Tibetan Dream Yoga Instructions

Posted on October 29, 2009 by admin No Comments

Under all conditions during the day, hold to the concept that all things are of the substance of
dreams and that you must realize their true nature.

Evans-Wentz, trans.,The Yoga of the Dream State, The Yoga of the Six Doctrines

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Visualize and meditate on the Tibetan syllable ah, in the center of your body.

Keep your awareness on it while you are falling asleep.

Associate the visual letter with the sound ahhh.

You will fall asleep with virtually full awareness.

This will enable you to maintain awareness of the full presence of the state of natural light
both while dreaming and while deeply asleep

Namkhai Norbu, Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light

Wangyals Four Formal Preparations

Sleeping Buddha
1. Go through the day understanding all your experiences as being of the

substance of dreams.

2. Apply rule number one to specific people, objects, or states to which you feel desire and
attachment. By recognizing them as a dream, you can weaken your attachment to them.
We say everything is a dream, Wangyal adds. Anything youre attached to, anything that
holds your mind, we emphasize that those things are dreams. When you have a cup of
coffee, its dream coffee. Drive the dream car, meet with the dream boss, have a dreamlike
problem. If you see everything like a dream, things happen to you like a dream, and what
results will be like a dream too, and it wont have such a strong effect. Its a form of
detachment.

3. As youre lying in bed before going to sleep, review your day as if you were reviewing a
dream. Observe how each action, person, object, or state of being-and your attachment to
them-is like a dream. Then create an intention to stay aware during your dreams.

4. Immediately upon waking, review the night to see if you remember any dreams and
whether you were lucid within a dream. If you were, try to generate a sense of joy and
accomplishment about the practice. If you werent successful, then generate an even
stronger intention to be more consistent in the practice during the next night.

Before sleep, practice specialized breathing exercises designed to calm and purify your
consciousness.

Merge your mind with the mind of your spiritual teacher.