Comments for Lucid dreaming blog by Lucidipedia

Comment on Overcoming nightmares by Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:36:16 +0000

Hello, thank you for sharing this.
I have a little problem – i don’t really get lucid often, but i do remember my dreams. The point is, everytime i think of ; this person might turn scary’ it happens. But i can’t seem to stop that thought! Is there anything that can help me from stopping turning my nice dream into a nightmare?

Comment on Reality Checks Are Overrated by lucid dreaming

lucid dreaming — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:19:32 +0000

heh I am trying to do that, too. But I have seen many people which hate to be lucid all the time and feel overhelmed with all those questions and analysis. So, it depends of what type of person someone is, I guess.

Comment on Reality Checks Are Overrated by Maria Isabel Pita

Maria Isabel Pita — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:54:47 +0000

Exactly! Lucid living, I’ve discovered, aslo enables me to assert myself over the events in even non-lucid dreams more and more. Too often Lucid Dreaming is viewed as a sport rather than as a spiritual practice.

Comment on Wake Up In Your Dreams! by John

John — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:43:43 +0000

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Comment on Conscious and unconscious by Lence

Lence — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:51:53 +0000

I like how you explain your thought process, but I think you should have continued. Don’t worry about an article getting too long. For me, writing is just another way to organize and structure my thoughts. “Serving” an audience by sharing the result often comes second.

Anyway… conscious, unconscious, subconscious, thoughts, feelings, dreams, perception, reality… it’s all just semantics to describe the same “thing”. Realizing this, that the dreamer IS the dream, that what’s being perceived is a mirror of the perceiver, is the ultimate realization.

So this might sound very abstract, but it is essential. The only reason we perceive separation, is because we have a strong sense of “Self”, of identity (my name is… and I have this personality, this body… these are my friends and family… blahblah). “Becoming lucid” is nothing more than expanding awareness by realizing the temporary, illusory nature of these identity constraints. So by realizing the dream state, you tend to gain greater control. Fewer constraints means more possibilities.

A model of the unconscious can be a helpful tool, but we should always see it for what it is: just a model. The map is not the territory. The “danger” is that the model becomes a belief, making the dreamer “forever” separate from the dream, which seems to be the case already for nearly everyone. The same goes for our “waking life”. Even though there are obviously more constraints (sensory input, social restrictions, laws of physics, …), whose to say we can’t overcome those, or at least some of those, and gain more control over our lives? Taken to an extreme, this would be the spiritual path to “enlightenment”. :)

Comment on The Power of Galantamine by Diego

Diego — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:25:12 +0000

I have used galantamine before and 90% of the time I have had a lucid dream. The wired thing about my lucid dreams though is that every time I take galantamine I’ll be in my bed and I will get that feeling that I am dreaming. I’ll do a reality check and sure enough I am dreaming. I would also like to know where you guys buy galntamine from.

Comment on Lack of Honest Focus by baku

baku — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:29:10 +0000

i wonder what that tactic with the chalkboard is?

Comment on Wake Up In Your Dreams! by n8b

n8b — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:40:04 +0000

The night after I read this I had a lucid and thought of the hand task. I counted my pinky twice and got 8 haha. But I was proud of myself for remembering to do it. Thanks for the inspiration!

Comment on Lack of Honest Focus by Melanie

Melanie — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:27:43 +0000

Yes, this is just too true. I found the exact same pattern for me. Often when I tried a new technique or changed a familiar one, it imediately worked. I guess this rather was an effect of high motivation and expectation. Once, a new techniques has worked one relies more on the technique itself (“It has worked before, so it will make me lucid again”) instead of one’s own will and power. I also started meditating and want to study it more. I think self awareness works not only as a technique or in combination with several techniques, but also as a key to become aware of your degree of focus or the trueness of your intentions. Also I think one should avoide to become lucid like some kind of routine, because than most likely not onyle your lucid dream frequency might drop, but also your focus and intentions within lucid dreams once you have them. It is probably good to keep in mind what is important for you about lucid dreams and do you want to use them for. Also, for me it works to sometimes take a night or a few nights off intentionally. I tell myself that tonight I just want to sleep and dream without intending to become lucid. After that pause I am freshly motivated and more aware in general, but I guess everybody needs to find their own way. I am sure your meditation practice will help to become more lucid both in your dreams and in waking life!
One question: In cases where you found yourself not so focused (retrospectively) – did you feel tired? Thanks!

Comment on Wake Up In Your Dreams! by patonamu

patonamu — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:28:35 +0000

Hi Lence, we actually sat next to each other in Berne, but unfortunately didn’t have a chance to speak thoroughly. I had a short LD before the Laberge-seminar (where Brad Pitt was the dream sign) and a quite long one a week later (where I controlled my impulses). For me focused dream incubation for a week and the MILD-technique works best. For dream stabilization, I recommend staying calm after the realization (e.g. by talking politely with the dreamcharacters or hovering slowly). Overexcitement is the killer for LDs.