Thread: views on lucid Dreaming

Originally Posted by Casiro

Hi everyone,

I'm making an installation video based on lucid dreaming as part of a college project.

I need to do some research before I can do this.

So I was wondering if you would help me?

I have a few questions I'd love for you to answer.

Why did you start lucid dreaming? Accidental or on pupose?

Can you tell us what happens in these dreams?

What lucid dreaming is to you?

thanks for any help!

I started having then naturally. After researching I saw there were others who also become conscious while dreaming. I then learned techniques on how to do it willfully (and more often). I could lucid dream pretty much every weekend or when I could sleep long enough. Now I'm learning to do it on weeknights by getting 8-9 hours of sleep every night and applying various techniques. Lucid dreaming to me is just taking control of a dream. I have never derived any useful information out of dream characters or anything that even made sense compared to my question. Although, a lot of people have success doing lucids without trying to control dream content and playing along with the story line. Unfortunately I use almost all my lucids for sexual encounters. I have a one track mind when I become lucid. I'm trying to branch out to other things. There is so much you can do (anything!).

Why did you start lucid dreaming? Accidental or on pupose?

Accidental. It all started with a false awakening. I was telling my mother about it, and we got into a discussion about lucid dreaming. I spent the next few years waiting for lucid dreams to occur on their own.

Can you tell us what happens in these dreams?

In my lucid dreams, I often end up in very realistic worlds in which I then do random, novelty, spur of the moment things that I couldn't do in real life. Like destroy my house with a sledgehammer, or drive the public bus to school, or play God and creature creatures and animals, and sometimes play with the weather and cause storms, manipulate the ocean, and cause disaster. I'm usually never satisfied in a lucid dream unless I've destroyed something.

What lucid dreaming is to you?

A subconscious world in which my imagination, ideas, and thoughts come to life. Its almost like some sort of virtual reality game. Its largely a creative pursuit.