Lucid Living Thoughts

Posted by Jerry Lopper Jul 28, 2008

Lucid Living, a small book with a powerful and thought-provoking message has lingered in my mind since my recent review . I tend to agree with the theme, that the life we call reality is more illusion than absolute. How I see the world colors and shapes my experiences, others having the same circumstances will experience them differently. I see that phenomena regularly.

My limited physical senses make it difficult to fully get my mind around the concept that the world I'm experiencing, including everyone in it, exists only in the illusion I call life. So I'm left with loads of questions I can't answer. But when I experience a vivid dream that seems so real, includes people and emotion and action that feels real, and I feel lingering emotions as a result of the experience, I can see and accept the point of Lucid Living.

So if my life is a dream-like illusion of experiences, why do I have the second level experience of dreams within my dream? Because of experiences that I can't fit-in my day-time experience? Is night-time dreaming a second shift for desired experiences that don't make the first shift cut?

If you enjoy pondering life's mysteries, knowing full well the answers will remain just out of sight, read Lucid Living. It's a great mental and philosophical challenge.