Why bother lucid dreaming?
Every night during sleep, we dream, no matter whether we choose to or not. Did you know that those dreams are incredibly vivid and real?
Lucid dreaming is
knowing that you are in a dream while you continue to dream. Pioneered by Dr. Stephen LaBerge at Stanford University, lucid dreams are natural to most people and
scientifically studied since the early 1980s.
The
lucid dream provides endless opportunity to
gain extraordinary experiences (recreative or therapeutic) that are impossible or difficult to gain in everyday life: free from physical and social laws. Imagine applying lucid dreaming to:
- Learn to fly in your dreams
- Resolve nightmares or fears
- Make love to anyone you desire
- Rehearse waking life events
- Relive waking life memories
- Perfect sport skills
Even more interesting is that the lucid dream state is highly immersive and provides a
multi-sensory experience in which you embody all of your dream senses in the same way as you experience waking life: touching, tasting, hearing, smelling and seeing. Isn't that amazing?
Imagine using lucid dreaming to gain experiences that will make you more mentally capable, wise and happy as a person. Learn
how to lucid dream.
Since
lucid dreaming is learnable, many people enjoy lucid dreaming to improve both their dreaming and waking lives. It is an awesome spiritual sport.
Lucid dreams in 3 steps
Step 1. Recall your dreams
The first thing you need to start with, is learning how to
recall your dreams. We dream every night, no matter whether we choose to or not. Dream recall functions as a vital stepping stone for further dreamsign analyses. Recalling dreams is simple.
Once you wake up, you immediately ask yourself "What did I just dream about?". Keep lying still and keep your eyes closed. Have patience. Start associating.
Write down any dream or dream fragment that you are able to recall.
Step 2. Discover dreamsigns
Once you have journaled your dreams in
Dream Journal for about two to three weeks, you review your dream entries and
identify any recurrent dream-like features that characterize your dreams: dreamsigns. This could be anything bizarre in the dream. Do you notice any particular dreamsign that is recurrent and that frequently shows up in your dreams? Aha! You have found your target dreamsign!
Step 3. Recognize dreamsigns
By the time you get track of your recurrent dreamsigns, you can go to bed
prepared. Say to yourself,
"The next time when I encounter my target dreamsign again I will tell myself that I am dreaming".
Pioneered by Dr. Stephen LaBerge at Stanford University, lucid dreams are natural to most people and
scientifically studied since the early 1980s.
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