9.2 Navigating the Dreamscape: Charlie Morley on Lucid dreaming

Saturn Returns with Caggie

Caggie Dunlop

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Personal Journals, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.8 • 892 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this captivating episode of Saturn Returns, Caggie explores the mysterious world of dreams with Charlie Morley, a renowned expert on lucid dreaming, sleep, and the impact of trauma on sleep. With 15 years of experience, authorship, and leading workshops and retreats under his belt, Charlie delves into the depths of our subconscious and the power of dreams. The Lucid Dreaming Gateway: Charlie introduces us to the concept of lucid dreaming, sharing his journey into the 'virtual reality simulation' of his own psychology. He discusses the transformative potential of nightmares when reframed as therapeutic tools, challenging our deepest fears and misconceptions. Neuroplasticity and Healing: The conversation shifts to the remarkable ways lucid dreaming can influence our waking life, from enhancing physical abilities to offering profound relief for panic attacks, anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Charlie presents cutting-edge science highlighting lucid dreaming's role as a potent intervention for trauma recovery. Exploring Dream Practices: Beyond lucid dreaming, Charlie and Caggie discuss various states of consciousness such as meditation, self-hypnosis, Yoga Nidra, and the intriguing realms of dream incubation, the hypnagogic state, astral projection, and the influence of psychedelics on dream exploration. They also consider the concept of prophetic dreams and premonitions. Crafting a Dream Plan: Emphasising dreams as a pathway to healing, Charlie advocates for the practice of journaling dreams and constructing a dream plan. This process allows individuals to confront and integrate their fears, traumas, and anxieties, fostering a profound inner transformation and linking creativity directly with the dream state. Dream Evolution: Reflecting on how our relationship with dreams evolves from childhood to adulthood, Charlie provides insights into the natural ease children have with lucid dreaming and strategies adults can use to rekindle this innate ability. This segment offers hope for reclaiming the magical lucidity often lost in adult life. Charlie Morley's insights offer a revolutionary perspective on dreaming, inviting listeners to engage actively with their dreamscapes as a means of self-discovery, healing, and personal growth. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of psychology, spirituality, and the untapped potential of our nightly journeys. This Episode was made possible by our friends at Wild Nutrition. Wild Nutrition create products with purpose, backed by science using natural ingredients of exceptional quality. Use the code SATURNRETURNS for 15% off your first order at www.wildnutrition.com — Subscribe to "Saturn Returns" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact of Saturn's return with inspiring guests and thought-provoking discussions. Follow Caggie Dunlop on Instagram to stay updated on her personal journey and receive more empowering insights and you can find Saturn Returns on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. Order the Saturn Returns Book. Join our community newsletter here. Find all things Saturn Returns, offerings and more here.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Saturn Returns with me
0:04.2	Kaggy Dunlob. This is a podcast that aims to bring clarity during transitional times
0:10.3	where there can be confusion and doubt.
0:15.5	She just developed this thing. She just couldn't, she just incredibly nervous to sing in public.
0:20.3	So she made this dream plan that in her next lucid dream she wants to basically
0:24.2	practice singing in public in the dream. So she becomes lucid, so in the lucid
0:28.6	dream she starts singing and then she starts to go up to each of the people in the pub and
0:32.2	like sing like really close in their face like really joyful with
0:34.8	abandoned and she had it felt so good and she woke up and she was like buzzing with excitement and since then has been practicing by singing in public.
0:41.7	So like 13 years of stage fright she had one big lucid dream and now she can sing in public again.
0:47.0	Today I am joined by Charlie Morley who has spent the last 15 years writing books and learning about lucid dreaming.
0:57.2	It's a subject that I wanted to speak about because I'm really fascinated by dreams and I feel
1:02.4	like we don't give them enough
1:04.0	attention because they are actually if you think about it completely bizarre and
1:10.2	holds so much wisdom and Charlie in this episode really unpacks how we can use our dreams and work with our
1:16.4	dreams as a way of interacting with the subconscious.
1:20.4	Lucid dreaming is essentially the experience of achieving conscious awareness of dreaming whilst you are still asleep.
1:28.0	And in Charlie's practice you can actually actively then go into the dream and participate or manipulate the unfolding of things.
1:36.8	They are most common during rapid eye movement, Rem, sleep, and it's a period of very deep sleep but Charlie gets into it in this
1:44.6	episode and it's really interesting because we can actually use this as an amazing
1:48.4	tool for healing and especially from his work and research in the realms of trauma.
1:55.2	So I hope you enjoy this episode.
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