The Magic 8 Ball...and its effects...

**Inphinity** · 10-27-2010 08:58 AM

Two Nights ago I was about to go to bed when my eyes locked onto an object tucked away in the corner of the room... yes it was my magic 8 ball now I havent used this thing in years but I was bored so I shook it and asked it will I lucid dream tonight, the answer, "Most Likely" I then went to sleep and lo and behold I had a lucid dream, I dont know if this a coincidence or if it actually worked but I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience with an object and the inducement of lucidity?

**NovaSix** · 10-27-2010 04:37 PM

I'll guess that it has something to do with your sub-consciousness. When you believe something will happen, it WILL most likely happen (Without any use of physical interference, of course).

**DpsBob** · 10-28-2010 01:07 AM

This has nothing to do with your subconscious.

Your 8-ball is magical. End of story.

**Supernova** · 10-28-2010 01:23 AM

Damn,

where's that 8-ball I had?

**Puffin** · 10-28-2010 03:26 AM

Maybe it was a MILD if you believed the ball was telling the truth (maybe not on a conscious level, but subconsciously)?

**Inphinity** · 10-28-2010 06:13 AM

Prehaps, the mind is very recepetive, all I know is that it proably helped me get a lucid dream and thats a win in my book, any day.

**insideout** · 10-30-2010 07:31 PM

A couple of days ago, after reading this thread, I made a yes/no cube (with 3 sides that say "yes" and 3 sides that say "no"), because I don't have a magic 8 ball. I also figured something I made myself would be more personal. The first night I asked it "Will I have a conscious dream tonight or in the morning?" I rolled a "no" and did not have a lucid dream. Last night I asked it again and rolled "yes." I had three lucid dreams in a row this morning before deciding to wake up so I wouldn't forget them.
Interesting coincidence? Perhaps.

**LucidApprentice** · 10-30-2010 11:13 PM

"You are going to have a lucid dream tonight, because you read this." Would work just as well.

Magic 8 balls are just toys which any person over 10 should know, it's just that MILD is an effective technique.

**Rathez** · 10-31-2010 02:28 AM

Auto-suggestion. The magic 8-ball was the medium which provided the opening to truly believe in it, which is needed for auto-suggestion.

If you believed it was a stupid toy and you'd never lucid dream, you wouldn't have. This is what a placebo effect does. It gives you the ability to truly believe in something, rather than always be skeptical.

If someone waved a wand in your face and said "You will lucid dream!!" versus, a group of doctors in white lab coats giving you a sugar pill saying they just engineered the first working lucid dream pill, which one would you believe more in?

Lucid dreaming is all about optimism and believing in yourself.