Uh, if lucid dreaming is getting in the way of your waking life (And I don't mean offense) you are doing it wrong. |
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I have a sort of partially negative conclusion on lucid dreaming. I did have a few outstanding dreams last night that I thoroughly enjoyed, but I had to sleep in and loose half of my day to have them. Is it really worth it? There are a lot of doors open in my life at the minute and realistically I only have 2 days off a week, and I've to loose out on creative leasure time to sleep and have a nice memory of something that never happened. I'm not slating lucid dreaming, I'm just thinking I'd rather be doing amazing things in waking life than just living them out in dreams. I think lucid dreaming will be something for me to practise at while I'm on holiday away from home without my creative mediums. Discuss. |
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Uh, if lucid dreaming is getting in the way of your waking life (And I don't mean offense) you are doing it wrong. |
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You will spend a faction of your life dreaming. So you're not loosing time when you lucid dream, you are actually gaining it. Besides, it's not about the memory, it's about the experience. Lucidity is perceiving yourself in a dream, and that is as real as this very moment. Yes it will be gone and turn into a memory, but that happens with your whole life events. |
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Last edited by zoth00; 01-17-2013 at 05:44 PM.
The difference here is that you think that an experience is more valid in waking life than in real life, however most people think they are equal on this forum. Considering that I have done things in lucids that I will never be able to do in real life, I can't even come close to them, lucids give my life an aspect of extreme excitement. After you have stopped any action it all just becomes a memory, and all you are doing when thinking back on memories is re-experiencing them in your brain, so whether these memories are from an internal or external source they are interpreted the exact same way. At the end of my life I would much rather think about all the times I flew through the amazon, teleported to different worlds, made my own lifeforms than the few times I went doing some kind of exciting real life activity. |
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Interesting replies. I think my main intention wasn't to offend. It's just I don't seem to have stable dreams unless I sleep for maybe 10-12 hrs, but I feel cranky and tired if I sleep longer than 7/8 hrs. So it tends to cost me a whole day. |
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I'm kind of similar. I like lucid dreaming, but I like a lot of other stuff in life (including normal sleep and non-lucid dreams! |
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My LDing record, if you want to hear about it, is about 4 WILDs, 1 DEILD, and the rest DILDs.
Just a comment. I personally think that ADA (all day awareness) is the best way to lucid dream. |
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I mainly agree with hukif. If it gets in the way, you are doing it wrong. Yeah, the research at the beginning takes some time, but DJing really doesn't take that long. 20 minutes max. I no longer DJ, but I tell all my dreams to my wife on my way to work. Throughout the day I normally keep them on my mind since I have always liked dreams. As long as I am well rested I average 4-7 dreams a night. Other than that I don't see any work in it. |
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I was the same way for quite a while. Lucids are more likely in later REM cycles. So I'd sleep an extra 1-3 hours to get more REM cycles. But as the OP laments, that eats into your day. You probably want to change up your approach. Instead of spending 1-3 hours trying for more dreams, limit your sleep to 8 hours and then spend 20 minutes to make more thorough DJ entries. Or schedule a WBTB or WILD attempt into your normal 8-hour routine, which will only add maybe 10-30 minutes. Basically, work on using your time efficiently while limiting your total time in bed to fit your real life schedule. |
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Maybe you need to change your technique if you have to sleep that long to achieve a lucid dream, I suggest you try waking up in between REM cycles because it sounds like your waking up and then taking a long time to get back to sleep making you more aware therefore having a better chance at lucid dreaming, there are many, many, different techniques to lucid dreaming, and i'm sure you'll find the right one for you if you look hard enough. And yes, it is worth it, we spend on average about 1/3 of our life sleeping, wouldn't you rather use that time to experience a realm were anything is possible? |
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Check your memory, did any suprising event happpen ? does the present make sense ? visualize what you will do when lucid, and how. Reality check as reminder of your intention to lucid dream tonight. Sleep as good as you can; when going to sleep, relax and invite whatever comes with curiosity. Grab your dream journal immediately as you awake and write everything you can recall (if only when you wake up for good). Keep calm, positive and persistent, and don't forget to have fun along the way
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