LD a taboo topic -Why?

[l3xicon]

It amazes me the amount of rebuttal you get from people when you try to explain lucid dreaming and what it is. Not that that is an easy thing to do. There are so many people out there who have no idea what a lucid dream is. It is like adding a whole other dimension to your life and people toss the notion aside as witchcraft or fake, A mystic realm. They will not except the idea. Why don't more people know about lucid dreaming? people need to bee more open minded! Also if your conscious mind can enter your subconscious, it stands to reason that one could somehow bring on your subconscious mind into your conscious state of awareness? Howetzer

[Seeker]

Unfortunately, people fear and distrust what they cannot understand....

[Serinanth]

While I was out in oregon, and enjoying the hotels free 2 hours of free drinks I met a woman, whe was double my age, in her 50's... not bad lookin though >=) she asked me to sit with her, we spoke, she was bored, so was I. She said she wasnt hitting on me I understood, she had a family a husband, I had no intention of messing with that, so we spoke, it was nice, and it came to the topic of dreams.... I dont know how. I told her of lucid dreaming, she took it all in, seemed to understand, and then she said "I applaud you for trying to tell me of this, what you are talking about requires a whole nother level of consiousness, even in its simplest form." She understood Thats all that mattered, I knew she was on her way she was not yet ready but she could understand what it is we do. I even told her I had no idea why I brought it up, I just for some reason have been feeling compelled to tell all I meet about lucid dreamign about the wonders and pitfalls that we as lucid dreamers experience. I want more people to know... They NEED to know... Tell everyone, so what if they think your nuts, its kinda fun being a weirdo nutcase =) gives you excuses ahhaha, seriously, what have you to lose, if you have really experienced lucidity... tell others of it... it really is important, humanity needs this, needs to know of us, to know of what we can do. more importantly To know what THEY can do.

[Citizen Erased]

I've tried telling a load of people about LDing, family and friends and no one seems to care. They usually come back with 'why would you want to do that?' I've told them it's amazingly vivid and you have control, it's like your own reality where you make the rules but people just seem to blow it off as some sort of 'mysticism'. It's horrible how cynical and calloused a lot of people have become

[Erfeyah]

Yes, its kind of sad! I am so amazed with lucid dreaming but when i 'm saying it to people its like i tell them a lie from TV, they dont accept it

[jill1978]

I really think you must experience it to understand it, because if I never had a lucid dream I might be negative about it, like you must be half awake or something.

[nerve]

Tell everyone, so what if they think your nuts, its kinda fun being a weirdo nutcase =)[/b] hell yeah

[YULAW]

Well I try to understand people as much as I possibly can but I given up on the rule to discuss it with anyone considering I can completely agree and understand what Seeker Means. People are compelled to dissagree and run away from something, thats either beyound their level of understanding or what they feel is impossible. Anythings possible...

[phantasy]

Most people, when I tell them about lucidity, just listen and rarely give their opinion, but you can tell they think I'm wasting my time or just being wierd. Those who know me say that I'm unique that way, that I know wierd things like lucidity. I do have a habit of knowing very random facts. Sometimes I wish they would understand and try it themselves, but then I think its more fun if its my little thing. I don't really like things to become popular sometimes or even the people around me know about them too much. I don't know I like stuff to be just mine sometimes, even if its being a selfish.

[Lowercase Society]

ALOT of people in europe are narrow minded...they just change the subject...some are very skeptical. so its hard trying to explain even how a toaster works sometimes...their not stupid, dont get me wrong, its just sometimes just not open to new ideas or *different* ideas such as LDin. Call it 'womens intuition', but I think I'm on to something here. Temporaryism has been the 'Black Plague' and the 'Jesus' of our age.[/b]

[Ev]

Same in US - 99.9% of people are so down to earth

[Silver Sphere]

I tend to be a bland skeptic, but I have an interest in dreaming so I gave LDing a shot and it seems to have panned out a bit. The one person I've told about it was my brother, and he said he's already tried it and wasn't that impressed. I think he messed around a bit with lucid sex and then decided it wasn't worth the effort. I figure I'm going to have to wait until I'm a bit better at it before I go around bragging.

[Jammer]

I tried telling sum ppl about it the other day, they checked out the site and then mocked LDin.

[Aphius]

its kinda fun being a weirdo nutcase [/b] I think its really great to be different! Who here likes not conforming to societies standards! C'mon raise your hands!

[Lowercase Society]

I have found that the general public in the U.S. are so much more open minded, and open to new ideas. but well here in greece, lets just not mention it and just about everyone in europe hates the US, Bush, and every aspect about it, to live here and call yourself an American is a suicide note...they wont kill you, but you get comments that really hurt...badly. I am bottled, fizzy water and you are shaking me up. You are the fingernail running down the chalkboard I thought i left in third grade.[/b]

[evangel]

Whenever I try to talk about my LDs, I usually get either a blank stare (little to no reply), or questions like. Hmmm... "have you ever taken drugs?" Some of my friends are envious though and believe that it is a gift as I do.

[l3xicon]

I feel a great deal better having heard your replies. I know you understand, because i get the same type of responses. Maybe Phantasy has a good point. I would like other people to expieriance lucid dreaming. Howetzer

[Redrabit69]

Yeh, my mrs just goes "oh yeah, thats nice" if I try to tell her anything about LD, shes too closed minded, thats whats wrong with people...BORING!

[Rtex]

Hmmm, I've told a few people about Lucid Dreaming, And have gotten them into it. I start it off with saying something that would appeal to them, Flying always works, because eveyone wants to fly. And start naming impossible things that I've done. And they usually get interested in how the heck I am doing this stuff. And I calmly explain that I dreamt it. And they usually ask how it felt so real. And I use that as a springboard into Lding discussion. Buti have gotten a few strange looks. Oh and Seri, thats really cool about the older lady you met that one time..

[l3xicon]

I have to say Rtex, That is an awesome saying, being that i am left handed. I will use that often. It seems that from my personal experiance most left handed people are more artistic, do you think left handers have any advantages when it comes to lucid dreaming? I think the left and right hemishepre do play an important role. The right hemisphere is the abstract thinker of the two. That being left handers. While the right controls more of your logical thinking. Howetzer

[Rtex]

Np Jason. Personally I wish I was left-handed, but I yam wat I yam. And yes, I think Lefty's do have the LDing advantage

[CocoDan]

One day on the bus ride to school, a freind tried to explaine to me LDing. I believed it but thought it would be more like day dreaming. Receantly, I had my first two LDs, they only lasted like five seconds because I got excited and woke up, but one of the times I was in like a wormhole while tring to visualize my room. Definetly not like daydreaming or even near a normal dream. It's something new and unreveled to someone for the first time. That why its tabo. People think it's impossible.