Thread: A couple of questions on Potential

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well here are a few practical uses i can think of:
1. it is a great way to unwind from a bad day. nothing like the ability to do whatever you want to cheer you up. it is a great way to express emotions in a healthy way.

2. i don't know if there is any concrete evidence of this but you might be able to hone skills for real life in dreams. when you sleep, your brain kind of goes over and stores away things you learned that day. so some people think it is a great way to learn new things. if you want to learn how to juggle a soccer ball/football/futbol, you can practice in lucid dreams.

i'm not sure what you mean by your second question. if you lack directions there are tons of threads here about things people can do or what to do. here is the first one i found: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=52045. this will give you some ideas of things to do. you can also go under "lucid experiences" and find the task of the month. they post new ideas each month for people to do. i hope that answers your questions.

Thanks for the feedback,

I think that what I am going to try is simulate an everyday experience.. I think I'm going to try to stand in line for something..

Most of my issue is that while I can control the setting, things come up.. and while I can change the setting to something new, I can't set any specifics... I can choose to be in a city or in the country.. and I can control the arc of the story, and the settings, but not the sentences and words.. but maybe I am trying to exert too much active control

sure that is a good idea. you can just follow a plot line as a normal person, not an omnipotent LDer. i would start with something a little more exciting than waiting in line but whatever works.

You can also use lucid dreams to practice a situation you are not very confident about (Like a speech in front of a group of people, or asking someone on a date) that will occur in real life later.

I wanted to practice my speech on Lucid Dreaming before I had to do it, but I didn't have an LD before I had to do my speech unfortunately.

And you can turn it into a game by doing the Lucid Task of the Month. Very fun!

You can actually practise anything by just thinking about it, this has been scientificly proven. They did several experiments to prove that just thinking about performing a skill will improve that skill. One of the experiments they did was let people just think about playing piano but never let them touch it! The brainarea that controls the fingers increased alot, so they don't only have subjective proof (the group who thought about playing piano did ALOT better than the other group) , but also objective proof that thinking about performing a skill improves your skill.

I can't turn lucid yet, but I've already experienced myself that just thinking about it will improve the skill. So I'm guessing when you do it while lucid, it should even have more effect..

Spirituality. Some may laugh but I think Lucid Dreaming is a good way to get in touch with your spiritual side. Perhaps, meeting with God, asking him the meaning of your life, asking him when and how you die, asking him questions about heaven maybe. That's what I aim for when I'm not going around punching people and flying around.

Seek some sort of miracle or vision that can possibly enhance your life in the real world. Once you get passed all the fun stuff in Lucid Dreams you may want to start thinking about what can help you with your waking life.

Why don't you attempt to Astral Project or have an out of body experience? Thats what i'm trying to do as soon as i can LD again.

the only end to your dream is your imagination. I think imagination is limitless.

Originally Posted by Equilibrium

I have two questions, the first is, once one is able to control dreams and "do stuff", to what end can this be taken to? Are there any practical uses that lucid dreaming can be used for?
My other question has to do with further development. Once you can regularly do this, are there any "excercises" that can be done to further develop the skill? I ask because although I can do the things mentioned above, I feel like I lack direction.
Thanks in advance for your input.

There are no real limits on what can be done in a lucid dream, it is nearly the ultimate virtual-reality machine. Its only drawback is continuity, you can't do long-term tasks that go over one dream.

There is a theory that if you practise skills in lucid dreams you may improve them in reality; why not test it out?

To your second paragraph question: read this article:

Memory and its role in lucid dreaming