Lucid Dreaming
Did you know that during your live you spend almost six years dreaming, even if you barely remember those dreams? By 'lucid dreaming' you can be fully conscious during your dreams and get some of that time back. I've been lucid dreaming for over half a year, and with a little effort can now do so effortlessly. To start, it's important to know the difference between lucid dreaming and dream control, and some techniques that many people have used to get started.
First of all, lucid dreaming is a concept that is often misunderstood. According to
Rebecca Turner from The World of Lucid Dreaming, "A lucid dream is any dream during sleep in which you become aware that you're dreaming. This simple realization draws your waking consciousness into the dream...". This means that you only need to notice that you are dreaming, even if you feel that you only dreamt about lucid dreaming or that you didn't act like how you would have in the waking world. Lucid dreaming often makes the dream clearer. Even though dream objects may seem very real, nothing can hurt you. On the contrary, it is used by many to deal with nightmares and to encourage problem solving. However, contrary to popular belief, to be able to do whatever you please in a dream is not lucid dreaming, but is instead called dream control.
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Lucidity and dream control are not the same. It is possible to be lucid and have very little control over dream, and on the other hand, you can have a great deal of control without being aware that you are dreaming. However, becoming lucid in a dream is likely to increase the control you have. Once lucid, people typically choose to do something only possible in a dream, such as flying (LaBerge). If someone thinks they can control the dream, they typically will. However, if they doubt themselves they often fail. Once you learn how to become lucid, dream control tends to increase as
How do we know whether or not we are dreaming or just being affected by a particular experience? Or if we are dreaming all our experiences in this world… When we dream, we fantasize imagines and occurrences happening, often, with the same sense of reality as we have when we are awake. Rene Descartes; a French Philosopher discovered the theory of the dream argument, affirming that there are no reliable signs distinguishing the liability of being asleep and wide awake. Quoting from Descartes, he states: For all we know right now, we might be dreaming at this very moment. (Rockney 102)
Carter is having unusual dreams. No recollection of particulars, just that his dreams are strange. He’d never had lucid dreams before. Now he has them a lot. Looking around a room that’s mostly recognizable as his first college flat, he realizes he’s having another.
In a (Scientific American,2009) article, they described one viewpoint of what dreams are," dreaming is simply an epiphenomenon that is the mental activity that occurs during REM sleep. I do not believe this is the most fruitful approach to the study of dreaming."
They say, “It’s not a straight answer. Everyone does it. It naturally comes.” (Morgan, 2012) Dreaming is part of our everyday life. It isn’t something that we have to think of in order for it to happen. It is something that is going to happen either we think about it or not. “We spend one-third of our lives dreaming”, says, (Dell’Amore, 2011). Sleeping is called REM. For adults REM is about every 90 minutes (1hr 30 min). The first cycle is short for 3 minutes but can increase to 55 minutes.” (Dell’Amore, 2011) “Dreams can happen during “Non-REM” too.” (Dell’Amore, 2011) She says that “REM sleep paralyses your muscles for temporary time. It protects our body from our dreams.” This means that some of our dreams can be very powerful and actually cause us to hurt ourselves. We might feel like what we are dreaming is actually real and we would want to act upon it. We can maybe hurt ourselves For example, we have all had that one dream where we feel like are falling and we jump off our beds or we dream that we are fighting against someone or something and we end up punching something that is reals.
An example of how dreams can control one’s self-care, as well as others, is R.L Walton. He had a dream to be famous for exploration, and he hoped to discover if the earth’s poles had any control over compasses movements. “... my enticements, and they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger or death… and the joy a child feels when he
Ultimately, being an active participant is very necessary, such as taking mental notes during the dream. One way of investigating is looking around and asking yourself questions like, what color, how many, why, or who. During lucid dreams, you have the ability to control what you do and where you go. In a way, it is almost like playing chess and your view of the situation is more objective. Being asleep but awake in your dream is amazing it gives new meaning to the word, surreal. Have you ever wanted to talk to someone but could not find the right words or an old friend or relative you have not seen in a long while? The perfect place to practice is in a lucid dream, you can go visit them and go with them anywhere. Dreams in general always take place in our subconscious and in non-lucid dreams; we are not actively participating, but merely a bystander. Our subconscious is the creator of our lucid dreams, which occur between REM sleep a...
Dreams are still a mystery, it's the unconscious that is in control of the mind the individuals could just sleep and watch the vision play out in their mind. Dreams could be a whole world in the mind of a person who will then write stories about it and share them to others. They show the answers to the person who needs them the most and will need to find ways to understand their own dreams by identifying the symbols by going back and thinking about their dreams. Having people write out their dreams in a book, they will easily be able to see what they need to work on. The dark side of a person will come out in the unconscious mind trying to overtake the person in making them do things like showing aggression to others however, by understanding the person dark side by listening to the shadow self, one will be able to control it. Dreams can solve any problems like having full acceptance of oneself, not just the conscious side but also the unconscious to fully accept the whole
Dreams are series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person’s mind during sleep. Dreams occur during a certain stage of sleep known as REM. Several different psychologists, including Freud and Hobson, have studied dreams. Psychologists have provided many theories as to what dreams are and the meanings behind them.
Dreams can be more harmful than inspire the dreamer. While dreams can give an individual a purpose, it makes the dreamer have high expectations and make the dreamer obsessed. No one is saying too give up a dream, but seeing that dreams can harm it could be said that people should be more careful. Just like the green balloon that though it saw the light, dreamers can become delusional and obsessed. When that happens people can become crazy and loose in touch with reality. Dream propels the world to a new future, but dreams also can setback the future. But its much harder to move forward from a bad dream. Perhaps, the world can learn that not all dreams are helpful.
All over the world different people, scientists, and civilizations have different dream theories. For instance, the Senoi tribe in Malaysia has a fascinating tradition of dream telling. Every morning the people of the tribe begin their day by discussing and interpreting their dreams with each other. The children, as they grow older, actually learn to control their dreams by simply wishing bad dreams into positive ones. It is observed that, by paying tribute their dreams, the people of the Senoi tribe learn to have faith in themselves. Also, they have very few, if any, mental problems “could working constructively with dreams be part of the answer” to mental issues? (Peirce)
Lucid dreaming is the ability of an individual to consciously direct and control one’s dreams. It transforms an individual’s inner dream world into an alternative reality – where everything the dreamer sees, hears, feels, tastes and even smells is as authentic as real life. Lucidity transpires during altered states of consciousness. According to Snyder & Gackenbach, as cited by LaBerge, lucid dreaming is normally a rare experience and only about a percentage of 20% of the world’s population reports to having lucid dreams once a month or more (LaBerge, 1990) which probably does not justify the existence of lucid dreaming. In addition, people have argued that lucid dreaming is just another theory and it is seems critical for one to be aware in an experience such as this.
We spend one third of our lives sleeping and 15-20% of that time is spent dreaming. (1) Dreams are a sequence of images that appear involuntary to the mind of somebody who is sleeping, often a mixture of real and imaginary characters, places, and events, according to the Encarta dictionary. There are many types of dreams. Lucid dreams can be the most fascinating if one can master them. In lucid dreams you realize that you are dreaming and instead of automatically waking up you stay asleep and control every aspect of your dream. Your thoughts can effortlessly paint any dreamscape and you have full mental faculties as you would if you were awake.(4) Your imagination is the limit! Another more mysterious type of dream is precognitive dreams. This is where time and space no longer seem to fit any rational logical meaning. Precognition is an ability to know and experience a future event before it ever occurs (4) Many experience this type of dream and slowly forget it over time, until it happens in real life. When it occurs in real life you automatically feel a sense of déjà vu and you notice something familiar about the s...
Dreaming is the series of visualizations or feelings during a period of time when you are asleep. It is a form of thinking...
All of us dream, several times at night. It is believed by some that we sleep in order that we may dream. Dreams can come true if somebody makes them true, as the saying goes, “A dream is just a dream, unless you make it come true”. Dreams provide us the actual picture of our thoughts. Dreams may tell us about any physical event which took place with us or which is going to happen with us. The dream is trying to inform the dreamer about his condition in any walk of life. Basically, we can dream about anything logical or illogical, fictious or non-fictious and reasonable or unreasonable.
As the body sleeps, reality becomes replaced with the dream world, a fanciful place where the innermost being is found cowering like a creature vying to be freed. Some people have vivid dreams that are life-like; others cannot recall having dreamed. One concept is for sure, the dream world is one where the mind runs a free course. Images buried deep inside, thoughts avoided throughout the day, and unrealistic situations take hold. These images may turn into a peaceful dream of amazement and wonder, or they may take a frightening turn, dragging the mind into a state of horror and dread. The situations can become all too real, grasping at the outer edges of the mind, pushing the dream over the boundaries the body normally allows.