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Dream Yoga

The effort to awaken the consciousness in the dream state is called Dream Yoga. This term is most known from the tradition of Tilopa, Naropa, Marpa, and Milarepa, although the tradition of Niguma also includes Dream Yoga. Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word "yug," which means to "reunite" or "yoke together." This is the same as the root of our word religion, the Latin word "religare,"which means "to bind together." What is sought in both cases is the union of our consciousness with its source, but this can only happen when our consciousness is awakened and purified of all that is unclean.

The yogic tradition of Tilopa has been maintained in Tibetan Buddhism for hundreds of years. It is a series of teachings of which dream yoga is a vital part. It has been practiced and taught by all the Dalai Lamas, and such great initiates as Tsongkhapa and Milarepa. However, the Tibetans did not invent it. This yoga arrived in Tibet from India, and has also been practiced in mystical traditions around the world, such as among the Chinese, Aztecs, Mayans, and Egyptians.

The basic goal of Dream Yoga is to harness the power of the dream state and use it to awaken the consciousness.

The first step in dream yoga is to learn to retain conscious presence during dreams. - Jey Sherab Gyatso

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Articles about Dream Yoga

Key of Sol
From Lectures by Samael Aun Weor by Samael Aun Weor. (2007)
Unquestionably, the most important thing in life is the realization of the inner Being. Once, I interrogated my Divine Mother Kundalini, as follows: “How is it that the path that leads to the resurrection is extremely long?” She answered me,...

Also labeled: Astral Projection, Consciousness
Useless Dreams
From The Writings of Samael Aun Weor by Samael Aun Weor. (2007)
Let us now talk about something very important: I want to emphatically address the subject-matter related with dreams. The hour in which we must delve deeply within this topic has arrived. I acknowledge that the most important thing is to...
Dream Yoga: Two
From Dream Yoga by Gnostic Instructor. (2005)
Firstly, let us remember that the Path of Self Realization is the path for our consciousness to become united to God. Do not forget that you are here seated on this chair and in this room before your computer. We need to exercise our...

Also labeled: Astral Projection
Dream Yoga: One
From Dream Yoga by Gnostic Instructor. (2005)
The word Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word yug, which means "union." So the ancient and universal knowledge of Dream Yoga teaches us how to unite our consciousness with God through dreams, by awakening our consciousness through the study...

Also labeled: Yoga, Astral Projection
Imagination and Fantasy
From Lectures by Samael Aun Weor by Samael Aun Weor. (2005)
It is necessary to make a distinction between voluntarily directed imagination and mechanical imagination. Unquestionably, directed imagination is conscious imagination; for the wise, to imagine is to see. Conscious imagination is the clear...

Also labeled: Consciousness
Dream Yoga Course Introduction
From Dream Yoga by Gnostic Instructor. (2004)
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven... - St. Paul, 2 Corinthians...

Also labeled: Astral Projection