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Why I Don’t Practice Lucid Dreaming

Last night I dreamed Joseph could pass through a solid red-brick wall—repeatedly—without harm and simply to get to the other side.

The night before, I dreamed that an aristocratic Venetian man slipped a white rose into my pocket in the public square and later came to my humble apartment with all his friends, who brought meats to cook which I’d never seen before. He was ready to sweep me away from my poverty because he loved me and would marry me despite our class differences.

How did I know he was Venetian? He was tall, well-fed, and dressed in layers of cape-like clothing. Upon awakening, I reasoned that I’d seen such clothing before somewhere—Amadeus? La bohème? Or Austrian, I thought.

And then I realized I’d never been able to see the man’s face in the dream—a mask! So I Googled Venetian masks and learned that they wore them all the time, all levels of society, in all circumstances, for many eras of their history, not just at the now-restored Venetian Carnival.

I also read that this mask-wearing was common in “one of the most rigid class hierarchies in all of Europe.”

The man in my dream was dressed exactly like the illustrations I found. Was this a past-life memory of mine? I’ll have to think about it, use all the tactics I teach in Speed Your Evolution for validating past-life information.

Meanwhile, don’t talk to me about this popular fad of trying to cultivate “lucid dreaming,” i.e., a dream in which you are aware that you are dreaming (or make yourself aware). A few days ago I read someone’s 10 Ways to Cultivate Lucid Dreaming list. Oh my gosh! If you were successful at it, you would allow your limited, switchboard-designed Conscious Mind to control your dreams! You would cut short all that access to your Infinite Self that we enjoy every night! You could seriously harm your waking life by denying yourself those long hours of blessed freedom to be your more complete self.

Sleight of Mind: It’s Real

I just finished re-reading my own book for the first time in paperback. Wow. My Cosmic CoAuthors certainly persuaded me to share things I wouldn’t otherwise have shared, and to sound more intelligent than I otherwise would have! Exactly like the hypnosis subjects magician Keith Barry talks about in this Huffington Post article.

The story includes a link to his 2004 TED talk and demo, but I found his remarks about using hypnosis during performances even more vital. He confirms every warning in my Future-Life Therapy chapter (19),  which provides an “Interdimensional View of Hypnosis.” The Irish magician claims to have hypnotized more than 3,000 subjects, leading him to some important conclusions we should all consider.