Lucid reality: How to dream yourself awake - Robert Waggoner
Episode 499, released 24th April 2025.
This week’s show is with Robert Waggoner. Robert has had more than 1,000 lucid dreams and has taught workshops on four continents, helping people learn how to become lucidly aware in their dreams, and then use this unique state to access inner creativity, promote emotional and physical healing, engage a responsive inner awareness and more!
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Robert Waggoner wrote the acclaimed book, Lucid Dreaming - Gateway to the Inner Self and the award winning, Lucid Dreaming Plain and Simple (with co-author Caroline McCready) and his books have been translated into eight languages.
He co-edits the free online magazine, Lucid Dreaming Experience and serves on the Executive Committee of the International Association for the Study of Dreams.
In this episode, Lian is joined by Robert to explore the profound ways our dreams reveal how we shape our waking reality. Together, they journey through how beliefs and expectations become powerful forces within our dream worlds, illuminating striking parallels to how we consciously and unconsciously create our lives while awake. Through personal anecdotes and reflective insights, they navigate the rich landscapes of the dreaming mind, uncovering hidden truths about reality itself.
Robert shares vivid stories illustrating how doubt acts like gravity within dreams, anchoring us firmly back to the ground, and how liberating beliefs can effortlessly lift us into higher realms of possibility - in dreams and everyday life alike. They discuss practical techniques for energising neutral beliefs to intentionally shift our waking experiences, offering listeners a playful yet potent approach to consciously reshaping reality.
Central to their conversation is a profound recognition of the interconnectedness between consciousness, beliefs, and the realities we perceive. Drawing inspiration from mythological and spiritual wisdom, Lian and Robert reflect on how lucid dreaming offers a direct pathway into deeper self-awareness, healing, and meaningful transformation.
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What you’ll learn from this episode:
How clearly understanding that beliefs and expectations shape both dreams and waking reality empowers you to consciously co-create your life experiences.
Why intentionally energising neutral beliefs provides powerful feedback, revealing the profound connection between your inner world and external reality.
How embracing the interconnectedness of consciousness opens the door to deeper wisdom, offering you a tangible pathway to self-awareness, healing, and transformation.
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