Although lucid dreaming was originally a way to explain the nature of the eyes with which we see in dreams, it came to be known as the psychological approach to dreams which one may experience during the REM stage of sleep. As early as the 8th century, Tibetan Buddhists practiced yoga to maintain full consciousness in dream state, better known as lucid dreaming. In the last couple of decades, experiments have been done to prove that lucid dreaming exists. Scientists have found a correlation between the content and frequency of the experimental subject exists. Lucid dreams are dreams in where one is aware that they are dreaming, and lucid dreamers can employ some amount of participation and control over their dream.
Lucid dreaming provides the opportunity for unique and compelling adventures rarely surpassed elsewhere in life. They have potential for promoting personal growth and self development, enhancing self confidence, improving mental and physical health, facilitating creative problem-solving, and helping one progress on the path to self-mastery. The suggestion that lucid dreaming could improve one’s quality of life applies to both daytime and nighttime experiences. During these dreams, we remain fully conscious of the fact that we are dreaming, thus in a sense, we are both “awake and “asleep”. Lucid dreaming also helps promote more flexible and creative responses to unexpected situations, and people who lucid dream will most likely be more motivated to try out new behaviors leading to psychological growth and positive changes in their waking lives.
Despite the fact that lucid dreamers are in their dreams, they are not altogether of it. This allows one to confront face-on otherwise fearful nightmares and anxieties, allowi...
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...eathing underwater might happen. Usually the sleep is the main character in a lucid dream, but not always. Sometimes the dream actor is not the dreamer and sometimes they play no part at all. A variation in how well we remember things also leads to differences in what occurs in dreams, lucid otherwise.
The lowest levels of motivation and expectation are drives, then desires, expectations, and then ideas or goals. Learning lucid dreaming is an ability that can be gained or improved by training, and in order to recognize that one is dreaming. One needs to have a concept of what dreaming is. There are many functions and meanings of dreaming. We dream for physiological reasons, and for psychological reasons. These dreams always contain important messages about us. We can learn a lot from lucid dreaming, and I advise everyone to try it at least once in their lifetime
Have you ever experienced a dream or a nightmare that seemed like reality? Most people in the world today would say that they have. Although this realistic dream experience does not occur often, when it does, clear distinctions are hard to make between the dream and reality. Theories exist that explain dreams as our subconscious
A common definition of dreams according to “Patterns for College Writing” is “the symbolic representation of mental states”, but this sparse definition does not begin to encompass the complex mechanisms behind dreams and its effects on human culture around the globe. Dreams have long been the topics of folklore and urban legends. Since human beginnings, people have sought to uncover the origin of dreams. The ancient Greeks believed dreams came from the God Oneiroi. The Chinese believes that dreams happened when the hun or spirit leaves the body for the land of the dead. The Ishi Indians believed that dreams were sacred messages from the Gods. Yet even now, with the current technological and intellectual advancements, scientists and psychoanalysts have still to find the true reasons and meanings of these dreams. Some argue that dreams are the products of overactive subconscious minds while others argue that dreams are solely randomized emotions from the limbic system during sleep. Despite these contrasting theories, the truth of the matter is that the topic of dreams and the reasons behind them remain a mystery.
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 the fantasy book Matilda, by Roald Dahl, there are two words that really popped out to me when I read them. The first word is courage and the second word is elated. The first word, courage makes me think of Matilda, the second child of the Wormwoods. She is not only outrageously smart but is courageous.
In this paper I hope to open a window to the vast and mysterious world of dreaming. To most people, information about dreams isn’t common knowledge. In researching this subject though, I found that everybody has and reacts to dreams, which are vital to your mental health. You will also find how you can affect your dreams and how they affect you.
...n and development throughout history. After the research, I learned that while most dreams are fairly coherent, patterned, which include everyday settings, people, activities, and events, they may involve relatively unusual and perhaps bizarre aspects. Altogether, these images would allow people to have the most revealing and distinctive view of who they are and what they know in daily life by telling stories in the brain. However, while I still feel that no theory can exactly interpret what dreams’ meanings really are, it is interesting to know more how human brain’s activity (dreaming) function when people sleep. Moreover, I have decided to see my dreams as a television show with different episodes at night. That way, I will be able to enjoy the dream without ruining the fun that my brain offers because I would love to see what and how my brain wants me to see.
I have these kinds of dreams, and I’ve been enjoying exploring them. They experience adventure, they can use it as a mental practice, they can boost their creativity, and they can overcome nightmares. In this essay, I aim to discuss 1. Why lucid dreaming can help us to boost our creativity, and 2.
In this Forum on Sleep and Dreams, we will see how the diversity of academic disciplines can help to answer important questions about sleep and dreaming—questions that may touch the basis of human intellect. The Forum is fortunate in...
A famous man once said: “Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions” (Cayce, E). Without dreams in people’s lives, getting through a rough day would be impossible. However, what happens if all the dreams they have are nightmares? Obviously, their whole life would be upside-down until a good dream brightens their days. Good dreams can be motivating to people, relaxing to some, and even protector to others. One way to avoid having bad dreams is by hanging a small antique object over the bed called a “Dreamcatcher”.
As Sigmund Freud’s nightmare was able to retain “it’s imperishable value…by becoming a driving force in the making of a genius,” and as Carl Jung was initiated into the secrets of the earth by a nightmare and later brought light into this realm of darkness, so too have the nightmares of others heralded some meaningful change in their lives. For those with frequent nightmares, the use of the Lucid dream state could offer a unique opportunity to begin such a change.
Sleep is the passageway to a paradise, a paradise we call our dreams. Dreams are naturally random and illogical, but what if we had the ability to mold them in any way we please? This is actually very possible; it is phenomenon called lucid dreaming. Lucid dreams are a very rare and difficult to remember, so they require a lot of practice. Thankfully, there are three methods that can help induce and force them to occur. These techniques are: dream-initiated lucid dreaming, wake-initiated lucid dreaming, and the use of lucid dreaming aids. All these procedures will require that you at least have some control over your “dream persona” and the dream landscape.
In the world of dreaming anything is possible. It's a very unique experience. Within a flying dream, one soars through the air, seeing a vast world from high up above. The freedom to go anyplace one could imagine. It is very liberating. This is a normal experience for those with the ability to lucid dream. However, not many people would want to do this. Most people do not see any logical reason to experience lucid dreams. They state they don't recall any of their dreams, even though they have, whether they remember them or not, 4 to 6 dreams per night. They don’t consider that people spend on average 8 hours asleep each night. (Lite, 2010) A third of a person's life is spent sleeping; wherein the possibility for anything lays. Research has
Lucid dreaming is awareness that you are dreaming. This awareness can range from very faint recognition of the fact to something as momentous as a broadening of awareness beyond what has ever been experienced even in waking life. Lucid dreams usually occur while a person is in the middle of a regular dream and suddenly realizes that they are dreaming. This is called a dream-initiated lucid dream. A wake-initiated lucid dream occurs when you go from a normal waking state directly into a dream state, with no apparent lapse in consciousness. Once you realize this, you have the ability to control your dreams, which is pretty much the most essential part of lucid
To sum up, lucid dreaming happens when the brain switches into waking mode inside the dream. In comparison to normal dreams, where one’s self awareness is shut down, the conscious brain in lucid dreaming wakes up during sleep. Based on scientific research, this is a safe and natural state and it is not a literal out of the body experience as the dreamer always remains asleep in bed. Furthermore, when one becomes lucid in a dream state, their senses become more alive and are free to explore the inner workings of their subconscious mind. Lucid dreaming has also proved to be a powerful mental tool. To conclude, lucid dreaming exists and in no way should equate to belittle the subject at hand.
While the brain goes through the rapid eye movement stage while sleeping, it experiences several different thoughts; whether they be unsettling thoughts, complicated problems, or emotional situations, the brain completes these dreams to reach some sort of balance. This also factors into the fact people dream about past, present and future information. The brain has its way of bringing up the past and capturing the future. Several of the tasks humans do throughout are day are linked to the dreams their brain produce at night and help them create future situations (“Dreams- what really happens when we sleep”). All of these facts factor into the type of dreams the brain produces. One type of dreams the brain can experience is called lucid dreaming: Lucid dreaming is a state of consciousness and happens the human is asleep. Even though the word lucid mean clear, lucid dreaming means more than to just have a clear dream (D’Urso). However lucid dreams are dreams of clarity; this means they have complete awareness that one is dreaming and can change or create the dream the person wants. When a person ha a lucid dream they can experience romantic fantasies or bizarre adventures (Wiley, 217). However lucid dreaming is not the only type of dreaming you can