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I sit here reading through my very first dream diary, and my eye is quickly drawn to the dog-eared, book-marked page near the end of the book. I instinctively turn to this page and begin reading… This was my very first lucid dream… as I read through the details all the memories come flooding back like it was yesterday. I remember how enthralled I was with the idea that I could do anything I could imagine by lucid dreaming and that it could feel just as real as the real / awake world. It took several months and a lot of research, but I was...
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We are devoted to raising awareness and informing the community about ways in which dreams can become the key to unlocking unlimited potential. For example, what if you could explore all of the options and possible outcomes of an important life decisions in your dreams? Or how about practicing and rehearsing that difficult musical piece in your dreams before you have to perform on stage? Very few people realize that you can improve yourself, hone your skills, and improve your physical performance by working on important aspects of the self...
Floating in Dreams
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 16th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet Many people have described floating in dreams. Unlike flying dreams, where you can often control the direction and height of your flight above the dream landscape, you often have minimal control in floating dreams. You may experience only the sensation of floating in dreams; find yourself floating atop a lake, river, cloud or other buoyant medium; or turn the dream into a flying dream where you can control your direction and speed. A feeling of floating upward is also a common hallmark of a successful astral projection; some people have...Dream Dictionaries
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 15th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet Dream dictionaries are a tool to help you interpret the images, scenarios, and actions you encounter in your dreams. Dictionaries on dreams usually include a specific image or action as a heading: all the different variations of the dream in are listed underneath, along with a raft of possible interpretations you could draw from different combinations of dream elements. You can find dream dictionaries in book form or – more commonly in our wired age—as online databases with contributions from hundreds of professional and amateur dream...Out of Body Dreams
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 15th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet Sleep and lucid dream researcher Stephen LaBerge has proposed that the sensations of astral projection, or an out of body experience, may be a specific type of lucid dream. These so-called out of body dreams may be related to wake-induced lucid dreams, which occur at the onset of sleep without any apparent loss of consciousness. Unlike a lucid dream– where someone by definition knows that they’re dreaming– people who experience an OBE may feel totally awake and not realize they’ve slipped into a different state of...Dreams and Meanings
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 11th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet For philosophers in many traditions, dreams and meanings– or definitions– of reality have been inextricably linked. Dreams have provided human beings with worlds and experiences that can be just as vivid as real life and yet involve places, objects and people that do not exist in our waking lives. Vivid dreams can be seem totally real as we’re having them, a realism that does not diminish if you become lucid during the dream: the dream’s reality may actually increase as you consciously engage your dream senses with the...How to Astral Travel
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 11th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet There are a lot of websites out there offering advice on how to astral travel. It has been called the ultimate spiritual experience, allowing practitioners to develop their intuition, have hyper-realistic lucid dreams, journey to planes where the laws of regular space-time don’t apply, and even tap into universal wisdom. However, what most of these sites don’t mention is that these kinds of adventures take planning and practice—lots of it. Much like lucid dreaming for the first time, when you finally achieve astral projection you...Stories of Near Death Experiences
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 10th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 1 comment Tweet People who have survived an accident, illness or other physical trauma sometimes report stories of near-death experiences (NDEs) in which their consciousness seemed to separate from their bodies. Many NDE survivors describe seeming to float above their bodies, or journeying to distant places in the physical world. Other people have told stories of visiting different planes or being whisked up a tunnel to a white light before they found themselves back in their bodies. Accounts of near-death experiences often share broad similarities,...Meaning of Dream Symbols
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 9th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet Our dreams can present us with a virtually endless array of images, actions and scenarios which encode meaning in symbols and metaphors created by our subconscious minds. I’ve written about common dream symbols and their interpretations already, but the meaning of dream symbols is ultimately determined by your individual personality, situation and life concerns. The most helpful way to decode the meaning of your dream symbols may be to examine each element of your dream by itself and try to find the background behind the symbol: things in...Islamic Dreams Interpretation
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 4th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 1 comment Tweet In Islam, dreams can form an important channel of communication between human beings and the supernatural world, and Islamic dreams interpretation has a long history in the Middle East. During medieval times, when Christian Europe was struggling to maintain order after the fall of the Roman Empire, the Muslim Middle East was a center of learning: much early science and medicine in Europe was imported from the translated writings of Muslim scholars and physicians. In Canon of Medicine, physician Ibn Sina (Avicenna in a European...Significance of Dreams
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 4th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet As a visitor to our site, you probably already believe that dreams are interesting and relevant to our waking lives. Humans have also endeavored to understand the larger significance of dreams through the lens of indigenous and religious traditions, social sciences like psychology and anthropology, and medical sciences such as neurology. These very different models of reality have all striven to answer the basic question, “Are dreams meaningful?” Clearly, dreams are meaningful to the person who has them, both during the dream and when...Adult Nightmares
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 4th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet We’ve all experienced it: you wake up in the middle of the night in your dark room, heart pounding, looking around for the awful threat you’ve escaped… you just had a nightmare! One to two nightmares a week is considered normal in kids, and we still occasionally have them as adults; however, frequent adult nightmares experienced after maturity can be a reaction to severe traumas and/or a symptom of psychological disorders. Of course, nightmares in adulthood can also be a normal reaction to stress or recent traumatic events in your life....How to Have an Out of Body Experience
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 4th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet An out of body experience (OBE) is defined as the perception that you have left your body and are now observing the world from a viewpoint nearby. OBE’s can be triggered involuntarily by illness (especially with fever) and injury, or you can learn how to have an out of body experience. Many people have taught themselves to induce OBE’s through self-hypnosis. Certain perceptual illusions can also fool your brain into thinking your viewpoint is outside your body. Scientific experiments have shown that our brains rely on several different...Conscious Dreaming
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 4th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet Conscious Dreaming is a seminal book on dream work by Robert Moss, a self-described “dream teacher, on a path for which there has been no career track in our culture”. Unlike other related books on dream interpretation and guides for lucid dreaming, Moss’s Conscious Dreaming integrates all aspects of dream work into a comprehensive book whose aim is to encourage ordinary people to make conscious dreaming a part of their lives. Topics within Moss’s book include methods of dream recall, lucid dreaming practice, dream interpretation, and...Techniques of Meditation
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 4th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet In my article on getting started with meditation, I briefly touched on the two basic streams of meditation, breathing and guided meditation. In this post, we’ll go in-depth into the details of some of the most well-known techniques of meditation that you might want to try if you’re interested in meditation practice. All of these techniques can be effective ways of encouraging the relaxed awareness which is a prelude to a true meditative state. Meditation is ultimately a very individual practice, and it’s up to you to discover the best...Dream Interpreters
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 4th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet For as long as human beings have sought answers to their dreams, there have probably been dream interpreters who delved into their meanings. Although most contemporary resources on dream interpretation give dreamers the tools to decide what the elements of their dream might mean to them, in the past people would often consult dream interpreters to unravel the significance of their dreams. The profession of dream interpretation has changed over time, from an aspect of prophecy and religious practice (where it still remains in many cultures) to...Meditation Chakras
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 1st, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet An ancient technique for focusing the mind and inquiring within involves the use of meditation chakras to tune into the inner state of the body and mind. Chakra means a focal point of energy in the body, and derives from the Sanskrit word cakra meaning “wheel”. In early Hindu texts such as the Vedas and Upanishads, chakras are described as spinning wheels of light located inside the body. These chakras, or points of power, run from the base of the spine to the top of the head and mark points where the energy meridians in the body...Dreams of Teeth Falling Out
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 1st, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet If you’ve ever had a dream where your teeth fell out at a tap, rotted or were growing crooked, you know that it can be a scary experience that can leave quite a lasting impression. Getting to the root of dreams of teeth falling out can assuage the fear and disgust associated with these visceral dreams and point you to their possible causes. The state of our teeth is an important indicator of overall physical health, and healthy teeth are part of an attractive appearance. Teeth are crucial to our sense of personal independence and efficacy:...Meditation How To
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Nov 1st, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet Daily meditation can be a great way to increase your mindfulness, reduce stress and sharpen your waking self-awareness as part of lucid dreaming practice. In this article, I’ve laid out a simple meditation how to guide for anyone interested in starting meditation practice. You may want to meditate to encourage lucid dreams, for spiritual development, to reduce stress and negative emotions, or for all of these reasons. Whatever your motive, practicing meditation has been shown to have tangible benefits when done regularly. People from all...Astral Projection Experiences
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Oct 24th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet Astral projection from the physical body is a type of mental phenomenon that is related to lucid dreaming. Many people who have been successful in lucid dreaming for a long time say that it can be a springboard to achieving astral projection experiences. Astral projection requires the same kind of mental focus, physical relaxation and enhanced awareness that form components of lucid dreaming practice. It’s unclear what separates astral projection experiences from passive wake-induced lucid dreams, in which your body falls asleep before your...Dangers of Astral Projection
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Oct 24th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet Much like lucid dreaming, gaining the ability to astral project can open up opportunities for adventure, personal insight and mental exploration. However, if you’re new to the idea of astral travel, it’s good to seek out more information on the dangers of astral projection. While most astral projections I’ve read about were positive experiences, there are also anecdotes from people who have had frightening astral projection experiences. In the article below, I’ll try to describe some of the potential dangers of astral projection and...Reading Dreams
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Oct 24th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet There’s a common misconception out there that it’s impossible to read anything in dreams. Actually, most people who record and share their dreams have reported having reading dreams in which they read signs, newspapers and other sources of text in a dream. The difference between reading in real life and in a dream is that the text you see in a dream is not words on paper: it is a product of your subconscious and can change in ways that real text cannot. Because dream text is so changeable and fluid, reading dreams offer a built-in reality...Christian Dreams Interpretation
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Oct 24th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet Among the websites that offer dictionaries and frameworks to help you interpret your dreams, there are a few sites that offer Christian dreams interpretation. Interpreting dreams has been a part of Judeo-Christian religion since the Old Testament, where there are many examples of rulers and religious leaders receiving prophecies and messages from God in their dreams. The Christian interpretation of dreams has roots with other cultures of the ancient Near East such as Egypt and Sumeria, which also believed that dreams were supernatural...Dreams about Death
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Oct 20th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet If you’ve ever had dreams about death, you’re not alone: dreams involving death of oneself or a loved one, or interaction with death and mortality in some form, are among the most commonly reported dreams. As human beings, we are very aware of our own mortality; even if our conscious minds prefer not to dwell on it, we may dream about death at times of stress or change in our lives. Death dreams often confront us with feelings of pain, fear or grief (either at a loved one’s passing or our own). While it may be challenging to analyze...Dreams of Snakes
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Oct 20th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet Snakes are one of the most common animal symbols that people report in their dreams. People from vastly different cultures and spiritual traditions have recorded having dreams of snakes. There can be many different kinds of dreams involving snakes: you could be fighting with a snake, tending it, talking to it, or even transform into a snake in your dream. Despite the diversity of dreams of snakes, a few core interpretations related to snakes survive from ancient cultures as different as the Maya and the Greeks. Visions and dreams of snakes...What Is The Meaning Of Dreams?
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Oct 14th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet For as long as human beings have tried to understand what dreams are, they have also asked, “What is the meaning of dreams? Where do dreams come from, and what are they trying to tell us?” While the scientific definition of dreams can reveal the neural processes behind dreaming the meanings of dreams are much more subjective and individual. Dream interpretation is the art of discovering the possible meaning behind someone’s dream through tracing the symbolism of the dream and the life context of the person who experienced it. Today,...Definition Of Dreams
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Oct 14th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet If you look in the dictionary, you’ll find the definition of dreams as follows: a series of images, ideas, emotions and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. The definition of dreams today also encompasses daydreams and states of trance and abstraction, Psychologists have defined dreams as mental activity, usually involving a series of imagined events, that occurs in certain phases of sleep. In to the past dreams have been defined in all sorts of different ways in different cultures. It seems that...How To Get Lucid Dreams
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Oct 12th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet There are literally thousands of books and websites out there with information on how to get lucid dreams. On this site, I’ve recommended exploiting your REM cycle by waking up at different times, letting yourself wake up naturally, and improving your recall as ways to get lucid dreams. All of these methods encourage you to become familiar with your dream state of mind, preserving it as long as possible once awake, and making dreams a priority in your life. That is, all of these methods rely on increasing awareness of dreams and your belief...How To Stop Nightmares
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Oct 12th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet I’ve outlined some of the basic causes of nightmares elsewhere on this site, as well as steps you can take to alleviate nightmares. However, there’s also an array of mental strategies that can teach you how to stop nightmares. Learning how to lucid dream can be a great tool for dealing with nightmares. Likewise, because they are often emotionally vivid, nightmares can function as a “backdoor” to launch you into a lucid dream. Here’s how this works: when a nightmare confronts you with a frightening and illogical situation, you’re...Melatonin Lucid Dreams
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Oct 12th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet There is increasing scientific and anecdotal evidence to suggest that the hormone melatonin may increase lucid dreams. People who have taken the synthetic hormone as a sleep aid have sometimes reported having melatonin lucid dreams as a result, which they could recall afterward in great detail. Melatonin is produced by the pineal gland of the brain and is thought to regulate the sleep-wake (or circadian) cycle by chemically initiating drowsiness in humans. Melatonin secretion is inhibited by light during the day, and permitted by darkness,...What Is A Lucid Dream?
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Oct 11th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet The ability to become conscious in a dream, called lucid dreaming, is a phenomenon that has been recognized by different cultures throughout recorded history. However, if you are just becoming familiar with the field of lucid dreaming, the first thing you might ask is, “what is a lucid dream?” People all over the world have induced dreams in which they maintained conscious awareness for the purposes of spiritual seeking, philosophical exploration, self-improvement and even recreation. Tibetan monks believe that increased lucidity in...Is Lucid Dreaming Real?
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Oct 11th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet If you’re new to the idea of lucid dreaming, one of the first things you might ask as a visitor to our site might be, “Is lucid dreaming real?” The idea of being able to consciously experience and control your dreams might seem fantastical, almost too good to be true, but lucid dreaming is a real phenomenon. You don’t have to rely on paranormal explanations or pseudoscience to understand lucid dreaming: it is a function of the way our brains work to change our state of consciousness in our sleeping and waking lives. In the last half...Lucid Dreaming Stories
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Oct 1st, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet It can take a lot of time, practice and determination for the average person to achieve a lucid dream, and some of you readers out there may be wondering if the lucid dream experience is worthwhile. Lucid dreaming stories from people who have attained lucid dream states can provide inspiration if you are wondering, “why bother trying to have a lucid dream?” Stephen LaBerge, a pioneering scientist in the field of lucid dreams, has compiled real people’s lucid dreaming stories in his book Exploring the World of Lucid Dreams. As well as...Cause of Nightmares
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Sep 28th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet Most people occasionally wake up from a scary or unpleasant dream which may lead them to wonder about the cause of nightmares and how to deal with them. Although nightmares, or “bad dreams” occur most frequently in children, adults can also experience, or even be plagued by, bad dream scenarios such as falling from a great height or being chased by some dangerous element that they cannot escape. Frequent nightmares can have a debilitating effect on your daytime ability to concentrate and perform daily activities, and even on your general...Wake Induced Lucid Dreams
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Sep 26th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet Wake induced lucid dreams are dreams that a person enters from a waking state without seeming to lose conscious awareness. Wake induced lucid dreams are one of two categories of lucid dreams; the second is the dream-induced lucid dream, which starts as a normal dream until the person realizes they are dreaming and becomes lucid. There are degrees of awareness and control which you can achieve in any dream whether it is a lucid dream or not: you may find yourself lucid in a dream but choose to do nothing and simply let the dream narrative...Meanings of Dreams in Pregnancy
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Sep 26th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet Women often find that they can recall their dreams more frequently and in greater detail during pregnancy. Many also notice that certain themes crop up in their dreams again and again, leading them to wonder about the meanings of dreams in pregnancy. Pregnant women may often wonder what meaning there is, if any, to what they experience in their dreams. In Women’s Bodies, Women’s Dreams, Patricia Garfield writes that there are a number of common themes, images and narratives that pregnant women may encounter in their dreams, all of which...Vivid Dreams in Pregnancy
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Sep 24th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet When pregnant, women often find that their dreams become more vivid and memorable. The reasons for these vivid dreams in pregnancy are not yet fully understood. Even if a woman doesn’t normally recall many of her dreams, she may remember four to five dreams per week or more during her pregnancy. Vivid dreams and pregnancy seem to go hand in hand, and pregnant women’s dreams are often rich in symbolic content related to the upcoming birth, their future child, their relationship to their partners and other supporting people in their lives,...How To Lucid Dream
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Apr 28th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet The practice of lucid dreaming is something that is becoming more and more popular as people become more aware of the potential power that is contained within the mind and that becomes available during the dream state. These days, it is easy to find lots of books and resources for learning how to lucid dream as well as for interpreting the meanings of dreams and for learning to increase dream recall and the vividness of the dreams that one experiences. However, the practice of lucid dreaming is not as new as its recent surge in popularity...Flying Dreams
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Apr 22nd, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 4 comments Tweet Flying dreams are a particularly powerful type of lucid dream which are commonly experienced by people all over the world. At one point or another most individuals will experience a dream about flying. In fact, flying dreams are among the most commonly reported dream experiences. Flying dreams can be incredibly thrilling and exciting, but they can also be frightening and unsettling, depending on the circumstances of the specific dream. When one experiences flying in dreams that are fully lucid, in which the individual is able to control...Dream Journal
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Apr 21st, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet A dream journal is a journal in which one records experiences that happen in the dream world. It can include only experiences that happen in dreams, or can also include personal reflections on dreams and experiences in the waking world that remind one of, or have had an influence on the dream state. The dream journal is perhaps the most essential tool for individuals who are interested in vivid and lucid dream work and in astral projection. Dream journals can help you to become more familiar with your dream world, making it easier to...Nova Dreamer
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Apr 20th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet The Nova Dreamer is a lucid dream induction device that was developed by one Dr. Stephen LaBerge, the founder of the Lucidity Institute. The device is a sleep mask with infrared sensors that are positioned above the dreamer’s eyes. These sensors pick up the rapid eye movements of REM sleep, and the mask then puts off a lucidity cue in the form of patterns of light and sound, which can be preselected from a variety of combinations. These cues are meant to appear in the dream state and to encourage the individual to attain...Astral Projection
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Apr 7th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet According to ancient traditions the world over, the soul or spirit has the ability to leave the physical body at certain times and to travel to other spaces and realms. In modern times, this concept has come to be known as astral projection, or astral travel. Astral projection is associated with near death experiences, sleep and dreams, illness, entheogenic experiences, and certain forms of meditation. While many individuals who experience astral projection were not necessarily looking to do so, many others actively seek to practice...Flying Dreams Meaning
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Apr 6th, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 2 comments Tweet One of the most common themes that individuals report experiencing in their dreams states is that of flying. Flying dreams are particularly dramatic and interesting because they represent such an obvious break from the waking world. Those people who have these sorts of dreams often seek to understand flying dreams meaning, trying to figure out what these sorts of dreams have to say about the dreamer, his or her life, and his or her psychological state. If you are looking for flying dream meaning, you are not alone. People all over the...The Art of Dreaming
Posted by dr3amh3rbs on Apr 1st, 2011 in Helpful Articles | 0 comments Tweet There are an incredible number of books on the market that discuss dreams, vivid dreaming and lucid dreaming. There are so many, in fact, that it can be a little overwhelming to try and figure out which are the best ones to read. I have a number of favorite books on the topic of dreaming which discuss dreaming from the viewpoint of many different ancient traditions, but I must say that one of my favorites has always been The Art of Dreaming by Carlos Castaneda. This book was one of the first books on the topic of dreaming that I ever...Lucid Dreaming – 5 Easy Steps
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I sit here reading through my very first dream diary, and my eye is quickly drawn to the dog-eared, book-marked page near the end of the book. I instinctively turn to this page and begin reading… This was my very first lucid dream… as I read through the details all the memories come flooding back like it was yesterday. I remember how enthralled I was with the idea that I could do anything I could imagine by lucid dreaming and that it could feel just as real as the real / awake world. It took several months and a lot of research, but I was...Welcome to DreamHerbs
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We are devoted to raising awareness and informing the community about ways in which dreams can become the key to unlocking unlimited potential. For example, what if you could explore all of the options and possible outcomes of an important life decisions in your dreams? Or how about practicing and rehearsing that difficult musical piece in your dreams before you have to perform on stage? Very few people realize that you can improve yourself, hone your skills, and improve your physical performance by working on important aspects of the self...