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“So they gave me love in form of poison and tiny little pills, programming my emotions, teaching me how to feel. To act correct and talk correct and answer without knowing the question, because that, my dear, is how you get love. Yes that, dear youth, is how you'll be loved. I tried to medicate my own fucked up little mind with chemicals and adrenaline, tasting sweeter every night, shaking louder every time. Sitting wide awake in bed until the world disappears, writing poetry to concentrate on something real while waiting for the love to arrive.
I've been looking for it night after night, waiting patiently for it to show up, maybe somewhere in between the state of awake and asleep, alive and not so alive, sober and not so sober.
(I lost track of the difference somewhere in between.)”
― Charlotte Eriksson, Empty Roads & Broken Bottles: in search for The Great Perhaps

“The life of the dreamer, that is a projectionist, is a life of duality. A projectionist is a being that exists in two worlds simultaneously. On the one hand they participate in what at first seems to be a rather static existence, surrounded by human beings that oftentimes don’t have an inkling of the marvels possible to them. And on the other they explore and take part in fantastic adventures in worlds beyond rational description.”
― John Kreiter, The Way of the Projectionist: Alchemy’s Secret Formula to Altered States and Breaking the Prison of the Flesh

“A wetness touched Elliott’s bare feet, as if the ocean licked her toes and swam beneath the arches of each foot. Except this wasn’t seawater; it was a torrent of her mother’s tears.”
― Kristi Strong, Balloon Days

“In dreams we become timeless. We can stretch one breath to the infinite, nestle deep into that single heartbeat, and create something wondrously impossible. We can shape our worlds and live our lives to their fullest. As many lives as we want, and in any direction. But we don’t know at what point that breath, that heartbeat, will reclaim us and transform everything we built into forgotten dust. Not even a full memory, only a ghost of a dream, replaced by the incessant light demanding that our bodies adhere to its own cruel schedule.”
― Courtney M. Privett, Dustlight

“Mastering your subconscious thoughts, within a dream state, has shown itself to be medicine for anyone who has committed themselves to its greatness.”
― Robin S. Baker, Esotericism With an Unconventional Soul: Exploring Philosophy, Spirituality, Science, and Mysticism

“Chapter 5 of my book, Esotericism with An Unconventional Soul, is called Healing with Lucid Dreaming. I had so much fun writing, researching, and spilling the beans about this particular subject.”
― Robin S. Baker, Esotericism With an Unconventional Soul: Exploring Philosophy, Spirituality, Science, and Mysticism

“It felt as if the world had suddenly revealed itself to be a dream. She knew that she was free to do whatever she wanted, but she didn’t dare. Real or not, she had to go on living in this dream world day after day.”
― Cliff Jones Jr., Dreck

“The second attention is available to all of us, but, by willfully holding on to our half-cocked rationality, some of us more fiercely than others, keep the second attention at arm’s length.

His idea was that dreaming brings down the barriers that surround and insulate the second attention.”
― Carlos Castaneda, The Art of Dreaming

“Seeing children's assemblage points constantly fluttering, as if moved by tremors, changing their place with ease, the old sorcerers came to the conclusion that the assemblage points habitual location is not innate but brought about by habituation.

Seeing also that only in adults is it fixed on one spot, they surmised that the specific location of the assemblage point fosters a specific way of perceiving.

Through usage, this specific way of perceiving becomes a system of interpreting sensory data.

Since we are drafted into that system by being born into it, from the moment of our birth we imperatively strive to adjust our perceiving to conform to the demands of this system, a system that rules us for life.

Consequently, the old sorcerers were thoroughly right in believing that the act of countermanding it and perceiving energy directly is what transforms a person into a sorcerer.”
― Carlos Castaneda, The Art of Dreaming

“At that moment he happily became the ‘walking crazyâ€�: those who are conscious of the fact that they have lost their sanity, and that in losing their sanity, they have reached a higher level of existence. And as the walking crazy, the young man closed his eyes and fell deeply within, finding there not darkness but other worlds, complete other spaces where he was free from all physical pain and struggle.”
― John Kreiter, The Art of Transmutation

“If we choose to recondition our interpretation system, reality becomes fluid, and the scope of what can be real is enhanced without endangering the integrity of reality.”
― Carlos Castaneda, The Art of Dreaming

“Dreaming requires every bit of our available energy,' he replied. 'If there is a deep preoccupation in our life, there is no possibility of dreaming.”
― Carlos Castaneda, The Art of Dreaming

“Until the energy body is complete and mature, it is self-absorbed. It can't get free from the compulsion to be absorbed by everything.”
― Carlos Castaneda, The Art of Dreaming

“In the view of sorcerers,
the universe is constructed in layers, which the energy body can cross.”
― Carlos Castaneda, The Art of Dreaming

“Don Juan chuckled and said, 'You haven't dreamt with Carol Tiggs yet. You'll find out that it's
a treat.

Sorceresses don't need any props. They just go to that world whenever they want to; for
them, there is a scout on permanent call.”
― Carlos Castaneda, The Art of Dreaming

“Just like we don't take responsibility for how we actualize our confusion and its resulting view of duality, we don't take responsibility for actualizing wisdom and its view of nonduality.”
― Andrew Holecek, Dream Yoga: The Tibetan Path of Awakening Through Lucid Dreaming

“Protect the seedling of
hope! Hold it while they whip you like they whipped me. Your tears will water it. It will take root in your stomach; it will not abandon
you. Your belly will seem a little warmer, the lashings of today a little
tamer, and the dawn not so far away.”
― Vladimir Hlocky, Journeys Beyond Earth

“I relentlessly scrutinized one question: ‘How do I plant a tiny unpretentious seed for myself in this barren world? How do I forfeit what is, and start living for the kingdom in my heart?â€� I kept repeating it and repeating it in my head. I knew a dreamer should breathe; break the mold in which he was set. Imagination was the answer. I knew it was all in there, prepared like a dining table for me.”
― Vladimir Hlocky, Journeys Beyond Earth

“If you think you’re in a lucid dream, focus on your hands. For some reason, hands look strange in dreams. Count the fingers—there may be too many, or too few, or the number of fingers may change. Lucid dreamers report counting and recounting the number of fingers and getting different numbers each time, or fingers appearing rubbery as though they had no bones, or that they had fingers growing out of fingers. This strange phenomenon has been reported by lucid dreamers around the world and across cultures...

Lucid dreaming experts suggest you can push on a solid object to see if your hand goes through it, or check your reflection in a mirror to see if it looks normal. Another clue can be found in watches or clocks. They, too, seem to be off in dreams. Digital watches and clocks may have no numbers, or the numbers may be hard to read, or they may morph in strange ways.”
― Rahul Jandial MD PhD

“Dreamsâ€� they are the portal to our souls.”
― Megan Mary, The Dream Haunters

“From Book II: definition of the soul page 21: For both sleep and waking depend on the presence of the soul, and waking is analogous to contemplating, while sleep is analogous to possessing knowledge but not actually using it.”
― Aristotle, On the Soul: And Other Psychological Works

“On sleep and waking (page 104)

Sleep and waking must now be investigated: what are they? Do they belong exclusively to the soul or to the body, or are they common to both?”
― Aristotle, On the Soul: And Other Psychological Works

“On sleep and waking > I. General introduction: problems involving sleep (page 104)

In addition, what is a dream? And owing to what cause do persons sleeping sometimes have dream-visions and sometimes not? Or is it the case that those asleep always dream but do not always remember it? And if this happens, what is the cause?”
― Aristotle, On the Soul: And Other Psychological Works

“On sleep and waking > I. General introduction: problems involving sleep (page 104)

And is it possible to foresee future events, or is this impossible? And in what manner is it possible, if it is? And are these future events human actions only, or do they include those which have a marvellous cause and those that occur by nature or spontaneously?”
― Aristotle, On the Soul: And Other Psychological Works

“On dreams (page 114)

I. To what faculty of the soul does dreaming belong?

Next it is necessary to inquire about dreams. First, to what faculty of the soul do they appear, and does this affection belong to the faculty of thought or to the faculty of sense-perception? For these are the only faculties within us by which we are aware of anything.”
― Aristotle, On the Soul: And Other Psychological Works

“On prophecy through sleep (page 122)

I. Do prophetic dreams have any credibility?”
― Aristotle, On the Soul: And Other Psychological Works

“I was applying for a job position at a counseling center in another state. Mom had driven me there and she had the car parked in front of the building...Tribal people in mossy costumes came in randomly and picked random people...When I looked out of the cave-like opening to the floor below, I saw what looked like a hellish place. This place had a concrete floor, stone and rock walls, and a massive open area. People were laying on the ground and they all had something wrong with them. One guy had his face burned off, exposing his facial muscles, parts of his skull, and his bone nasal cavity. Some young five-year-old girl had no legs but a single wormlike leg with no foot from her waist down. She was playing with this guy who only had one eye on his head. These people reminded me of carnival shows from way back in history. It seemed like the psychologists were testing our fears and what we can handle. When I looked at the floor, the floor was now a blue carpet.”
― Steal Adcock M.A., My Dreams, Nightmares, and Lucid Dreams Collection: Hundreds of Dreams Shared from My Dream Journals

“Rob gave me a sticky note with incoherent symbols written on the yellow paper...I wanted to ask my dream something, so I asked this priest character, “Have you ever wondered, is this another dimension? You’re in another dimension.â€� My dream words were confused by the tension I felt building in this moment...The priest gave a puzzled expression...A lady who works at the bar came over to me in a hurry, upset. She told me sternly, “You need to leave.â€� ​I looked at Rob who was confused. I felt scared and said, “We should go,â€� trying to be inconspicuous with a low voice. Suddenly everyone in the dim room started looking at us. My fear increased and I wondered if I had just broken some type of dream rule. Before leaving, I made sure to give the priest the sticky note with the unknown symbols on it.”
― Steal Adcock M.A., My Dreams, Nightmares, and Lucid Dreams Collection: Hundreds of Dreams Shared from My Dream Journals

“I was in front of a big hole in the floor. A girl I liked fell into the hole. I wanted to go after her, but this old lady told me I would regret my decision. I jumped anyways, knowing I may die for her. But then everything stopped and I was floating next to her. We both had cards without faces on them. We floated down and somehow, I knew she was gone...I walked through a tunnel at the bottom of the pit with a white light at the end.”
― Steal Adcock M.A., My Dreams, Nightmares, and Lucid Dreams Collection: Hundreds of Dreams Shared from My Dream Journals

“This is the real mystery of lucid dreams and real memories. I often ponder at what it means that I can feel like my dream and lucid dream memories are just as real as my real memories. On some level, this makes sense. I have directly experienced my dreams and lucid dreams from my first-person point of view. I experience waking life the same way. Only, in waking life, things tend to follow logical rules and forms remain stable according to those rules.”
― Steal Adcock M.A., Consciousness: Observer or Controller?: Rethinking the Essence of Mind