Thread: Is lucid dreaming worth the possible consequences?

Ok here is a spiritual answer and solution to your question:

Look up Thomas Campbell and Robert Monroe, the two most pragmatic and scientific authors on the subject. Campbell is a former NASA employee and Monroe was a the man who researched brainwaves and come up with the idea of binaurals beats. I don't want to justify them with titles, I just want to make it clear that these people didn't choosed to believe in astral projection or OBE (the term was made by Monroe), they just experienced it and they didn't even believed in the phenomenon by then, they KNEW it existed.

Anyway watch this video of Monroe himself: Robert Monroe explains his first OOBE. - YouTube

In the end he says something very important, he have explored this world for many years and still remain healthy and sane.

Thomas Campbell talk about theoritcal physics that explain that the best explanation for our existence is that it's simulated from our consciousness, so in a way you are not in a physical body right now, it's just your awareness that is. Just like when you play a videogame your consciousness is not in the character of the game, only your awareness is. And the same goes for OBE/AP/ and lucid dreaming, you can't get physically hurt because you are not physically there! In physical reality you can get hurt though, although the cool thing with this theory is that not even death will make your consciousness die.

And with an OBE that provides you with factual information that proves that you were out (and that you can repeat these kind of experiences to prove it scientifically), you can see this truth for yourself!

Here is Thomas Campbell's lecture. (The theory might look interesting mindblowing or perhaps stupid and wrong), but all that doesn't matter!
Because there is one thing that gives more knowledge and truth than a solid theory and that is experience!

Thomas Campbell - The Monroe Institute Lecture - 1/12 - YouTube

You can for example say that lucid dreaming is plausible because of the aminergic system and cholinergic system does this and that, but it's not until you experience the truth for yourself that you actually KNOW! Lucid Dream Technique - Brain Chemistry - YouTube
But as with all science it needs to be able to get repeated to be "considered" valid.

However the pont with this point is that you can't get hurt from your dreams.

And well if it is possible, it seems to be very hard, think of it like a videogame, sure you can get hurt emotionally from playing Amnesia, but your consciousness is immortal.

I hope this stops you from quitting. =)