This is the way it is. |
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All my friends think that Lucid Dreams are a boring idea becuse they think that seeing what you mind can make up on its own would be 10x better then making it yourself. |
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consciousness is only the begining
This is the way it is. |
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LD's: ~11 DILD since the 10th March 2008
Aspirations:
Fly [X]
Teleport [X]
Supersprinting [ ]
Interesting meeting with a female DC [X]
Successfully teleport to my old house and staying there for a while [ ]
One of my friends is into the supernatural and OBE's, so he gets it...my other friends I have to explain to them. |
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[center]My Dream Journal
I've had three DILDs in the last year, one tactile, two in the last three months that were dreamlike.
Previously hyper_angel, posting since 2007-2008.
...I'm going to Chat now...>>;;
Some of my friends think is sounds sick to. |
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Last edited by Oros; 03-21-2008 at 02:44 AM.
Some people will just see those explanations as "cheesy", what I do in these cases is to tell them that you can do "whatever" you want in a lucid dream (or be more specific), and keep the explanations very short, if they are interested, they will respond with interest, if they don't, it would be better not to continue with the subject. |
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Ask them what kind of dreams they have. If they're better than the stuff I can consciously dream up, I'd be impressed. |
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Why not point out that you can control "reality" while in this state, and that you don't believe that they have never wanted to fly |
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"There are people who say there is no God, but what makes me really angry is that they quote me for support of such views." ~Albert Einstein
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OK, here is an angle. Tell your friend that when you are lucid, sometimes you often just go with the flow, examining exerything your subconcious throws at you with a critical and CONCIOUS mind. |
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you must be the change you wish to see in the world...
-gandhi
This is what I was going to say |
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My Dream Journal
Current Lucid count for 2008: 28
"Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."
"There are people who say there is no God, but what makes me really angry is that they quote me for support of such views." ~Albert Einstein
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My brother basically says the same thing. I stopped trying to convince him to do LDing because I know he wouldn't put in any of the effort, even though he's had them before and thinks they're pretty cool and enjoys them, he just doesn't like talking about them. |
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I don't talk about LDing (nor about Buddhism and metaphysical beliefs of mine which are not accepted by everyone) openly with most friends, there is not much point to it. I do talk about these subjects with people whom I trust and it's very rewarding. |
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Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience.
It isn't more complicated that that.
It is opening to or recieving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is,
without either clinging to it or rejecting it.
Sylvia Boorstein
the way i see it, if my friends say LD's are bullcrap, i say f*ck you then. and that's the end of it. i'm not gonna waste time tryind to teach some ignorant fool to LD. it's their loss. they don't wanna know. thats the way it is. i think most people find it hard to come to terms with the fact you can control your dreams because it sounds far-fetched. of course, it isnt, but that's the way they see it. |
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I need my sleep. I need about eight hours a day, and about ten at night.
You should explain that you don't really have to make it all up yourself in a lucid dream. Instead talk about it as a way of enhancing what's there. You can add stuff you wouldn't normally be able to add (you're dreaming you're on a beach, how about an attractive member of the opposite sex to go along with it), and interact in ways you might not have thought of doing if you didn't know it was a dream (Passing through walls, or flying, or jumping really high and come down like Neo making everything ripple, sure these things can happen on their own, but often one or more is prevented by the failure to realize you're dreaming). |
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I mentioned it and pretty much everyone was asking me how to do it. They were excited. |
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