Thread: Lucid Games?

Originally Posted by Noogah

Isn't the imagination the foundation of dream control?

Imagination is the foundation of most of dreaming, which is why I don't understand why some people are hyper-skeptical on these forums when people start talking about shared dreams, possibilities, etc.

It's like they want to take all the fun out of dreaming, imagination, and ultimately life. Personally, I'd rather have a blast exploring "shared dreams" in my own lucids (even if they are completely the creation of my own mind) than simply closing the door on that kind of experience because I'm convinced it's not possible.

But hey, to each their own and if someone doesn't want to have fun with their own imagination then that's their loss.

Anyhow, regarding the topic of this thread I think it's a cool idea.

Originally Posted by Captain Sleepalot

Imagination is the foundation of most of dreaming, which is why I don't understand why some people are hyper-skeptical on these forums when people start talking about shared dreams, possibilities, etc.

It's like they want to take all the fun out of dreaming, imagination, and ultimately life. Personally, I'd rather have a blast exploring "shared dreams" in my own lucids (even if they are completely the creation of my own mind) than simply closing the door on that kind of experience because I'm convinced it's not possible.

But hey, to each their own and if someone doesn't want to have fun with their own imagination then that's their loss.

Anyhow, regarding the topic of this thread I think it's a cool idea.

I'm not trying to take the fun out of dreaming. But I don't want to try doing something like lucid games (which are pretty much shared dreams) when it probably isn't possible!

If I could lucid dream frequently, things like flying, the monthly dream challenges, and those things would probably more than planning a shared dream with a friend when it probably wont be successful.

Ok, I'm going to be very skeptical here.

Lets say shared dreaming is 100% impossible.

You and your friend talk about about a shared dream, a fight lets say, plan it, and fall asleep to dream it.

You both have lucid dreams, fighting the other person. They are seperate (The other person was not affecting your dream, you were just dreaming about him) When you wake up, you both have awesome dreams that you can talk about.

You may not have shared a dream, but you shared the experience. Sounds like fun to me.

Fair enough, but 1. It is not shared dreaming 2. It doesn't support the idea of "lucid games" and 3. You can do that with any DC.

What Fabio suggested is a very cool idea, and I've heard it done before. However, it is likely the closest to shared dreaming we will be able to achieve until we hook our brains up to computers or develop our brains to the point where we can communicate telepathically. I saw on the discovery channel that whales might possess this ability .

Sinani201, I am going to prove to you not the existence of shared dreams but why you should try to have one. With this table.

Shared dreams don't exist:

Don't try to have one,
Nothing happens.

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Try to have one
You use a few nights trying,
miss or gain some cool dreams
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Shared dream do exist

You don't try to have one:
Miss out on something
amazing
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Do try to have one:

You have an amazing experience,
With shared dreaming!
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Whether or not they exist, you should try.

I disagree. You shouldn't need to delude yourself to become lucid or have an exciting dream.