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  Stephen LaBerge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stephen LaBerge is a psychophysiologist and a leader in the scientific study of lucid dreaming.
LaBerge has written a number of books on the subject of lucid dreaming, and developed a device that can help users achieve a lucid state while dreaming.
Stephen LaBerge currently lectures at Universities and other professional institutions, and hosts lucid dreaming sessions at various locations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stephen_LaBerge   (424 words)

  
 Stephen LaBerge
Stephen: Anxiety certainly seems to stimulate reflectiveness and there may be a biological basis for that, that conscious processing in general seems to have evolved as a special problem-solving feature.
Stephen: There’s a study by Henry Reed based on some ten thousand dream reports, in which people were asked whether or not they had meditated the day before the night that they collect those dreams on.
Stephen: The purpose of the Lucidity Institute is to sponsor and support research on human consciousness and what we’re focusing on now is primarily lucid dreaming because that is one capacity of the mind that we feel is useful.
www.levity.com /mavericks/laberg.htm   (8278 words)

  
 Psychophysiology of Lucid Dreaming
However, according to the reports of lucid dreamers (LaBerge, 1980a, 1985), if they deliberately attempt to feel the bedcovers they know they are sleeping in or try to hear the ticking of the clock they know is beside their bed, they fail to feel or hear anything except what they find in their dream worlds.
LaBerge, Greenleaf, and Kedzierski (1983) undertook a pilot study to determine the extent to which subjectively experienced sexual activity during REM lucid dreaming would be reflected in physiological responses.
LaBerge, S., Owens, J., Nagel, L., and Dement, W. "This is a dream": Induction of lucid dreams by verbal suggestion during REM sleep.
www.lucidity.com /SleepAndCognition.html   (6185 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Scientist, NATO Official Walter B. LaBerge
Walter B. LaBerge, 80, an aerospace research scientist who was a former undersecretary of the Army, assistant secretary of the Air Force and an assistant secretary general of NATO, died of complications from pneumonia July 16 at his home in Aptos, Calif., near Santa Cruz.
In the early 1950s, Dr. LaBerge was a member of the original Sidewinder air-to-air missile development team at the Naval Ordnance Test Station in China Lake, Calif. In 1962, he headed the Philco-Ford Corp. team that designed the instrumentation for the Manned Spacecraft Center, now the Johnson Space Center, in Houston.
After graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 1944 with a degree in naval science, he served aboard a minesweeper in the Palau Islands and was promoted to captain in 1946.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A29170-2004Jul30?language=printer   (282 words)

  
 Waking the Dreamer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stephen LaBerge is the first scientist to empirically prove the existence of the phenomena of lucid dreaming.
Currently, Stephen is a Research Associate in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University, and Director of Research at the Lucidity Institute; a center he founded to further explore the potential of lucid dreaming.
Stephen 's energy and enthusiasm for his work is highly contagious and he has a way of dissecting information so as to always speak to the heart of the matter.
users.lycaeum.org /~maverick/lab-int.htm   (377 words)

  
 Conversation Between Stephen LaBerge and Paul Tholey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
LaBerge and Tholey were already familiar with each other’s work, but met for the first time in person at this conference.
LaBerge: There is a question about this claim—when you say, "I know I was con-scious during the whole period of time." The problem is that we are not conscious of the fact that we are not conscious.
LaBerge: Well, just because you can’t say what exact stage of sleep it’s in, doesn’t mean that you couldn’t, for example, record the EEG on a computer and study the amount of different waves in your records and characterize it.
www.futurehi.net /docs/Laberge_Tholey.html   (4069 words)

  
 The press have woken up to lucid dreaming!
LaBerge monitored the dreamers with a polygraph machine and found that the signal eye movements could be easily distinguished from the normal rapid eye movements seen during the dream stage of sleep.
LaBerge has discovered that counting or singing in a lucid dream results in the same localisation of brain activity that occurs when one is awake (more activity in the left brain while counting, more in the right while singing)".
Stephen LaBerge, author of Lucid Dreaming and Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, suggests that while dreaming a person may manipulate dreams for entertainment, experience, skill enhancement, even to wrap up a conversation with a deceased loved one.
www.lifetools.com /novadreamer/luciddreamingmedia.html   (1772 words)

  
 Lucid
Stephen LaBerge's pioneering research at the Stanford Sleep Center proved the objective reality of the lucid dreaming phenomenon.
LaBerge has written, "Lucid dreaming has considerable potential for promoting personal growth and self-development, enhancing self-confidence, improving mental and physical health, facilitating creative problem-solving, and helping you to progress on the path of self-mastery."
Books about Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D. These two books by lucid-dreaming pioneer Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D., document years of scientific research and extensive direct personal exploration of that magical moment in consciousness, the condition that has become the most widely-used metaphor for enlightenment itself: becoming awake within the dream.
www.kirlian.org /lucidity/new/dreamingmain.htm   (545 words)

  
 ELFIS FORUM - DreamTime Oneironauts - NYT Mag: Stephen LaBerge Lucid Dream Retreat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
During a lucid dream it is possible for the dreamer (or ''oneironaut,'' as LaBerge puts it) to think reasonably clearly, remember the conditions of waking life and act voluntarily, all while remaining soundly, restfully asleep.
LaBerge would instruct us throughout the week in various techniques to help us take control of a dream -- for instance, inducing a tactile experience each time we realized we were dreaming, like rubbing our hands together or spinning our bodies.
LaBerge used this strategy in a series of subsequent studies that demonstrated other correlations between the dreamer's subjective reports of his dream behavior and his recorded physiology.
www.elfis.net /phorum/read.php?f=3&i=31&t=31   (2607 words)

  
 Omni: Lucid dreaming revisited   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
No, actually, this was the biweekly workshop of the Lucidity Institute in Palo Alto, California, and these people were all exploring lucid dreaming--a paradoxical mental state in which the dreamer becomes aware that she or he is dreaming and in some cases then deliberately takes control of the dream action.
LaBerge is a walking cross-section of California: a Stanford-trained scientist, hightech entrepreneur, and guru rolled into one, with lucid dreaming the binding thread.
LaBerge likes to call himself and his fellow lucid dreamers "oneironauts," a neologism he coined from the Greek words for dream and explorer.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1430/is_n12_v16/ai_15786034   (448 words)

  
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Stephen Levine, In the Heart Lies the Deathless, workshop, Common Boundary Conference, audio tape, Sounds True (735 Walnut St, Boulder CO 80302).
Stephen & Ondrea Levine, Embracing the Beloved: Relationship as a Path of Awakening, 1995, Anchor.
Stephen and Ondrea Levine, Embracing the Beloved: Relationship as a Path of Awakening, 1995, Doubleday, New York.
www.jbuss.com /bib/l.htm   (555 words)

  
 Find Dreaming and Awakening by Kalani Oceanside Retreat on Course Junction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D. world-renowned expert on lucid dreaming, has pioneered the scientific study of the topic.
LaBerge’s recent research shows how the phenomenon of lucid dreaming sheds light on the nature of consciousness, viewing consciousness as the dream of what happens, with perception and dreaming essentially differing only by the presence or absence of sensory constraints.
In addition, Stephen has had extensive personal experience with lucid dreaming, having learned to have lucid dreams at will, and among his thousands of lucid dreams are many which have been delightful, inspiring, enlightening, and life-changing.
www.coursejunction.com /course_detail.cfm/id/13248   (675 words)

  
 Dream Library - Non _interpretive Dreamwork - Lucid Dreaming, Mutual Dreaming, Dream Psi, Intentional Dreaming...
For those of you who have never heard of all this, lucid dreaming is dreaming where the dreamer is aware that they he/she is dreaming and yet does not wake up.
This is the seminal work that first brought lucid dreaming to the attention of the general public and legitimized it as a valuable field of scientific inquiry.
After presenting the lucid dream induction techniques, Dr. LaBerge explains his understanding of the origin of dreams, founded on current views in the sciences of consciousness and cognition.
www.dreamgate.com /dream/library/idx_dreamwork_forms.htm   (775 words)

  
 Realization.org: Lucid Dreaming
The Lucidity Institute, Inc. was founded in 1987 by lucid dreaming researcher Dr. Stephen LaBerge to support research on lucid dreams and help people learn to use them to enhance their lives.
by Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D. This is the seminal work that first brought lucid dreaming to the attention of the general public and legitimized it as a valuable field of scientific inquiry.
LaBerge describes the early days of the scientific research and tells the story of his successful challenge of the established school of thought in sleep research, which held that awareness while dreaming was impossible.
www.realization.org /page/doc0/doc0024.htm   (437 words)

  
 ELFIS FORUM - DreamTime Oneironauts - Lucid dreaming a key to quality sleep   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
LaBerge has researched lucid dreams at Stanford University, proving scientifically that people have lucid dreams while sleeping.
A dream yoga master who came to the UA last year said there is the possibility that students can learn or memorize things in their dreams, though no research has been done on this issue, Rybarova said.
LaBerge emphasized that lucid dreaming is a highly learnable skill.
www.elfis.net /phorum/read.php?f=3&i=48&t=48   (597 words)

  
 The New England Skeptical Society - Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stephen realized that communication directly from the dream world was the missing ingredient if he was to persuade the skeptical scientists.
Since eye muscles were the only voluntary muscles that were not paralyzed, LaBerge realized that they had to be the key of communication from the lucid dream state.
LaBerge realized that a specific pattern of eye movements could be initiated during a lucid dream and recorded by a polygraph.
www.theness.com /articles.asp?id=17   (2271 words)

  
 E.l.e.c.t.r.i.c D.r.e.a.m.s - Articles
The method is an offset from Stephen LaBerge's sleep/wake/sleep discovery, the Third Eye Focus technique, and repetitive present tense suggestions.
The Stephen LaBerge's sleep/wake/sleep discovery was a big breakthrough in sleep research.
LaBerge discovered that the easiest way for lucid dreams to occur is if your mind is alert but your body is asleep.
www.improverse.com /ed-articles/joe_russa_1999_june_suneye.htm   (1148 words)

  
 Stephen Laberge Book: Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This book goes far beyond the confines of pop dream psychology, establishing a scientifically researched framework for using lucid dreaming--that is, consciously influencing the outcome of your dreams.
Although this inspiring book presents a new model of dreaming and consciousness, its approach is primarily practical, covering methods for inducing lucid dreams, and a variety of applications.
LaBerge also includes a brief history of his scientific research; all is presented in an engaging and comprehensible manner.
spiritdimension.com /book-store/stephen-laberge-book-exploring-the-world-of-lucid-dreaming.htm   (209 words)

  
 How to Have Lucid Dreams, (December 2000)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The techniques outlined here primarily come from the experience and research of Dr. Stephen LaBerge, a scientist on the frontier of lucid dream research.
Stephen LaBerge, in his book Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, describes using reading as a reality test.
LaBerge has also found that digital watches and other electronic devices tend to behave erratically and unreliably in the dream world, and thus act as an effective reality test.
www.newtimes.org /issue/0012/lucid.htm   (1711 words)

  
 Self-Integration Through Lucid Dreaming with Dominick Attasani by Julia Griffin
LaBerge says that recent research at Stanford University proves that it is possible for us to gain mastery over our dreaming.
LaBerge noticed in his early studies that a volunteer was moving his eyes back and forth in an unusual and lateral motion.
LaBerge learned from this incident that eye movement and breathing can be controlled during dreaming.
www.spiritofmaat.com /archive/may3/prns/attasani.htm   (2960 words)

  
 lucid dreaming
Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D., claims that lucid dreaming is
For $2,000 you can attend a seminar at a beautiful tropical resort where you can learn all the latest techniques to help you tap into your "unconscious mind," an absolute necessity for living the good life.
Why Dr. LaBerge doesn't just advocate daydreaming to do all this wonderful transcendent stuff is explained by Frederik van Eeden in A Study of Dreams (1913).
skepdic.com /lucdream.html   (839 words)

  
 Stephen Laberge - Validity Established of DreamLight Cues forEliciting Lucid Dreaming - Dreaming Articles Online from ...
The conclusion is that cueing with sensory stimuli by the DreamLight appears to increase a subject’s probability of having lucid dreams, and that most of the resulting lucid dreams are due to the specific effect of light cues rather than general "placebo" factors.
In a lucid dream the dreamer is aware, during the course of the dream, that the experience is a mental construction, not derived from current sensory experience of the physical environment (LaBerge, 1985, 1990).
LaBerge, S., Levitan, L., Rich, R., and Dement, W. Introduction of lucid dreaming by light stimulation during REM sleep.
www.asdreams.org /journal/articles/laberge5-3.htm   (4120 words)

  
 Kalani Oceanside Retreat in Hawaii   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This 9 and 1/2day Residential Training Program in Lucid Dreaming (dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming) and Tibetan Dream Yoga will focus on methods of developing the mental skills that foster lucid dreaming and on directing your consciousness in the dream state towards fulfillment of your personal goals.
Stephen LaBerge is a world-renowned authority on lucid dreaming.
For the past 20 years, Dr. LaBerge has researched methods for teaching people to become lucid dreamers, developing techniques and lucid dreaming induction devices.
www.kalani.com /learn/dreamingandawakening.htm   (296 words)

  
 The Mystery Of Sleep: What Dreams Are Made Of: Healthy For Life from the Eyewitness News Newsroom
Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D. "It seems there must be a greater benefit to dreaming that can be attained by knowing what to make of it rather than just leaving it as a neglected resource."
Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D. "I think it's one of those areas of life that is a potential waiting to be discovered, to be cultivated in the way that if you choose to cultivate that in your dream garden, I think you will be happy with the fruits."
LUCID DREAMING: Stanford's Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D., says, "Lucid dreaming just means dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming at the time." He's proven lucid dreaming is possible, though others aren't sure.
www.wchstv.com /newsroom/healthyforlife/2317.shtml   (1647 words)

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