Introducing - Daniel Love: The Lucid Guide
It’s been a hectic year at World of Lucid Dreaming.
We’ve had a new editor (me), some viral articles from Rebecca – and some incredibly thoughtful guest contributions from Daniel Love.
Some of you may be familiar with Daniel already.
He's the author of the Amazon bestselling book, "Are You Dreaming?", founder of Lucid Dreaming Day - and one of the most widely respected forces in the promotion and research of lucidity.
So I’m very excited to announce a new partnership that is really going to push the boundaries of how we understand and apply the skill of lucid dreaming.
The Lucid Guide
For the last year, Daniel has been preparing to make ready for his new project - one designed to explore and advance lucid dreaming and its many applications.
The goal is not only to offer a rational and realistic perspective to lucid dreaming (as an antidote to the large amounts of misleading information that can be found online),
But to explore the techniques and skills of lucid dreaming, with a particular accent as to how these can be applied to your life and experience of the universe.
With the right approach the techniques, philosophies and science behind lucidity can be applied to almost any aspect of waking life.
It's a subject that - when seen as more than a curiosity - has a huge potential for lifestyle development and self-improvement.
And I’m 100% with him on that!
In fact, I’m so excited about it, I can barely drink my chamomile tea.
The Lucid Guide will bring a voice to real-world lucid dreamers. It will deliver a new series of books and brand new, cutting-edge digital content, aimed at bringing lucid dreaming into the 21st century.
World of Lucid Dreaming will be the exclusive platform on which to read Daniel’s new written content.
So keep your eyes open! (um, well not whilst you’re sleeping – sorry, couldn’t resist)
There’s going to be plenty of exciting new material on the horizon, exploring themes that have to date only barely been touched on.
So while you're waiting, make sure to subscribe to Daniel's new YouTube Channel
here.
And - as if that were not exciting enough - to celebrate this new project Daniel is offering free entry into a seasonal draw to win the REM Dreamer Pro!
If the channel reaches 1000 subscribers by January the 1st, then everyone who has subscribed is entered into the draw.
So: do it now, it's free and painless!
It's an exciting time to be a lucid dreamer!
About the author
Chris Hammond - Editor and "Chief Lucidity Officer" of World of Lucid Dreaming. That means he writes about lucid dreaming, awareness - and other gooey stuff like the nature of consciousness and cosmic existence. Join me at World of Lucid Dreaming Academy.
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