Lucid Dreaming

That is quite extravagant. I feel as though that is a unique ability to have within one's grasp. I want to believe that I have had one or two dreams that I experienced that feeling before.

I think we all have some unique gifts within us that we have not allowed our minds to tap into.

I think this is true. I feel that, with experience and time through life, we can tap into these gifts

You can also learn to have vivid dreams. The recommendation is to leave a note pad near your sleeping area and record what you remember. The more you do it the more you will remember your dreams.

You are absolutely correct. I actually have a dream journal next to my bed as we speak. It has helped me remember my dreams way more than previous years.

Yes I've heard about this. My friend actually told me about this recently. He stated that certain incenses can help you lucid dream. Certain assorted potpourri works. As far as for having vivid dreams, I am sure because one's dreams become so vivid is to why he or she has a better chance of lucid dreaming.

Well the definition of lucid dreaming is only, "A dream in which you are aware that you are dreaming." Dream control gets included, but not all people who become aware that they are dreaming experience any level of control. I've had lots of lucid dreams that went something like this, I realize I'm dreaming. I try to fly and when I jump up and down and wave my arms I only get a few inches off the ground before I crash right back down. I try to find a certain place or person and I wind up wandering around in circles by places NEAR the place I want to go, but never find the place I actually want to be. I try to make a door lead to a certain place, but when I open it I find only empty darkness beyond. I'm FULLY AWARE that I'm dreaming, and yet nothing happens just because I will it. I can explore, I can reach out and touch things, I'm in my "body" but yet what I think and want has no effect or very little effect on what actually happens. That's why I don't include dream control in my definition of lucid dreaming, because for me it hardly ever happens.

I feel as though for it to be complete lucid dreaming, you first realize you are in a dream then you can control your dreams. For example, if someone has a dream that they are talking to a cow out in a farm and they finally realize it is a dream, he or she can start flying and crashing into buildings like superman if they wish. I have heard of third person dreaming, where you watch yourself dream and you know you are dreaming but you cannot do anything because you are not physically inside your body.

That is very common actually. People that realize that they are dreaming instantaneously wake up at that exact moment. It was stated in an article that only 26% of the world lucid dreams at least once and the number dwindle even more after once (Stepansky et al., 1998). Truly, society cannot even prove that someone can lucid dream, but day dreaming is defined differently than what lucid dreaming is. I feel as though some people claim they can lucid dream but, in reality, they are just day dreaming. That brings up a great point, though, because I haven't really researched day dreaming. In my opinion, I feel as though a majority of our dreams come from various things that our subconscious picks up and stores. For example, if one goes through their day and watches a movie about mummies and in that movie, there is a random car that you notice. A couple days later, they will dream about that car and have no idea where they thought of that idea. I do believe that other dreams, however, have some sort of mystical powers to them that I haven't quite figured out. I believe that we do dream of small, common things and they come true. This is where deja vu happens. I do consider some dreams having the ability to predict the future but I have no proof besides my own belief. It would be interesting to research this to find out more about it.

This is a perfect example of lucid dreaming. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with me. I do not think I've ever came across someone that has explained their lucid dream this well before. You are a part of the 26% that lucid dream once so that makes you a very unique individual!