A Random Thought.

I was just imagining if things drastically changed in my life.. for e.g. I became physically disabled due to an accident, got thrown in jail for lengthy time -- or I had to join the army because of a World War - any extreme circumstances really that would most certainly break my normal routine..
Well, my point is that I would probably look to master LD in most cases - if my body became useless, I would hope that I could escape reality in my dreams & turn back the clock almost -
If I was serving a jail sentence, I would dream about being home with my family & friends - same if I was sent away to the army.

It makes you wonder, doesn't it?

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Originally Posted by theyearthreethousand

I was just imagining if things drastically changed in my life.. for e.g. I became physically disabled due to an accident, got thrown in jail for lengthy time -- or I had to join the army because of a World War - any extreme circumstances really that would most certainly break my normal routine..
Well, my point is that I would probably look to master LD in most cases - if my body became useless, I would hope that I could escape reality in my dreams & turn back the clock almost -
If I was serving a jail sentence, I would dream about being home with my family & friends - same if I was sent away to the army.

It makes you wonder, doesn't it?
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Yeah man I've thought about that many times.
Since I'm a Lucid Dreamer I am fully aware of what NO ONE coudl EVER take away from me: My Dream World. And eyah indeed, whenever Reality becomes too much of a bitch, and it sometimes just really does, I'll just have ALOT of sleep and kind of retreat into my own personal world. It's like an Alternative Reality and one you'll always like and enjoy when you're Lucid.

Now my Waking life in 10 years may suck badly: War, Hunger, Dictatorship, Imprisonment, Violence and danger all around. This world IS about to go into another huge war not too long from now; it's obvious.
But Aside and SAFE from all of that will always be My DreamWorld: An Alternative Realiity that always seems to contain more truth than Reality, The wisdom of King Solomon and the Clearity of Buddha.

No one could ever take that away from me. Knowing that is such a calming thought.

Whatever is gonna to happen to us in the future we can't just turn back to it, burning ourselves in the World of Dreams. We're rather supposed to put a bold face to it, and now while we are free to do what we want, we should take advantage of it and prepare to any imminent danger or potential accident.

We cannot escape from reality into Dreams. But we should USE our dreams to improve the understanding of our inner battle, desires, expectations and most of all spiritual developement. The more positive work is done now, the easier to deal with the problems yet to come.

The problem would be .. if such a drastical change happens, that - all of a sudden - everybody would be noticing that he/she stands so alone in this world. What you move will be moved for your advantage, what you don't think about will be left untouched for your disadvantage...
This is why you also would return to your dream world, there you find the variety to live, that is now lost in your outside world ... but a living only within a dream world is really not the solution .. it's natural to dream of what you don't have, that lies in everyone of us ... that's the balancing-out of your problems you've got during the days ... but it is not a replacement of desires of the conscious mind .. one can only hope to be good friends with his/her inner Self to see clear dreams and feel a satisfaction in that .... I think it's undescribable what dreams give you in a time like you described.