Shane and I are standing outside a large room that seems more like a really huge room/bread oven. There is a single opening in a stone wall (like a brick pizza oven). Inside there are several couples and a facilitator. Each couple steps forward and stand before the oven, they then kiss. We didn't make it there in time to be with the other couples. As each couple finishes they climb out of the oven/opening. When they are all gone, I climb in very animated and excited and turn to Shane who is still outside and say, "Come on, it's our turn now". I am kind of giddy. Shane says no, with no hint of playfulness or abandon. I try to cajole him. The room is so warm and toasty, but he refuses to come in. As I climb back out I wonder if the hole is too small for him to enter.
I wake up.

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Profound ~Odysseus~ Alchemy said…
my sister is a dream yogini.

"One interesting technique is that of the dream state yogas. To practise them we should realize that we are dreaming, and then engage a certain practice deliberately. Because our mind has become already more subtle, then with little effort a still deeper state of consciousness can be utilized.

When we do that we can develop a dream body. This special dream body is something separate from our physical body. It is a subtle body, and it can go many places and do many things.

I think this body is the best secret agent. Equipped with this technique, one can fulfill one's responsibilities. There is no danger in getting caught. Nobody else can see one's dream body.

This type of practice deals mainly with gaining control over the subtle body and subtle mind. That comes in tantric practice.

Excerpted from "Cultivating a Daily Meditation" by the 14th Dalai Lama
February 7, 2010 at 12:33 PM
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