Inner peace and lucidity
Many years ago somebody posted “some signs and symptoms of inner peace” to the internet. I never knew who the author was, until Saskia Davis submitted a comment to this post, explaining that she is in fact the author.
I wonder whether people who naturally have lucid dreams frequently, have these signs and symptoms more often than non lucid dreamers. Here are the signs:
- A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears based on past experiences.
- An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.
- A loss of interest in judging other people.
- A loss of interest in judging self.
- A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.
- A loss of interest in conflict.
- A loss of the ability to worry. (This is a very serious symptom.)
- Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
- Contented feelings of connectedness with others and nature.
- Frequent attacks of smiling.
- An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen.
- An increased susceptibility to the love extended by others as well as the uncontrollable urge to extend it.
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Unfortunately, I don’t think your tranquil personality type is characteristic of all lucid dreamers - it would be great to be like that though. I do think that most lucid dreamers tend to be creative and probably introspecitve types. For me I have had many bouts with anxiety and depression and quite the opposite of the wonderful list you show. I have however been a lucid dreamer for as long as I can remember and I remember most all of my dreams like they were memories in my waking life. Unfortunately although I am conscious and can control most of them some I can not control fully and being conscious of what is going on yet not being able to control it is often fustrating - especially when you are trying desperately to wake yourself up fron a bad or even painful dream and can not do enough to change it. Most of the time though it is fun to be able to lucid dream. One thing that does bother me however is that I sometimes feel like I don’t really get a pure sleep if I am “awake” during my dream.
Comment by kumaree — 7/27/2006 @ 6:45 pm
I believe these (very serious :-)) symptoms are very typical for a special kind of lucid dreamers: The ones who know that the so called reality is a dream created in their consciousness. Not many of them around though…
Warm greetings
Halina
Comment by Halina Goldstein — 1/24/2007 @ 11:22 pm
Hi my name is jay and i beileve I have found inner peace, All the symptoms above {all of them} Describe me to a tee, this started happening aprox, 8 months ago, And im asking for a little bit of help from someone out there, To understand this more. Im not sure if innerpeace is what i have been blessed with, But I cant stop wondering whats happening to me. I see things all the time like the number 11 and 10 i see things that i read on the net that desribe me and make me bust out in tears everything i see, is it just my mind playing tricks on me, i dont beileve that, Im asking for help, Anyone?
Jason
Comment by Jason — 2/25/2007 @ 1:38 am
I am the author of the SYMPTOMS OF INNER PEACE listed above.
I wrote them in 1983, while serving as the Director for the Northwest Center for Attitudinal Healing, an organization founded on the principles of Inner Peace.
Although I never posted them on the internet, I have been happy to see them passed along to all who could relate to them. I never meant to be anonymous. In fact, I would appreciate it if you would reattach my name as author.
Thank you.
Saskia Davis
Comment by Saskia Davis — 3/2/2007 @ 3:44 pm
To Jay (Jason), as the author of the Symptoms of Inner Peace, I want to say that it has been my experience that there are times in some of our lives when we are growing spiritually, and things can feel out of control, even good things like Inner Peace. At those times, I have found there are a few things that are helpful:
(1) To find someone to walk with, metaphorically speaking, someone who can either relate to what you are going through, or if not, at least someone who will not judge you in a negative way or develop fear. This might be a friend or a spiritual teacher or even a spiritually oriented therapist, someone whose path you respect.
(2) Another thing that is really essential is physical work. Work helps us to ground our new experience of self in the physical world.
(3) And, finally, a sense of curiosity and patience is required, because when we are in the middle of transformation, sometimes it is pretty difficult to see who we are becoming; and it takes a while before it all begins to make sense. Meantime, curiosity can help keep us out of fear and judgement against ourselves.
Good luck to you, Jay.
Saskia
Comment by Saskia Davis — 3/2/2007 @ 3:59 pm
I’m a lucid dreamer and for the most part the list does describe me. But I am bipolar so I go through some really bouts of depression and anxiety. But still I’m usually a very laid back person and very little bothers me unless I’m manic or depressed.
Comment by Bobby Capps — 1/20/2008 @ 11:34 pm
I´m using myself as guinea pig in my own three-month lucid dream induction experiment. I´m blogging the experiment over at lucidlune.com.
In my experience, lucid dreams can be induced.
Comment by Ed — 2/19/2008 @ 2:26 am