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Robert Waggoner 1/2/2012 11:00:40 AM
Hi Frank, The inner Self seems a larger component of the waking self (which we normally think of as the 'I'), but does not seem equal to the Source or Creator or All That Is. So why does the inner Self act as it does? My best guess -- we seem involved in an educational system of fulfillment and (psychological, spiritual, emotional and creative) growth. So just as a Teacher poses questions to students and provides teaching aids, but does not complete the test for the student, this reality or system acts to pose questions and challenges to us in hope that we will learn and grow. Lucid wishes! Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

frank 12/28/2011 5:27:41 AM
Hi Robert life changing book thank you. In your Opinion? If the inner self or hidden observer is capable of healing and curing disease and providing infinite knowledge that could aid people why it doesn't. Why does the inner self not heal people with cancer or help poor people make money for their family. Is the inner self only responsive when actively sought out. So that people not knowing it's there never get help from it. Is the inner self god? Submitted By: frank

Robert Waggoner 12/6/2011 11:33:13 AM
Hi Rachel, So glad to hear how much you enjoyed my book. Dream figures and their responses are very interesting, since they often seem (in a sense) 'alive' within the dream and as aware as the lucid dreamer. To your question about dreaming with others, please go back to my book chapters on mutual lucid dreaming and also, dream telepathy. There you will see many instances of apparent interaction within the dimension of lucid dreams, which are later verified. Someday, I feel scientific evidence will emerge to support accepting this idea. I feel dreaming shows us the immense complexity of the mind - and lucid dreaming could act as the scientific tool to explore and validate that complexity. Lucid wishes! Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Rachel 12/5/2011 3:25:19 AM
Hello Robert! First I'd like to say that I really enjoyed your book! It has helped me tremendously with my lucid dreams. I started lucid dreaming when I was about 12 and I had no idea what was going on or how it was even possible- Many years later I stumbled upon your book. I'm glad I found your book because no one that I knew had had a lucid dream which made me feel weird. Anyways I recently have been having vivid LONG lucid dreams. I forget most of it because they have been so long, but last night I remembered part of my dream. I was trying to find someone in my dream that somehow could be an actual real person dreaming in the same "realm". This idea came to me after I have talked to many characters in my dreams and they all tell me that they are not dreams! They always get upset or they will say " No you are in my dream" or "Maybe your in my dream?" I know that sounds super out there, but have you ever dealt with people dreaming the same thing? Or has it ever crosse

Robert Waggoner 11/22/2011 11:22:48 AM
Hi Kyle, Good question! A lot of dreamers feel that writing them in the 'present tense' (as if they are happening at that moment) helps a person to recall them more accurately (and more fully engage them as inner events). Though our 9th grade English teacher is unlikely to grade our dream journal, the most important thing is developing the 'practice' of remembering and the intent to become lucidly aware. Lucid wishes! Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Kyle 11/19/2011 3:16:00 AM
Hi Robert, I keep a dream journal but I am worried I'm not writing things down the right way. I was never the best in English class so I'm not sure if I should record my dreams in past or present tense. I like keeping the dream log because it helps my recall significantly, any feedback on how to properly records my dreams would be great. Thank you Submitted By: Kyle

Robert Waggoner 11/9/2011 2:57:21 PM
Hi Caleb, Thanks for all of your questions. Some of them require very lengthy responses, which is hard to do in this short space. In general terms, I feel that the non-visible 'awareness behind the dream' seems the most creative and far-sighted awareness within the lucid dream, so it seems best to ask questions of it. It, I assume, is our larger Self (as Jung theorized), inasmuch as its creativity and knowledge goes beyond that of the ego/waking self's. And yes, I feel you can reach this same level of awareness through things like meditation (but it may take lots of practice and self-work). To your question about healing, lucid dreaming seems an approach that deserves scientific attention since it appears to be relatively successful. Lucid dreaming serves everyone by helping us see a more accurate depiction of waking reality and the nature of the Self. In the final analysis, energy, matter and consciousness may be 'one', so in that sense, I may be offering a pan-psychic viewpoi

caleb 11/9/2011 10:16:48 AM
Hi robert. I read your book about a year ago and and that time I wanted to control the dream and assumed I did. I was disappointed reading the sailor does not control the sea but after re reading it I am much happier About a year ago exactly at this time I was lucid dreaming and looking for answer so In a few lucid dreams I would become conscious then I asked a dream character a business question and he said how am I suppose to know. I was surprised by this and discouraged and discarded lucid dreaming as useless. I re read your book and read it's better to contact the source of the dream for answers and it seems very Submitted By: caleb

Robert Waggoner 11/8/2011 12:20:18 PM
Hi Paul, Thanks for recommending my book to others! Since I do not have a marketing person, I am dependent upon word of mouth and radio shows (like the one with Marcia Emery). Like many of us long time dreamers and lucid dreamers, you too have come to wonder, "who creates the dream?" I feel lucid dreaming can help us see that 'behind the dream' lies an inner self or objective psyche, which co-creates the dream in association with the person having (and inter-acting with) the dream. Lucid dreaming, I believe, can provide the scientific evidence to validate that this inner self actually exists (and I hope more Jungians read my book, so they can see how many ideas of Jung can be tested through experiments with lucid dreamers). Lucid dreaming's revolutionary potential to shake up science and psychology has yet to be actualized and I look forward to that day -- since it will open us to a more intelligent view of the psyche and our place in this world. Lucid wishes! Submitted By:

Robert Waggoner 11/8/2011 12:10:26 PM
Hi Tim, Thanks for your note and I'm glad you liked the book! Your lucid dreams sound fascinating, so feel free to submit them for publication in my magazine, the Lucid Dream Exchange at www.dreaminglucid.com As you noted, dream figures often seem more aware than the lucid dreamer (and aware before the lucid dreamer becomes lucid)! So it is great that you have such a positive and supportive dream environment. In my book, I recount a few similar experiences. And yes, others have noticed this same thing, including the German psychologist and researcher, Paul Tholey, who researched the 'creativity' of dream figures while lucid. Lucid wishes! Submitted By: Robert Waggoner