Tibetan Yogas of Dream & Sleep

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A few words about Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's "The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep"

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's warm and kindly manner infuses this book with a personable and accessible feel sometimes lacking from such advanced teachings. This humble lama does not put on airs, though his attainment is immense and he is deserving of the greatest respect, as are these ancient and magical teachings. So informal is his manner, you might think reading this book that he was merely a softhearted underpaid social worker explaining how you can sleep better, deepen your practice, and enjoy life more, by following a few steps before bedtime with diligence and an awareness of how steeped in blessings and wisdom these ancient Bon teachings are, which are older even than Buddhism, though they have become an integral part of Buddhism. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche responsibly points out that while it is good to read these teachings, to receive them in person from a lama you know is vital if you want to
progress past the obstacles every practitioner encounters. An experienced teacher can recognize these troubles and guide you past them. But this book is a very good start. Though persons primarily interested in dream practices may be tempted to skip the section discussing karma, there are good reasons to give it some attention. The very same understandings of karmic traces which form the foundation of Buddhist understanding of the four noble truths also
inform dream yoga, because in truth we are dreaming all the time, whether asleep or awake. By this I mean that the greatest impact of our experience in life is not what we encounter in the outside world, but in the echoes, traumas, delights, and yearnings which our outward experience lights in our inner minds and feelings. This process is somewhat like a brushfire hitting an old gunpowder barrel left over at an abandoned mine. This is the nature of karma. Traces are left in us, and they have effects, both good and bad. Dream yoga eases our minds into greater flexibility through practicing awareness of the cartoon-like flexibility of reality and feeling. The beneficial effect of this softening is that we can be subsumed and immersed and fully alive in experience which is beneficial rather than disconnected from our lived experience. In perceiving traumatic circumstances also this realignment of perceived reality can enable us to adjust our reactions to what is evil, horrifying, or cruel, so that the least harm is suffered in the myriad misfortunes of life.