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Join this group if you wish to explore Lucid Dreaming. We will be using Stephen LaBerge Ph.D.'s Lucid Dreaming - A Concise Guide to Awakening in Your Dreams and Your Life as our manual. Caution, self knowledge and stability are prerequisite.
Members: 67
Latest Activity: Oct 1, 2011
Hello Dreamers!
How exciting it is that we will all be doing this together!
I am just going to wait a few more days to see if anyone else wants to join and then we will begin.
I will be providing instruction on an ongoing basis, but feel free to move at your own pace - this it not a contest : )
In the meantime, here is your first 2 tasks...
TASK ONE: EVERY TIME you walk through a door - tap it - and ask yourself - am I awake? ( Thanks Lon!)
TASK TWO: Complete the quick survey below:
More to come soon!!!
p.s. Spread the word to those you think might lke to join in.
A WORD OF CAUTION
The overwhelming majority of lucid dreams are positive, rewarding experiences. Moreover, 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. In a study of the effect of lucid dreams on mood, college students reported that realizing they were dreaming in a nightmare helped them feel better about 60 percent of the time. Lucidity was seven times more likely to make nightmares better than worse.
A parallel concern is that dying in a dream can cause death in reality. If this were true, how would we know? Anyone who died from a dream could not tell us about its content. Many people, after awakening alive, report having died in their dreams with no ill effect. Dreams of death can actually be insightful experiences about life, rebirth, and transcendence.
Some people believe that dreams are messages from the unconscious mind and should not be consciously altered. Modern research on dreaming, discussed further in chapter 5 of EWLD, suggests that dreams are not messages, but models of the world. While awake, sensory and perceptual information governs our model. While dreaming, our bodies are paralyzed and our brain builds a world model based on a secondary source; namely, our assumptions, motivations, and expectations. These biases are difficult to identify while awake, so a world based entirely on such biases, the world of dreams, can help us to recognize them. Thus, 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.
Finally, some people worry that lucid dreams are so exciting and pleasurable that they will become addicted and "sleep their life away." There is a biological obstacle to living in lucid dreams: we have a limited amount of REM sleep. More importantly, lucid dreams can be inspirations for how to act and improve in reality. Your behavior strongly influences your experience in both worlds. Lucid dreams can be signposts for how you can make your waking reality more exciting and enjoyable.
http://www.lucidity.com/LucidDreamingFAQ2.html#harmful
Blessings to you!
I am just going to wait a few more days to see if anyone else wants to join and then we will begin.
I will be providing instruction on an ongoing basis, but feel free to move at your own pace - this it not a contest : )
In the meantime, here is your first 2 tasks...
TASK ONE: EVERY TIME you walk through a door - tap it - and ask yourself - am I awake? ( Thanks Lon!)
TASK TWO: Complete the quick survey below:
More to come soon!!!
p.s. Spread the word to those you think might lke to join in.
A WORD OF CAUTION
The overwhelming majority of lucid dreams are positive, rewarding experiences. Moreover, 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. In a study of the effect of lucid dreams on mood, college students reported that realizing they were dreaming in a nightmare helped them feel better about 60 percent of the time. Lucidity was seven times more likely to make nightmares better than worse.
A parallel concern is that dying in a dream can cause death in reality. If this were true, how would we know? Anyone who died from a dream could not tell us about its content. Many people, after awakening alive, report having died in their dreams with no ill effect. Dreams of death can actually be insightful experiences about life, rebirth, and transcendence.
Some people believe that dreams are messages from the unconscious mind and should not be consciously altered. Modern research on dreaming, discussed further in chapter 5 of EWLD, suggests that dreams are not messages, but models of the world. While awake, sensory and perceptual information governs our model. While dreaming, our bodies are paralyzed and our brain builds a world model based on a secondary source; namely, our assumptions, motivations, and expectations. These biases are difficult to identify while awake, so a world based entirely on such biases, the world of dreams, can help us to recognize them. Thus, 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.
Finally, some people worry that lucid dreams are so exciting and pleasurable that they will become addicted and "sleep their life away." There is a biological obstacle to living in lucid dreams: we have a limited amount of REM sleep. More importantly, lucid dreams can be inspirations for how to act and improve in reality. Your behavior strongly influences your experience in both worlds. Lucid dreams can be signposts for how you can make your waking reality more exciting and enjoyable.
http://www.lucidity.com/LucidDreamingFAQ2.html#harmful
Blessings to you!
Discussion Forum
A little survey before we start..
Started by Vanese Va Voom. Last reply by Fariba T Rahmani May 17, 2011. 27 Replies 0 Likes
Another Lesson One LOL!!!!!
Started by Vanese Va Voom. Last reply by Astra Feb 13, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes
can lucid dreaming occure while awake?
Started by mirIAMne. Last reply by Ramon Mar 3, 2010. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Comment Wall
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Comment by Ramon on April 23, 2009 at 9:51am -
When I have lucid dreams my biggest problem is that I can't leave the earth
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Comment by Betty Carne on April 23, 2009 at 6:12pm -
I have never had a licid dream. How do you do it?
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Comment by Vanese Va Voom on April 23, 2009 at 6:15pm -
Hello Betty - I will be telling you all very soon!
Ramon, that is extraordinary - let me see what I can find out!
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Comment by leon daniel mehmet on April 23, 2009 at 8:51pm -
thank you for the tip i would also recomend the movie "waking life" . awesome lucid dreaming movie where he keeps slipping in and out of conciuosness and keeps waking up into another dream lol it is realy good :)
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Comment by Vanese Va Voom on April 24, 2009 at 12:50am
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Hello All - Take the survey above so I know where everyone is at.
THANK YOU
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Comment by leon daniel mehmet on April 24, 2009 at 1:49am
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during a night mare which i rarely have i am fully aware and know how to handle the siutaion at hand everything sharpens and i know fear is an illusion cin all cases, so nightmare just help me strong and alert in the moment at hand ,,,,,, is that what you wanted lol
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Comment by Cara A. Mulheron on April 27, 2009 at 7:22pm -
How vital is it that I purchase the suggested book by Stephen LaBerge? I have not yet found a suitable copy in my area & don't relish paying for shipping....
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Comment by Ramon on April 27, 2009 at 9:46pm
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I have a problem maybe someone can help me during lucid dreaming and obe I have a dark entity that holds me and paralyze me I can get loose but how to get rid off for good
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Comment by Vanese Va Voom on May 1, 2009 at 12:24am
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Sleep Facts
1. The record for the longest period without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The record holder reported hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech and memory and concentration lapses.
2. It’s impossible to tell if someone is really awake without close medical supervision. People can take cat naps with their eyes open without even being aware of it.
3. Anything less than five minutes to fall asleep at night means you’re sleep deprived. The ideal is between 10 and 15 minutes, meaning you’re still tired enough to sleep deeply, but not so exhausted you feel sleepy by day.
4. Dreams, once thought to occur only during REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, also occur (but to a lesser extent) in non-REM sleep phases. It’s possible there may not be a single moment of our sleep when we are actually dreamless.
5. REM dreams are characterised by bizarre plots, but non-REM dreams are repetitive and thought-like, with little imagery - obsessively returning to a suspicion you left your mobile phone somewhere, for example.
6. Certain types of eye movements during REM sleep correspond to specific movements in dreams, suggesting at least part of the dreaming process is analagous to watching a film
7. Elephants sleep standing up during non-REM sleep, but lie down for REM sleep.
8. Some scientists believe we dream to fix experiences in long-term memory, that is, we dream about things worth remembering. Others think we dream about things worth forgetting - to eliminate overlapping memories that would otherwise clog up our brains.
9. Dreams may not serve any purpose at all but be merely a meaningless byproduct of two evolutionary adaptations - sleep and consciousness.
10. Scientists have not been able to explain a 1998 study showing a bright light shone on the backs of human knees can reset the brain’s sleep-wake clock.
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Comment by Vanese Va Voom on May 1, 2009 at 12:26am
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Did you know that the average person eats about 8 spiders in their sleep every year?
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