Thread: shared dreaming- AN EXPERIMENT

right- according to many accounts, some recent, some from the manuscripts of dream yoga, shared dreaming is possible. Now, I don't believe strongly in it's existence or non existence, but it would sure be amazing to see that it works.
It probably won't, however before dismissing something outright I will at least give it a shot. A scientific-ish test. It will be simple- here is me:




if you ever see me in a dream, ask me for "the winrar password", if I appear nonlucid/weird/etc try to make me lucid and repeat the question.

This is a password for a protected Winrar-archive that contains a single txt file with a message. it's located here

Perhaps the only way to cheat this experiment is by using a rar password cracking utility, but I implore you not to do this- even if you provide me the message inside I will be very skeptical and ask for detailed accounts of the dream.

This is probably a wild goose chase, however there's still this small part of me that believes in santa

ADDITIONAL: post a picture of yourself so if I recognize you in the dream I can tell you the password

EDIT: Also, for there to be any sort of validity, say if you provide the password yet I do not recall having any lucid dream where I give it this will of course be invalid and I will restart the contest by changing the password and message, and you will be excluded from the experiment (I realize that in the unlikely event of the dream occurring yet me not remembering it this would be most unfair but I want as much scrutiny as possible).
Also in the event that you do meet me, or something similar looking and I don't give the password, still post it, yet if possible leave out an important detail or two about the encounter- if we then both agree that this occurred then this could also have some validity, especially if I'm able to complete the missing pieces.
Also, I know that in the unlikely event of this succeeding, I will only have convinced maybe myself and the other dreamer involved that this is possible, and this could easily look like some hoax/forum joke to others. Don't accept anything till you have experienced it for yourselves. I do not have an observation lab full of natural LD-ers and MRI's and scientists and stuff so this should do for now.

Also, download the passworded file now so you don't think I changed it later

I'll try next time I'm lucid, which, if everything goes according to plan and according to my recently started intensive reality questioning and RCing routine, should be tonight or tomorrow night.

Although I've never dreamwalked before, so this would be a first try for me.

I'll try to dreamwalk to your dream, then find you and contact you.

Have you considered that although you provided us with a picture, it may not help because you may have taken on a different appearance than that in your dreams?

Whether it happens naturally, or if I change it myself, I often appear as something much different than what I really look like.

For example, last night I was Lawrence of Arabia, fully clothed in black versions of his Arabian garb.

Originally Posted by WakataDreamer

Have you considered that although you provided us with a picture, it may not help because you may have taken on a different appearance than that in your dreams?

LD-ers are mostly themselves in dreams when lucid. if some weird creature gives you some password, be it lucid or nonlucid post it here

what's the chance someone here is gonna have a lucid at the same time as you though? shouldn't you maybe set a time when you'll be trying to have one.

Originally Posted by tvs_frank

what's the chance someone here is gonna have a lucid at the same time as you though? shouldn't you maybe set a time when you'll be trying to have one.

the chances are slim, and this is a long term experiment. I doubt people are going to adjust their sleep schedule just so they can sleep the same time I do.

Well I wasn't lucid last night, hopefully I will be tonight.

I'm trying to cram in both the Basic and Advanced Task of the Month, as well as your experiment, so don't be surprised if I screw up

Originally Posted by tvs_frank

what's the chance someone here is gonna have a lucid at the same time as you though? shouldn't you maybe set a time when you'll be trying to have one.

You don't both need to be lucid. You just need to find your target and you can tell them they're lucid. You just need to avoid working with lazy people who only want you to find them to make them lucid. To maximize the odds of success, both parties have to be trying.

Personal I'm a disbeliever of this kind of stuff. But to increase the possibility of a scientific breakthrough:

Too be honest I don't know how good the actual rar encryption is. But I remember it not as the best one. So use a "non" breakable file format. e.g. 7zip with aes256.

Do you have some people beside this forum and the Internet that can lucid dream. If you try some psi-inter-human-connections (whatever) it may could be helpfully if you know the person a bit and you too sleeping at the same time.