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Writer's pictureKristen LaMarca PhD

Lucid Dreaming-Meditation Links: Research Update

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New research on 🧘‍♂️meditation-lucid dreaming 🛌 links found that:


1) Open monitoring styles of meditation are most associated with more lucid dreams.


2) Daily meditation is linked with more lucid dreams than weekly meditation.


3) Weekly lucid dreamers more likely to be non-reactive and have transcendent experiences. 💫


Read the full paper in Brain Sciences | An Open Access Journal by MDPI

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Don Salmon
Don Salmon
5月17日
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Excellent points. Now, a bit more about open-monitoring.


I know this is a popular term among meditation researchers, but there is so much more nuance that is often missed in research - at least, the meditation research I see.

Attention researchers have known about the distinction between different modes of attention for a long time. Dr. Les Fehmi noted four:

Wide detached attention

Wide immersed attention

Narrow immersed attention

Narrow detached attention


If you do open monitoring but in a detached fashion, that is much less likely to lead to lucid dreaming than when you practice being immersed. And during the day, as you get to know more and more these different styles, you’ll find your attention style…

いいね!
Don Salmon
Don Salmon
5月17日
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Of course, attitudes of devotion or surrender make a huge difference, but those attitudes tend to be a bit “scary” to researchers:>)))

いいね!
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