In this candid interview I talk with lucid dreaming teacher and Hay House author Charlie Morley.

We delve into the mysteries of lucid dreaming and and how we can use the practices of dream yoga to harness the third of our lives we spend sleeping as an inner laboratory of exploration, adventure, and even healing.

We also discover how a book by the Dalai Lama radically changed Charlie's path from a life of gang violence and drugs to a passion for Buddhism, Charlie’s devotional relationship with his guru Lama Yeshe, and why the guru-disciple model is so often fraught with controversy.

Topic include:

- Lucid dreaming defined

- How lucid dreaming can be used for fun, spiritual practice, and psychological healing

- Why Charlie adds modern scientific and psychological applications to traditional dream yoga techniques

- The real heart of dream yoga

- Shadow work in the dream state

- Charlie’s early childhood lucid dreaming experiences

- Surprising signs that a child is a lucid dreamer

- How Charlie can have 3-4 lucid dreams a night despite not being a natural

- Dream work in other traditions and why Tibetan Buddhism doesn’t have a monopoly on dream yoga

- How reading a book by the Dalai Lama radically changed Charlie’s life path from drugs and gang violence to Buddhism

- Why a lust for partying and excess can actually be a strong indicator of spiritual potential

- Was Charlie a dream yogi in a past life?

- Charlie’s motto for the spiritual path and living a meaningful life

- The guru disciple relationship and Charlie’s devotion to his guru Lama Yeshe

- Disempowering the ego to empower the Buddha Nature

- The golden shadow and how we often deny our divine nature

- The guru disciple relationship as a skilful means of working with psychological projection

- Why Charlie was initially unimpressed with Lama Yeshe

- Lama Yeshe’s spiritual attainments

- Charlie’s advice for how to wisely choose a teacher

- Charlie on the controversy at Rigpa and the dangers of the corrupting influence of power

- Crazy wisdom and learning from scandal

- Charlie’s motivation to help connect people to their spiritual path

- Why Lama Yeshe calls Charlie his joyful ambassador

- How Charlie became officially authorised to teach by the Karma Kagyu lineage

- The safety net of lineage

- Why dream yoga gives you keys to the labratory of your mind every night

- Charlie’s top tips for maximising lucid dreaming

Find out more about Charlie at www.charliemorley.com.

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Music 'Deva Dasi' by Steve James