Thread: Parents think LDing is an occult...

Originally Posted by lVlerciless

Well, i wanted to keep it to myself, but when they found my DJ, and saw something about lucid dreaming (which is, what I think a total invasion of my privacy) they asked me about, so I had to tell them.

Also, I am religious too, my whole family is, but I don't believe God has any problem with lucid dreaming. I think it's more of a control thing, my mom has always been a control freak in my life, how my hair looks, how I dress, what I do during my spare time, who I hang out with, and it annoys the shit out of me, this is MY life, and I don't think she understands. And my dad, who has no problem with it, won't listen to me, because he thinks I'm being disrespectful to my mom. I'm suffocating under my parent's control, they think I'm some 5 year old, and they can't accept the idea that I'm growing up, and I'm becoming more independent.

Until you are 18, you are keeping a dream journal online. Problem solved

Originally Posted by hellohihello

Until you are 18, you are keeping a dream journal online. Problem solved

This. I put a password on my DJ that is ridiculously long. And since you guys won't be on my computer, i'll tell it to you.

(Some of it starred out for protection)

5**5*4**420438308259551354502

Try cracking THAT password. And yes, it means something to me and I can easily remember it.

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.

My mom thinks it is making me unaware and not present in my life (how ironic!), that it is in the way of my education (I have very good grades, one of the best average of my school, over 90% so wtf?). She says that it stops me from resting myself and that when she goes to sleep all she wants is to sleep. I was never tired in a dream so there's basicly no reason why I would want to be sleeping when I'm full of energy.

My dad thinks its a good thing but that I should wait. He is in some unknown religion with his dad and a bunch of other people. They believe that dreams are created by negative spirits and everything and so that in lucid dreams, I must be VERY careful and try to speak with my outter spirit (yes, outer). But lucid dreaming cannot be dangerous because people in normal dreams are even less careful and they never die.

My brothers simply ask me not to talk about lucid dream because they "don't care"

The few friends I told found it funny and weird which they completly expected from me and didn't show much interest.

I really don't understand. Its not that weird. When I first heard of it, I had no doubt, just lots of excitement. It had actually been my life long dream to enter another realm in which I could do anything and there, it came to life. It imprsesses me that some people can just shrug it off. Whatever, we're special! Well... I really like how unique it makes us but I'm a very outgoing person (with my friends and sometimes with strangers if I feel confortable with them) and so its very hard for me not to talk about it.

I really want to but I figured that talking about lucid dreams made them not want to hear about my dreams anymore. Yes, I love dreams so much that I'm always speaking about my dreams. They think I eat something before going to bed that's making get all these dreams. I say that its not it but I don't tell them that its 'cause I practiced my dream recall.