Dreams of Light Quotes

“we don’t see things the way they are; we see things the way we are.”
― Andrew Holecek, Dreams of Light: The Profound Daytime Practice of Lucid Dreaming

“We are so addicted to looking outside ourselves that we have lost access to our inner being almost completely. We are terrified to look inward, because our culture has given us no idea of what we will find. We may even think that if we do, we will be in danger of madness. This is one of the last and most resourceful ploys of ego to prevent us from discovering our real nature. So we make our lives so hectic that we eliminate the slightest risk of looking into ourselves. Even the idea of meditation can scare people. When they hear the words egoless or emptiness they think that experiencing those states will be like being thrown out the door of a spaceship to float forever in a dark, chilling void. Nothing could be further from the truth. But”
― Andrew Holecek, Dreams of Light: The Profound Daytime Practice of Lucid Dreaming

“How can you become free if you don't even know you're trapped?”
― Andrew Holecek, Dreams of Light: The Profound Daytime Practice of Lucid Dreaming

“Lakar Rinpoche writes:”
― Andrew Holecek, Dreams of Light: The Profound Daytime Practice of Lucid Dreaming

“in a world dedicated to distraction, silence and stillness terrify us; we protect ourselves from them with noise and frantic busyness. Looking into the nature of our mind is the last thing we would dare to do.2”
― Andrew Holecek, Dreams of Light: The Profound Daytime Practice of Lucid Dreaming