Thread: Simple curiosity

Not yet, I bet it's amazing. I loved that movie too , have you watched The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus?? Loved that one!!!

Originally Posted by Cindyst

Not yet, I bet it's amazing. I loved that movie too , have you watched The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus?? Loved that one!!!

Yes! Such a great movie, and it gave me a ton of inspiration for dream creation.

Very little is certain in our dreams as they are shaped by our doubts and expectations. If one doesn't expect that the light will turn on, it likely won't. If one truly believes the light will turn on, it probably will. And if one cares so little as to what happens then the subconscious mind will randomly choose whether the light turns on or not.

Then why do you think it is that the lights will not turn on when I am non-lucid, completely expecting them to turn on? It happens when I'm not doing a reality check in dreams, just hanging out doing dream stuff. I'll start freaking out in dreams wondering why none of the lights will turn on and I'm stuck in a dark house. Expectation doesn't make too much sense in this case because I honestly, fully expect the lights to turn on when I flip that switch and they don't.

Originally Posted by anotherdreamer

Yes! Such a great movie, and it gave me a ton of inspiration for dream creation.



Then why do you think it is that the lights will not turn on when I am non-lucid, completely expecting them to turn on? It happens when I'm not doing a reality check in dreams, just hanging out doing dream stuff. I'll start freaking out in dreams wondering why none of the lights will turn on and I'm stuck in a dark house. Expectation doesn't make too much sense in this case because I honestly, fully expect the lights to turn on when I flip that switch and they don't.

In hindsight, I guess I shouldn't have made that statement with such authority as it is just something I, as well as many others, have observed. As for your why your experiences seemingly differ from the norm, I am not sure, but it's generally believed that there are two major creative sources that create and control our dreams:
The random subconscious mind: The subconscious mind seems to create the majority of our dream worlds and spawns most of the beings inside these dream worlds.
The dreamers expectations/beliefs/thoughts: Our expectations, on the other hand, seem to control how the interactions between us (the dreamers) and the dream world play out.