Expanding on Consciousness Lucid Dreaming and Consciousness: A conversation with Luigi Sciambarella, Integrative Hypno-Psychotherapist specializing in sleep and dream disturbance
Jul 26, 2022
Luigi Sciambarella, an Integrative Hypno-Psychotherapist specializing in sleep and dream disturbance, discusses lucid dreaming and consciousness. He explores the difference between dream and waking reality, the training process for achieving lucid dreaming, and reaching a state of pure silence and awareness. Different methods of inducing lucid dreaming, such as wake induced and dream induced methods, are also explored. The chapter touches on using symbols as mnemonic techniques in dreams and discusses the differences between lucid dreaming and out-of-body experiences.
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University Hypnosis Sparked Lifelong Practice
- Luigi began exploring consciousness during university hypnosis experiments and started having lucid dreams and out-of-body experiences.
- Those experiences led him to the Monroe Institute and ongoing practice in dreamwork.
Clear Light As A Void Of Potential
- Clear light states arise by allowing a lucid dream to fade into a silent, meditative void of pure awareness.
- From that void you can dissolve the sense of self and access a potentiality that informs waking decisions and reduces limiting beliefs.
Childhood Flights And A Shared Visit
- Luigi recalled a childhood lucid flying dream chasing a balloon that made him realize he could do anything.
- He also shared a joint dream where his grandmother visited him and his brother, suggesting transpersonal contact.