6 Tips to Prepare for Astral and Lucid Dreaming

I write this post in response to queries about my astral and lucid dream course. Some people do spontaneously engage in these activities.  Others benefit from training to prepare and explore the deeper significance of the experiences.  Here are 6 tips:

1. Train the mind for dream recall

Both lucid dreaming and astral projection are facilitated by dream recall. You quickly forget without this ability.

2. Learn to quiet the monkey mind.

It is far easier to induce astral projection with a quiet mind but you can also induce it with less than silence.

3. Develop fearlessness.

Astral projection happens as you overcome the fears associated with it.  It is always safe. Initial scares subside.

4. Appreciate duality but focus on the positive.

Most people encounter challenges. Despite this, its important to learn to laugh and relax.

5. Set aside time to awaken naturally

Do this in the middle of the night to initiate lucid and wake up gently in the  morning to promote recall.

6. Learn about the subtle energetics of entering and exiring different planes

Accelerate new life shifts

Notice the sense of holding yourself back is a pointer to the root of your own fear and resistance. Its not who you are that actually holds you back, but who you think you are not and the influence of this identity over your choices. You may forget what you are made of, forget how to access it or tune in. Much like the penguin is aware of the significance and benefits of ice water, yet does not always jump right in, we are each aware that our discomfort holds the key to our own salvation. Deep down, we all know what feels right yet the question is, do we always listen or simply cling to "the familliar"? We are each like a seed that contains all genetic material to transform into a progessive seedling, plant and tree. We can continue to produce our own seeds and stay in a karmic cycle, or, come "full circle" and embrace a new way of being. Just as the branches of a tree strengthen and grow upwards to the sky, we too grow stronger, striving for greater knowledge, wisdom and new experiences as we move through life. We hold the seed of our own energetic and crystalline light body transformation. At what point do we cease to resist and recall what feels natural?" As we meet guides on the Path, they can assist in different capacities, depending on what we allow or resist. Sufi poet Khalil Gibran reminds us, 'the teacher who is indeed wise does not invite us to enter his house of widom but rather, guides us to the threshold of our own mind' so we awaken.