I am excited to announce that my next workshop will be overnight. Since the subject matter is lucid dreaming, it only makes sense that we should be able to sleep during the workshop. Once the idea came to me, I knew this was the natural progression of how the class should be taught. It is great to know that this is finally coming to fruition. The workshop is made for all skill levels. Everyone from the seasoned dream yogi to the person who can’t remember their dreams is welcome. Together we will learn how to use our dreams as tools for personal development. In the morning we will share our experiences with one another as a group. There will also be an organic vegetarian breakfast served that is included in the price of admission. I believe that our dreams and visions are gifts and if we only keep them to ourselves then it is like we are stealing. Together we can share and develop our own lucid dreaming practice.

This poster was an exceptional challenge. My computer is getting repaired and I have been using one that doesn’t have Photoshop. As a result I used some colored paper that I’ve had laying around for a while to create the poster. It was fun to work with my hands a little. Cutting everything out was quite laborious but I’m happy with how it looks. There’s a certain tactile quality that you can try to imitate with computers but it’s just out of reach. The way the shadows fall off the edges of the paper is something that I could never do with an effect. My roommate let me use his computer to add in the type. This has made me very thankful for functioning computers. I will be happy to have mine back soon but I am also thankful for this exercise in patience and using scissors.

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Eve will be at the workshop on Thursday at the alignment center talking a little bit about her Elixirs and the ability of herbs to aid in our dream practice.

By Eve of Eden’s Elixirs

Since a young age, I have witnessed firsthand how beneficial it can be to harness plant intelligence in one’s life. I was raised very unconventionally in a household whose belief system was very earth-based; we never to the traditional medical doctor, and instead found all remedies through plants and a plant-based diet. Growing up with this truth has inspired me and made me passionate about sharing my knowledge and experience with botanicals. I craft herbal elixirs as an effort to a promote longevity, vibrant health and a deeper awareness of the human experience. I’m looking forward to sharing my Lucid Dreaming Elixir at The Lucid Dream workshop.

Eve will also be selling her elixirs at the workshop and talking more about how they can aid in our dream practice.

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I’ve definitely watched my share of TV in my lifetime. After meditating a little on what’s actually happening during the spectating process I have to say that it’s more than I’d like to admit. If I had to guess, I’d say I’ve spent years of my life in front of the tube. It’s a scary thought. It recently occurred to me that my viewing habits were directly related to my dreaming practice. When we are in the dream, everything seems so real that we rarely notice that we are the ones creating it. I like to think that we are creating our waking state reality as well. It’s just happening at a different speed. In you’re in a lucid dream you can create a sky scrapper in the blink of an eye. In waking life, there are many steps to complete the construction of a building. In either state, it’s the same forces at work. I would say that a few of them are awareness, creativity, and belief. However, these things are meaningless unless we can wake up from the dream. That goes for the dream of our waking reality as well.

One act in particular traps people very effectively. That would be movies and television. Many people understand that movies and television shows are not real in the sense that they are not actually happening in a box in their living room. However, the catch is that during the moment of watching, most people are so engrossed that they often forget where they are. They forget they are even in their living room. Of course if you were to ask them in the middle of the program they would answer that they were in their living room. The real test is ask yourself how often you realize it when no one is asking the question. Are you viewing the movie as a person watching from your couch or are you a floating awareness constantly acting as if you were seeing the scene from the camera’s point of view? When we take on this role, we lose ourselves in the illusion that is the scene on the television. Do we identify with what we see or the thing that does the seeing?

When we go away from the screen I feel like people approach their life with a similar perspective. People think they are just watching things happen, but like the TV show, think they have little control over the content being shown. To my mind, the trick is to tap into the awareness that is at the core of all experience. When you can connect to that awareness and notice your surroundings and the nature of your reality without identifying it, you can live lucidly. It is just as important to be lucid while being awake as it is to be lucid while you’re asleep. When we begin to live life with the awareness while we are awake, that awareness will carry over to our dreams as well. With this perspective, we no longer get washed away with the tide of illusion. Instead we are a different force which can move at its own discretion and can begin to move deeper and deeper into the mystery of this human experience.

So next time you go to the movies think about where you are every now and then. Realize that you’re not a camera. Take a moment to realize that you’re a human being sitting in a movie theater. Think about how you got there or where you live. I find that if I were to ask myself these simple questions, I would become lucid in my dreams much more often. If you find that you’re getting lost in the movie, don’t feel bad about it. The movie is simply doing its job. It’s trying to take you to a different reality. When I watched Avatar in theaters I found that I was getting swept away in amazement constantly. At a certain point I decided to let myself get swept away and had an amazing cinematic experience. Sometimes it’s good to let go. Especially when you’re making the decision to do so.

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Hey all! I was just featured in an article on Reality Sandwich which talks about a conversation I had with my friend Adam Elenbaas. We recently sat down for a chat about lucid dreaming. For those who haven’t checked it out, Reality Sandwich is an online literary magazine that’s devoted to issues that are focused on the development of consciousness in our world. Everything from technology’s affect on the psyche to kundalini awakenings all in one spot. The article also mentions the upcoming workshop. Here are the final details. April 15th, 8-10 pm at Atmananda Yoga Sequence 324 Lafayette 7th floor $25 at the door. I’m really looking forward to it!

I’ll be putting up more blogs that will talk a little more about my own experience with dreaming in the near future. Think of it as a sneak peak. Cheers!

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