Cracked article on lucid dreaming

**Armistice** · 02-05-2011 12:19 AM

Thought that some people might enjoy this. It seems to be pretty accurate, but with Cracked's sense of sarcastic humor

Lucid Dreaming | Cracked.com

**Arra** · 02-05-2011 12:46 AM

Oneironaut posted this on another thread, but this is fine because it deserves its own.

The article was hilarious and I haven't read a cracked article before. I'll paste again my favorite part:

"After having your true desires suppressed by our patriarchal society for so long, and being forced to conform to cruel societal expectations, your new-found ability to freely spin around will overwhelm any other intrusive brain activity. The pure state of ecstatic joy in your brain will be unconquerable. Research has shown that spinning will prolong lucid dreams for 96% of people. It works best to rub your hands together and spin around at the same time. Finally, there's a use for the very actions that got you beat up in high school!"

**Oneironaut Zero** · 02-05-2011 01:03 AM

That article reminded me of just why I used to love reading Cracked, when I was younger.

**dakotahnok** · 02-05-2011 01:15 AM

Lol. It said clockfuckery

**StonedApe** · 02-05-2011 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by dakotahnok

Lol. It said clockfuckery

Alright, now I gotta read this.

**dakotahnok** · 02-05-2011 01:25 AM

Digital Clocks: In dreams, digital clocks make no fucking sense. There are letters in the place of numbers, numerical characters that do not even exist, and more varied clockfuckery. Therefore, a common and effective test is to look at a digital clock and memorize the time, then look away for a second, and then look back at the clock. Did the time go up by one whole second? That obviously means nothing, how could you even begin to think that a single second has any implications at all? But, if the time is significantly different, or if the numbers are now blurry letters, that's a good indication that you're dreaming.

The best part.

**Rybread34** · 02-05-2011 02:26 AM

Originally Posted by dakotahnok

The best part.

LOL that's so funny. Also when I do reality checks, it seems like a strangely large amount of the time it is exactly when the minute changes. Ex. from 7:59 i look back 8:00 nothing major, but I always check again because I would hate to miss a lucid dream because of that.

**Wonders** · 02-05-2011 02:57 AM

Lmao, that article is hilarious.

While some get into lucid dreaming in order to treat chronic nightmares, or to experience all facets of the human experience, approximately 99.8% of people use it as a tool for cheap and interactive 3D porn.

**Pegorian** · 02-05-2011 05:13 AM

I loved this line:
"The benefits of learning to lucid dream are remarkable, and they're all named Yvonne Strahovski."

**cctxbmx** · 02-05-2011 05:29 AM

Haha thanks for sharing. I got a kick out of it

**Tripoli** · 02-05-2011 05:32 AM

I love cracked. Ohh so funny.

**bust113** · 02-05-2011 06:51 AM

That was rather interesting, will defiantly pull a bigger audience to lucid dreaming.

**Armistice** · 02-05-2011 08:36 PM

Now I've always heard about spinning, and have asked about it, but could never get an answer. Is it physically spinning around? The article makes it seem that way, but for WILD's there's spinning involved, but it's going from external to internal stuff

Also, what does everyone think about the lighting having an effect toward the stability of the dream. I find many of my dreams are either light, or have an overcast look. Not as many are dark (like nighttime)

Is there a thread I can read up on this? I've never heard about it

**StonedApe** · 02-05-2011 10:23 PM

It's spinning in the dream, not your real body though. Just spin around like your trying to get dizzy.

A few days ago I woke myself up from a LD by looking at the sky. There was a weird pattern in it. It turned out I was looking at the sunlight coming in from my window.

**Arra** · 02-06-2011 01:34 AM

My dreams come in a variety of weathers and times of day. Sometimes very sunny, sometimes stormy, sometimes normal, sometimes completely dark out and sometimes broad daylight. It would be interesting to find out that the time of day has a meaning. That is reveals something about the dream content or reveals you're close to waking up because of lack of clarity or something. A fair number of my dreams take place at night, when it's dark out, with a nighttime atmosphere, but are not necessarily nightmarish. I make sure to record whether it's day/night in my dream journal when it happens.

**Armistice** · 02-06-2011 04:06 AM

^ I do the same thing most of the time... if it's something worth noting. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't

Originally Posted by stonedape

It's spinning in the dream, not your real body though. Just spin around like your trying to get dizzy.

Ok. I'll have to remember that for my next lucid. I need to get more into RC's

**Oneironaut Zero** · 02-06-2011 07:29 AM

I have never found spinning to be an effective way of stabilizing the dream. For me, it's more of a better way to change the dream scene. Looking at my hands has always been the best way for me to make the dream more clear, and last longer.

**Amity** · 02-06-2011 08:01 AM

I find spinning really useful, maybe just because I believe it will work, and it gives me something to focus on to ground me in the dream.
Verbally commanding "clarity" and "lucidity" also works for me.

**pointofbeing** · 02-06-2011 08:45 AM

In their other article 5 ways to hack your brain into awesomeness: "For instance you've probably fallen asleep watching MythBusters before and immediately dreamed you were flying through the air, using a giant version of Jamie's mustache as a hang glider."

Read more: 5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness | Cracked.com

**StonedApe** · 02-06-2011 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

I have never found spinning to be an effective way of stabilizing the dream. For me, it's more of a better way to change the dream scene. Looking at my hands has always been the best way for me to make the dream more clear, and last longer.

Same, I use it when I'm losing control to enter a new dream.

Yelling "stability" works really well, but I never think to do it. Will do that tonight.