Thread: Lucid dreaming in mainstream society

They say space is the last unknown frontier to be explored..... well I think the mind is the last unexplored frontier.... Are you familiar with the 2012 theory, it is the end of the Mayan calendar, it is what they believed to be the end of the world as we know it. A big theory around it is that people have reached a point of the highest development; (just look at the technological advancement in the 20th century compared to any other one in our history) and that we have reached a peak, the theory goes on to say that at this peak (around december of 2012) we will have to start exploring the unexplored, like the mind and the spiritual world. It pretty much says we must live more lucidly, to be aware of ourselves and our thoughts and our dreams. It's a lot to explain, for those who haven't heard, google the 2012 theory.

I think our dreams will begin to mean a lot more in the coming years and for those of us who are already exploring them, I think we are one step ahead....

Originally Posted by dreamingofdreaming

They say space is the last unknown frontier to be explored..... well I think the mind is the last unexplored frontier.... Are you familiar with the 2012 theory, it is the end of the Mayan calendar, it is what they believed to be the end of the world as we know it. A big theory around it is that people have reached a point of the highest development; (just look at the technological advancement in the 20th century compared to any other one in our history) and that we have reached a peak, the theory goes on to say that at this peak (around december of 2012) we will have to start exploring the unexplored, like the mind and the spiritual world. It pretty much says we must live more lucidly, to be aware of ourselves and our thoughts and our dreams. It's a lot to explain, for those who haven't heard, google the 2012 theory.

I think our dreams will begin to mean a lot more in the coming years and for those of us who are already exploring them, I think we are one step ahead....

Interesting, I'm googling it! That means that everyone else will join us but we're kinda more evolved! lol!

Honestly I don't even see the world that practices lucid dreaming, I don't even see a world that has a grasp regarding what it is. Perhaps if some really cool and accurate movie was made, maybe a general concept of what it is would arise and things would continue from there- it may come quite unexpectedly at any given time in history or not at all. All I know is that if I try to explain to ppl that I'm LD-ing at this stage in history they think I'm nuts. Hmm perhaps when dream-recording devices are perfected we will be able to demonstrate our abilities.

however I was surprised that one of the ppl I know online for a long time was in fact a DV member

It would be nice if people finally understood what lucid dreaming is, but like it has already been mentioned before, a lot of bad things would come from it going mainstream... like radicals saying that it's " satanic " and weak-minded people who really cant handle it would not be able to tell the difference between dream and reality, and do all sorts of crazy things, and information on it would become very diluted and inaccurate...

I guess I don't see how a bunch of people knowing about lucid dreaming would effect the actual practice negatively; church groups could protest it all they want as "demonic", they can't ban its practice because it all takes place inside your head.

That said, it could possibly reap positive benefits perhaps if it was a mainstream activity but right now it seems to be only people who are really into it that are devoting the time and resources to improve techniques for attaining lucidity, and that is probably just as well.

As someone else mentioned, the best part about people knowing about lucid dreaming is that it increases awareness in general and awareness of the inner in particular.