Tibetan Dream Yoga: A Complete System for Becoming Conscious in Your Dreams [AUDIOBOOK] [STUDENT EDITION] [UNABRIDGED] (Paperback)

~ Surya Das (Author)

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In the secret teachings of ancient Tibet, the dream state is known as "Fourth Time," a malleable realm where the past, present, and future meet. It was here that the first meditation masters of Tibet developed a way to speed their progress through the stages of enlightenment - while they were asleep. On Tibetan Dream Yoga, respected meditation teacher Lama Surya Das teaches these exercises to awaken fully within the fabric of our dreams - plus specific yogic dreaming techniques to enhance creativity, overcome deep-rooted fears, and free ourselves from harmful habits in our waking lives. Enhanced features include video exercises from Lama Surya Das' Tibetan Energy Yoga and Natural Meditation, the flute music of Tibetan musician Nawang Khechog, and an interview with the author. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Book Description

In the secret teachings of ancient Tibet, the dream state is known as "Fourth Time", a malleable realm where the past, present, and future meet. It was here that the first meditation masters of Tibet developed a way to speed their progress through the stages of enlightenment -- while they were asleep. On Tibetan Dream Yoga, respected meditation teacher Lama Surya Das teaches you these exercises to awaken fully within the fabric of your dreams -- plus specific yogic dreaming techniques to enhance creativity, overcome deep-rooted fears, and free yourself from harmful habits in your waking life.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 22 pages
• Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156455743X
• ISBN-13: 978-1564557438
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,490,243 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible, August 7, 2004

By	M. L. (Milwaukee, WI, USA) - See all my reviews

As noted by the other reviewers, these tapes contain *very* little in the way of actual technique. At least 3/4 of the content is rambling about what is supposedly going to be taught, and the author often repeats himself at that. I found very little insight in said rambling, mostly fluffy and silly reiteration of the purpose of the tapes... a purpose which the tapes never fulfill. In fact, these tapes for a long time made me distrust the value of any of the Tibetan dream techniques which have been collected and shared with the 'west'. These tapes could easily make anyone unfamiliar with Tibetan Buddhism think that the entire endeavor is a sham... truly a shame.

I found much more insight and technique in LaBerge's work on lucid dreaming, specifically _Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming_ (highly recommended). Fortunately I recently came upon another text that quite effectively brought together the teachings of *Tibetan* dream yoga: _The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep_ by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. I strongly recommend this latter text as *infinitely better* than these tapes.

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Sizzle, Not Much Steak, July 17, 2002

By	Mark O'leary "Kravist" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Tibetan Dream Yoga: A Complete System for Becoming Conscious in Your Dreams (Audio CD)

Having enjoyed Surya Dass' books and having been intrigued by his personal story (imagine going on a 3-year solo silent retreat, and enjoying it so much you go on another one), I had great expectations for this little pair of cassettes. Alas, those expecations were for nought. Or for not very much.

About three quarters of this not-a-book on tape is Dass' personal reflections on dreams and their importance to the spiritual journey. I felt as if he were addressing an unwilling participant who needed convincing. As I was already willing to give it a good try, I found myself wishing he would for crying out loud, please get to the point!

Which he does.

Finally.

On side 2 of the second tape.

I now see why this was never released as an actual book: the substance of Surya Dass' "Tibetan Dream Yoga" could fit on one side of one piece of paper. My advice: save your money. There are better ways to learn about dream yoga than this.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Talk about going to Sleep!, January 2, 2003

By A Customer

While I have the utmost respect for Lama Surya Das, something went terribly wrong here. The lama talks about what he is going to teach you for the entire first tape and for the first side of the second tape. Finally he gets down to the actual teaching only on the second side of tape two. This is truly too bad. It is very hard to train our minds to get to, and stay on a virtuous point of contemplation and meditation. I respectfully think that the lama wildly strayed from the focal point of his teaching.