Thread: Is there a general lack of interest in the practical uses of Lucid Dreaming?

Thanks to all for your responses so far.

@Oreo: Yeah, I agree that improving skills you already have are a lot easier than outright building a new one from within the dream. Still, I will definitely give it a shot (learning a new skill without prior knowledge of it) whenever I have the chance; maybe start with something small and go from there. But, who knows.

@Hukif: That's awesome man! Your ability to use your time with lucidity for the purpose of studying is something I'm also very interested at, as the amount of information I must read, learn, and memorize on a daily basis is very large. I'm curious though, how is it that you study while in a dream? Do you imagine a book and start reading, or maybe you let your subconscious deliver what's to be learned through much more creative methods, like learning through first hand experience? An example of this would be with improving sport skills, or in your case, playing the violin. Maybe you would play out any sport game while in the dream, or participate in an orchestra. Additionally, you could materialize a part of your subconscious that could provide insight and/or flaws you may need improving. So many possibilities.

@Bobblehat: True, many aspiring lucid dreamers don't get past the couple of lucid dreams a month, or a year. I'm currently devoting a great amount of my time to increasing the frequency with which I can induce lucidity in my dreams. Then again, there's many in this forum and others as well who claim to have the capacity for daily lucidity. So, there's people who can do it, and if they can do it, then so can we. And I believe the methods are already there, and have always been there. The thing is, does everyone devote the time to actually build that skill?

@Rodrodrod: Yeah, the responses given so far have made me realize that much of this aspect of lucidity is experimented for personal purposes only. When reading some of the threads in the Research section of the forum, I noticed discussions between people that prevented the advancement of the experiment. I don't know if the original posters of those threads felt discouraged or pushed away from further investing their time in sharing an experiment that was just seen as of no interest to many dreamers. Although any opinion is always welcome and can always enrich the learning experience of a group, many times the whole thing turns into a fight that ultimately hinders the growth of the experiment and the potential knowledge that could have been obtained.