Lucid Dreaming

[aminalmutha]

 

[afm199]

I often have flying dreams which I can control to a certain degree. Its much like looking at a road map as I fly but, one in particular dream I was flying to S.F. and this guy was about to jump off the bridge and I told him to fly instead so he tried. Tried and died. I felt bad then kept flying.

Do you flap your arms when you fly? I always do to take off.

 

[kevin 714]

When you become lucid during a dream, it's pretty amazing, exhilarating, fun.

I believe the science supporting it is pretty solid--that is, the science that proves people can be lucid during a dream state.

You can find information on how to increase your chances of having a lucid dream. One of the basic tools is to create a habit of reality checking. I think it's where Inception got the top thing.

So, for example, an effective reality check is to open a book, read a sentence, close it, open it again, and see if the sentence is the same. Do this a couple times an hour, every hour, during waking hours. Once it becomes a habit, there is a good chance that you might do it during a dream. And then when the sentence changes, you will realize you are in a dream.

At that point a lot of people wake up, but with practice you can stay in the dream and explore the environment.

Both the possible benefits and potential drawbacks are largely untested, AFAIK.

The thing ive read that works best is checking digital clocks for time. Catch yourself checking in a dream and you'll see there's no continuity between the times

 

[asthmodeus]

it's a dream, abby! you can do anything you want in here!

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[channelcat]

When you become lucid during a dream, it's pretty amazing, exhilarating, fun.

I believe the science supporting it is pretty solid--that is, the science that proves people can be lucid during a dream state.

You can find information on how to increase your chances of having a lucid dream. One of the basic tools is to create a habit of reality checking. I think it's where Inception got the top thing.

So, for example, an effective reality check is to open a book, read a sentence, close it, open it again, and see if the sentence is the same. Do this a couple times an hour, every hour, during waking hours. Once it becomes a habit, there is a good chance that you might do it during a dream. And then when the sentence changes, you will realize you are in a dream.

At that point a lot of people wake up, but with practice you can stay in the dream and explore the environment.

Both the possible benefits and potential drawbacks are largely untested, AFAIK.

I find my current realities reflected in the books that, at random from library shelves, speak to me to be read. Penguin edition fiction usually. The root of the pre tech American culture. I want to understand these things, as our experiments are showing a direct correlation between intellectual/environmental awareness, and tastiness.

 

[Nitewaif]

I've always been lucid dreamer. I don't think I have "regular" dreams, whatever that is. I remember being a kid and my cousin would spend the night and would wake up with nightmares. I didn't understand nightmares, or why he couldn't just kill the monsters or change the dream.

 

[channelcat]

Cheaper than acid, and legal

hmm.

 

[channelcat]

When you become lucid during a dream, it's pretty amazing, exhilarating, fun.

I believe the science supporting it is pretty solid--that is, the science that proves people can be lucid during a dream state.

You can find information on how to increase your chances of having a lucid dream. One of the basic tools is to create a habit of reality checking. I think it's where Inception got the top thing.

So, for example, an effective reality check is to open a book, read a sentence, close it, open it again, and see if the sentence is the same. Do this a couple times an hour, every hour, during waking hours. Once it becomes a habit, there is a good chance that you might do it during a dream. And then when the sentence changes, you will realize you are in a dream.

At that point a lot of people wake up, but with practice you can stay in the dream and explore the environment.

Both the possible benefits and potential drawbacks are largely untested, AFAIK.

I either read classic fiction, or history, in bed before crashing, or if out, drink till I'm staring at the barmaids crotch. This last stuff before sleep shows up in dreams. I think the very last conscious thought you have, which you can't recognize, because it has become past the realm of immediate memory is what you will dream about, like a ghost just squeaks past the door that was supposed to close on their life..
I don't have as many 'someones trying to kill me' dreams as I used to, but fear comes up in subtle ways here and there. I comprehend consequences in my dreams, which I think is disturbed. I usually suspect it's a dream, I should just do whatever, but I am still aware of consequence. I stopped having sex in one cause I thought the lady might have aids. happy dreams, happy life.