Should I get one?

[Reality_is_a_Dream]

I was wouldering if I should buy a LD mask. Any ideas on weather or not Ishould, and where could I buy one? Thanks!

[ShadowmanX]

what the heck is a LD mask?

[Barns]

They can cost a substantial amount of money only to achieve something you could have done for free. Although they can be useful, they are by no means neccesary.

[ladoys]

I was wouldering if I should buy a LD mask. Any ideas on weather or not Ishould, and where could I buy one? Thanks! No opinion I don't have the money for one so I wouldnt know.

[Patrick]

Personally, I am not convinced by dream masks' effectiveness, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it has been proven that the brain does not respond to external stimuli most of the time during sleep. Occasionally, people will hear a sound in real life and it will be incorporated into their dream, but only very rarely. I doubt that the light stimuli will be able to incorporate into the dream - and if it is picked up, I think it would be more likely you would just be woken up. I think it's very possible that people buy the mask, and flashing is incorporated into their dreams because they are expecting it. Anyway, that's just my opinion, and I could definitely be wrong. Still, I think normal techniques work just as well.

[Sil3nt]

I hardly doubt that these actually work, it looks like a placebo effect.

[dylanshmai]

yeah when I saw this pic advetising it I new it was bullshit. I mean, its a bunch of animated jarggin:

[archdreamer]

yeah when I saw this pic advetising it I new it was bullshit. I mean, its a bunch of animated jarggin: I hope you are kidding. This is out of context entirely. It's from http://cre.ations.net/creation/face-...-dreaming-mask, and it's a joke inserted by the author into his tutorial. Personally, I think that buying one is probably not a great idea, when plans to build one yourself for far less money are available all over the internets. EWLD has a section on the NovaDreamer, which interested parties might like to read.

[Reality_is_a_Dream]

There was a "section" on it on the Human Body: Pushing the Limits Discovery special...

[Caradon]

Still... the flashing light is just another dreamsign you would have to train yourself to recognize. And once your Lucid the light will continue flashing, messing with your dream. I would not like that. I'd like to try it though. but I would not want to pay to try it. And I would have to discover I liked it a hell of a lot before spending money to own one.

[Serith]

They do work, but it's a waste of money when you can LD for free. I can see why someone who makes electronics as a hobby might consider making their own (there's instructions online somewhere), but actually buying a good one will cost at least $50, and possibly a lot more, that you could be spending on something better.

[Scarhand]

That looks like an absolute waste of money.