Thread: Parents think LDing is an occult...

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

... You know what occurs to me from this thread?

People who fear LDing and refuse to even educate themselves about it live their waking lives like a normal dream... no awareness and just letting yourself be controlled by whatever is happening.

Hmm, not sure I totally agree with this. They're close-minded, certainly, but I don't know about having no control over their surroundings.

Originally Posted by Acala

I believe the official Lucid Dream Cult policy is that when your parents find out about the Cult you must sacrifice them to your Dream Guide. Someone correct me if I am wrong on that. I don't have my Cult Manual handy.

Lol!

Originally Posted by DarkLucideity

I've always wondered what would happen if some guy went on an insane killing spree, stopped, and pretended to do a reality check. Then he pretended that what he did was a horrible mistake, and blamed lucid dreaming for everything.

I just can't imagine the kind of publicity LDing would get, and how people would respond, normal people and lucid dreamers alike.

It would be goddamn entertaining, I'll tell you that.

Oh man, that would be bad. Then whenever you talked to someone about LDing they'd have a good reason to think you're crazy. People would start avoiding you. =P

I've only told a handful of people about it, including my mother. She seemed kind of interested in it, but I could tell she was doubtful. Other friends I have told seemed to get lost, lose interest, or think I was a freak. The only other person to acknowledge lucid dreaming was one of my good friends. He was full of shit saying, "Oh yea, I have them all the time" but he had nothing at all to add in our conversation.

Since all of this, if dreaming comes up in any conversation, I always ask about it. Ever heard of lucid dreaming? "Huh? what's that?" It's when you realize you're dreaming and can somewhat control your environment and actions. "Hmm, no I haven't" OK NEVERMIND THEN.

Till I find someone who is open-minded or truly shows some form of interest or acceptance of LDing, I won't go into it with anybody again because I'm sure they all think I'm nuts.

I live in the Bible Belt in the US but I asked my Pastor if lucid dreaming was a sin and he said he honestly doesn't know. Just wondering, how many parents who think lding is evil watch Pat Robertson? He is insane, he thought that breathing during Karate would bring in some demon! I don't know anyone who acctually watches him but he's still on tv so he must have an audiance.

I'm hoping that eventually they will make a really good movie with cool effects and a good plot that is about lucid dreaming and it will educate people a little more. And if it becomes a fad at school or what ever we can be the original ones that aren't just following a fad

lol then you'd be like the LD master at your school. everyone would be like :O "omg! he has like 9 ld's!! thats amazing!!!!"

Originally Posted by James2302

lol then you'd be like the LD master at your school. everyone would be like :O "omg! he has like 9 ld's!! thats amazing!!!!"

Ya then everyone would come to you for help and stuff. The fad would die though. But it would be fun to be able to talk about LDing like it was a normal common thing while it lasted.

Originally Posted by bradysdreaming

I'm hoping that eventually they will make a really good movie with cool effects and a good plot that is about lucid dreaming and it will educate people a little more. And if it becomes a fad at school or what ever we can be the original ones that aren't just following a fad

I think a movie like Waking Life would get people more interested in LDing. The problem with it though is that it's an independent film and isn't well known by non-LDers. What we need to do is get a famous director to make a movie about LDing, that way it would get some real publicity.

Originally Posted by bradysdreaming

I'm hoping that eventually they will make a really good movie with cool effects and a good plot that is about lucid dreaming and it will educate people a little more. And if it becomes a fad at school or what ever we can be the original ones that aren't just following a fad

No. There's already way too much misinformation about lucid dreaming out there. If it became a fad I can't imagine the kind of crap people would try to capitalize on. Plus, would you really want dreamviews to be filled with the kind of people who follow fads? The empty admiration I might possibly get for being "original" and skilled would be outweighed by the stupidity I would now have to put up with if people learned that I was a lucid dreamer.

Originally Posted by bradysdreaming

Ya then everyone would come to you for help and stuff. The fad would die though. But it would be fun to be able to talk about LDing like it was a normal common thing while it lasted.

+1 to that! While it would be pretty cool to talk with people about LDing like it was a common everyday thing that people could really get into, I'm afraid DarkLucideity is right.... There is no way that if LDing became "cool" or well-known that it would only attract people who would take it seriously and not bring in stupidity. Can you imagine DV becoming a flood of "omg i kant ld wat am i doin rong help plzzzz!"? I mean, I wouldn't put up with a torrential downpour of integrity-impuning noobies who had no real interest in LDing outside of following the latest fad, even if that woud mean sacrificing LDing as a topic of regular discussion.

I can deal with it still being a non-widely-known thing - I've got my dreams and my friends I can talk to about it, I'm all good.

Originally Posted by Clyde Machine

+1 to that! While it would be pretty cool to talk with people about LDing like it was a common everyday thing that people could really get into, I'm afraid DarkLucideity is right.... There is no way that if LDing became "cool" or well-known that it would only attract people who would take it seriously and not bring in stupidity. Can you imagine DV becoming a flood of "omg i kant ld wat am i doin rong help plzzzz!"? I mean, I wouldn't put up with a torrential downpour of integrity-impuning noobies who had no real interest in LDing outside of following the latest fad, even if that woud mean sacrificing LDing as a topic of regular discussion.

I can deal with it still being a non-widely-known thing - I've got my dreams and my friends I can talk to about it, I'm all good.

I should be careful what I wish for, they always come true maybe I can stop this one!!

AH SH!T TO LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3XzUYd6nrU

Waaaaait.... So is this actually about lucid dreaming?

Originally Posted by Clyde Machine

Waaaaait.... So is this actually about lucid dreaming?

Not completly sure it just looks like it is. He is talking about your mind and ideas and stuff and then the girl is shouting at the end WAKE ME UP WAKE ME UP!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by bradysdreaming

Not completly sure it just looks like it is. He is talking about your mind and ideas and stuff and then the girl is shouting at the end WAKE ME UP WAKE ME UP!!!!!!!!!

I don't think it has anything to do with lucid dreaming, something to do with dreams maybe. But we'll just have to wait and see.

Originally Posted by Heavy Sleeper

I don't think it has anything to do with lucid dreaming, something to do with dreams maybe. But we'll just have to wait and see.

Well he seems to be teaching her because he is talking about creating new ideas and not using old memories. I think this movie is taking place in her mind and they are fighting over something important. And he needs her help so he is trying to teach her stuff.

If all we know of the movie is what's in the trailer, we can assume there is going to be some sort of use of lucid dreaming, though they might not point out in the movie what it is they're doing with their dreams -- they might just have some kind of odd twist to involve dreams that could be paralleled with lucid dreaming. I'll keep a watch on updates of this movie. Just in case.

Wow, it would be freaky if that movie actually was about lucid dreaming... we'd get to see if we're right about what would happen.

Originally Posted by Hidden

Wow, it would be freaky if that movie actually was about lucid dreaming... we'd get to see if we're right about what would happen.

Are you talking about the fad thing or if the movie was about lucid dreaming

I'll bet that if this movie is about lucid dreaming, any non-LDers who see it will think it is a new thing that scientists have just discovered. Either that, or they will believe that it was made up for the movie.

Originally Posted by bradysdreaming

Are you talking about the fad thing or if the movie was about lucid dreaming

I mean we'd get to see what would happen if they made a movie about LDing.

Originally Posted by Hidden

I mean we'd get to see what would happen if they made a movie about LDing.

We'd get to see if the masses become influenced by the movie either in a positive or negative way, assuming it IS about lucid dreaming.

Originally Posted by Hidden

I mean we'd get to see what would happen if they made a movie about LDing.

Ya that would sure be intresting. I hope this movie is about LDing or at least is similer. Like matrix.

Originally Posted by bradysdreaming

Ya that would sure be intresting. I hope this movie is about LDing or at least is similer. Like matrix.

Agreed, the movie looks pretty interesting already, so if it's about LDing, that'll just be a further plus.

This is turning into what a movie is about, what effects a fad would have,

Let's not have this thread jacked, mmkay? (Mr. Garrison voice) It's not nice to jack a thread, mmkay?

maybe we should start a cult that would be kinda cool as long as we don't have to drink koolaid at the end.