I'm new to these boards, but not to lucid dreaming. A few years ago I was able to achieve lucidity almost on a weekly basis, and I hope that now that I've found this site I will be able to become even more adept at it. Anyway, I have heard stories about people 'spirit linking' in dreams. The idea really intrigues me because it's so incredible when you think about the magnitude of it all.

Has anyone here actually been able to willfully "reach" someone they know in the waking world through a dream? Or if not, do you believe it can be done? If so, how would one go about accomplishing such a thing? Would the person you are attempting to contact have to know about it and want to meet you as well?

In a way I tend to think it could work because if dreams really are this whole other world/reality, and if each of us become a part of that world when we sleep, then we should be able to contact each other in this way. Then again, maybe it doesn't make sense to use my reasoning and common sense when it comes to thinking about the fabric of dreams.


I started reading The Art of Dreaming by Carlos Castenada and it's really got me hooked. Has anyone experienced some of the things he describes in the book? Such as closing your eyes and picturing an object or place and then being transported there? From what I could tell he wasn't dreaming, but rather he was taken to another place.