Thread: Do you think the Lucid Dream world is External or Internal?

Some people have said that the phrase Out Of Body travel is misleading, and lucid dreaming etc is an inner journey.

Other people say there's an unmistakable separation from the body.

I'm not sure what I think, cos I don't have enough experience yet.

Does anyone have any ideas?

I think the dream world is an internal thing. Each person has there own dreams that no one else can enter. Only their thoughts exist.

Originally Posted by zebrah

I think the dream world is an internal thing. Each person has there own dreams that no one else can enter. Only their thoughts exist.

What this guy said

Dreams are made up out of things we've gathered externally. But yes it's internal. Someone might say: "What about this thing, I haven't done it in real life, and I got the feeling exactly right!" when it comes to sex for example. It's simple really, your mind is great at improvisation and takes a bit of this and that and puts together something close to what you might think whatever you're doing, is like.

Interesting answers. So no one ever feels like they're exiting their body through a chakra or something?

What about shared dreams and consensus reality dreams, like Dream islands and DV Academy? Are you still journeying internally to visit these places?

Shared dreaming hasn't been proven to exist. Dreams that come true are only a coincidence which most likely are influenced by your own thought of reason and the Dream World Academy is just a RP game. It's all in your head, but you can tweak it all and if say two people have the same dream and did the same things, well the experience is real even though it might not have happened the way shared dreaming is said to work.

Dreaming in general is an internal process that involves our mind making sense of things we've seen or done. Can't say about OBEs because I've never had one before.

Definitely dreaming and lucid dreaming are internal processes. I think outter body and astral projections are external processes. I've went back to this article i've known about for a while to help me differentiate internal dreams and external obe's. namaste.

Out-of-Body Experiences vs. Lucid Dreams

Thanks for the article... Some people say OBE's and lucid dreams are similar, others don't. It looks like an interesting read. The chart comparing the two experiences sets out the authors opinion clearly...

Yeah I've been teetering back and forth with lucid dreaming and obe, and I've had both experiences. so when i read the article alot of what was said resonated with my experiences. Thats all you can do really is experience both then see if what others are saying match up with your own personal experience in any way. Though your opinion is the only one that matters at the end of the day no one else.

Originally Posted by Dowzen

Thanks for the article... Some people say OBE's and lucid dreams are similar, others don't. It looks like an interesting read. The chart comparing the two experiences sets out the authors opinion clearly...

I believe its both, or neither. I believe that most people have yet to discover the potential of the human mind, especially when it comes to astral projection, OBE, lucidity and the like. The basic laws of reality don't apply so I see no reason why you can't share an experience with another dreamer. Of course all theory and experimentation but I don't think it's impossible.

OK I personally would say mostly internal but as far as the OBE thing i am a little unsure as in the SAS etc men are trained to sit in a room and travel to spy on others, this has been accounted for ,therefor it actually happens and it is also a very used and proven technique they use to spy on the enemy or so. So with this knowledge in hand, i would say external aswell as internal...i think it can swing both ways but thats just my personal opinion

Originally Posted by angie746

OK I personally would say mostly internal but as far as the OBE thing i am a little unsure as in the SAS etc men are trained to sit in a room and travel to spy on others, this has been accounted for ,therefor it actually happens and it is also a very used and proven technique they use to spy on the enemy or so. So with this knowledge in hand, i would say external aswell as internal...i think it can swing both ways but thats just my personal opinion

The Men Who Stare At Goats.

My rationalization of lucid dreaming is that it is a separate reality and, in that sense, I believe it to be 'external'. Although, I'm not sure external/internal terminology properly contextualizes the experience. The best analogy I can think of is that our minds work like radio receivers. Currently, our minds filter out earth reality, a preset reality. With proper training our minds can filter various dream realities, astral realities, etc.

I believe its both, or neither.

As a few people have said, the real answer might be too much for us to put into words, and external/internal labels might just be a way of speaking about something nearly impossible to describe from our flatland perspective. I think the radio analogy posted by Aaeull might me closer to the truth. In that case it's neither external or internal, just alongside.

OK I personally would say mostly internal but as far as the OBE thing i am a little unsure as in the SAS etc men are trained to sit in a room and travel to spy on others, this has been accounted for ,therefor it actually happens and it is also a very used and proven technique they use to spy on the enemy or so. So with this knowledge in hand, i would say external aswell as internal...i think it can swing both ways but thats just my personal opinion

The existence of remote viewing, remote influencing etc show us that it's not easy to write off dream experiences as personal imagination and nothing more.

But are these remote viewers going inside to get the information, or do they start off inside and then go outside? Who knows.

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The main reason I started this thread was I needed to know where to focus my awareness in LD attempts. Inside or outside? It makes sense to focus on the infinity inside than wriggle around trying to 'project' before I'm ready.

I believe that most people have yet to discover the potential of the human mind, especially when it comes to astral projection, OBE, lucidity and the like. The basic laws of reality don't apply so I see no reason why you can't share an experience with another dreamer.

One reason its hard to prove shared dreams etc scientifically is that people who can do it tend to keep themselves to themselves.

I think it's internal.
But when I had my first lucid it was near my house. It was cool to reenact my dream in real life.