Lucid Dreaming

Lucid Dreaming: Extra Information and my Analysis

I briefly touched on how I thought of Lucid Dreaming towards the end of the introduction, but I still do have a few things I want to talk about on the subject of my thoughts.

Much like most of you reading this, the topic of being able to control your dreams has always intrigued me. Despite having limited evidence, as aforementioned I do believe it takes courage to take control of your dreams, strong willpower, along with logical thought process.

Let's think for a moment. You dream you are riding your bike, the rain pouring down, and you spot a suspicious-looking pink van following you in your rear view mirror.

This is obviously a lucid dream. But, I'll give you a second to spot the errors if you haven't already.

Alright, time's up. Here's how I know this is a dream:

1. Why would you be riding your bike in the rain?

2. Why wouldn't you be riding your bike on the sidewalk, or book it if that van looks so suspicious?

3. Why would someone follow you in a PINK van? I mean really, I sure as heck wouldn't paint my child-abduction van pink

4. Most bikes don't have rear view mirrors.

And it's as simple as that. Lucid dreams are a bit like an "I SPY" book. If you can find the differences, or the things that look, act, or feel out of place, you can use that evidence to convince yourself you are dreaming, and allow your mind to take over an manipulate your surroundings and yourself at will. Pretty cool, huh?

So much for teaching how to have a lucid dream in another chapter. Ah well, there's still a few things to write, so I'll still be posting that.

Some people may also spot things in their dream, no matter what the scenario, that will be there. Let's take the black ring blocking your peripheral vision for example (I'm not sure if it's just me this happens to or everyone else, but I'm writing it anyways).

Another way to look at this is like being high on laughing gas at the dentist's. It's never happened to me per say, but I think David would agree with the following: You know it's not right. It doesn't FEEL right, but you go with it anyways. You kind of just go with the flow until something DISTINCTLY wrong catches your attention, and then you have enough evidence to convince yourself this is a dream.

Now, being a person of logic, maybe the whole "evidence" thing is just me. But, whatever the case, it works.

As for additional information on Lucid Dreaming:

-I find it's easier to wake up once you're "aware"

SIDE NOTE: I'll be using the term aware to describe the stage where you have convinced yourself this is a dream, and instead of waking yourself up, you decide to continue dreaming.

-Even after you are aware, the hazy feeling and dark ring around your peripherals will remain, the haze will just be less prominent.

-Much like most dreams, you will likely forget the details of your dream. That's partly why my own accounts of dreaming are based on so many: I've had to Lucid Dream for long enough to remember the common occurrences etc. of Lucid Dreaming.

-People will likely be skeptical of your ability to Lucid Dream, especially so if they have never done so themselves.

-I say "Lucid Dreamer" like only certain people can do it, but with enough time and effort anyone can learn how (I think). For some people, it just comes easier.

-Lucid Dreaming is very finnicky, and will take quite a bit of time to understand and catch onto.