1THE LONG NIGHT'S GUIDE: Verbatim Audio Script
66What This Part Is About
2THE LONG NIGHT’S GUIDE
67When Nightmares Are Good News: Purification Signs
3Dream Signs and Spiritual Progress in Buddhist Practice
68The Purification Imagery
4By William Altig
69Two Interpretations — and How to Tell
5Opening Credits
70A Historical Case
6Introduction: What This Book Is (and Isn’t)
71What to Do with Purification Dreams
7A Manual, Not a Dictionary
72When Nightmares Are Warnings: The Twelve Crisis Signs
8Where This Comes From
73The Twelve Signs of Approaching Crisis
9How We Came to Writing This Book
74Two Interpretations — and How to Tell
10Who This Book Is For
75What to Do with Warning Dreams
11What This Book Is NOT
76When Hell-Dreams Become Seeds of Awakening
12The Two Editions
77Two Interpretations — and How to Tell
13How to Use This Manual
78A Historical Case: King Ajatasatru
14A Final Note Before You Begin
79How to Work with Hell-Fear
15Part I: The Auspicious Signs of the Peaceful Practitioner
80The Shield: Protection from External Attack
16What This Part Is About
81Two Interpretations — and How to Tell
17The Four Auspicious Dream Types
82The Dharani Remedy
18One: The Vision of the Holy Assembly
83A Case
19What to Look For
84The Final Sign: The Treasury Dream
20Two Interpretations — and How to Tell
85If You’re Unsure: Stabilize First
21A Historical Case
86Dreams of the Six Realms
22What to Do
87The Six Realms
23Two: The Vision of Agency — You as Teacher
88One: Hell Realm Dreams
24What to Look For
89What to Look For
25Two Interpretations — and How to Tell
90Two Interpretations
26The Prophecy
91What to Do
27A Historical Case
92Two: Hungry Ghost Realm Dreams
28What to Do
93What to Look For
29Three: The Vision of Ascetic Practice
94Two Interpretations
30What to Look For
95What to Do
31Two Interpretations — and How to Tell
96Three: Animal Realm Dreams
32A Historical Case
97What to Look For
33What to Do
98Two Interpretations
34Four: The Royal Transfiguration — The Dream of Enlightenment
99What to Do
35What to Look For
100Four: Human Realm Dreams
36Two Interpretations — and How to Tell
101What to Look For
37A Historical Case
102Two Interpretations
38What to Do
103What to Do
39How to Work with Auspicious Dreams
104Five: Asura Realm Dreams
40The Cause: The Four Peaceful Practices
105What to Look For
41Part II: The Mirror of the Elements — Diagnostic Dreams
106Two Interpretations
42What This Part Is About
107What to Do
43Chapter 1: The Five Organs and Color Diagnostics
108Six: Deva Realm Dreams
44The Five Elements Diagnostic System
109What to Look For
45How to Read a Diagnostic Dream
110Two Interpretations
46Two Interpretations — and How to Tell
111What to Do
47A Historical Case
112Working with Realm Dreams: Practical Summary
48What to Do With This Dream
113Part IV: The Great Awakening
49The Breath Remedies
114What This Part Is About
50Chapter 2: The Twelve Time-Beasts
115Parable 1: The Jewel in Your Pocket
51The Twelve Time-Beast System
116What This Dream Means
52Two Interpretations — and How to Tell
117What to Do With This Dream
53The Naming Remedy
118Parable 2: The Magic City
54A Historical Case
119What This Dream Means
55What to Do With This Dream
120What to Do With This Dream
56Chapter 3: Paradoxical Dreams — When Nightmares Equal Progress
121What is the Long Night?
57The Corpse Dream
122The Dream of Existence
58Two Interpretations
123Self-Examination: Am I Still in the Long Night?
59The Skeleton Dream
124The Diagnosis is the Cure: What This Means for Your Dreams
60The Insect Dream
125What Genuine Awakening Looks Like: What It Does Look Like
61Two Interpretations
126The Warning: Spiritual Bypass and False Completion
62A Historical Case
127What to Do: Practical Guidance
63What to Do With This Dream
128The Dreamer’s Vow
64Working with Diagnostic Dreams: Practical Summary
129Closing Credits
65Part III: The Treasury of Purification and Retribution