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Phobiazero from Sweden on 2001-02-28 13:51 [#00000610]



Check out the lastest addition to the LEARN-section, an
article covering Lucid Dreaming written by Rob
Young
...tell me your thoughts about this...do you
believe in it?

Read the article here


 

Snookie on 2001-03-02 09:45 [#00000675]



That's a long article and I can't be bothered in reading it
all..
But I thought anyone could have Lucid Dreams? I have.. Not
very often. I guess you have to practise to extend the
length too.

It is my strong beleif that you have to get a LOT of sleep
for it to work. Like sleep, wake up and go back to sleep.
Usually starting in the afternoon or something. Although
I've never pupposely tried to do it, that's the usual
setting.. I hope I don't sount too silly..


 

Quoth from Lincoln on 2001-03-03 05:16 [#00000687]



I've experienced some lucid dreams before. The kind where
taste, smell, sight, hurt, and even touch have played parts
in the dreams. It was quite odd for me to experience such
akward dreams. One tip, get drugged up on caffeine and stay
up as long as possible, persuading yourself to not fall
asleep, until you need it. Then sleep as long as possible,
all lights out, no natural light, no light at all. Music
helps, suggestion on that, SAWII. Personal favorite, is
Passengers Soundtrack by Eno and U2.


 

and twenty phase from youesseh on 2001-03-03 11:26 [#00000693]



I never even heard of lucid dreaming until reading that
article, which was very interesting. I'd really like to be
able to try that. caffeine you say?...


 

and twenty phase from youesseh on 2001-03-03 11:27 [#00000694]



I never even heard of lucid dreaming until reading that
article, which was very interesting. I'd really like to be
able to try that. caffeine you say?...


 

Scary Bear on 2001-03-03 13:38 [#00000697]



Apparently you don't really have to torture yourself to the
xtent of staying up all night listening to music and
drinking coffee. I wrote to a phsychiatrist because I wanted
to get inspired by dreams the same way Richard is, in order
to make music and feel the experience etc. But you can train
yourself into becoming completely concious of your dreams
and manipulating them and oover the course of a couple of
mnths learn to do it naturally without having to try and
fuck yourself over with purposeful insomnia.

Saying that I haven't managed it yet! But I haven't even
tried propperly just the occasional attempt. A mate of mine
also says that it is real tiring too.


 

and twenty phase from amirika on 2001-03-04 00:30 [#00000713]



not to sound prying, but what are some of those training
practices?

I wake up recalling multiple dreams EVERY morning... anyone
else ?

(hope I'm not pursuing a topic not welcome, but this is
quite an interest of mine)


 

hedtwin from Manchester, England. on 2001-03-04 19:54 [#00000724]



i would like to learn how to lucid dream as well!! If you
know what these excersizes are, tell me!!!


 

snufkin/aphexmel/bfmlateshow/mela from auckland new zealand on 2001-03-10 09:15 [#00000859]



i read that lucid dreams article, and was wondering, isn't
that just the same as daydreaming??? Being concious of what
you're dreaming????? And yeah.. what are the training
exercises you go thru to 'lucid dream'??????


 

Tekn010G from australia on 2001-03-10 23:19 [#00000875]



ok,.... Lucid dreaming DOES exist, and here is a brief
tutorial on how to do it,..
When you first wake up,.. think of nothing but what you were
just dreaming about,..(If you think about anything else as
soon as you wake up, then you will probably forget your
dreams, because everyone has about 5 dreams a night,... it's
juast a case of whether you can remember them,.. you may
have had a lucid dream before,.. but forgot about it after
you woke up) after a while of doing this you will get to the
point where you will remember up to 2-4 dreams a night,
every dream that you remember, write down into a notebook or
"dream journal" see if you can identify anything that seems
to pop up in your dreams all the time (known as a dream
sign,.. this could be a noise that always happens in your
dreams, or a car that always happens to be there,.. or maybe
even a feeling) and then,.. the last step is to do a
"reality check" about 10 times a day,.. this is where you
suddenly stop and observe your surroundings to see if you
are dreaming (when you are dreaming ANYTHING can seem
normal,.. so you have to be willing to do this for almost no
reason throughout the day) the best thing to do is to look
at a digital watch,.. if you are dreaming then the numbers
will constantly change (the reason for this is that: when
you look at a digital watch,.. you expect the numbers to
appear in front of your face,.. you expect to "find out"
what the time is, but because you don't know,.. only the
glow of the LED will show up,.. It's a pschological thing,..
just ignore me) and finally,.. when you do realise that you
arew dreaming do not panic,.. as it will probably wake you
up,.. and also keep in mind that sometimes you can loose
ucidity in a dream,...... If you want to know more, try
typing "lucid dreaming" in a search engine :)


 

and twenty phase from americhe on 2001-03-11 02:19 [#00000884]



Thanks for the info Tek! Have you experienced this? I'm
hoping to eventually...hehe


 

Ramalpha84 from Noo Zee Lund on 2001-03-11 02:23 [#00000885]



I have semi-lucid dreams sometimes, I can remember about
having only about 10 every year. Well, not very often. I've
never experienced taste or smell, but I have controlled
dreams and have quite oten heard things like music, in a
dream I posted somewhere here I had the RDJ album, but when
I listened to it, it was Radiohead's Kid A, probably for
similar reason to the watch thing (I dont have RDJ album).


 

Tekn010G from australia on 2001-03-12 00:15 [#00000912]



I have experienced many lucid dreams before,.. although in
the first few lucid dreams that I had I woke up after
panicking too much,.. (It realy blows your mind when you
realise that you are dreaming,... It seems just as real as
real life sometimes, and the fact that you know that you're
dreaming can really scare you)


 

Tekn010G from australia on 2001-03-12 00:17 [#00000913]



It'l probably take a month to reach lucidity depending on
how dedicated you are :)


 

Mr. Bighead from Coolidge,AZ on 2001-03-12 05:25 [#00000922]



I've had tons of lucid dreams and out of body experiences.
They are quite awesome. the first one scared me because I
thought I had died and either gone to heaven or hell or
limbo or where ever. I panicked and awoke. But after a lot
of trial and error it becomes easy to just sleep and move
around in your dreams and control actions. Eventually you
can even invent characters or props for your dreams. It's
really fun. I've had conversations with famous people many
times. Mick Jagger said that being married it "bloody
annoying", Iggy Pop and I even made a barber shop track
together once. Just the other night I smoked a joint with
Aphex twin and he told me he was more like Salieri than
Mozart. Some times I make people say or do things or I can
only control myself. It's variable and it's the most
interesting thing to experiment with. Give it a try and
don't give up.


 

snufkin from auckland new zealand on 2001-03-12 05:47 [#00000923]



does it make you tired?? (cos you're concious in your
sleep... so you're kinda not really sleeping.....)


 

Mr. Bighead from Coolidge, AZ on 2001-03-12 15:41 [#00000949]



I usually sleep a few more hours after I do it. A night of
lucid dreaming will require about three more hours of sleep.
That's what sucks. It's worth it though.


 

Scary Bear on 2001-03-12 17:14 [#00000952]



teck: I just printed out your guide

cheers


 

Scary Bear on 2001-03-12 17:22 [#00000953]



tek: sorry I spelt your name wrong!

One more thing about lucid dreaming. There is a way to
prevent the loss of lucidity when if you panic. You can try
"spinning" in your dream, that is turning round and round
and round.

This is just a phsycological thing, but I wrote to an expert
on the subject of lucid dreaming and meditation and he said
that it works. I haven't tried it myself. Thought it might
help. :)



 

Tekn010G from australia on 2001-03-13 01:23 [#00000979]



There are heaps of techniques to learn about lucid dreaming,
but there are too many to write down, so it would be better
just to look it up,.. but glad to be of halp anyways
\\-//
^
---


 

Tekn010G from australia on 2001-03-13 01:24 [#00000980]



Damn forums,.. I hate it when ascii art doesn't work!!!


 

Yggdrasil from Cyberium on 2001-03-14 16:47 [#00001028]



The first time I started experiencing lucid dreaming was as
a result of dealing with nightmares.

Whenever a dream would turn bad, I became conscious of the
fact that I was dreaming and at that point was able to do
something about it.

Most often I chose to wake myself up and the only reliable
way of doing that was to force my eyes open.

This is the best way I can force myself to wake up when
dreaming. I guess because I am experiencing such a strong
feeling, I am closer to waking, whereas most of the time my
dreams are too subtle.

So I recommend that whenever something bad is happening to
you, ask yourself if you are dreaming. That's how it works
for me, I hear the question in my head, although it's more
of a feeling -
"Am I dreaming?" At that point you can take full control.

The problem becomes one of remaining
dreaming after you ask the question, but quite often I am
able to remain sleeping at least, if not dreaming.

Once, and only once, I was able to give myself a weapon and
deal with my problems in my sleep. The weapon itself wasn't
important, it was the fact I could give myself protection.

Y.


 

Yggdrasil from Cyberium on 2001-03-14 17:01 [#00001029]



Stop me if I talk too much, but this is a subject that
fascinates me, and I have a little experience on it and lots
of interest in it. So I will add a little more.

From what I have read, people often fall asleep when they
become immobile, eg. in front of the TV, and aren't aware of
the fact. They believe they were awake the entire time.
They didn't close their eyes, but they go into "day
dreaming" mode.

Recently I experienced some funky sleep deprivation, and you
find there are times where you pass in and out of
consciousness. You intentionally keep the mind active and
stop your eyes from closing and stop that comfortable
numbness overcoming your body. Then what you experience is
the border between reality and imagination, and you begin to
wonder whether you imagined things or experienced them.

I think potentially, this is also a good way to have lucid
dreams. Even if you do let yourself fall asleep
occasionally and can force yourself to awaken minutes
later.

You could use an egg-timer or something similar to bring you
out of going into deep sleep. Anything that keeps you on
that border.

You are not supposed to be dreaming until about phase 3 or 4
sleep which is an hour or so after falling asleep, but I
believe you can screw with that.

More recently I have been experiencing drifting off into
sleep and my imaginings become my dreamings. I am no longer
in control of my thoughts, but I am vaguely conscious of
them, so I would have to call them dreams.

Y


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2002-04-09 13:53 [#00163932]
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yabba yabba


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2002-04-09 15:18 [#00164032]
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yeah
i saw "waking life" too.

i just recognize things that only happen to me in my dreams.
one thing is that when i try to run in dreams, its like
running in a pool of water. i pump my legs but i don't move
forward fast.
another thing that commonly happens to me is that i will be
only wearing a large t-shirt but no pants.
if either of these things happen now, i recognize that i am
dreaming and can then take control.


 

offline Key_Secret from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-04-29 16:30 [#01167581]
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okay. what happened to the learnsection?
I want to learn.
I want to read, this.

peace! Today is valborgsmässoafton! yay! Party!


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2004-04-29 16:33 [#01167587]
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I lucid dream quite a lot. It is no big deal...I have been
doing it for years.


 

offline elusive from detroit (United States) on 2004-04-29 17:13 [#01167655]
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virginpusher is the 1 know all - have done all when it comes
to lucid dreaming.

Talk about being THA SHIET!!!!!!


 


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