Thread: LD'ing not as popular

Originally Posted by SleepyCookieDough

Does anyone know why people aren't interrested into Lucid Dreams? I've tried everything to get my family into LDing but they keep just wanting to have a dark night with nothing else thand black... It really annoys me. Then they say that I should come and leave in the real world and stop my fantasies.... URGH!

Why aren't you interested in Wagner's operas? To me, they are the best thing on Earth, so why doesn't everyone watch them?

The answer is, we are all different...Different temperaments, desires and motivations. I'm sure that almost everyone would love LDs if they tried them - but then I'm also sure they'd love Wagner, just that the thought doesn't appeal to most people.

Originally Posted by Seeker

I've known about lucid dreaming for almost 30 years now and it has never really been popular. Not mainstream popular at least.

I've given up on sharing with people IRL. On occasion, someone will ask me about it, but it seems they have no more than passing interest.

Go figure. Lucid dreaming is the ultimate vacation/escape/mind game in the universe. I personally cannot understand why everyone doesn't want in on it.

Free all expense paid vacation.

Originally Posted by SleepyCookieDough

Does anyone know why people aren't interrested into Lucid Dreams? I've tried everything to get my family into LDing but they keep just wanting to have a dark night with nothing else thand black... It really annoys me. Then they say that I should come and leave in the real world and stop my fantasies.... URGH!

I can't blame them. As good as it sounds, its really tiresome to even get one LD. I only practiced 2 days, ~1.5h each for a total of 3hours and I was able to get into SP, but, wasn't able to go further. I might have done an OBE but I am not interested in that. Anyways, after those 2 days and since I was following a certain manga, I haven't tried LDing since, but, I had an accidential one last night, was quick and didn't do anything exciting, but, wasn't bad. I think its more to do with the amount of work that you have to put forth and that people just don't care. Its similar to what paragon has said. For example, I don't watch sports or even TV in that case. Sure, some here would say why don't you, my answer is that I'm just not interested in it even if it can be entertaining at times, there is nothing to gain. LD might sound fun, but, different people have different reasons for why they don't wanna pursue it. Add on top of that, that its not known much and people will stay away apart from the occassional question about what it is. My family doesn't care much about LDs either and I have to agree with them, it won't get me anywhere in RL, all it'll do is give me the ability to have some fun

Originally Posted by BigFan

I can't blame them. As good as it sounds, its really tiresome to even get one LD. I only practiced 2 days, ~1.5h each for a total of 3hours and I was able to get into SP, but, wasn't able to go further. I might have done an OBE but I am not interested in that. Anyways, after those 2 days and since I was following a certain manga, I haven't tried LDing since, but, I had an accidential one last night, was quick and didn't do anything exciting, but, wasn't bad. I think its more to do with the amount of work that you have to put forth and that people just don't care. Its similar to what paragon has said. For example, I don't watch sports or even TV in that case. Sure, some here would say why don't you, my answer is that I'm just not interested in it even if it can be entertaining at times, there is nothing to gain. LD might sound fun, but, different people have different reasons for why they don't wanna pursue it. Add on top of that, that its not known much and people will stay away apart from the occassional question about what it is. My family doesn't care much about LDs either and I have to agree with them, it won't get me anywhere in RL, all it'll do is give me the ability to have some fun

You also don't have to start out WILDing DILD = awesome for beginners, easy, and not nearly as time consuming or potentially scary.

Originally Posted by Shift

You also don't have to start out WILDing DILD = awesome for beginners, easy, and not nearly as time consuming or potentially scary.

Isn't WILDing and DILD very similar because they both use autosuggestion except you also use numbers in WILDing?

God no!

WILD (SP, HIT, DEILD, VWILD), vs DILD (RCs, DSs, MILD, EILD)

No wonder you found it tiresome!

Originally Posted by paragon

Why aren't you interested in Wagner's operas? To me, they are the best thing on Earth, so why doesn't everyone watch them?

The answer is, we are all different...Different temperaments, desires and motivations. I'm sure that almost everyone would love LDs if they tried them - but then I'm also sure they'd love Wagner, just that the thought doesn't appeal to most people.

Hmm... point taken. For me LDing vs Wagner is a no-brainer though. Not that I know who Wagner is. Wow, that actually is a lot like LDing.

I was told by one person that the reason why they won't try it is because they don't have the time even though all you really honestly need to do is just a couple of reality checks (which merely takes seconds to do) throughout the day. I can't believe how lazy some people are, it's pathetic.

Except in rare cases, "I'm too busy to try LDing" doesn't really work. Most people aren't working/in school/doing homework/sports/etc from the time they get up to the time they go to bed. But I can see how if you're busy you might not want to spend your limited free time asking yourself if you're dreaming. I mean, reality checks are a bit of a pain.

I think we need some more good movies to be released about lucid dreaming. There haven't been many dream-based movies released in the past few years. Sadly, most people are really only interested in what they see on TV or in the movies.

Paragon, I understand that everyone is different and all but this si different. It's going in your own world and doing what YOU like. You are completly free to doing what YOU want. This is not like asking someone "Do you like icecream?". It's more like asking "Do you like food?" because dream can be customized by the dreamer and the dreamer decides what he/she wishes to do.

For the "I don't have enough time", this is not a good excuse to me... Or my teachers. If we don't finish a homework, "I didn't have enough time" is not an excuse ('cause, seriously, it isn't) Lucid Dreaming doesn't take as much time as a homework. You do it at night (if you DILD like I do) and all you have to do in the day are reality checks which take barely any time and which I find really enjoyable actually.

My mom's excuse is that she wants to 'rest' and not make her brain make any efforts. She's too stubborn to understand that are brain create dreams anyways, and that we still do stuff in our dreams, its just that we don't remember when we wake up. I would like her to lucid dream, 'cause she's always working not really doing anything amusing...

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

I think we need some more good movies to be released about lucid dreaming. There haven't been many dream-based movies released in the past few years. Sadly, most people are really only interested in what they see on TV or in the movies.

The one published weren't really popular either, except for The Matrix which is not about Lucid Dreaming and if someone simply watched it, they wouldn't know they could do all of that.

Maybe as science evoluates, people will know more about it.

I think that if people don't lucid dream, its just that they don't understand, are too lazy or that they just can't but I don't know if this is possible... In most of the time, its that they don't understand 'cause they don't even want to give it a try or they just think its unreal...

Originally Posted by SleepyCookieDough

For the "I don't have enough time", this is not a good excuse to me... Or my teachers. If we don't finish a homework, "I didn't have enough time" is not an excuse ('cause, seriously, it isn't) Lucid Dreaming doesn't take as much time as a homework. You do it at night (if you DILD like I do) and all you have to do in the day are reality checks which take barely any time and which I find really enjoyable actually.

this might be the case for you but certainly not for everyone.

for me lucid dreaming isnt done with reality checks.
i had really bad recall when i first heard of lucid dreaming and working on a dream journal can actually be tough when u have to get up at like 4:30 am.

writing down dreams in the middle of the night can cause me to stay awake for quite some time as i switch to waking mode really fast.
and loosing time of your sleep when u only had like 5-6 hours to begin with can wear on you after some time.

i try to compensate with going to bed a bit earlier but my point is it certainly requires some effort for one person, while it might only mean a reality check now and then for another.
(and i tend to believe the first is more common even tho i m probably biased hehe)

I also have to wake up in the middle of the night (or at least be mentally prepared to) if I want to have a LD. It's true that you do lose some sleep, but it also provides motivation to get to bed earlier and maybe even get more sleep than you normally do. Part of what I love about focusing on dreaming is that the next thing I do isn't waking up. I'm much more willing to go to bed if I associate it with dreaming (possibly lucidly) rather than having to wake up in the morning.

I think you're right about the last bit though, Nocturno, for most people LDing requires waking up in the middle of the night at one point or another.

Originally Posted by SleepyCookieDough

Paragon, I understand that everyone is different and all but this si different. It's going in your own world and doing what YOU like. You are completly free to doing what YOU want. This is not like asking someone "Do you like icecream?". It's more like asking "Do you like food?" because dream can be customized by the dreamer and the dreamer decides what he/she wishes to do.

Playing Devil's Advocate here, they will respond: "I can have food whilst awake. I have no desire to go swimming through rivers full of precious jewels, riding on the backs of dinosaurs, travelling to different planets and leading armies of Roman soldiers into battle*. If you have such an insatiable desire to go flying, why didn't you take up hang-gliding before you knew about LDs? People who go hang-gliding would call you crazy for not wanting to!"

Anyway, like I said, everyone would like Wagner if they gave it a chance, but not everyone has the desire to do so.

For the "I don't have enough time", this is not a good excuse to me... Or my teachers. If we don't finish a homework, "I didn't have enough time" is not an excuse ('cause, seriously, it isn't) Lucid Dreaming doesn't take as much time as a homework. You do it at night (if you DILD like I do) and all you have to do in the day are reality checks which take barely any time and which I find really enjoyable actually.

Since when do people owe it to you to practise LDing? Don't stress out about it mate. I can understand your Mum's view about wanting to rest anyway - frequently I just want to switch myself off for 8 hours and not have to bother with running around in my mind. I know it won't actually make me tired but sometimes just the mental effort is too much.

*Hmm, you're right. These people are crazy. But the point stands.

Originally Posted by paragon

Since when do people owe it to you to practise LDing? Don't stress out about it mate. I can understand your Mum's view about wanting to rest anyway - frequently I just want to switch myself off for 8 hours and not have to bother with running around in my mind. I know it won't actually make me tired but sometimes just the mental effort is too much.

True, true... The past three nights I've just been like, "blaahh... whatever" and didn't bother recalling any dreams. I stayed up too late, just like I'm staying up too late now... It's not so much the running around in my mind that's the problem, it's getting to the point where I can run around that's tiring.

I think that some of people are afraid of making practices with their dreams. I know one psychologist, and asked him what he think about Out of Body Experiences and Lucid Dreaming. He said that it can be dangerous, and better, for my own safety, not to do this.

Also, people who didn't never had LD, simply don't know how cool it is. They may think that it's just boring, and there is no point to complicate your life to achieve something unnecessary.

I also think that LD is not so popular, because, in fact, you can't make big money on it. We are living in world, where most of us are interesting in making money. They think that there is much more things to do then making fun and entertainment with your brain. Most of people simply don't have time for sleep, so how could they find some time in daylife to focus on Lucid Dreaming?

And sometimes it's like...
"What are your interests?"
"Lucid Dreaming"
"Oh, so you like to sleep, you really don't have nothing better to do in your life, dreamer?"

People always used to ignore and be aware of everything, what they don't know. But that's only my opinion.

To be honest, im trying to make LD'ing more popular. I have told one of my friends and she says she is gonna give it a go and wonder around the forums getting ideas

Okay Paragon, you're probably more right than me. I guess I am different (than anyone who likes to just stop existing for a while, I mean, I have only one life, to my knowledge, so I want to take the most fo it, than, if there's something after death, that's good but at least I'll be prepared if not)


That's a good thing DreamVortex,

I'm not as couragous as you are though! XD
I talk about dreams every day with the people around me but try not to talk about 'lucid dreaming' because then it makes things akward when I think about dreams and they get annoyed so just talking about dreams keeps everyone interested in the subject and maybe one day I'll make it more interesting?

I've mentioned it to some of my friends (including my brother) and they think its a joke. So I just keep it to myself.

I think it's not as popular because you can't actually see what people do in their lucids. As well as this, it's tough for some people to grasp the concept of lucidity, dream control, and basically, having to work for something they might not find worth it. For me it is, because I enjoy having fun while I'm sleeping, but some people think it's a waste of time.

There is only one person that I have ever talked to at school about lucid dreams. He already knew about them before I talked to him about it and he also told me about a time he almost had an OBE or he thinks it may have almost been an OBE but thinking back on what he said he might have really just been close to a WILD but I didnt know that you could go from waking into a LD at the time we were talking about it much less the sensations he described.

He said he felt his whole body shaking and sliding around on his bed.