I think that one thing that lucid dreams have shown me is that life seemed to be so real but now it's hard to know whether life itself is just an illusion. |
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I think the title says it all....they don't mix as for my case but for those of U who are not...I think it's pretty safe. I'm anti-social and lucid dreaming seemed to have made it worse as of late. The strange thing is that before I knew of lucid dreaming, I only knew of a single reality...this one...the one where anything may be impossible..... Then came the prospect of lucid dreaming where anything is possible...of course being an unhappy person I jumped on the idea hoping to fulfill lost opportunities. But little did I realise that after more than 2 years of doing it...not to say that I din't have my fair share of lucid dreams 26 in total....I realised a big shift in my perception. Now it's like my mind is in a kind of limbo...one leg is in dream mode and the other is in reality, it's become an auto thing. I remember there was someone on this forrum who posted a similar thing, he was a depressive and warned about not being able to distinguish reality from dreams, I think this is what he meant. I'm not saying that lucid dreaming is a bad thing, just that if it's taken wrongly by the subconcious for example doing too many reality checks or doubting Ur reality for too long a period, it may lead to undesirable side effects. I think the safest way is the WBTB, U don't even need to do any checks just watch something with lucid dreaming in it... or other physical techniques like WILD,FILD..etc. |
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I think that one thing that lucid dreams have shown me is that life seemed to be so real but now it's hard to know whether life itself is just an illusion. |
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I'm fairly introverted, always have been but lucid dreaming has had the opposite effect on me. Based in my personal experience, I'd say introverted people and lucid dreaming is a great combo. |
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I'm also introverted, but although I have not LD'ed yet. Everynight i meditate before bed and repeat to myself "It's only a dream" then, i write the phrase down about 20 times on paper, then i meditate some more and repeat lucid dreaming in my head. |
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I would rather die on my feet then to live on my knees.
I'm introverted by nature too. I don't think I'd have the same problem as you. Philosophically I've got a firm grip on reality, and I'm not inclined to do constant reality checks. But I still worry sometimes that LDs, and making an effort to have LDs, set me apart and make it harder to overcome my anti-social side. I think you were right to post this. |
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My opinion is that if you don't have good recall you should work on that first. I think dreams are really interesting even without lucidity. The storylines, dialogue and general happenings are so weird, and yet it's possible to trace much of it back to our waking memories. |
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I too am a very introverted person, but LD has had a great effect on me. It gives me a chance to do the impossible and not have to worry about moral codes and what others will think about me. I have noticed that i am a little more open now that i have been LDing b/c i havent needed to care in an LD and that has started to spill over into how i act in reality. |
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~I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.~
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No one is more introverted than monks. Lucid dreaming in the east was perfected by monks. |
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If any thing ive found is Lucid Dreaming make u more confident and less anti social |
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OK, I said I was going to do this so I feel obliged to :-). I'm not going to go any further on my own. |
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