TEDxSanDiego 2011 - Charlie Morley - Lucid Dreaming, Embracing Nightmares 

I hope you can give your shadow a hug soon man! :-)

Dec Kirk Hey same last name and lucid dreaming interest

the same,

Glad it resonated with you James! :-)

@@CharlieMorley awesome, I'm just beginning to recall my dreams as suggested by Jim Kwik

Thanks Niamh :-) No time for intros when you've got 9.30 mins max I'm afraid! xx

Charlie Morley good point. 😊

Emily Hunt That doesn't sound like a lucid dream Emily but sounds more like night terrors and false awakenings perhaps? x

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aha ha ha! Thanks man! :-) x

Ah thanks man! :-)

May I ask you an Astrology question? Are you an Aries, Virgo, or Scorpio?

If you don't subscribe to astrology, you don't have to answer.

No man, I'm a double Leo!

Charlie Morley Ha! Dope.

Yeah man get back on it! Sounds like your a natural! :-) x

Charlie Morley Will do man, thanks for your comment !

So glad!

thanks to you i found other ways to make me aware of when i am dreaming. like when i know i am about to have a nightmare again i dont have them anymore but thats when i become aware and go about trying to stay lucid and yea still working on that part.

yeah thats pretty common I'm afraid BUT each time you will be able to sty in there longer! :)

Thanks for the love! Yes exactly, hug your shadows in life and dreams :-)

BhavZ

Glad you liked it man! :-)

thanks! x

thank you :-)

Jazlyn Bell enjoy the hug!

+Lily Uzunova thank you! Keep dreaming! x

Thanks so much :-) I hope you enjoy the book!

Hey! Check out my book if you can? www.charliemorley.com/dreams-of-awakening/

I hope that helps! :-)

Glad your enjoying the book! I will be in NYC at the Open Centre in the fall :-)

Thanks man! :-)

+ACAProjects HD give it a try, I'.m sure you can do it! :-)

+Charlie Morley this is coolest ted talk i think i've ever watched.

+ACAProjects HD lol right same here! we can master it, though!

plusgoogle I had a nightmare a few months back, and managed to overcome it whilst turning it into a lucid dream. Its not as scary as you'd think.

Hello, the same thing happens to me, I'm a little confused, I couldn't control my last dreams, and I don't even want to go back to that, I tried to remove that shadow with light and I couldn't.

Yes, the latter! Feelings anomalies etc :-)

+jose Villegas just out of reach eh? Just send him your embrace and love even if yo cant do it with your arms :-)

will do just that thanks

Hey Matthew :-) I have taught a lot of practicing Christians and in fact one of my friends had a full on communion with the holy spirit in one for lucid dreams so it can be a very powerful way to explore and further your faith. I do teach a Buddhist approach to lucid dreaming (in my book Dreams of Awakening) but also a totally secular approach too (in my 2nd book Lucid Dreaming a Beginners Guide)

Charlie Morley Thank you! I hope to get a copy of your books soon, so I will see how it goes :D (also, one other thing: In a lucid dream state, do you view everything through your own eyes as if in real life, or can you be looking on yourself, like watching a movie?)

I’ve been lucid dreaming since I was 11 and have been doing it ever since. 10yrs as I’m now 21. If I have 20 dreams, 8 of them are Lucid roundabout. My lucid dreams had Nothing to do with religion( I am a Christian/and by far not a perfect or righteous one )It occurred through reality checks. It’s a popular consensus that reality checks are a common and proven way to initiate lucid dreaming. I lost my wallet at the theatre when I was 11 and I had like 60bucks in there. That’s a lot of money for a kid and naturally I was devastated. Every day since when I get up from sitting down I pat my back pocket for my wallet, my front left pocket for my keys, and my front right for my phone. While dreaming one or all three of said items would be missing. This would cause me to rethink the recent past and think about where and when I could have lost my phone, wallet, etc. Then I would realize I had gone to sleep, thus I would become lucid. You can have lucid dreams that feel very real and do exciting things. I’ve flown( albeit not very high ) and I’ve made people I wanted to talk to or hangout with appear with a thought. Never in Front of my eyes though, I would turn around, think of said person and then turn back around and there they would be. That being said I would be highly skeptical of anyone saying the communed with God in their lucid dreaming( as the Holy Spirit is apart of the Trinity ). In my own experience with lucid dreaming over the past 10yrs I’ve never experienced nightmares while lucid, I hardly have nightmares at all. Maybe 4-5 times a year. The whole hugging a demon and it becoming you thing is totally plausible because when you are lucid you control your dreams. But it doesn’t necessarily mean it has deeper meaning if you don’t make it. Outside forces from outside the dream scape made the giver of this talk act a certain way in the dream. Some guy told him how he should interpret/ interact with his “shadow demon” and so he did. But if he never would have came across said person his dreaming experience would have been different. Meaning there is no universal independent shadow demon lurking in everyone’s consciousness unless you create it yourself while dreaming because you heard about it externally. Same with talking with God, One may think he is talking with God, but in reality he is having a dream about talking with God , Lucid or not. Be weary of people trying to place religious connotations on everything or claiming to know the ins and outs of the religious experience. Also be weary of those who claim to know things that simply can’t be proven, like saying there is no god.

Cynthia Drangus Lady Saying one can never learn due to X reason is a very close minded approach to life.

Sean McArn I agree with all you said..its all about who you are and what you think. In my lucid dreams I would experience the superpowers like telekinesis, telepathy, flying and quick healing.... many years ago when I had any negative element in my dreams I would wake up and think about removing them from the scene , thn go back to sleep. Slowly there was no fear. But four or five times, I felt that there were some external factors which turned the dream into nightmare(I am lucid dreaming since 9 or 10 age and I am 26 now) I think that fear comes when we are sleeping in uncomfortable position or place. Body cannot function properly while its almost dead in deep sleep, so I found out that one must not let the limbs falling down, too much heat or cold could disturb the mind, and any kind of continuous/unpleasant noises all will cause the fearful dream. I once shared my Sister's lucid dream and we had similar experience at the same time but I was able to fight with negative feeling better because it wasnt my dream. That day it was amazing discovery of lucid dreaming together, however its better to do it alone for full control. In my opinion people with good concentration would have these dreams more thn those who doesnt like much details and for that reason I really feel that creative people are actually meditating in their sleep while dreaming or maybe its me because now I get many answers in my dreams and I wake up with more understanding of life and self.

Ali Parry Not sure about the master bit but thanks for the love Ali! Keep up the great work! :-)

thank you!

So glad you enjoyed it man! :-)

congrats charlie, you impressed a human who likes to represent himself with a bathroom selfie.

@@freelectron2029 LOL! :)

Many thanks, I been tryin to find out about "lucid dream causes" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Siyaarter Unimaginable Superiority - (should be on google have a look ) ? It is a good one off guide for discovering how to improve your lucid dreaming results without the headache. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my m8 got excellent results with it.

I have hypnogogic hallucinations. There is no way anyone should lucid dream. This is irresponsible. It is not cool to not be able to know what is real.

Gideon Cheung Throughout the history, many civilizations had recorded this "state of consciousness". Stephen LaBerge was the first scientist who proved that lucid dreaming is indeed real and not a hoax or some kind of autosuggestion. If you want to learn more, I recommend you to buy Daniel Love's book "are you dreaming? ". Also Stephen LaBerge wrote a book about his findings and his experiences. Both books are easy to read, they have historical and scientific information and they don't follow a "metaphysic route". 😊😊😊

hey man, there is quite a lot out there but here is one thats quite good: www.theguardian.com/science/2014/apr/27/mysteries-lucid-dreaming-brain-consciousness-research and check out this one for info about the Tibetan stuff: www.lionsroar.com/waking-up-from-the-dream-of-a-lifetime/

To have nightmares just sleep facing upwards. Your tongue will roll into your mouth, sleep apnea will occur and your brain will have a nightmare to wake you up. Works almost everytime.

Yeah Ted nightmares are a wonderful psychological learning tool!

Yeah man sounds like it right? Its for real though. The only catch is, it takes quite a lot of effort to do regularly.

Less hockey, more dreaming

+zada4a Great! Yes dreaming about LDing is so close to lucidity!

So glad you enjoyed the vid! Yes i have loads more videos on my youtube channel :-) xx

Charlie Morley Charlie! I just bought your book, it'll get to my place by february 15 or so. I also bought your tapes and had the most fun dreaming lastnight. I really think I'll get to lucid dream! thank you very much. Cant wait to read your book.

Great to hear man! Thanks for the support! :-)

Try planning what to do BEFORE you get lucid. Just like writing your grocery list before yo get to the store so that you know exactly what you want to happen. Of course the dream may have other plans but at least that will help to focus you :-)

+stuart duke yeah for sure, but with 9 mins limit i had to keep it focused on the personal shadow. Anyway glad you liked it! x