ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE
This technique is an experiential way to understand that a simple awareness of prana flow can be used to alter the incidents of your life.
As of now, you are just a victim of life. You can't handle anything. You can't even stop a small sneeze. You can't stop anything, not only in the waking state, but even in the dream state. Things just happen to you, that's all. At the most, you can have the illusion that you are doing things.
If you can be aware in the dream state, you will have true freedom and your consciousness will become more expanded. Above all, when you are able to change your dream, when you are able to handle your dream, you will have intense power and energy to handle the incidents of your life.
When you lie down to sleep, before falling asleep, just remember the area near the ajna chakra* or the third eye, the center of the forehead.
Do not concentrate. If you force yourself, if you start concentrating, your sleep will be disturbed and you will have a headache. Just be aware of that area in a relaxed way, the way you look at a flower, just casually.
Slowly, you will see that you are relaxing, you are slowly dropping into the deep sleep state. Just be aware of this movement into deep sleep, that is enough. The first day, you may feel that you are not falling asleep at all and that your sleep is getting delayed by ten or fifteen minutes. Don't bother about it. Just be aware of the prana movement in the ajna chakra. Gradually, you will be aware that you are dreaming. If you want to continue the dream, you can continue it. If you don't feel like it, you can come out of it. But you will not have nightmares. There will be no intensity in the dream.
As of now, your dreams can shake not only your mind, but even your body. If you have a nightmare and wake up suddenly, you will see that your heart is beating fast and your pulse rate is high. Your body will feel the impact of the dream. This won't happen when you are aware that you are dreaming. This is the first effect of this meditation.
The next thing is, you will start having dreamless sleep. That is the deeper level. Once you start having dreamless sleep, you will also start having a dreamless day! Dreamless day means your energy will be conserved without day-dreaming. You will be living with reality rather than fantasy! When you fall in tune with reality, naturally your actions will be spontaneous, your decisions will be more effective. You start living in a conflict-free way.
AWAKEN TO FREEDOM