Lucid dreams
By Turhamkey
@Turhamkey (64)
United States
December 17, 2007 2:06pm CST
Does anybody else have them? If so, what kind? Where do you most often have them? Tell me about them. =]
4 responses
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
17 Dec 07
I consciously trained in lucid dreaming for spiritual reasons, and have used that training since both for fun and to help combat the nightmares that my post-traumatic stress disorder causes.
Most of my fun lucid dreams involve stories I'm writing, books I'm reading, tv shows or movies or anime I'm watching, etc.
The ones I enjoy most are the ones that involve a story I am writing. It's neat to go through and interact with the characters from my stories, and ask them questions that will lead to a better understanding of them. That's also interesting with other people's characters as well from whatever I'm reading or watching, but it's most useful with my own. :P
@Turhamkey (64)
• United States
17 Dec 07
Oooooh. thats cool =D. What do you do to help you achieve the lucid dream though? What i do is i focus really hard on one thought or action, and then before i know it, its like my body falls asleep, but my mind stays awake.
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
17 Dec 07
I basically start in a meditative state before I go to sleep. I don't meditate on one thought or action, but instead set up a story... so that it will continue once I go to sleep as a lucid dream, and I'll know I'm dreaming and be able to control it. Since I've been doing that for... 23 years now, many of my dreams are lucid ones now.
The other thing I did was create (again through meditation) a warrior-self... an idealized image of myself... and I use that to fight my nightmares. It works for most of them, though there are a few that still get me when I'm very, very tired, or when I'm sick.
@RAUL070689 (41)
• Mexico
20 Dec 09
when you practice i use the technique of care throughout the day, the reality test to know if i´m in a dream, for example, in dreams can stretch and not real life, then during the day trying to perform the test straightening the finger and if stretched is that i´m in a lucid dream
@MrKennedy (1978)
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5 Dec 09
Actually, I do manage to have the odd lucid dream every now and again, though it took me a very, very long time to train both my body and my mind into inducing them, and I know there is still plenty of practise and training involved if I hope to experience lucidity in my sub-conscious period on a more frequent basis.
I cannot reccomend such a mind-blowingly amazing experience enough. Seriously, it is well worth the time to practise and train yourself up to be a lucid dreamer. Yes it will take a lot (and I mean A LOT) of effort to be able to lucid dream properly, yet it is something that you will not regret, nor will you forget how to do.
Whenever I do have a lucid dream, they always involve people and places that are relevant and significant in my life, or even fictional characters that I have vivid memory of. I use the experience to help fuel my imagination and creativity, and conjure up new and outlandish ideas for my writing. If ever I have a particularly enlightening experience, I will make sure to note it down as soon as I wake up for future reference.
I find dreams in general to be very interesting, wierd and wonderful things that we humans may probably never be able to fully understand, because everybody's dreams are unique and individual to them.
@RAUL070689 (41)
• Mexico
20 Dec 09
is undoubtedly correct, is interesting.
also found very useful. on one occasion i had to study for a review of the university (mathematics) but did not study and fell asleep, but in the dream i began to study the next day and know how to answer my test.
wonderful experience you can also learn things also utility for everyday life
@gkurt08 (233)
• Philippines
11 Jan 08
I had a lucid dream while back when I was younger. I didn't even know there's a term for it. But now that I'm keeping a dream journal and tried all those induced state, I can't experience it. HOw would I wake up in my dream? got any tips?
@solutions_nikk (62)
• India
11 Jan 08
first think of a dream which u want to experience after that stop at what point u want to stop make a pause their & forget abt it and u may count numbers 10 to 1 in reverse order /take long deep breathings for a moment then say to u r self to awake at that moment of dream then continue u r deram .this whole thing should b done before sleeping for a moment then sleep imagining of ur deram u definetly gets up in between u r dream
@RAUL070689 (41)
• Mexico
20 Dec 09
i have few a lucid drams but usually when realize i´m in dream i can control it for long because after a FEW MINITES I CAN´T CONTROL IT.
