Thread: Why not work with the subconscious?

Isn't WILD a sort of hypnosis? Which means precisely working with the subconscious mind.

I believe it is a matter of different words people use to describe this state, due to the lack of our knowledge on psychology.

Originally Posted by Singularity125

I know that when I do get a lucid dream, trying to establish such a connection would be on my list of things to do. Anyway, I'd love to hear other people's thoughts on the matter.

When I prolong the lucidity in my dreams, trying to establish such a connection will be on the top of my list of things to do.

The most fundamental practices for lucid dreaming--building dream recall and recognizing dream signs--are all about getting to know your dream life, and hence your subconscious.

The subconscious is like a child. It wants what it wants and if it isn't interested it isn't interested. What I do is get it interested. Like a child. I tell it how fun it will be to lucid dream. I tell it that it can communicate better to me if we lucid dream. I tell it that I will listen to it and hear it. It IS like a child and so you are right, we shouldn't trick it, we shouldn't work against it.
After all, the subconscious is more powerful than the conscious. If the subconscious is not on board then it aint gonna happen. You can consciously promise not to get mad at your boss anymore but if your subconscious is still mad the next day you might throw your shoe at the boss. You are totally right, not only should we work with the subconscious, but we have no other choice.