Thread: Why bother getting lucid?

Originally Posted by zoth00

Doesn't matter who you are, even the most happy/wealth/healthy/creative/smart/etc guy on earth would get positive things from practicing lucidity.

Touché! Well put, Zoth.

Originally Posted by Omnis Dei

...That's when I decided I can't control my sleeping self to the extent I needed, I could only control my waking self. I built good habits that would increase my chance of being lucid without doing all that much extra work. Even now, every morning it's a battle to get myself to write my dreams down (especially when they're mundane) but I do it because I know that demon gets stronger every time I let it win, but it gets weaker every time I don't let it win. Knowing this simple fact has enabled me to take on all the other commitments I have taken on. Once you stop listening to that evil voice in your head telling you everything is hard work, nothing feels like work anymore.

So, by making it a passive "battle" (by your analogy), winning in the long run becomes exponentially more achievable. [Crap, big words. ^_o Sorry.]
That does sound a lot more reasonable than agonizing over it.
To summarize:
It is good. [Zoth]
It is personal. [fOrceez]
It can happen. [ImBored]
It's simple and you don't have to stress out about it. [All of God]

...have I ever mentioned that I really appreciate some of the people on this forum?

Ah yes, I remember college. Wait until you graduate.

But depressing facts of life aside, you sound a lot like people who are against space exploration. Why bother? We have all we need on Earth. Or people who may have said to Christopher Columbus "why explore the New World? We have a nice continent right here." There are lots of rewards involved with the quest for lucid dreams, but for me the most compelling reason is simply the drive to explore. Why explore the subconscious? Because it's there!