Daniel Love > Quotes

“There is a majesty to lucid dreaming that is almost beyond words. To find yourself present and aware in another world, a universe within your own mind, is simply so far removed from our daily "normal" experiences that it can quite literally take your breath away.”
― Daniel Love

“During the REM stage of sleep, the body becomes essentially paralysed; however, the   eye  and  respiratory  muscles  remain  active.  Perhaps,  if  these  muscles  were  behaving  in   synchronicity with the dreamt actions of the dreamer (i.e. dreamt eye movements affecting   physical  eye  movements,  and  dreamt  breathing  patterns  occurring  in  unison  with  bodily   breathing),  then  a  lucid  dreamer,  having  conscious  volition,  could  be  asked  to  send  a   prearranged signal via one of these routes (specific eye movements or breathing patterns)   during  the  process  of  dreaming.
For  it  was  Hearne  who  first   demonstrated,  through  a  truly  ingenious  experiment,  that  a  lucid  dreamer  could   consciously signal the waking world from the world of dreams; in other words, a message   could be sent from one reality to another.”
― Daniel Love, Are You Dreaming?: Exploring Lucid Dreams: A Comprehensive Guide

“Whilst awake, our thoughts and moods are largely the result of the events occurring around us. Dreaming is the reverse. In dreams, the environment and events we find ourselves in are the result of our thoughts, expectations and mood.”
― Daniel Love, Are You Dreaming?: Exploring Lucid Dreams: A Comprehensive Guide

“There is some truth in the stories and fairy tales of old. Sometimes, when the time is right and the conditions are just so, a person who has undergone certain rituals and taken their time with mysterious preparations, can look out at the universe and utter a single, seemingly magical phrase, a question. If their intentions are genuine, their preparations in earnest, and they possess the correct mental fortitude, all the wishes of their heart will be granted. The world around them, will be forever magically transformed. In this new and enchanted land, they shall become ruler of all they see.”
― Daniel Love, Are You Dreaming?: Exploring Lucid Dreams: A Comprehensive Guide