On 28 Aug, 13:22, "mdd"
gmail.com> wrote:> Lucid Dreaming Techniques
>
Hello Mdd,
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>
> Lucid dreaming can be a very pleasurable experience. You can do anything
> you want to in a lucid dream. You can fly through space, you can swim to
> the bottom of the sea, and you can fulfill your greatest fantasies that you
> otherwise would never get a chance to fulfill. The entire Universe is yours
> in the realm of dreams.
'Furfill'? Dreams are modeled from internal biases rather than sensory
input. Lucid dreaming is no different in this respect. It maybe a
particularly vivid fantasy, but it's still a fantasy.
>
> For those who don't know, lucid dreams are extremely vivid dreams where the
> dreamer consciously knows that he or she is dreaming. If you've ever been in
> the middle of a dream and then realized, "Hey! I'm dreaming!", then you were
> in the beginning stages of lucid dreaming. With enough practice, you can
> trigger a lucid dream to happen often. You can successfully and consciously
> take CONTROL of your dream and do whatever you want!
>
> Here are some fun things to do once you take control of your dream world:
>
> . Create your own landscape.
>
> . Fulfill your sexual fantasies (hey! Lucid dreaming DOES feel almost
> real!).
>
> . Fly through space and "visit" other planets.
>
> . You can try striking up a conversation with someone who has died, as
> well as any type of spirit.
>
"I can call spirits from the vasty deep," Glendower declares. "Why, so
can I, or so can any man," Hotspur replies, "But will they come when
you do call for them?"
Are you claiming that you can actually converse with the 'spirit' of a
dead person, or with a representation of someone you knew based on
your memories and feelings?
Not that the latter can't help people manage their feelings, of
course.
> . You can fly around the world and "visit" other cities or countries.
>
> . You could try time traveling to the past or the future. Seriously,
> some lucid dreamers like doing this!
>
Do you think you have generated completely novel sensations, or just
simply ones approximated from experiences you've already had? (e.g.
You might not have flown unaided in real life but you have felt the
wind in your hair, seen a view from a height etc.)
> . You can just passively continue on with whatever you're currently
> dreaming about once you realize you're dreaming. If something happens
> during the dream that you don't like, go back and change it!
>
> Many lucid dreamers do just that. We don't always prefer creating our own
> dream world, but sometimes we just passively continue on with the
> realization that whatever happens, "it's only a dream".
>
> So how can you have a lucid dream? Anyone can learn lucid dreaming! Some
> of us do it naturally, and have since childhood. With some it may take
> practice. Personally I've found that I'm more likely to lucid dream during
> nights when my sleeping schedule is "off". For instance, if I go to bed for
> five nights in a row at the same exact time, and then spend a couple of days
> with that schedule completely thrown off, I'll find myself lucid dreaming.
Despite what you say above, I find regular hours and getting enough
sleep help.
> Another thing I've noticed is that it usually happens when I'm sleeping on
> my back.
>
> Here are the steps that I recommend you try doing if you'd like to have a
> lucid dream:
>
> 1. Get a sleeping pattern down straight, and then on the fifth or sixth
> night, either go to bed a few hours early or sleep in a few hours late.
>
> 2. Try sleeping someplace different on the fifth or sixth night, like the
> couch.
>
> 3. Lie on your back.
>
> 4. While drifting off to sleep, try imagining whatever it is you'd like to
> dream about. Try to include as much detail as possible with your
> visualizations.
>
> 5. Shortly after falling asleep, if you start to hear a "buzzing" sound and
> your body feels as if it's shaking, then it's time! Don't panic if you feel
> "paralyzed". Just stay on your back and visualize yourself flying through
> space. I've found that is a great way to get a lucid dream going. Try
> *feeling* yourself flying through space, and try visualizing the millions of
> stars passing by as you go whooshing through them! Try staying in this
> state and then go from there.
>
> 6. If you wake up, stay on your back anyway and keep trying. Don't give
> up.
>
> 7. If you wake up and it's morning and you didn't have a lucid dream, just
> lie back down and try again! Lucid dreams usually come shortly after we hit
> the bed, or later on when it's about time to get up. I've had lucid dreams
> during both phases of my sleep.
>
When you wake up and it's morning you've probably had several dreams
you've forgotten all about (lucid or otherwise). Unless you can recall
several dreams a night start by keeping a 'dream diary', jotting down
what you remember when you awake, however fragmentary. As your recall
improves your notes can become briefer.
When beginners are learning to recall several dreams a night
consistently they'll be getting to know what the details, and signs,
of experiencing your dreams is like. They can start wearing a digital
watch, or carrying a printed slip of text. Getting into the habit of
glancing at them frequently during the day. This habit will carry over
into their dreams (make an extra effort to glance on finding Depp
serving behind the post office counter). Looking for the text or
numbers shifting then realisation 'it's a dream' will put them in
control of their environment (assuming it *is* a dream of course).
After, as you say, practice.
> The most important thing when it comes to lucid dreaming is trying! TRY!
> TRY! TRY! Keep on trying, and don't give up.
