I did a couple years of practice on Lucid dreaming in my early twenties, got real good at it too. Did some journalling for that, but personally I think it was the meditation and mindfulness practice which helped the most. I never went back and read them but the act of journeling them solidified the memory better.
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I also used to keep a dream journal and this is why. Iโm really bad at keeping journals of any kind because it takes a lot more time to write stuff down than it does to simply think about it and I always lose patience or time at some point. It was working well until I stopped. Maybe I should try just mindfully reflecting instead of writing them down ๐ค
I have occasionally gone back and read them and it was fun ๐
I think that mindfully reflecting is more important, I also gave up on the journalling at some point but the lucid dreaming continued long after. Basically until I stopped trying due to worldy distractions. I am a very lazy writer, better to give 5-15 minutes of reflection time or meditation when you wake up.
A journal of keyword memory triggers, and short sentences works
I agree about mediation and mindfulness practice 1000% wish it was instilled in me earlier on in life canโt imagine how beneficial it couldโve been growing up
I think the meditation, prayer and mindfulness really helped me through a heckin lot of stuff! ๐ I've been through two deep waves of spiritual practice in my adult life and I feel I need to be on the cusp of a third. In between the waves I always get way deep in the "mundane" world, dunja/samsara/material plane however you want to call it. That's where I am now. But I feel the potential energy of the pendulum getting ready to swing back into higher purpose. Fiat mine only sustains the body, the spirit needs different soil to bloom.
Sorry for the divergent over-share ๐ ...fuckin hippy ๐คฃ
Youโre spot the fuck on ๐ฏ
OK for what itโs worth this is what I told my daughter thereโs no sense in living in Nirvana all the time while weโre on the airplane I mean sure we could sit there and meditate all day long but whatโs the point of being human if weโre not gonna help others to rise
Hence why we have to come back itโs like a figure 8 we can go out and meditate live Nirvana and then come back to earth pick up more go back out and then come back over and over again repeatedly sometimes itโs daily sometimes this momentarily but itโs always happening
Airplane ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ should be Earth plain
Airplane, earthplane, submarine, space ship ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ same same ๐คฃ
This is absolutely correct ๐๐ผ to stay at the top of the mountain in paradise is almost a form of selfish narcisissm. The requirement is to come back down, humble yourself, live a real life and whenever possible, point people toward the foot of the mountain.
It was ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ I know that now but Iโd prefer to stay on my ridge just spinning my yarns of wool โฆ
Content being a cosmic mediator *should* be enough
Then all the spiritual bypassing & lies forced me to continue speaking
Then for Aaron Swartz I came here โฆ
Iโll continue making all the mistakes but hey at least Iโm trying ๐๐๐ค
We're all imperfect ๐๐ซ best we can do is to try and be better than we were before, not repeat our mistakes and repent when we stumble ๐๐ผ๐
I mean sure, but some people just need to be burnt to the ground. We all serve our purpose. I at least know mine and Iโm honest about it. I donโt fake the funk: I mean if youโre fake, Iโm gonna call you for call you out for being a fake
if you deserve to be burnt to the ground, Iโm gonna burn into the ground ๐, some may say that thatโs not kind but for me thatโs a real truth of what unconditional love is๐
Some can argue that thatโs not right let them argue I donโt care ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ก๐