The gate-less gate to expanded states of consciousness—Lucid dreaming, shared dreams and out-of-body states are somewhat similar, with each having its unique characteristics. "I came across a book, 'The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep,' by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche ... and my practice [lucid dreaming] took off." Dream yoga is where you wake up inside a dream similar to a lucid dream but rather than simply having a dream experience, you start to train your mind. Even more advanced, Clear Light dream techniques will take your lucid dreams to a whole other level. A clear light experience differs from traditional lucid dreaming ... it introduces meditation into the dream state. "I can meditate in absolute silence ... pure silence. I'm a point of awareness observing the void ... the next stage is to completely dissolve the sense of self."

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