Lucid Dreaming

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The art of being conscious in your dreams. I have been researching this like crazy when I saw it on UPSB. Here's a quick definition for people who don't really know:

Lucid dreaming is like being awake in your dream. You can do whatever you want like teleport, fly, eat yum things, attack people you don't like etc. There are different methods to enter the this state of mind. The most common are:

Dream
Induced
Lucid
Dreams

which is doing a reality check you you notice something odd. An easy example is to look at a digital watch because the number are usually really screwed in dreams. BAM! you notice it and get to do whatever you want in your dream for 10 min!

Wake
Initiated
Lucid
Dreams

This is when you wake up and fall to sleep in such a way that your mind is awake thus... BAM! get to do whatever you want in your dream for 10 min!


Wake
Back
To
Bed

This is when you wake up at night after like 5hrs sleep and do tons of reality checks around you room and think of lucid dreamingmfor 15mins. You go to sleep and hope you go into a lucid dream and if it does work...BAM!You get to do whatever you want in your dream for 10 min!. Apparently this one is very effective.

Finger
Induced
Lucid
Dream

You do this when you randomly wake up at night. All you do is move your index and middle fingers up and down VERY slightly (like not even noticeable).



I learnt all of this from a very useful guy who is awesome at lucid dreaming (got ~700 in 3 years).

DISCUSS
 
I remember having some lucid dreams, mostly because I woke up during them and when I fell asleep again, I knew it was just a dream ^^

It can be pretty fun =)

but I never went to bed thinking "now I want to have a lucid dream". it just happened.
 
Lucid dreaming isn't NEARLY as simple as a few acronyms Luke. I've researched this myself Those acronyms are probably .1% of what you need to know about lucid dreaming if you want to get good at it.
 
I experimented with this several years ago. I set my wristwatch to alarm every 90 minutes, and when the alarm rang, I would look at my hands and ask myself if I was awake or asleep. I heard the alarm once in a dream (whether it actually rang or not I can't recall), looked at my hands and said, "I am asleep." Didn't do much with it after that, but it's a very easy experiment to run.
 
I've read (I think on wikipedia?) that if you develop a habit, a very simple one, such as trying to force your finger through your hand or breathing through your nose while squeezing it, you will do the same in your dreams. Of course you can't do neither, but in your dreams it will most likely work. Then you'll be all like "Damn I'm dreaming" and there you go. I've known this for a month or so but haven't developed it into a habit yet though. Maybe I should try today..


Anyway that 700-days dude sounds pretty cool.. He doesn't have any other good tips does he? I REALLY wanna experience this at least once.. sounds like soo much fun


Edit:
A minority of lucid dreams (according to the research of LaBerge and colleagues, about 10 percent) are the result of returning to REM (dreaming) sleep directly from an awakening with unbroken reflective consciousness.


Uberman, anyone?
 
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My LD4all profile.

I've been into this for a few years now, but I've only had a few. I really haven't gotten any recently because I've sort of lost my momentum, you know? I have other things going on right now, so I haven't really had much time for cubing or LDs recently. I still visit the forums often, though. Most of the discussion over there is repetitive, though, so I usually just read posts.

Will be back later to discuss more. :)
 
I've never had a lucid dream. Once I wake up in the morning, after like 30 minites I usually don't remember my dreams at all. I might remember 15-20 dreams I've ever had in my life...
 
Dreaming of flying is the best feeling there ever is!
I hope this works so I can fly every day! (and maybe some more stuff)
 
Nukoca said:
nitrocan said:
Dreaming of flying is the best feeling there ever is!
I hope this works so I can fly every day! (and maybe some more stuff)
Click to expand...

Quickstart guide
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Thanks for the link. This is no less than cubing in difficulty I guess! Gotta get studying :D

My piano teacher's husband told me that he would go to a different world in his dreams with different people and etc. I thought he was crazy :D
 
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Well I tried WBTB last night and it worked (a bit).

It worked in the sense that I got a dream weird enough to do a RC and know it was a dream. A lady was driving a mario kart and was going to overtake my Dad and I's car but when she was overtaking us, she crashed into a parked car next to us. Apparently my dream me thinks this is normal o.0

EDIT: Dae ja voo : I know xD. I just wanted to get the main point across while writing this topic :p
I spend like 4 hrs researching yesterday. It's really interesting!
 
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I tried to LD yesterday night, using WILD. I counted to about 300.. and just gave up. My body felt itchy all over the place. I moved a bit, itch was gone, and I went unconscious shortly later.

Failed. :/
 
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