Thread: Your main motivation in pursuing LD

Hi guys, I'm new here and very curious about a lot of things. Chief among my thoughts is that I wonder what your personal primary goals and motivations are in the pursuit of the LD experience. It can be one or more, but I would like to know what the majority of people say about this.

I have had a few lucid dreams and thought it was normal to be able to control them occasionally. It has only been in the last couple of years that I found out that it is not common and that there are people who TRY diligently to do this.

Thanks in advance

I have nothing better to do while sleeping. Plus it's just a cool feeling.

Hmm... that feeling that there is more to life than the daily drudge, or that you can do things you've always wanted to but can't for whatever reason or are impossible. I rarely get to do the things I really enjoy, and after waking from a lucid dream life just seems like there is no way it could get better. And when I say lucid dream, I say waking up upon realizing you are in a dream. I can't imagine how wonderful it will be once I can actually have them frequently with some element of control! Not to mention introspection, and communicating with your own subconscious just sounds way cool

Plus I have heard that it is a good way to practice things in real life. If I can spend my dreams rehearsing for things (like my upcoming presentation for class), that would be a very good way to spend the 6+ hours I spend asleep (i realize this probably needs to change to actually achieve LDing often)

Originally Posted by Shift

Hmm... that feeling that there is more to life than the daily drudge, or that you can do things you've always wanted to but can't for whatever reason or are impossible. I rarely get to do the things I really enjoy, and after waking from a lucid dream life just seems like there is no way it could get better. And when I say lucid dream, I say waking up upon realizing you are in a dream. I can't imagine how wonderful it will be once I can actually have them frequently with some element of control! Not to mention introspection, and communicating with your own subconscious just sounds way cool

Plus I have heard that it is a good way to practice things in real life. If I can spend my dreams rehearsing for things (like my upcoming presentation for class), that would be a very good way to spend the 6+ hours I spend asleep (i realize this probably needs to change to actually achieve LDing often)

Great answer! Cant wait for more. Ive heard something about ecstatic after effects but some of what you said I had not thought of.

I use LD as a retreat from reality, they give me the ability to do the impossible. I do it fo rthe rush and for the excitement. And I am not bound by moral codes as in life so if I wanted I could kill or steal so it is a lot more fun without any consequences.

First, realize that you exist in this world only because you see, hear, smell, touch, taste, and can interpret these senses.

Second, realize that the dreaming world consists of the same senses, in the same vividness.

Third, realize that the world you are in now is stably and thoroughly connected by cause and effect, preventing.

Lastly, realize that the dreaming world you experience is connected only by the cause and effect by your own thought, permissive.

Simply, why wouldn't one want to become aware in the latter state? A state controlled by thought, and most haven't thought to take advantage of it.

Originally Posted by DuB

I have nothing better to do while sleeping. Plus it's just a cool feeling.

Seconded.



Inner discovery also.

I like to explore design ideas for artwork and buildings I'm designing. Its pretty cool to be able to create things almost effortlessly. Plus, designing in dreams lets your brilliant subconscious mind fill in the gaps with surprisingly creative solutions.

But most of the time, I just do it because it is the most amazing feeling I have ever experienced. I've done some pretty amazing things in real life, but none have even come close to what I can do in my dreams.

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

I like to explore design ideas for artwork and buildings I'm designing. Its pretty cool to be able to create things almost effortlessly. Plus, designing in dreams lets your brilliant subconscious mind fill in the gaps with surprisingly creative solutions.

Super cool!

poops 'n' giggles mainly.

This isn't the first time I've tried LDing but what got me back into it is when I heard that you spend 6 years of your life dreaming and I realized I've already wasted far too much of that time not even remembering my dreams.