LuciD's impromtu guide to lucid dreaming

[lucid]

Gotta love smart phones. Yeah i think your native language is definitely the best way to go.

I hope it works..feel free to ask me questions is something isn't working for you.

[lucid]

Inception anyone?
How do you relate lucid dreaming to the stuff happening in movie inception?
Are lucid dreams as real as the stuff in inception dreams?

I'll partially take back what i said about it being silly to relate lucid dreaming to a movie. If you want a really good example take a look at a movie called Waking Life.
It shows what I mean when i say that its possible to have a dream thats indistinguishable from reality. Also how you can have actual conversations with people.

[Kulverstukas]

Inception anyone?
How do you relate lucid dreaming to the stuff happening in movie inception?
Are lucid dreams as real as the stuff in inception dreams?

[techb]

My wife suffers from lucid dreams. And yes suffers.


Her dreams have so much emotion and feeling, that her heart is affected. Blood pressure goes up, heart rate increases, lashes out verbally, sweating, etc.


I get very concerned and have even been able to talk her down to calmness while she is sleeping. She hears me and knows what I say, but it comes through in here dreams. She'll get up the next day and recite everything I have told her, but still doesn't believe I was talking to her in the waking world. The problem is, that she can't tell the real from dreaming while she is asleep.


Lucid dreams can be some really freaky shit. I've relized I was dreaming before and could control shit, up to a certain point. Then once I believed I was dreaming and couldn't feel pain, and it was all in my head, shit hit the fan.


I was shot with a hand gun in that dream, and I feel I really experienced death. It was like my soul was falling into a void inside a shell, like I could see the walls of my person fading away in the distance. If she didn't wake me up from thrashing around and gasping, I might be dead right now because of a dream. My body temp was 96, and heart rate through the roof.


Really, be careful with this. The mind waking or not still thinks shit is real. Die in the matrix, die in life. More truth there than what science knows.

[lucid]

I was shot with a hand gun in that dream, and I feel I really experienced death. It was like my soul was falling into a void inside a shell, like I could see the walls of my person fading away in the distance. If she didn't wake me up from thrashing around and gasping, I might be dead right now because of a dream. My body temp was 96, and heart rate through the roof.


Really, be careful with this. The mind waking or not still thinks shit is real. Die in the matrix, die in life. More truth there than what science knows.

With practice the next time someone pulls a gun on you in a dream you can affect that situation. Lucid dreams aren't always a fun time. When you have control over your dream that doesn't only mean you can do things, it is possible to completely change the situation.

I've had scary dreams before, often times they are dreams about getting arrested which usually end in an overwhelming feeling of doom and terror until I wake up. With the ability to lucid dream often times I will become lucid in those situations and may do something like laugh in the cop's faces, fly away, or think the dream into another situation where perhaps the cops suddenly aren't interested.

May be a bad example for you I don't know. To some people this topic seems to be a scary topic that is misunderstood. New things are scary. As a child everything is full of wonder and beauty and as you get older you mind forms a....plate of reasoning. This plate of reasoning is obviously a useful thing in this world of logic, however it is kind of a comfort zone that your brain is afraid to leave. This is why in the world of today things like mother's getting psychic feelings and people getting messages in their dream's is thought to be insane because it is not proven by science. Science, although it is a great thing, forces everything to have to be proven. Which is also fine. But it is cause for some ridiculous theories. Did you know that there is and ongoing study that is trying to determine whether or not fish have feelings? They poke and prod at fish who flail in response to the obvious pain that they are feeling but because fish can't scream people aren't sure if fish have feelings. To me this is the most absurd question and I don't need science to tell me that fish have feelings or that dogs can think.

I realize on a community like this, this may be a radical and foolish post. Can't change what I think though.

[Z3R0]

Just had one last night. I was drinking for about 6 hours. I just happened to be dreaming about my high-school graduation party, and how awesome it was, but then I remembered..."Wait a minute, I'm half way across the world in real life right now, I'm just dreaming." This time I decided to fly into outerspace. It was all going good, and then I reverted into normal dreaming and fell approximately 60 miles to my dream death.

Oh also, if you want to try an experiment with your subconscious, ask your dream citizens if you are really dreaming. They will always tell you, "No." With a smile on their face. This can also be used for a decent reality check, because sometimes IRL people will sarcastically say, "Oh yeah, you're dreaming right now."

[lucid]

Just had one last night. I was drinking for about 6 hours. I just happened to be dreaming about my high-school graduation party, and how awesome it was, but then I remembered..."Wait a minute, I'm half way across the world in real life right now, I'm just dreaming." This time I decided to fly into outerspace. It was all going good, and then I reverted into normal dreaming and fell approximately 60 miles to my dream death.

Oh also, if you want to try an experiment with your subconscious, ask your dream citizens if you are really dreaming. They will always tell you, "No." With a smile on their face. This can also be used for a decent reality check, because sometimes IRL people will sarcastically say, "Oh yeah, you're dreaming right now."

Same. I was drinking for a good amount of time last night and had some pretty vivid lucid dreams. I told someone that I was a real person who was invading their dreams. They were shocked and would not believe me.

I'm not saying there's a direct connection but drinking seems to make it more likely to lucid dream. Or maybe it makes it easier.

[techb]

I know I'm digging up something a touch old, but this was on HaD. Turns out we can communicate from the dream world into the waking world via Morris Code.


http://hackaday.com/2012/06/20/communicating-from-inside-your-dreams/

[silenthunder]

i read over all the posts and unless i missed it, i didnt see anything about this topic... would it be possible to practice skills in a lucid dream and still keep that experience IRL? i would assume so, but i want to know from you guys

[techb]

i read over all the posts and unless i missed it, i didnt see anything about this topic... would it be possible to practice skills in a lucid dream and still keep that experience IRL? i would assume so, but i want to know from you guys

I think lucid dreaming is all about fucking bitchs in your dreams lol.


But really, you can take away a lot from the dream world that will help in daily life. Let us all unlock the un-waking world, we have a lot to learn

[Z3R0]

would it be possible to practice skills in a lucid dream and still keep that experience IRL? i would assume so, but i want to know from you guys

It's plausible, and worth an experiment; however, I have my doubts. Take learning how to do a back-flip for example. In your dream, you would be mentally ready to attempt one in real life; however, your body would not be conditioned to the training that took place in your dream. Just one example I could think of.

[p_2001]

ok.. so I just read the first post and I have a question.. you said we have to practice to realize when we are dreaming.. right?

so, Its been about 2 years or so but I always know when I am dreaming, I mean its not something weird is it? I never did any sort of exercise or something, but I always know when I am dreaming, but I never remember the dreams after some hours of waking up, even when I wake up the dreams are never clear, but I do know that I had a dream and if it was pleasant or not.

the only thing related to mind exercise are that I meditate in once about a week.. and I sleep really long.

I do not take  tea, coffee, hard drinks and drugs.

[lucid]

ok.. so I just read the first post and I have a question.. you said we have to practice to realize when we are dreaming.. right?

so, Its been about 2 years or so but I always know when I am dreaming, I mean its not something weird is it? I never did any sort of exercise or something, but I always know when I am dreaming, but I never remember the dreams after some hours of waking up, even when I wake up the dreams are never clear, but I do know that I had a dream and if it was pleasant or not.

the only thing related to mind exercise are that I meditate in once about a week.. and I sleep really long.

I do not take  tea, coffee, hard drinks and drugs.

Are you saying you always know that you are dreaming WHEN you are dreaming? I don't think it is abnormal. Have you ever been able to control your dreams because of this? I started lucid dreaming before I ever knew what to call it, or that it happens to other people. Ever since then I always at the very least, have a faint idea that I am dreaming. That is if I am not fully lucid.

I don't think it's all that abnormal.

[p_2001]

Are you saying you always know that you are dreaming WHEN you are dreaming? I don't think it is abnormal. Have you ever been able to control your dreams because of this? I started lucid dreaming before I ever knew what to call it, or that it happens to other people. Ever since then I always at the very least, have a faint idea that I am dreaming. That is if I am not fully lucid.

I don't think it's all that abnormal.

yes, I almost always know, and I have dreams almost everyday.. You could say that 9 out of 10 i know when I am dreaming. There is always a nagging feeling.. kind of hard to explain, but I know that this is a dream and that it is not real. The dreams are vivid but I do not remember them after few hours. Something like when you really like a song you pick up while walking on the street and you really like it but when you try to find it on the net, you forget the words...

and as I said before.. I do not take any mind altering substance.

EDIT : No, I never tried controlling them, and it seems like I cannot control them either.. all dreams are like I have taken the back seat of a car and someone else is driving it.