Thread: Would You say Lucid Dreaming uses up Chi?

I'd say, lucid dreaming does not use Chi unless you consciously expell Chi as you do it. I think you could might be able to use Chi to your lucid dreaming advantage. Also, you could probably build Chi within a lucid dream at a greater rate than while awake.

I'm no expert on Chi, but I'm pretty sure I know the principle behind it here.

If you'd like, I could move this to the Beyond Dreaming forum. You might get more relevant (expert?) responses there.

I think it does

once I tried a chakra meditation technique to try to induce an astral projection

well...I fell asleep instead of remaining conscious...opps. But I had a really awesome vivid and lucid dream. The vividness was so real I had a body that felt 'solid'. And when I was walking barefoot on a mountainside, I can feel the rocks beneath my feet. When I dove into the ocean later on the dream, I could feel the waves and the coolness of the water - when normally in my dreams water just feels like heavier air

Later on I was in a jeep with some random people, and we were driving through the countryside of Puerto Rico while the sun was rising. At that point I freaked out because I could no longer tell if it was just a dream. I kept looking at every detail, trying to find something out of place. But everything was all there. The sound of the tires driving over gravel streets, wind rustling trees, the coquis, and the sun hitting the leaves as it rose

so then I started to harass the others in the jeep, asking them if they were astral beings. Instead they told me they were dreaming.

I would have been more inclined to call it an astral projection - if I didnt see my family members later on in the dream - who at the 'time' were awake

but, astral projectors seem to think projecting requires more energy than you normally use in a dream. stress kills lucid dreaming, we all know this. and stress kills your energy. and since I used an energy raising technique and got an awesome dream, I say yes - lucid dreaming uses energy

try the techniques given at
http://astraldynamics.com/

even if you don't believe in astral projecting, then the techniques aid with lucid dreaming

*Facepalm*

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Originally Posted by Abra

I'd say, lucid dreaming does not use Chi unless you consciously expell Chi as you do it. I think you could might be able to use Chi to your lucid dreaming advantage. Also, you could probably build Chi within a lucid dream at a greater rate than while awake.

That's how I see it, sleeping/dreaming replenishes the mind and body. If you think about it, it couldn't be any other way, or sleeping would make you more tired.

I would say that normal lucid dreaming does not expend the body's store of "chi" as quickly as it can be replenished. Strenous activity, however, especially with high levels of emotion, can wear you out almost as much as similar activities in waking life. Often is the time that this one would wake after a melee battle or emotional trauma too worn out to move for minutes or longer.
But no, it seems that lucids don;t expend any more "chi" than normal dreams, and possibly even less if one goes with the flow and remains calm.

(I use "chi" in this post in quotes because I don;t know what definition you are using, and the definition I was taught does not quite fit the answer it appears you seek. Not that it would change the answer from no to yes, but that the answer would then not really make sense.)

No.

But I don't believe in Chi, either. If in a lucid dream I created something called Chi, I could probably use it up. In fact I'd probably use it up by shooting energy blasts all over the place. Which I have done. So maybe I have used Chi during a lucid dream, though I don't believe I did because I don't believe it exists except as a figment of my lucid imagination.

Originally Posted by Abra

If you'd like, I could move this to the Beyond Dreaming forum. You might get more relevant (expert?) responses there.

I think that would be appropriate, thank you in advance.

-trey

I do not know for sure what role "Chi" plays, if it is energy? I have never felt better or more rested since I have begun to have Lucid dreams again. I think it is healing to our mind and body.

so if its relaxing that means it uses no energy?

not all energy is physical

energy can also be emotional, or mental

do you think more in a lucid dream then in a non lucid dream? do you observe more in a lucid dream than you do in a non lucid dream?

Yeah, but you can refill it by eating chee-se. HAHAHHAHA GET IT OMG THATS EPIC

Everything uses Chi. LD is no exception. Chi flows into and out of us all the time, awake, asleep, dreaming, or conscious. Understanding and mastering this flow is what makes the difference in our lives and experience. Controlling how much flows in and how much flows out at any given time and using what is present to it's fullest is what Chi Masters practice.

Lucid Dreaming is no exception to this.