Thread: Some people!...

I think U people ask for it. U tell someone about lucid dreaming..what do U expect? That people will say "OH...Wow! U can do that!? Must be worth a million bucks if U can do that!" Dream on...:p.

sad but true

I've only told two people

1. A friend in WoW who is into meditation and always complaining to me about how he can't get laid. I figured he might as well put his meditation skills to good use. As far as I know he never did anything with it.

2. My boyfriend who was suprisingly uninterested and I think on the verge of thinking I was nuts. When discussing dreams with him once before I "discovered" what lucid dreaming was, I mentioned that it happened to me (without knowing what it was called) and he looked at me like I was psycho then too. I should have known better!

I haven't even been tempted to tell anyone else. I have a bunch of close-minded friends & relatives

I think there is just such a stigma attached to anything even remotely "New-Age" that people aren't willing to give it a chance, even the stuff that is on the plausible side of things.

is there really a certian way to tell people? without them giving you that queer look? all i need to do is say lucid dreaming and their looking at me like that maybe metion the name later....

Here's a way you could tell people..

If your a dude: Walk up to your mates with a big smile on your face and of course one will ask whats up.. Simply tell them, I had a threesome last night! They will obviously ask for information at which point you ask them, "You guys seen the Matrix..?" Hopefully one or 2 will say yea.. Then give em a piece of paper with this site address on it and tell em if they want what you got last night, to go to this site. Maybe not all of them will have the same intrigue but maybe one or 2 will give it a shot and open their minds to it..

Worth a try...

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I'm going to do a presentation on lucid dreaming for English next week in front of my entire class, which'll last for about 10 minutes.

I really wonder what the reactions will be. I have never discussed LD'ing with any of my friends or anyone else, except for one minute to the teacher who needed to know the subject of my presentation.

Godspeed. You know, at first people will look at you with that "WTF" look on their face, but in the end; they will respect you for being yourself.
At least that's what happened to me.
Veel geluk!

Originally Posted by Iamerik

I'm going to do a presentation on lucid dreaming for English next week in front of my entire class, which'll last for about 10 minutes.

I really wonder what the reactions will be. I have never discussed LD'ing with any of my friends or anyone else, except for one minute to the teacher who needed to know the subject of my presentation.

HAHAHHAHAHAHA!!! LUCID POO!!! ROFLCAKES & LOLLERSKATES!!!!

*falls off chair*

*picks himself up*

That's the most awesome ever!! If I was around him right now I'd totally give him a HIGH-5!!

Originally Posted by Iamerik

I'm going to do a presentation on lucid dreaming for English next week in front of my entire class, which'll last for about 10 minutes.

I really wonder what the reactions will be. I have never discussed LD'ing with any of my friends or anyone else, except for one minute to the teacher who needed to know the subject of my presentation.

Awesome.

I hope its goes well.

Infact would you let me know how it goes? Make a thread here after you do the presentation, and tell us how it went =]

Here's a way you could tell people..

If your a dude: Walk up to your mates with a big smile on your face and of course one will ask whats up.. Simply tell them, I had a threesome last night! They will obviously ask for information at which point you ask them, "You guys seen the Matrix..?" Hopefully one or 2 will say yea.. Then give em a piece of paper with this site address on it and tell em if they want what you got last night, to go to this site. Maybe not all of them will have the same intrigue but maybe one or 2 will give it a shot and open their minds to it..

Worth a try...

!m going to do just that.

The majority of people are going to respond like your friend did. Maybe with better spelling and grammar but the reaction is going to be there. For what is unknown to them are you expecting them to respond with a positive attitude? When I told my friends about it, they acted like they didn't give a rat’s ass about it and just didn't care. Though, later on you may find your friend come around, after they looked into it if they choose to do so. Plus, the way to approach it and the impression you give off helps with their reaction too. Though not everyone is going to like it or understand it. So, do the best you can but again for the most part you are going to get people who don’t understand it or care to even try to understand it.

I aggree with what Erin said in that the way you present it is going to be a big factor in the response you receive.. Be positive and informative but dont let your tone go into the regions of "No really, it's true!" or "Well I suppose... it could be possible"..

Be firm and maintain a pleasant tone throughout the presentation and have some ready made answers for possible questions that could be asked from smart-asses.. For example: Little johnnie shouts up at you "What if I wanted to turn into a dragon and fly to hollywood and kidnap [insert superstars name here].." You can reply back with an inspirational answer, such as "Well johnnie, have you ever had a daydream where you turned into a dragon and went to hollywood etc..?" If he says yes then you respond "Well in the Lucid Dream you ARE the dragon, you really WILL go to Hollywood and you can take your pick of superstar!".. If he replies no, then you smile and reply "Well you need some Lucid Dreaming in your life then"

If you can give inspiration then you will score more hits in your audience than if you just give scientific facts..

Everyone I have ever talked to about it, including my friends and family have either been aware, or at least accepting of the idea, and one or two had experienced it. I've even lent out my copy of EWOLD upon people's request. It's strange to me that you guys encounter so many people who would think it doesn't exist or is bad. I don't know how any skeptical, scientific, learned person would have trouble grasping and accepting the idea of lucid dream, as the term pretty much explains itself and doesn't make any unbelievable claims. Even more astounding than that is the fact that people who believe wholeheartedly in things like astrology, clairvoyance, homeopathy and all the other crap I'd pile in with that would have some aversion to the idea.

The ones that I have told asked me to elaborate extensively before they found it rather astounding. Nevertheless, I managed to convince them all to become passionately interested, and attempt to induce an LD. I hope that they are successful, for if they are, there will be no further questions about its nature.

Originally Posted by Timothy Paradox

Godspeed. You know, at first people will look at you with that "WTF" look on their face, but in the end; they will respect you for being yourself.
At least that's what happened to me.
Veel geluk!

Bedankt.

The advantage of doing a presentation instead of telling someone individually is that they can't interrupt me.

I mean, i dont understand why people think its just a weird thing they cant tell their m8s.... we all do it, just we on here choose to notice it istead of ignoring 1/3 of our life

I think its a pretty cool thing to be able to control it, not weird at all. I mean, i myself dont believe i a "higher being" as such, but my good m8 Dizko does, and i (although i joke sometyms) i dont ridicule what he believes in, its called courtesy and the right to believe whatever you want!

anyway, keep up the dreaming guys and never give up!

xD

Well i have told lets see like 6 people i know around me including my GF, she was totally for it and joined me in learning about LD and trying to grow her recal. my other friends though thought i was nuts and told me to be careful i dont get possesed or drawn into an occult lol. but a few of them have grown used to it, the otheres i dont tell anymore b/c they just are ignorant.

I've read alot of these types of threads, it seems clear to me that lucid dreaming is often the victum of prejudice, I once made a comparison to the cro magnon people (Cave Men) in the book series earth's children seeing people riding horses, they become prejudice to them, thinking there is something super natural about them, they reacted with volience or fear apon first seeing them. (similer to how some people react to lucid dreaming with insults, or think of them as super natural today)

I'm one of those persons who doesn't believe in spiritual stuff at all, but I fail to see how lucid dreaming is spiritual or magical or anything like that. Although, tbh, it is rather odd telling myself that I just need to believe I will recall my dreams, or whatever. I think maybe I should keep this sort of thinking in check, like giving myself a time limit to achieve lucid dreams, because tbh, the idea that you need to believe in something and it will happen just seems "magical" to me..