Thread: I need an army of lucid dreamers...

@Dreamwalkwr - Not old at all, these have all been made in the last few days. If you look at the blue bar above each post, it tells you when it was made.

@Sensei - Thanks for the questions and thoughts. The first one I'll not answer (sorry!), the reason being that when one writes under a pseudonym it not only give you a level of anonymity, but also everyone else in your personal life that you may mention; friends, family, etc. As I have no access that old account, and even if I somehow could, I wouldn't have the time to trail through it deleting any private or personal information regarding people I know. This is the same for more personal or private details of your own life, it's much easier to discuss these behind a username, with the freedom that provides. If you or I write "My sister is being a complete idiot today" under a pseudonym, that tells us everything we need to know for a conversation, but no-one, including your sister, would ever know who "my sister" is referring to. Written under our given name changes all of that. On-line privacy extends beyond oneself. So, I'm sure you can understand that DreamViews acted somewhat like a diary, and I'd rather protect the privacy of friends and family.

However, there's plenty of background information about me on-line. I can drop you some links later if that's any use to you?

To answer your second question, if you take a look near the bottom of the Kickstarter page, I've given a detailed breakdown of how funds will be used, including a graphic representation. If you have any specific details you'd like to know, I'd be more than happy to answer. The simple answer is that your money will be going towards all the costs involved in producing a book (printing, proof reader fees etc.) and running a website (hosting, artwork etc.).

In short, the initial aim of this campaign is to get the first book produced, which should then start the ball rolling towards generating the funds for research, events and anything else we collectively agree are needed in the field.

I'd certainly appreciate your help!

Originally Posted by DanielLove

@Sensei - Thanks for the questions and thoughts. The first one I'll not answer (sorry!), the reason being that when one writes under a pseudonym it not only give you a level of anonymity, but also everyone else in your personal life that you may mention; friends, family, etc. As I have no access that old account, and even if I somehow could, I wouldn't have the time to trail through it deleting any private or personal information regarding people I know. This is the same for more personal or private details of your own life, it's much easier to discuss these behind a username, with the freedom that provides. If you or I write "My sister is being a complete idiot today" under a pseudonym, that tells us everything we need to know for a conversation, but no-one, including your sister, would ever know who "my sister" is referring to. Written under our given name changes all of that. On-line privacy extends beyond oneself. So, I'm sure you can understand that DreamViews acted somewhat like a diary, and I'd rather protect the privacy of friends and family.

However, there's plenty of background information about me on-line. I can drop you some links later if that's any use to you?

To answer your second question, if you take a look near the bottom of the Kickstarter page, I've given a detailed breakdown of how funds will be used, including a graphic representation. If you have any specific details you'd like to know, I'd be more than happy to answer. The simple answer is that your money will be going towards all the costs involved in producing a book (printing, proof reader fees etc.) and running a website (hosting, artwork etc.).

In short, the initial aim of this campaign is to get the first book produced, which should then start the ball rolling towards generating the funds for research, events and anything else we collectively agree are needed in the field.

I'd certainly appreciate your help!

1) I see, this is interesting, since Sensei is a pseudonym for me, and I do not like my "family or friends" knowing about my LDing things. Most people I know are actually quite against the concept, so I am not able to share it. I will see if I can get into my old twitter account, since it is not connected to my actual name, friends, or family.

2) ah, I see the breakdown at the bottom. I guess I am a little confused as to why you aren't talking to publishers instead of communities?

I am not trying to be mr. negative over here, I am just more interested. I am also interested in you as a lucid dreamer, things like "how long have you been LDing" "How often do you LD" "what does an average night of LDing work, and day of LDing work look like to you", but this isn't the time and place to discuss this.

@Sensei - Don't worry, you can ask absolutely anything you like!
To answer your first question "Why communities rather than publishers?" - Well, I want genuine freedom. Publishers have a very set criteria for projects they'll accept and they maintain a high level of editorial control. There's a good reason why the overwhelming majority of books on the subject are the same old boring "how to" books - because those are a safe bet for publishers. I genuinely want to discuss difficult or "dangerous" (in the eyes of publishers) topics in these books. I am also open to the option of working with a publisher for this project in the future, but only if I maintain complete artistic freedom. This will be a far easier deal to establish if they see that the project is popular and can exist without their input. So, in a nut shell, I want the freedom to express and explore without limits.

I'd be happy to discuss your other questions, I'm looking towards doing some kind of Q&A thread in the near future so that may be a better environment to answer those in depth. I tend to ramble and I'll fill half this thread with answers to your questions if I'm not careful! The first one is easy though, I've been lucid dreaming my entire life. It developed because I suffered from parasomnias, mostly nightmares and sleep walking as a young child. I developed lucid dreaming as a defence mechanism, which cured these issues. From there on a long and deep relationship has been a continuous thread running through my life.

I have been able to lucid dream at will for a very long time, but it still requires me to choose to put in the effort initiate one (although there are, of course, regular unplanned DILDs thrown into the mix). So technically I could lucid dream several times each night. In reality I tend to put this into practice two to three times a week, sometimes more or sometimes less; it depends on what is happening in my life and how much I require nights to completely "shut down". I see lucid dreaming as a little like opening a heavy stone door: you develop the skills required to unlock the door (the key), and then you acquaint yourself with what is behind that door (the dream world) - both of these are skills and knowledge which once mastered stay with you for life. However, each time you want to open the door, you'll still need to exert the strength to push that door open. Not a perfect metaphor, but hopefully you get the idea.

I'll try and answer your other questions when the Q&A thread comes into existence