What is Lucid Dreaming?
Lucid dreaming is basically dreaming while being aware that you are dreaming. If you are in a lucid dream, you will most always have some control over your dream ? anything from being able to fly or making an thing or room appear behind a door or inside a pocket, right up to being able to change into creatures and create a whole world! It is similar to becoming a director of your own movie. Lucid dreams have now been scientifically shown to exist, and many articles have been written about having lucid dreams.
Most nights, we spend about one and a half to two hours having dreams. We dream about once every 90 minutes of sleep. The time we spend in dreams becomes longer throughout the night, from about 10 minutes to around 45 minutes or a little longer. But why do we dream, and what are the meanings of these dreams?
Many books, magazines, dream dictionaries, and even dream software programs are now available for those wishing to explore the meaning of their dreams. The most popular and probably the most intriguing books are about lucid dreaming. A lucid dream is one where the dreamer recognizes they are in a dream and are able to take control of it. Lucid dreamers have the ability to control their dreams and are capable of creating a variety of fantasies such as making different objects appear, change their form, or even fly. There are many types of forms of lucid dreams, but all have in common the fact that at some point in the dream the dreamer recognizes the experience is a dream. While lucid dreaming has been shown to exist, having frequent lucid dreams requires a lot of practice and determination. Many lucid dreamers develop specific techniques of lucid dreaming for their own personal or spiritual purposes.
Most of us completely lose awareness when we fall asleep every night and do not realize that we are dreaming. We doze off to sleep and within minutes it seems we are waking up and remembering the dream we just had. We were not aware when we were dreaming that the event or images we saw or were involved in was a dream. Whatever we did appeared real, as if we were experiencing everything in real life. We did not realize that is was a dream until waking up.
The word lucid indicates you are awake or aware, and lucid dreaming suggests you are awake during the dream. You realize what is happening while you are in a lucid dream, and you are aware that the events you are experiencing, or the images you are seeing are not real. You are aware that you?re awake and resting with your eyes closed, and you are actually in control of the dream and can do whatever you like. Having all that control allows you to do some amazing things that you normally wouldn?t even attempt.
Many people like to fly in lucid dreams and have the ability move things or objects with their minds. Having conversations with someone you admire, and passionate or sexy encounters are very common while in a lucid dream. These experiences are only happening in your dream of course. You are not really encountering these people, and flying around the room, but it is an awful lot of fun to fantasize and pretend it is actually happening.
Many experts are of the opinion that lucid dreaming will allow you to explore your mind and confront any issues you might have, because you are suspended in your subconscious mind. It will allow you to explore and learn about your true self.
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