucid Dreamers Can Understand This Book

A lucid dream is a dream in which during the course of the dream you realize that "it's just a dream." You don't, however, wake up. You stay asleep and in the REM state. You experience vivid and tangible sensations while fully aware that your "real" body is, in fact, fast asleep and quite still on your bed. You are, in a manner of speaking, in two places at once. It is a most profound experience. It is a scientifically documented human experience (see Stephen LaBerge's books). It is also an extremely rare and difficult experience to attain often and for extensive durations (30 to 45 minutes would be a long time). Most people who have experienced lucidity have only had a few minutes of it. Many only become "semi-lucid" in that they are not fully conscious of their waking mind's intentions, plans, personal information, etc., since they are quickly swept back into the dreaming consciousness after their initial realization by the overwhelmingly vivid sensory experience and their irresitable emotional reactions to it. For the rare individual who has seriously attempted to attain a high level of lucidity and who has had to look the spectre of madness in the face to do it, Castaneda's book is one of only a handful of books that talks about lucid dreaming with any real depth. There are dozens of books on dreaming and even on lucid dreaming specifically which talk about dreaming as something we can harness to serve our waking life's goals; such an approach is naive and in truth dangerous because it trivializes the subject. Castaneda's book is a sobering antidote to these watered-down self-help books. Whether The Art of Dreaming is an actual or fictionalized account I cannot say. However, I believe Castaneda had extensively delved into altered states of consciousness and is telling us that the lucid dream state is of utmost importance in the spirtual practices he has followed. Carlos is recounting Don Juan's teaching methodology. The methodology is not a logical exposition of the entire subject matter. It is a series of "tricks," such as the riddles used by a Zen Master, which the teacher uses to prod the student toward spiritual realizations. The student is instructed on all the workings of a grave and serious system and given classifications, rules, laws of how the system operates, things to look out for, etc. The teacher knows the system he describes is only a description of reality and not the reality itself. He is describing a mythical world but insisting to the student it is all very real, because it is the only way he can push the student to awareness, enlightenment, eternal life. This spiritual quest is what this book is really about. During this quest the line between fantasy and reality becomes blurred as it must. The Art of Dreaming is NOT mere entertainment (although I personally found it very entertaining). It is not factual. It is a profound spiritual work. But, as one other reviewer pointed out, you need to live it (to some extent) in order to begin to understand it. My advice is this: Have two dozen 30 minute in duration lucid dreams (if you can, yes that is a challenge) and then re-read the book; until then, withhold your judgement.

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