October 2007
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What Is Lucid Dreaming?
Dreamer 04 Oct 2007 | : Lucid Dreaming, What Is Lucid Dreaming?
Simply stated, lucid dreaming is dreaming while being aware that you are dreaming.
If you are in a lucid dream, you will usually have some power over your dream – anything from being able to fly or making an object or room appear behind a door or inside a pocket, right up to being able to change into animals and create a whole world! It is like being a director of your own movie.
Though it may seem incredible if you haven’t experienced it, lucid dreams have been scientifically proven to exist. In fact, thousands of people have been dreaming lucidly for thousands of years. It’s just not a very well known phenomenon.
That’s changing, though, with the release of the movie The Good Night, where the main character, Gary, learns to be a lucid dreamer so he can spend time with a beautiful, exciting woman (played by Penelope Cruz) who appeared in his dreams.
Being with an attractive person is just one of many fascinating things you can do in a lucid dream. Here are some other reasons you might want to try it:
- Simply for fun! Flying in a lucid dream is an exhilarating feeling.
- You can transform into animals or wield superpowers.
- You can be a sports star, movie star, superspy, or anything else you want.
- Lucid dreams are generally far more intense and vivid than most non-lucid dreams.
- If you are particularly interested in dreams – either spiritually or psychologically – lucid dreaming could help you learn more.
- If you’re writing fiction or even creating a world for a computer game, lucid dreaming can help you visualise it. You could ask your characters how they feel about something or what they think will happen.
- Some people compose music in their lucid dreams.
For at lot more information about lucid dreaming, look at our recommended resources.