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NagoyaSea
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 Posted - Mar 30 2006 : 2:25:35 PM
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This made me laugh when I woke up. Tuesday I had a sixteen hour work day, due to a business trip to Santa Maria. And I skipped meditations that day.  I was stressed and exhausted when I got home and couldn’t unwind when I tried to sleep. 
I had a dream that was as clear as if I was actually physically moving around while awake. In my dream, I sat up in bed, pushed a pillow up behind my back, crossed my legs, shut my eyes and straightened my back and started meditating “I AM I AM I AM”…. I continued my dream mediation and eventually woke up. Then I sat up and did my morning mediation.
I knew I was only dreaming because my pajamas were a different color….  I just thought it was funny that when I skipped a meditation and obviously needed one, that I did it while dreaming…. 
Light and Love,
Kathy
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Shanti
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2006 : 2:35:10 PM
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Kathy,
I think that was really awesome.. The fact that you missed your meditation must have been playing at the back of your head.. funny how things work.. 
I have to say Yogani has created a few Meditation Monsters out here...  |
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NagoyaSea
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Posted - Mar 30 2006 : 3:35:39 PM
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Hee hee. You're right Shanti. It's funny how our mind doesn't let go of us even when we sleep...that's probably why we sometimes solve problems while sleeping, etc...
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david_obsidian
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2006 : 6:24:25 PM
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Oh yes, I've meditated in my dreams. I've also done yoga postures and gained the 'pranic' benefit of those postures.
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NagoyaSea
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Posted - Mar 30 2006 : 7:37:56 PM
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David, that is funny.
In this dream I also did asanas, including shoulder stands (probably not the right name..)and had fantastic energy current through the spine... Wouldn't mind having more dreams like that!
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Frank-in-SanDiego
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2006 : 9:34:02 PM
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Hari Om Tat Sat
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Hello Kathy, folks, I have nothing more to add on this, but thought to share that sleep/dreaming is the most enjoyable part of my day...
boy do I need a hobby or what, eh?I meet and see all kinds of folks, end up in temples, meet saints, meditate, meditate about meditatating... I relly enjoy all the activities that are presented. Most of this comes just before rising in the AM... I am able to 'watch' as the story unfolds.
I am sure all of you have wonderful dreams, and at times not so wonderful. Yet, I will get one that will 'impress' itself into my memory that will last days, weeks. I have one that happened 10 years ago that still is vivid and inscribed on nerons of memory.
What is cool is what the Upanishads say where the SELF resides while in deep sleep and its location.... if interest, we can discuss.
agnir satyam rtam brhat
Frank in San-Diego
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Manipura
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2006 : 10:14:02 PM
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| I find your story very touching, Kathy. Like some unknown part of yourself is taking care of you when you're too tired to do so. I often wake up during the night and find my legs in a yoga posture - most frequently with my right knee bent, and the bottom of my right foot touching the inside of the left thigh, as high as it will go. No idea how it got there or for how long. There's something intimate about this too - makes me feel on very close terms with myself. :) |
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Jim and His Karma
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Manipura
USA
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Posted - Apr 03 2006 : 12:32:08 PM
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| That's right, Jim. Or in this case, a felled tree. It feels exotic, like the buxom goddesses we see swaying in stone in the museums, with garlands and skulls and one leg raised and all blissed out. But I'm just sleeping. |
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Jim and His Karma
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Posted - Apr 03 2006 : 2:15:59 PM
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| Wow. That was hot! |
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