Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Bücher

In Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light , Chögyal Namkhai Norbu gives instructions for developing clarity within the sleep and dream states. He goes beyond the practices of lucid dreaming that have been popularized in the West by presenting methods for guiding dream states that are part of a broader system for enhancing self-awareness called Dzogchen . In this tradition, the development of lucidity in the dream state is understood in the context of generating greater awareness for the ultimate purpose of attaining liberation.This revised and expanded edition includes additional material from a profound and personal Dzogchen book, which Chögyal Namkhai Norbu wrote over many years. This material deepens the first edition's emphasis on specific exercises to develop awareness within the dream and sleep states. Also included in this book is a text written by Mipham, the nineteenth-century master of Dzogchen, which offers additional insights into this extraordinary form of meditation and awareness.

The Namkha is a particular object, consisting of a cross covered in colored thread, which was widely used in the ancient Tibetan Bön tradition as attested in many ritual texts. Namkha means Space and it represents the basis or origin of all the elements, and the indispensable support for their various energies. In ancient times in the Kingdom of Shang Shung and in Tibet many Bönpos who were well-versed in the knowledge of the condition of energy used various methods and objects, such as Namkhas, to harmonize the energies of the elements. However, the knowledge of how to harmonize an individual's energies relating to the five elements through the Namkha appears to have been lost in the course of time. Although no traditional text that explains the principle and practical application of this harmonization exists, in this book the Dzogchen master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu (1938-2018) describes in detail this extremely important method for harmonizing the conflicts between the elements that may occur during one's lifetime and for increasing and expanding all positive and favorable circumstances.