Thread: Reading

Is it possible to read a book that you've never read before in a lucid dream? Someone said that you could but I don't see how...

Simply put, no. That's not possible. Dreams are constructed entirely and only of things already within your mind. There are some anomalies of this concept, but as compared to the standard way people dream, those cases are few and far between, sadly.

Okay... Thought so.

So if I've gotten bitten by an alligator then would I be able to feel it my dream?

Yep. And even if you haven't. I've never been bit by an alligator, yet if I dreamt about it, I would feel it realistically, because I've felt countless other types of pain, and I've felt a dog bite and other similar things, so my brain would be able to put the pieces together and come up with a pretty realistic feelign for that based on my schemata and other brain functions instantaneously. It's quite brilliant and amazing.

So what if you have read a book before. Then could you read it in your dream word for word?

Eh...it's possible I suppose but highly unlikely. Most people that I've heard from can't read anything consistant at all.

My thought:

Your dreams are either recreations of waking life or simulations (possibly actual representations) of spiritual planes. The ability for you to read a book in your dream is based on your mental capacity and vividness (amount of lucidity during the dream). If you have been graced with a photographic memory, or have practiced the technique such as myself, then it is possible to a degree.

I believe (if my memory serves me correctly) I have experienced writing on paper as well as in books and have had the ability to read it in my dream, however in small amounts (maybe a sentence or two).

Personally, I believe its up to the dreamer and his/her ability to produce a dream with detail and quality