dream sharing?

**assasins943** · 10-31-2011 01:57 AM

ok so i am a new member and new to lucid, while researching lucid dreaming it donned on me about the subject of dream sharing from the movie "inception". after a few min of google i found a thread that explained how to "dream share" and lead me to this site. it also explained that i needed to be experienced in WILD, i have no clue what this is. now like the people commenting on many topics on the site, my family and friends think im doing Satanic things(and being raised and believe in Christianity)

they think im a lunatic. hopefully someone on here with more knowledge could fill me in on how this " dream plain" and meeting in the same dream is possible.

1. do you have to be near them?

2. do i need something to trigger it?
ect...

if someone could comment or pm me about these things that would be great!

**Taffy** · 10-31-2011 02:21 AM

Agh, I typed up a huge post, but my crappy Internet connection ate it.

Anyway, long story short, shared dreaming is a bit of a touchy subject. Some people doubt it's existence, while others swear they have had experiences of shared dreaming. I don't know much on the subject, but I suggest PMing one of the members who know more about it, like WakingNomad.

Also, there's a subforum that deals with shared dreaming and astral projection called "Beyond Dreaming," so check there if you want some information.

**assasins943** · 10-31-2011 02:22 AM

thanks!

**Erii** · 10-31-2011 03:30 AM

Moved to Beyond Dreaming~

**assasins943** · 10-31-2011 06:00 AM

ok so i had one person on bored but he jumped off at the last minute because he was afraid of having an obe by accident or having a nightmare while lucid so if anyone else is interested pm me

**Dark_Merlin** · 10-31-2011 08:16 AM

If you're looking for people to attempt shared dreaming with, there is an entire subforum for the International Oneironaut Shared Dreaming Project (IOSDP). Shared dreaming is a very controversial topic, due to the simple nature of the concept of being able to share a dream.

Before you really get into attempting shared dreaming, I recommend focussing heavily on your recall and developing your lucid dreaming abilities first, but trying to focus your intent to dreamshare with others can be helpful as inspiration

**TheForgotten** · 10-31-2011 01:19 PM

What Dark Merlin said sums it up nicely. Working heavily on recall and developing lucid dreaming abilities first is definitely a good suggestion. Dream sharing is a great motivation but foundations are important. Don't worry, there's no rush to dream sharing either... it's not like the dream plane in going anywhere anytime soon. It'll be waiting for you when you're ready.

**Hukif** · 10-31-2011 03:51 PM

Oh man, people have no sense of responsability. Don't just blindly believe the "Yeah it is real", you have to make sure yourself and explore it yourself, shared dreams do NOT have any scientific basis so yeah, don't get your hopes high.

And to avoid the drama from BD, I have shared dreams, but we have to be responsible and tell people both sides of the story, after all we are the ones without evidence and can't just tell anyone it is real then let them go ahead with the possibility of wasting and or hurting themselves because of some high hopes.