Lucid Dreaming

Lucid dreaming has always been very fascinating to me. I've done hours of research on the subject & am overwhelmed at the fact that so many people lucid dream. The best way to except this remarkable gift/talent is to keep in mind that our consciousness goes on even when we are asleep. Just like dreams, we are aware/conscious in them and BELIEVE that they are real & that things can hurt us. From my experience, this is possible… I have been stabbed in a dream & have felt tremendous agony just to wake up still in pain. Lucid dreaming on the other hand is way more exiting compared to normal dreams, being fully aware in dream state. We may choose what we wish in lucid dreams & create an environment, which we are comfortable with. We can go places we've never been before or meet people we've never met… its truly the most magnificent state of awareness.

I started lucid dreaming around the age of 3 & as I matured, my talent seemed to fade away. By the time I reached 14 I seemed to have lost my dream world & yearned everyday to once again feel that freedom. The reason many lose it towards their teen years is because the waking 'reality' becomes the main focus in life & our dream state becomes less important. This is such a shame as Lucid Dreaming is essential for the understanding & handling of our waking state by recreating it in our dreams, so we may be able to handle our problems, weaknesses, & fears with great ease. Everyone whether they realise it or not have at some pint in their lives experienced lucid dreaming, it is something we are all born with, so why don't we talk about it? I think its because others don't think they have the talent & that others may look upon them as 'mad people' if the subject is mentioned. But being the way I am I often ask people and found that over 80% of them have had the pleasure of being aware of dreaming during their dream state. Very rarely would I come across an adult who still lucid dreams. The fact that many have not exercised this natural born gift may point to the fact that we are on the road to spiritual destruction as this is a form of meditation & meditation is a essential part of life.

Since the age of 4 I have had lucid dreams but not on a daily basis as I did in my childhood. The most I would have would be a little over 7 dreams a year & they only happen when I am fully relaxed about life. I often think about the dreams I once had & wish somehow I would have the time to learn it again. The fun I used to have was literally mind boggling, it used to be my escape from my world of reality. I used to shoot down big ugly monsters, save my mum from bad people & dance in a way that was impossible in waking state, but what I truly loved was to fly and breath in water. The feeling was out of this world, it was a feeling of total liberation, soaring over the earth in to space & then diving in full speed back to earth in to the ocean. It always felt like I was there forever but I was really only a few hours at a time. If I got bored in my dreams I would picture myself on a building, then jump off it so that I could wake myself, go back to sleep & dream of another location, through all this I was fully conscious & felt safe from the waking world. But now it happens so rarely that I forget I can even do it.
The good news is that there are ways to learn how to control your dreams & I have included some links to websites which can teach you step by step on how to lucid dream, give it a go… believe me, its well worth your time.

Its funny how s many don't seem to care about learning the different states of consciousness even though it is one of the reasons we are born… for our soul to experience life. We go about our daily routine & forget about our spiritual life… forget about feeding our soul. We do not exercise the gifts that were given to us from our first heart beat & care to much for the things that drain the life force from our body's, our planet & then complain that life is too painful to bare. All we have to do is hake up & look within. Start using our brain… we only use a relatively small percentage of our brain capacity (approx 12-15%, artists use 16-18%, only geniuses approach a little over 20%). What about the other 80%? Can you imagine what our lives would be like if mankind lived to its full potential? Earth would be a paradise & our destiny is nothing less then that. It is important of us to take hold of our intellectual potential, our intuition and out infinite inner knowledge, we can if we choose, if it not be for us then for our loved ones & for the next generation! It is not to late to save ourselves & our dying planet!

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Lucid dreaming (lucid from Latin, lux "light") is the conscious perception of one's state while dreaming, resulting in a much clearer experience and can be as if the dreamer were awake, even sometimes enabling direct control over the content of the dream, a realistic world that is to some degree in the control of the dreamer.[1] The complete experience from start to finish is called a lucid dream. Stephen LaBerge, a popular author and experimenter on the subject, has defined it as "dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming."[2]
LaBerge and his associates have called people who purposely explore the possibilities of lucid dreaming oneironauts (literally from the Greek word, meaning "dream sailors").
The validity of lucid dreaming as a scientifically verified phenomenon is well-established.[3][4] Researchers such as Allan Hobson with his neurophysiological approach to dreaming have helped to push the understanding of lucid dreaming into a less speculative realm.

- Originally written on Thursday, May 03, 2007


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