Thread: Sharing Dreams? Possibility?

This should be in Beyond Dreaming forum. No, I do not believe shared dreams are possible. Can you effect someone else's dreams? Yes, in many ways such as talking to them while they are sleeping.

Moved thread to Beyond Dreaming.

impossible, you would have to be a nutcase deep thinker to believe a dream can be shared. what makes you think that 2 minds can merge into each other and share a dream? Its crazy, you have to be a madman deep thinker to believe that. its all mistic and spiritual when you say two minds have become one and all that crap. Stick with common sense.

who says the minds have to become one?
i believe that shared dreams are possible, as is the same with APs. I think that we all share the same dream plane, and most people are unaware of it being a dream. Oh, and because i think its possible, does that make me a nutcase madman deep thinker?

In all my years here on Dream Views and as a long time lucid dreamer, I've never heard of a documented and verified case where shared dreaming occured.

There have been several experiments conducted here at DV over the years in an attempt to have a shared LD, but alas.... no luck.

I would like VERY much to believe that shared dreaming is possible, but I cannot.

are we not sharing a dream already, how am i posting a reply to you?

so what the original poster is asking is, can we share a dream within a dream with someone else, which is why it seems impossible i guess, i think its very possible, just much more subtle skill

this may be a little different from shared dreaming, but i have had a few cases where someone else's thoughts were shown to me inside my dream, whether we were sharing a dream im not sure, but i am sure that the person conveyed their thoughts into my dream, so this is a little similar

1000 years ago no one thought it was possible that the earth was round and that the earth was not the center of the universe. And if you did think that you were probably burned at the stake for being a witch. Anything is possible ....

lol yes true, but "noone knew" is a little inaccurate, it turns out people knew the earth was round 5000 years ago and further back, if you look into the mayan civilization, or the vedic texts, or egyption civilization, you'll find their knowledge of the solar system and universe was much greater than you might assume,

people were burned at the stake and called witches to hide this vast pool of knowledge from the commoners,

in much the same way we do today =]

I have to agree with Seeker. I wish sharing dreams was possible, but I have never seen any evidence to suggest it is.

But that does not mean we should stop trying.

We can influence other people's lives and minds. Through this route, we can also influence their dreams indirectly. If two people incubate the same dream successfully, and dream of the same subject matter, they have succeeded.

If two people dream of eachother, it does not matter if it was a "real" shared dream or not. Personally, I don't care whether there is an astral plane or psychic explanation for it. There is very little about dreams that is real in the first place. They are purely defined by their content. If the content matches, you have succeeded.

If anyone could, it would be identical twins. Their brains often share the same wavelink, which is why they can complete each others sentences and stuff. Because of this, they MIGHT be able to share dreams, or, I've heard of cases that, although they weren't in the same dream, they were able to talk in the dream via telepathy. It sound odd, but who knows, it could be true. But if anyone is going to do a dream sharing experiment, it should be with twins.

hm maybe, i was thinking if anyone could, it would be with their soul mate, but maybe thats just a part of me who longs for his soul mate =]

Everyone can and is currently sharing this crazy dream called life.... If you dont believe me why dont you smack something solid.... then think about this... That solid object you smacked is made up of atoms that are 99.99999999999 percent empty space. When you break down the atoms you get quantum particles which blink in and out of existence. Think about an object that is behind you head. You can't see it so how do you know it is there? The answer is its not there until you look at it and manifest it. So everything that is this reality is only real when we look at it and what we see as a solid object isnt even solid at all! This sounds a lot like a dream to me....

Look up quantum reality~

I am more and more sure that we share dreams, but we also have dreams where we are alone with our own imagination... There really is no limit but the one one choose..

I think it is possible but on the other hand I think people make it up most of the time.

Originally Posted by Elite

I think it is possible but on the other hand I think people make it up most of the time.

This is said about everything paranormal!

Originally Posted by Delphinus

This is said about everything paranormal!

Yea your right I just noticed that haha =]

Placebo, longtime mod, told me once about a shared dream he had with his wife. It definitely shocked me to hear it from someone I trusted.

I've always thought shared dreaming was coincidence. Now I think it might be possible. Or, it could be a form of becoming so close to someone that your dreams are very similar. Which, I guess, is a form of coincidence.

We know so little about it, speculations shouldn't be shot down.

Originally Posted by Pensive Patrick

Placebo, longtime mod, told me once about a shared dream he had with his wife. It definitely shocked me to hear it from someone I trusted.

I've always thought shared dreaming was coincidence. Now I think it might be possible. Or, it could be a form of becoming so close to someone that your dreams are very similar. Which, I guess, is a form of coincidence.

We know so little about it, speculations shouldn't be shot down.

I think it would be possible that you get to know someone so well you have the same dream. Me and my friend have the same dreams sometimes we usually just laugh.

Originally Posted by Elite

I think it would be possible that you get to know someone so well you have the same dream. Me and my friend have the same dreams sometimes we usually just laugh.

Totally. And that would make it more likely that people in long-term relationships experienced shared dreams.

Posted by Da_bomb143
who says the minds have to become one?
i believe that shared dreams are possible, as is the same with APs. I think that we all share the same dream plane, and most people are unaware of it being a dream. Oh, and because i think its possible, does that make me a nutcase madman deep thinker?

it makes me think your crazy. The least thing you can do is have a shared dream and bring prove but alas you cant, no one can. you believe what you want to believe at least thats what it looks like, shared dreaming would be a great thing, amazing but you can put it up there with elfs and dragons because it cant happen.

Keiju

are we not sharing a dream already, how am i posting a reply to you?

so what the original poster is asking is, can we share a dream within a dream with someone else, which is why it seems impossible i guess, i think its very possible, just much more subtle skill

this may be a little different from shared dreaming, but i have had a few cases where someone else's thoughts were shown to me inside my dream, whether we were sharing a dream im not sure, but i am sure that the person conveyed their thoughts into my dream, so this is a little similar

no i believe im sitting on my computer chair not in your dream. your posted a reply because you pressed the"submit Reply" button. reading someones thoughts? amazing hook your self up with the army and you'll be rich in no time. you can think your reading/hearing someones thoughts its not hard to hear things in a dream, i've had worse happen.

Posted by mini man56 If anyone could, it would be identical twins. Their brains often share the same wavelink, which is why they can complete each others sentences and stuff. Because of this, they MIGHT be able to share dreams, or, I've heard of cases that, although they weren't in the same dream, they were able to talk in the dream via telepathy. It sound odd, but who knows, it could be true. But if anyone is going to do a dream sharing experiment, it should be with twins.

this really pisses me off, you are just like all the other people who come up to me and say "O your a twin! can you read each other's mind?!" I wish i could slap all the *&^@*! who even think that! Im a identical twin and believe it or not my bro was standing next to me a minute ago reading this post and he said "idoits" and walked off. of course twins cant telepathy talk to each other thats sci-fi and all that shit. Im probaly the only one here in this thread thats a twin and if there was someone else they'd agree with me.

Posted by Pensive Patrick
Placebo, longtime mod, told me once about a shared dream he had with his wife. It definitely shocked me to hear it from someone I trusted.

I've always thought shared dreaming was coincidence. Now I think it might be possible. Or, it could be a form of becoming so close to someone that your dreams are very similar. Which, I guess, is a form of coincidence.

We know so little about it, speculations shouldn't be shot down.

nothing agianst Placebo but i doubt he has any prove that was real and maybe placebo and his wife are so close to each other they had a simliar dream, not spiritual like all of you or saying but as in what you take in during the day if placebo and his wife went to the same places and of course im sure they live in the same house may very well affect how they dream. if i go to the mountians i some times dream about the mountians. if 2 people go to the mountains then they may both dream about the mountains. you see what im saying? speculations shouldn't be shot down with a cannon for what your claiming. people can have a dream with the same landscape and same poeple but never a shared dream.

of course some times argueing with people on a topic can be like arguing with christians, you can wave prove in there face and they will still deny it. they have faith that it is real and quite strong faith for that matter. you can be like christians and have faith but the same goes for shared dreaming you can only have faith, of course you could bring prove that it is true and ill eat my hat but claiming you had a shared dream isnt prove.

It is things like shared dreams that make lucid dreaming seem new ageish.

I have never had a shared dream, but it is something that intrigues me greatly.
That would be so cool to meet up with someone in the Dreaming.

Originally Posted by Soldier

nothing agianst Placebo but i doubt he has any prove that was real and maybe placebo and his wife are so close to each other they had a simliar dream, not spiritual like all of you or saying but as in what you take in during the day if placebo and his wife went to the same places and of course im sure they live in the same house may very well affect how they dream. if i go to the mountians i some times dream about the mountians. if 2 people go to the mountains then they may both dream about the mountains. you see what im saying? speculations shouldn't be shot down with a cannon for what your claiming. people can have a dream with the same landscape and same poeple but never a shared dream.

This is exactly how I define a shared dream. Dreams all happen in your mind, and are completely separated from your waking reality. Dreams are one of the few situations where perception really is everything. If two people have dreams that share similar content, they have shared a dream. You can not discount a shared dream just because you can explain why it happened.

If you are looking for some supernatural explanation for shared dreaming, I doubt you will find it. If you are really looking for shared dreams, you need to look within the bounds of reality. Look for ways you can share dreams. Look for two people who share in waking life, and they will often share in dream life also.

You can not discount a fantastic experience just because it has a practical explanation.

Lets look to metaphors for a minute:
I recently wrote an article on sea monsters. Here is the skinny of it. Sea monsters are real. There are monsters in the sea. There are all kinds of horrifying murderous creatures living in the sea. Just because we have names for them - shark - giant squid - sperm whale - pelican eel, does not mean they cease being monsters.

Sea monsters are real. The vikings believed in the Kraken. The kraken was a giant ocopus. Giant octopus are real. The kraken was also a phenomenon that happened in the sea. When volcanic activity occurred in the open ocean, fish would flee the area, and make for awesome fishing. Put the two together, and you have a human reality made of facts, experiences, and beliefs. You have the kraken.

When people believe something, and they believe it for a reason, it is real.

Originally Posted by Seeker

In all my years here on Dream Views and as a long time lucid dreamer, I've never heard of a documented and verified case where shared dreaming occured.

There have been several experiments conducted here at DV over the years in an attempt to have a shared LD, but alas.... no luck.

I would like VERY much to believe that shared dreaming is possible, but I cannot.

Maybe not on DV but there was a case which I heard about where it has happened, but the only way to actually do this is for you and that person to do an OBE.