Thread: Dream Sharing

i agree i do think its a very interesting field of dreaming and should be looked into whether its possible or not.

I myself am very interested. However if i try to discuss the idea with friends they seem sceptical. When I become a better lucid dreamer i would love to look into it. Peace

Dream sharing is an extremely interesting concept and I think it's totally possible.

IMO, dream sharing is possible because all people share some kind of mental link (even though we're not conciously aware of it). The Noosphere (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere) is the idea that all human thought exists on its own plane so to speak. It's almost a collective unconscious of sorts. We all have access to it, but aren't consciously aware that we do or how we do.

You should check out the Princeton Global Consciousness Project for some more info. It's a completely legitimate study done by Princeton university to investigate the Noosphere and global consciousness.

http://noosphere.princeton.edu/

Originally Posted by surealization

However if i try to discuss the idea with friends they seem sceptical.

Lol, your lucky. When I try talk to my friends about the whole subject of "Lucid Dreaming" they just look at me weird and mumble "Oh god"

Back on topic, I would love to experiment with shared dream but my lucid moments are to a minimum and my WILD attempts are going nowhere fast. :L
Good Luck!

Originally Posted by Baggins

Lol, your lucky. When I try talk to my friends about the whole subject of "Lucid Dreaming" they just look at me weird and mumble "Oh god"

Back on topic, I would love to experiment with shared dream but my lucid moments are to a minimum and my WILD attempts are going nowhere fast. :L
Good Luck!

Unfortunately I get that same reaction from my friends, parents and brother :'(... I wish they would at least give it a chance .

Don't even get me started with my family... they are not open to anything new and my brother, he does not "believe" in Lucid Dreaming and he thinks everyone is just post lies :L

Originally Posted by Baggins

Don't even get me started with my family... they are not open to anything new and my brother, he does not "believe" in Lucid Dreaming and he thinks everyone is just post lies :L

It's almost like everybody thinks it's like satanic or something ... THEY'RE SO PARANOID !!!

It's real and it's awesome.

I would absolutely love to try it, but I don't have nearly enough lucids/control to try it so far. I was close a few times I think though.

Hey guys,
Speaking of people's reactions toward Lucid Dreaming...
I know about 3 people who are actually interested...others don't even care if it's possible...I look at them like "Man,what the hell is wrong with you?...how can you not be fascinated by the fact that you can control your dreams?..."
Maybe it's cause I'm Pisces...haha...speaking of Dream Sharing...
I don't really know much about it,but thought of the idea before...Though I'm not sure if it's really possible...
Maybe in a couple of years,scientists will dig deeper into the subject and perhaps find a way to "share" a dream...
A very,interesting and possible thought...
Sam

Originally Posted by Sam1r

Hey guys,
Speaking of people's reactions toward Lucid Dreaming...
I know about 3 people who are actually interested...others don't even care if it's possible...I look at them like "Man,what the hell is wrong with you?...how can you not be fascinated by the fact that you can control your dreams?..."
Maybe it's cause I'm Pisces...haha...speaking of Dream Sharing...
I don't really know much about it,but thought of the idea before...Though I'm not sure if it's really possible...
Maybe in a couple of years,scientists will dig deeper into the subject and perhaps find a way to "share" a dream...
A very,interesting and possible thought...
Sam

Why rely on scientists to do something before we try it ourselves?

I am very happy to see all this interest in Shared Dreaming on this board. From my personal research I have proven this to myself many times and have been fortunate to have had 12 friends confirm shared dream details. The fact is; this is very real and extremely challenging because of many of the factors you are bringing up right now.

1.) Our Planet is dream illiterate and treats dreaming as nonsentical silly tripe. (Bad news for us dreamers).
2.) This ability requires both participants to have a certain level of cognitive brain function: memory, awareness and perception during the dream.
3.) Both participants (or more) must be synchronized in the dream at the same time. For example one dreamer cannot be in a lucid REM state and the other dreamer be in a deep sleep NREM delta state. This synchronicity is extremely challenging for even adept lucid dreamers.
4.) A participant has the ability to personify a dream: ( completely hallucinate other information that you cannot see; although you might see them plain as day in the dream they will appear catatonic or zombie-like).

It is a very challenging goal; to share a dream. You really need to have friends that have a passion for lucid dreaming, and the skills to back up that passion. This is a totally next-to-impossible task for the casual enthusiast but well worth it when you finally connect and have this taste of objective mutual dreaming.

Don't let naysayers sway you... speaking from experience I can only assure you this is a very real phenomena and one worth pursuing with friends that are interested.

SHARED DREAMS
by Jean Campbell

Is it possible for us to share dreams while we are asleep, be aware that we are dreaming as the dream goes on, and remember these dreams when we wake? Yes.

Research findings in the past thirty years indicate that many of us spontaneously share images or appear simultaneously in each others' dreams. This type of mutual dreaming can be broken into two categories: Meeting dreams--those in which we meet each other in dream state and recall the meeting on waking; and meshing dreams--those in which symbols or events from one person's dream match the events or symbols of another person's dream during the same time period.

During the period between 1997 and the present, multiple experiments have been conducted in different venues including the Internet, indicating that dreamers can not only dream together when they choose to do so, but can also choose to meet in particular locations or accomplish specific pre-determined goals.

The field of consciousness studies and the role of dreams in society, though well known in many indigenous cultures, are fairly new to present day dream research. In part this is due to the conundrums and questions about the nature of time and space that such dreams pose.

Author Fred Allen Wolf, a physicist who is also a science writer by trade, gained popularity in two recent surprise-hit movies: What the Bleep? and Down the Rabbit Hole where he plays--well, himself.

In his 1994 book Dreaming the Universe, Wolf says:

Recently I have interviewed people who not only have lucid dreams but are also apparently capable of waking up night after night in a parallel world where they have a continuous life in a different body. (I myself have had this experience as well as the experience of other ordinary lucid dreams....)

Although there have been many books, articles, and papers written about the subject of shared dreams, some basic books covering the topic of shared dreaming are listed below. Each of these contains further information and more complete bibliography. The IASD Paranormal Forum at www.asdreams.org/telepath contains descriptions of several of the organizations dream telepathy contests, held for fun at the annual membership conference. These contests often produce the phenomenon of shared dreams as well as other psi phenomena.


Shared Dreams Bibliography

Bynum, Edward Bruce. Families and the Interpretation of Dreams. New York: Harrington Park, 1993.

Campbell, Jean. Dreams Beyond Dreaming. Norfolk: Donning. 1989.

_____________. Group Dreaming: Dreams to the Tenth Power. Norfolk: Wordminder, 1996.

Donahoe, James. Dream Reality. Oakland: Bench Press, 1979.

Guiley, Rosemary Ellen. The Dreamers Way: Using Proactive Dreaming to Heal and Transform Your Life. New York: Berkley, 2004.

Magallon, Linda L. Mutual Dreaming. New York: Pocket Book, 1997.

Moss, Robert. Conscious Dreaming. New York: Crown, 1996.

___________. Dreamways of the Iroquois: Honoring the Secret Wishes of the Soul. Rochester: Destiny, 2005.

Ullman, Montague. "A Group Approach to the Anomalous Dream." Dream Telepathy 2nd Edition. New York: Ballantine, 1994.

Van de Castle, Robert. Our Dreaming Mind. New York: Ballentine, 1994.

Watkins, Susan. Dreaming Myself, Dreaming a Town. New York: Kendall, 1989.

Wolf, Fred A. The Dreaming Universe. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.

awesome. once I get better at lucid dreaming i plan to try this more.

I love that picture i would love to see that in a LD

wht picture

Dream Sharing is possible... but it takes a few things to make it right

One, you must be within 30 feet of each other.. preferably the same room...

You must both have the same thought and vision as you drift to sleep, and you must both have the same goal....

You do that, and you will have accomplished dream sharing... its not rocket science.. its all about the approach, my girlfriend and I have done it multiple times.. I have quizzed her. to make sure its not just a make believe story.. it is all possible.. the same vision and same job must all be in tune... you don't need a machine.. just a map and a plan

I have had quite a few lucid dreams myself and am also interested in the shared dream concept.A week ago i went on vacation with some friends with 1 of them trying to lucid dream.I had a lucid dream and got him to my dream , and told him what the situation was.But he didnt remember any dream so idk...But i still think its possible .Its just a matter of luck .Ur REM sleep has to be synchronised and u have to be open for brainwaves or something .Some study would be awesum

http://www.dreamviews.com/f19/hi-eve...riment-100274/

Originally Posted by Mancon123

http://www.dreamviews.com/f19/hi-eve...riment-100274/

Is there a thread or something?.., could u give a link? I am VERY interested !

that is the link

Originally Posted by dakotahnok

that is the link

HAHAHAHAHA !!! How stupid lol... I just laughed for like five minutes :lol.

... thanks btw .

Lol no problem

Originally Posted by Inception2008

Dream Sharing is possible... but it takes a few things to make it right

One, you must be within 30 feet of each other.. preferably the same room...

You must both have the same thought and vision as you drift to sleep, and you must both have the same goal....

You do that, and you will have accomplished dream sharing... its not rocket science.. its all about the approach, my girlfriend and I have done it multiple times.. I have quizzed her. to make sure its not just a make believe story.. it is all possible.. the same vision and same job must all be in tune... you don't need a machine.. just a map and a plan

In my experience, time and distance is irrelevant. Having the same goal definitely helps, but is not necessary. That's cool that you have shared dreams with her. Can you get her to make an account? I can't get my girlfriend to make an account, though we share dreams all the time.

Originally Posted by diert

I have had quite a few lucid dreams myself and am also interested in the shared dream concept.A week ago i went on vacation with some friends with 1 of them trying to lucid dream.I had a lucid dream and got him to my dream , and told him what the situation was.But he didnt remember any dream so idk...But i still think its possible .Its just a matter of luck .Ur REM sleep has to be synchronised and u have to be open for brainwaves or something .Some study would be awesum

It could've been a shared dream, but he didn't remember. Sleep synchronization is unnecessary.