The fourth module of our "Diploma Series: Dreaming the Dreamer," emphasizes psychic dreams and astral projection and offers guidance and direction for those exploring the resources and possibilities available through dreamwork. Carlos de León brings both psychological and spiritual perspectives to the world of dreaming, in a series of online classes.
In the same way that we all dream, we are all psychic…although, normally, both capacities remain largely unconscious in us. What is known as ‘lucid dreaming', is, like yoga, an ancient practice. The first written description occurs in a letter by St. Augustine in 415 A.D. He writes that “your body is asleep, but in your brain, your mind is bright and awake, and awareness is now in your brain’s own created world”. Lucid suggests ‘clear’ but lucid dreaming is much more than just having a 'clear dream'. It involves entering a state where accessing capacities is usually unavailable to our “normal” waking awareness.
"Dreams open the door to self-knowledge, showing us who we are and what we want
—our dormant potential—and instructing us on how to awaken it."
~ Carlos de León
Dreams not only offer a door to our psychic selves, they can be a secret source of vital energy, reminding us of our passion and the joy of life; pushing us to seek solutions, transforming our experiences, helping us accept life as it is. Lucid dreaming, moreover, empowers the psychic aspect of ourselves, developing our abilities, allowing us to explore different universes, and have out-of-body experiences.
Throughout recorded history, dreams have been used in rituals for divination, psychic healing, or establishing spirit contact. Dreamwork was directly connected to the gods as is evident from any number of ancient dream practices. Later Christian practitioners managed healing within a "divine sleep, later to be called incubation sleep, designed as a healing tool to reach perfection”.
In Ontogony, dream practice is an essential component of the path of liberation. It is very much for practitioners wishing to complement their shamanic healing and/or therapeutic processes, further enhance their psychic abilities, and/or expand development of their consciousness levels and the presence of The Observer. Our goal is that you find something useful for your psychic abilities and access to other dimensions, and is only ever found in one's own unique and personal way!