Thread: Dream guide

I'd pick both 1+3. it's just a DC. All DC's are part of your subconsciousness. I see no use in dreamguides since I can pretty much already do what I want in dreams, indeed one would probably constrain me since having a guide would imply I needed some kind of guidance.

I have yet to discover a DC in a lucid dream that I might recognize as a DG, so I can't yet answer this poll, but from how I understand DGs to be they sound like part of your subconscious - if they know more about what's going on around you in lucidity than you do about it, they must be from the depths of your mind.

Originally Posted by yuriythebest

I'd pick both 1+3. it's just a DC. All DC's are part of your subconsciousness. I see no use in dreamguides since I can pretty much already do what I want in dreams, indeed one would probably constrain me since having a guide would imply I needed some kind of guidance.

I think sence it is your subconscious basically the real you because your true self is often clouded by emotions and fears. You could find out important truths about yourself and find out who you really are.

Wow, quite the landslide we have here...

And I'm a 15 year old boy with a young, hot dream guide. I'm either incredibly lucky or it's the subconscious

Originally Posted by yuriythebest

I'd pick both 1+3. it's just a DC. All DC's are part of your subconsciousness. I see no use in dreamguides since I can pretty much already do what I want in dreams, indeed one would probably constrain me since having a guide would imply I needed some kind of guidance.

qft
Still voted 'just a DC' since I'm not exactly all that sure what people mean when they say 'your subconscious'.

Originally Posted by Shift

qft
Still voted 'just a DC' since I'm not exactly all that sure what people mean when they say 'your subconscious'.

They mean your subconscious in a form as a character. Different from a DC because a DC is a part of you but your dream guide is your inner self. Or that is what i think everyone has different opinions.

But the 'subconscious' isn't even a legit psychological concept. I never know what someone means when they use that

Isn't it like the 90% of our brain that's practically dormant?

I'd vote 1 and 3 too. If you believe that your Dream Guide can teach you, and is smarter then other DCs, then he/she will probably be just that.

Just my opinion

DV needs a suicide icon.

1 and 3, though mostly 3. All DC's are manifestations of your subconscious mind, technically speaking. I would say, though, that most DG's are mostly just glorified DC's. Okay, so they can make a bit more sense and "appear" to be lucid with you. Is this so unusual? It would get lonely in your dreams if none of your dream characters believed you...it's only natural that you would end up dreaming someone or something up that believes you and has the capacity to go on adventures, etc. with you.

Originally Posted by Xedan

Isn't it like the 90% of our brain that's practically dormant?

nope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10%25_of_brain_myth

And I'm a 15 year old boy with a young, hot dream guide. I'm either incredibly lucky or it's the subconscious

wow dude you're so lucky!

Originally Posted by yuriythebest

nope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10%25_of_brain_myth


Okay, thanks for the link


wow dude you're so lucky!

So are you saying it's a spirit? Because that's what I was getting at in that post. Just happening to have a DG with an appearance so optimal would be pure luck if it was a spirit, and I doubt I'm that lucky.

Originally Posted by Xedan

So are you saying it's a spirit? Because that's what I was getting at in that post. Just happening to have a DG with an appearance so optimal would be pure luck if it was a spirit, and I doubt I'm that lucky.

nope. read the wikipedia article it basically exposes the 10% thingy as a myth.

I meant you were lucky cause you have a hot DG.

I guess I'm rather lucky, too.

Originally Posted by yuriythebest

nope. read the wikipedia article it basically exposes the 10% thingy as a myth.

I meant you were lucky cause you have a hot DG.

Yeah, I read it. I just didn't know what you meant when you said "lucky".

And Mario is the case-in-point here. He watched a lot of Girls Bravo, and his dream guide is one of the girls from it. Subconscious FTW!

Damn, Xedan and Mario92 both have super-hot DG's lol. sprits? i think not . i just hope my DG is that hot lol.

To me, a dream guide is a dream character who is always "lucid" even when you are not. They are always aware of what is going on. They're very clever and can teach you certain things like how to teleport more easily. Unlike the dreamer, a dream guide can, say, teleport in the blink of an eye, whereas it's hard for the dreamer to teleport without spinning, using a door, or some other technique to anchor their focus and visualization. A dream guide tends to know a lot about you and will be able to give you useful information or advice about your life. And finally, a dream guide will be able to guide you through your dream world, knowing all the ins and outs of wherever you happen to be. If you ask to go somewhere else (perhaps from another dream) they should be able to take you easily.

Personally I believe that in different cases a dream guide can be different things. For example, they can be a helpful DC you only see once. Or they can be a DC who shows up frequently who is helpful. Or they can be a DC who you ask to be your companion or guide. So far what we know about dreams as far as scientific fact is that everything in your dream comes from within your own mind (excluding things like loud noises and other external stimuli which may make their way into your dreams).

But if someone chooses to interpret their dream or their dream guide as something more, and they are more happy doing that, more power to them IMO. Dreams can be incredibly spiritual experiences at times, even for those of us who are not necessarily believers in anything. So while I don't think that saying all dreams are "just" in the mind in any way devalues those wonderful experiences, I also think that there is nothing wrong with interpreting them as something "more" on some level.

You know what, I think I'll just meet up with my dream guide and ask her. Seems she would know the answer. Anyone else wanna give it a try too?

I voted the "just a dc" option. I don't see them as much more than reoccurring memories.

Well, I didn't vote because I never met 'my dreamguide' and everything that I know about DGs comes from other people.

As Shift said, I don't get what you guys mean by "subconscious". Are you saying that "our subconscious" is another 'being' inside of us that has its own appearence in our dreams (as a dreamguide) or something. I'm not too sure its what you guys mean but you can tell me.

I guess that if there is such a thing as the subconscious, then the entire dream is made from it, so all DCs are made by our subconscious, therefore I would answer both 1 and 3.

I wouldn't think they really are spirits. Seriously, you guys are technically implying that everyone has a dreamguide. Are you really saying that so many spirits randomly wait in people's dreams. The big majority of the people don't care about their dreams, let out lucid dreaming. I'm not too sure, but I think that DGs only interact with LDers and if they interact with non-LDers, the dreamer will not even remember so you are saying that billions of spirits are wandering in peoples dreams waiting for something to happen but nothing ever happens. Technically, DGs are higher beings than us. Why would higher beings be slaves of lower being's dreamless nights (considering that no one remembers their dreams in majority). It doesn't make sense to me.

Originally Posted by SleepyCookieDough

As Shift said, I don't get what you guys mean by "subconscious". Are you saying that "our subconscious" is another 'being' inside of us that has its own appearence in our dreams (as a dreamguide) or something. I'm not too sure its what you guys mean but you can tell me.

I don't know the scientific aspects of it, but they're saying it's a manifestation of the subconscious. Meaning, it is you, but it appears as a person so you can talk and interact with it. And this is why you can ask it questions about yourself, because your subconscious retains much more than the conscious mind.

Originally Posted by Xedan

I don't know the scientific aspects of it, but they're saying it's a manifestation of the subconscious. Meaning, it is you, but it appears as a person so you can talk and interact with it. And this is why you can ask it questions about yourself, because your subconscious retains much more than the conscious mind.

Yes, I understood this part. I said something about another being but I didn't actually think you guys thought the subconscious was someone else than you. Really, what I meant to ask is how can yourself be two. How can you be fully luicd (completly aware) and have another self even more aware than yourself but it is yourself. I'm not trying to argue the existance of the subconscious. I'm just curious about how it works. I guess no one can no for sure. Maybe my dreamguide could tell me (if I found him/her).

Originally Posted by SleepyCookieDough

Yes, I understood this part. I said something about another being but I didn't actually think you guys thought the subconscious was someone else than you. Really, what I meant to ask is how can yourself be two. How can you be fully luicd (completly aware) and have another self even more aware than yourself but it is yourself. I'm not trying to argue the existance of the subconscious. I'm just curious about how it works. I guess no one can no for sure. Maybe my dreamguide could tell me (if I found him/her).

Well dreams make sense to the subconscious mind. It's how it sorts through memories. Therefor it is lucid, even when you're not.