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thejosienelsonThis source has a lot of really good information about lucid dreaming, it answers frequently asked questions, shows the reader simple ways to lucid dream, and informs the reader about the possibilities of sleep paralysis when lucid dreaming. This source uses evidence from Stanford University to back up its claims and show that there has been experiments done that prove some of the given theories.
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Lucid dreaming means dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming.
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"out-of-body experience"
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lucidity in unpleasant dreams or nightmares can transform habitual fear into conscious courage. The simple state of lucidity is frequently enough to elevate the mood of a dreamer in a nightmare.
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we have a limited amount of REM sleep.
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freedom that accompanies the realization that you are in a dream and there will be no social or physical consequences of your actions.
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Do a reality test.
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Imagine that your surroundings are a dream.
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Visualize yourself enjoying a dream activity.
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lucidity seemed to come easier in afternoon naps.
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Stanford University
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The NovaDreamer lucid dream induction device works by giving flashing light or sound cues when the user is dreaming.
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Often this realization is triggered by the dreamer noticing some impossible or unlikely occurrence in the dream, such as flying or meeting the deceased.
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Lucidity usually begins in the midst of a dream when the dreamer realizes that the experience is not occurring in physical reality, but is a dream.
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When lucidity is at a high level, you are aware that everything experienced in the dream is occurring in your mind, that there is no real danger, and that you are asleep in bed and will awaken shortly. With low-level lucidity you may be aware to a certain extent that you are dreaming, perhaps enough to fly or alter what you are doing, but not enough to realize that the people are dream representations, or that you can suffer no physical damage, or that you are actually in bed
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If you consider that once you know you are dreaming, you are restricted only by your ability to imagine and conceive, not by laws of physics or society, then the answer to what lucid dreaming is good for is either extremely simple (anything!) or extraordinarily complex (everything!).
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Often, the first thing that attracts people to lucid dreaming is the potential for wild adventure and fantasy fulfillment.
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The overwhelming majority of lucid dreams are positive, rewarding experiences. Moreover, lucidity in unpleasant dreams or nightmares can transform habitual fear into conscious courage.
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The simple state of lucidity is frequently enough to elevate the mood of a dreamer in a nightmare.
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Some people believe that dreams are messages from the unconscious mind and should not be consciously altered.
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Lucid dreaming is a skill you can develop, like learning a new language.
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The two essentials to learning lucid dreaming are motivation and effort. Although most people report occasional spontaneous lucid dreams, they rarely occur without our intending it.
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The most important prerequisite for learning lucid dreaming is excellent dream recall. There are two likely reasons for this. First, when you remember your dreams well, you can become familiar with their features and patterns. This helps you to recognize them as dreams while they are still happening. Second, it is possible that with poor dream recall, you may actually have lucid dreams that you do not remember!
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Do a reality test.
Carry some text with you or wear a digital watch throughout the day. To do a reality test, read the words or the numbers on the watch. Then, look away and look back, observing the letters or numbers to see if they change. Try to make them change while watching them. Research shows that text in dreams changes 75% of the time it is re-read once and changes 95% it is re-read twice. If the characters do change, or are not normal, or do not make sense, then you are most probably dreaming. Enjoy! If the characters are normal, stable, and sensible, then you probably aren't dreaming. Go on to step 2.
This is a good technique for beginners. Assign yourself several times a day to perform the following exercise. Also do it anytime you think of it, especially when something odd occurs or when you are reminded of dreams. It helps to choose specific occasions like: when you see your face in the mirror, look at your watch, arrive at work or home, pick up your NovaDreamer, etc. The more frequently and thoroughly you practice this technique, the better it will work.
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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.
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The basic definition of lucid dreaming requires nothing more than becoming aware that you are dreaming. However, the quality of lucidity can vary greatly. When lucidity is at a high level, you are aware that everything experienced in the dream is occurring in your mind, that there is no real danger, and that you are asleep in bed and will awaken shortly. With low-level lucidity you may be aware to a certain extent that you are dreaming, perhaps enough to fly or alter what you are doing, but not enough to realize that the people are dream representations, or that you can suffer no physical damage, or that you are actually in bed.
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Kinley DavenportLucid dreaming
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Lucid dreaming means dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming
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The term was coined by Frederik van Eeden
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Lucidity is not synonymous with dream control
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It is not always possible to perform "magic" in dreams, like changing one object into another or transforming scenes.
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lucid dreaming may well be the basis of the most effective therapy for nightmares.
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Unreasonable fear can be defused by facing up to the source, or going through with the frightening activity, so that you observe that no harm comes to you. In a nightmare, this act of courage can take any form that involves facing the "threat" rather than avoiding it. For example, one young man dreamt of being pursued by a lion. When he had no place left to run, he realized he was dreaming and called to the lion to "come and get him." The challenge turned into a playful wrestling match, and the lion became a sexy woman (NightLight 1.4, 1989, p. 13). Monsters often transform into benign creatures, friends, or empty shells when courageously confronted in lucid dreams. This is an extremely empowering experience. It teaches you in a very visceral manner that you can conquer fear and thereby become stronger.
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Lucid dreaming is an extraordinarily vivid form of mental imagery, so realistic that the trick is to realize it is a mental construct. It is no surprise, therefore, that many people use lucid dreaming to rehearse for success in waking life. Examples of such applications include public speaking, difficult confrontations, artistic performance and athletic prowess.
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REM sleep
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many lucid dreamers report using dreams for problem solving and artistic inspiration
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hus, some people have use lucid dreams in overcoming phobias, working with grief, decreasing social and sexual anxieties, achieving greater self-confidence and by directing the body image in the dream to facilitate physical healing.
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Other potential healing applications of lucid dreaming include: practice of physical skills by stroke and spinal cord injury patients to encourage recovery of neuromuscular function, enjoyment of sexual satisfaction by people with lower body sensory loss (fully satisfying dream sex requires only mental stimulation!), more rapid recovery from injury or disease through the use of lucid dream imagery, and an increased sense of freedom for anyone who feels limited by disability or circumstance.
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coined by Frederik van Eeden who used the word "lucid" in the sense of mental clarity
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Lucid dreaming means dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming.
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begins in the midst of a dream when the dreamer realizes that the experience is not occurring in physical reality, but is a dream
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realization is triggered by the dreamer noticing some impossible or unlikely occurrence in the dream
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flying or meeting the deceased
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Sometimes people become lucid without noticing any particular clue in the dream; they just suddenly realize they are in a dream
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lucid dreaming
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becoming aware that you are dreaming
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the quality of lucidity can vary
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lucidity is at a high level, you are aware that everything experienced in the dream is occurring in your mind, that there is no real danger, and that you are asleep in bed and will awaken shortly
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low-level lucidity you may be aware to a certain extent that you are dreaming, perhaps enough to fly or alter what you are doing
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not enough to realize that the people are dream representations, or that you can suffer no physical damage, or that you are actually in bed.
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have a great deal of control without being explicitly aware that you are dreaming
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Lucidity is not synonymous with dream control
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possible to be lucid and have little control over dream content
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becoming lucid in a dream is likely to increase the extent to which you can deliberately influence the course of events
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could continue with whatever you were doing when you became lucid, with the added knowledge that you are dreaming
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You always have the choice of how much control you want to exert
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try to change everything
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possible to perform "magic" in dreams
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like changing one object into another or transforming scenes
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ability to succeed at this seems to depend a lot on the dreamer's confidence
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experience the compelling sensation that they have somehow "left their bodies."
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you are lying in bed, apparently awake, when suddenly you experience a range of primarily somatic sensations, often including vibrations, heaviness, and paralysis.
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out-of-body experience
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takes a variety of forms
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experience the vivid sensation of separating from your "physical body" in what feels like a second body, often floating above the bed
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lucid dreaming as a "stepping stone" to the OBE
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lucid dreamers have had the experience of feeling themselves "leave the body" at the onset of a lucid dream
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OBEs can occur in the same physiological state as lucid dreams
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left your physical body in some sort of mental or "astral" body floating around in the "real" physical world
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Why should I want to have lucid dreams? What are they good for?
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once you know you are dreaming, you are restricted only by your ability to imagine and conceive
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not by laws of physics or society
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Flying is a favorite lucid dream delight, as is sex
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first thing that attracts people to lucid dreaming is the potential for wild adventure and fantasy fulfillment
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extraordinary pleasure of lucid dreaming comes from the exhilarating feeling of utter freedom
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people have said that their first lucid dream was the most wonderful experience of their lives.
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dreams can be dreaded episodes of limitless terror
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lucid dreaming may well be the basis of the most effective therapy for nightmares.
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If you know you are dreaming, it is a simple logical step to realizing that nothing in your current experience, however unpleasant, can cause you physical harm.
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because the horror pursuing you was conceived in your own mind
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no need to run from or fight with dream monsters. In fact, it is often pointless
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only way to really "escape" is to end your fear
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as long as you continue to fear it, it can pursue you wherever you dream yourself to be
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fear you feel in a nightmare is completely real; it is the danger that is not.
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fear can be defused by facing up to the source
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this act of courage can take any form that involves facing the "threat" rather than avoiding it.
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Monsters often transform into benign creatures, friends, or empty shells when courageously confronted in lucid dreams
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extremely empowering experience.
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can conquer fear and thereby become stronger.
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Lucid dreaming is an extraordinarily vivid form of mental imagery,
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many people use lucid dreaming to rehearse for success in waking life.
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Because the activity of the brain during a dreamed activity is the same as during the real event, neuronal patterns of activation required for a skill
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can be established in the dream state in preparation for performance in the waking world
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together may contribute to the novel combinations of events and objects we experience as dream bizarreness
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brain is highly active in REM sleep and unconstrained by sensory input
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The creative potential of dreams is legendary
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allows thought to take on forms that are rare in waking life
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enhanced creativity
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Roland Fisher put it, "One man's creativity is another's brain damage."
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defective thinking
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dreams were judged as being significantly more creative than both daydreams and memories
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lucid dreamers report using dreams for problem solving and artistic inspiration
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healing dream imagery may improve physical health
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dream world offers the most vivid form of imagery
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patients have often used soothing and positive imagery to alleviate pain
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, achieving greater self-confidence and by directing the body image in the dream to facilitate physical healing.
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people have use lucid dreams in overcoming phobias, working with grief, decreasing social and sexual anxieties
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Lucidity was seven times more likely to make nightmares better than worse.
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dying in a dream can cause death in reality
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Dreams of death can actually be insightful experiences about life, rebirth, and transcendence.
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Many people, after awakening alive, report having died in their dreams with no ill effect
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people worry that lucid dreams are so exciting and pleasurable that they will become addicted and "sleep their life away."
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few individuals may have an innate talent for achieving lucidity
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Lucid dreaming is a skill you can develop
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best predictor of success with lucid dreaming is the ability to remember dreams.
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learning lucid dreaming are motivation and effort.
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Beginning lucid dreamers often have the problem of waking up right after becoming lucid
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prevent some people from realizing the value of lucid dreaming
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enjoy the thrill that accompanies the dawning of lucidity without allowing the activation to overwhelm you
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expressing the excitement can awaken you
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first is to remain calm in the dream
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IS LUCID DREAMING THE SAME AS DREAM CONTROL?
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A dreamer's ability to succeed at this seems to depend a lot on the dreamer's confidence. As Henry Ford said, "Believe you can, believe you can't; either way, you're right."
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A mysterious and highly controversial phenomenon sometimes occurs in which people experience the compelling sensation that they have somehow "left their bodies."
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Upon hearing about lucid dreaming for the first time, people often ask, "Why should I want to have lucid dreams? What are they good for?" If you consider that once you know you are dreaming, you are restricted only by your ability to imagine and conceive, not by laws of physics or society, then the answer to what lucid dreaming is good for is either extremely simple (anything!) or extraordinarily complex (everything!).
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Often, the first thing that attracts people to lucid dreaming is the potential for wild adventure and fantasy fulfillment. Flying is a favorite lucid dream delight
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A large part of the extraordinary pleasure of lucid dreaming comes from the exhilarating feeling of utter freedom that accompanies the realization that you are in a dream and there will be no social or physical consequences of your actions.
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Lucid dreaming is an extraordinarily vivid form of mental imagery, so realistic that the trick is to realize it is a mental construct. It is no surprise, therefore, that many people use lucid dreaming to rehearse for success in waking life. Examples of such applications include public speaking, difficult confrontations, artistic performance and athletic prowess. Because the activity of the brain during a dreamed activity is the same as during the real event, neuronal patterns of activation required for a skill (like a ski jump or pirouette) can be established in the dream state in preparation for performance in the waking world.
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the dream world offers the most vivid form of imagery.
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Some people believe that dreams are messages from the unconscious mind and should not be consciously altered.
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but models of the world.
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hus, dreams are not messages, but are more like clues into the inner workings of our minds. The conscious and critical awareness that accompanies lucid dreams allows dreamers to thoughtfully interpret their dreams while they happen.
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The most important prerequisite for learning lucid dreaming is excellent dream recall. There are two likely reasons for this. First, when you remember your dreams well, you can become familiar with their features and patterns. This helps you to recognize them as dreams while they are still happening.
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The core exercise is writing down everything you recall about your dreams in a dream journal immediately after waking from the dream, no matter how fragmentary your recall. Record what you recall immediately upon waking from the dream; if you wait until morning you are likely to forget most, if not all, of the dream.
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Carry some text with you or wear a digital watch throughout the day. To do a reality test, read the words or the numbers on the watch. Then, look away and look back, observing the letters or numbers to see if they change. Try to make them change while watching them. Research shows that text changes 75% of the time it is re-read once and changes 95% it is re-read twice. If the characters do change, or are not normal, or do not make sense, then you are most probably dreaming. Enjoy! If the characters are normal, stable, and sensible, then you probably aren't dreaming.
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If you are fairly certain you are awake (you can never be 100% sure!), then say to yourself, "I may not be dreaming now, but if I were, what would it be like?" Visualize as vividly as possible that you are dreaming. Intently imagine that what you are seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling is all a dream. Imagine instabilities in your environment, words changing, scenes transforming, perhaps you floating off the ground.
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Decide on something you would like to do in your next lucid dream, perhaps flying, talking to particular dream characters, or just exploring the dream world. Continue to imagine that you are dreaming now, and visualize yourself enjoying your chosen activity.
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Kelsey WilliamsLucid Dreaming FAQ: The Lucidity Institute answers Frequently Asked Questions about Lucid Dreaming
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This is a good technique for beginners. Assign yourself several times a day to perform the following exercise. Also do it anytime you think of it, especially when something odd occurs or when you are reminded of dreams. It helps to choose specific occasions like: when you see your face in the mirror, look at your watch, arrive at work or home, pick up your NovaDreamer, etc. The more frequently and thoroughly you practice this technique, the better it will work.
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David YoungThis FAQ is a brief introduction to lucid dreaming--what it is, how to do it, and what can be done with it.
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David BeckerI've had lucid dreams and always been fascinated by them. This tells you how to do it.
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