Thread: Inherited Lucid Dreaming

Originally Posted by AL3ZAY

If I told you at 5 years old about lucid dreaming, how much more effort would you have put into practicing it, versus if I had told you at 20 years old when you had a (hypothetical) clear-cut belief that dreaming was pointless, and control not possible, despite the truth that one can lucid dream? Children are highly receptive to learning in their first 5 years, more-so than adults. Children can learn multiple languages easier than an adult can, among other things. That's how you get child prodigies.

Obviously the information being taught has to be valid, but it can be grasped easily if you use the right method. Similar to "brainetics" or "your baby can read" methods of teaching kids to read and perform math in their head. My 5 year old cousin is rather skilled at Street Fighter IV after only 10 hours of teaching him the mechanics of the game the way you'd teach someone who wanted to go pro in the game. I have friends who have played with me for over a year and he is almost as good as them because he understands the game on a mechanics level based on what I taught him. Obviously he's not perfect and makes mistakes and mental mind games get the better of him at times, but he learns fast, and I've learned that's pretty common of children in general. They learn quickly if they are taught in a way that is engaging.

Now it may be the fact that I'm an adult confusing me here

The hinge of your argument is that adults come with a bag of beliefs that undermine their LDing, while a child doesn't. That's not a feature of being an adult- it's a feature of being close-minded. Sure- a kid won't dismiss LDing offhand. But they also believe in Harry Potter. Being an adult, however, gives you an advantage in the discipline and determination department. I'm not saying you couldn't teach a kid to LD, but I don't think they have a natural affinity for grasping concepts. In fact the lightning coming out of my hands is even more likely to make an adult do an RC than a child.

Originally Posted by KingYoshi

Just to throw this out there, I found out a couple months ago that my grandfather is a natural lucid dreamer. Me, my father, and I were watching Inception and I brought up lucid dreaming. My dad knows I am a lucid dreamer and he has had one himself basically from hearing me talk about it (which is understandable). What blew my mind, however, was my 72 year old grandpa joined in and I learned he had been naturally lucid dreaming all his life. Now, he didn't have them every night, but he said he has had around 5-10 a month ever since he can remember. Sooooo, its also possible that it skips a generation like so many other inherited traits. Just saying.

Everyone is a natural lucid dreamer. What would an 'unnatural lucid dream' be?