Thread: My Random Thoughts While Aware

Originally Posted by SpaceGod

I wonder if our subconscious minds can grow to hate us because we are trying to control dreams, the one place where the subconscious is usually in control.

No, I don't think this is at all probable. While it is possible for our subconscious mind to hate us because our subconscious mind is part of us and it is possible to hate ourselves, I believe the reasons for hating ourselves would tend to be far less trivial than because we could not control our dreams in general. There is the possibly of a preconscious approach-avoidance conflict related to control over a dream, but I don't believe our subconscious selves would care about it very long after the dream.

Originally Posted by SpaceGod

I wonder if we can talk directly to our subconscious in our dreams, and reach some form of agreement with ourselves that would make attaining lucidity significantly easier, with very little effort.

We can talk directly to our subconscious in our dreams, but I don't believe reaching some form of agreement with ourselves that would make attaining lucidity significantly easier with very little effort is at all probable. Lucidity involves perceiving the dream as a dream. Changing the way we perceive something may not feel natural to us. There is temptation to perceive the world in a way that feels natural to us. Resisting this temptation requires self-control, which is like a muscle, has a certain limit in the short-term in its ability to do work based on how strong it is. Thus, making attaining lucidity significantly easier is not at all likely to be done in a one time set-it-and-forget-it type of way.

Originally Posted by SpaceGod

If we were to manage to attain such a high level of awareness that we performed "Dream Yoga"/Delta Lucid Dreams all night, every night and had an astounding level of control over the facilities in our brains, could we manage to feel the onset of death, and, depending on the cause, prolong our lives?

Yes, this is possible. It is like lucid dream, only with one being aware of the onset of death while it is happening rather than being aware of a dream while it is happening. In order to be lucid onset of death, one has to have their attention on the onset of death while it is happening and have their schema for the experience of the onset of death match what it is like in reality.

Originally Posted by SpaceGod

Would you be able to fix a mental health issue, like, say, ADHD by asking your brain to rewire itself to fix it?

No, ADHD is too complex of a disorder to fix it while doing hardly any work. If an intention is set to fix a mental health issue, that intention has to be maintained until the mental health issue is fixed. There is temptation to not maintain that intention because it may not feel natural. Resisting temptation requires self-control, which is like a muscle, has a certain limit in the short-term in its ability to do work based on how strong it is. Thus, fixing a mental health issue is not at all likely to be done in a one time set-it-and-forget-it type of way.

Thank you for the information! I'm sorry if some of the questions seemed a little ridiculous, I like to delve into the real of the preposterous on occasion.

Originally Posted by dolphin

We can talk directly to our subconscious in our dreams, but I don't believe reaching some form of agreement with ourselves that would make attaining lucidity significantly easier with very little effort
No, ADHD is too complex of a disorder to fix it while doing hardly any work. If an intention is set to fix a mental health issue, that intention has to be maintained until the mental health issue is fixed. There is temptation to not maintain that intention because it may not feel natural. Resisting temptation requires self-control, which is like a muscle, has a certain limit in the short-term in its ability to do work based on how strong it is. Thus, fixing a mental health issue is not at all likely to be done in a one time set-it-and-forget-it type of way.

Okay, but... say I were to set that intention and maintain it for a prolonged period of time, across multiple experiences, all of which were focused on curing my ADHD. Would it then be a theoretically feasible, or even a clearly attainable possibility to eventually cure that?