The downside of this path is, in its extreme form, a devaluation of the phenomenal world and, ultimately, a kind of solipsism that denies its independent reality. The first path is associated with various spiritual philosophies, such as Vedanta. This dilemma reflects the age-old dialectic that expresses itself in various religious and spiritual traditions, in which two paths have clearly arisen: one leading to transcendence from the world of form, and one leading to the acceptance and utilization of the forms of creation, as well as the energies with empower those forms.

But on the other hand, such engagement potentially threatens the continuation of lucidity and the constructive disengagement from the chaotic forms and energies of the dream. To the extent that one regards the autonomous manifestation of the dream imagery as meaningful, then it is perhaps incumbent upon the lucid dreamer to establish a relationship with it in hopes of learning from it, and perhaps becoming more fully integrated with it. But in the actual encounter, the imagery often asserts its own autonomous agenda. One of the great questions that has arisen in the lucid dream community has been, 'What is the ideal stance that one should maintain in regard to the dream imagery?' From one standpoint, the imagery is presumably self-created, and thus subject to the will of the dreamer. Presented at the 2010 Annual IASD Conference, Asheville, North CarolinaĪlso, this was an Invited Presentation in the Pre-conference Symposium on Lucidity,Īt the Consciousness and Nonduality Conference,

Gregory Scott Sparrow, Ed.D., Associate Professor 'Lucid Dreaming: A Path of Transcendence or Transformation, or Both?'

Lucid Dreaming: A Path of Transcendence or Transformation.

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