Thread: New and a few starting questions

I think most lucid dream research would tell you what people are already telling you: that if you're doing it in a dream (or a lucid dream--not always in a non-lucid dream) then there is going to be some kind of sensation that comes with anything. The rule of thumb in lucidity is that if you imagine it, it will happen. Therefore if I go up to an ape and pet him and expect him to feel dirty then he'll be that, but if I walk in the middle of a highway expecting to be ran over and only feel like I've been tickled with a feather, then that's what's going to happen. When a person achieves full lucidity their five senses are enhanced well beyond what they are in real life.

When it comes to non-lucid dreams, however, things might be a bit different. Most non-lucids are fuzzy and difficult to remember, and generally speaking peoples' senses aren't nearly as in-tune with those dreams as they are in LDs.

I remember a thread on here a few days ago where someone who had never smoked before tried a cigar and said that it tasted like barbeque (with a mixture of other things, I believe, but I can't remember exactly). Their brain was what supplied the "BBQ" taste because it didn't know what exactly a cigar would taste like. Therefore one should assume that if he or she was to shape shift into something else then they would feel "some" sensations--though those sensations probably aren't accurate since our brains don't know what whatever we're doing really feels like.

Your memory question is something that I am also interested in knowing. I don't know if there have been any professional experiments on memory in dreams (there probably have been) but I know that I'm going to be conducting my own little experiment when the time comes. I'm sorry that I couldn't answer much there. ^_^

Originally Posted by CNGB

I think most lucid dream research would tell you what people are already telling you: that if you're doing it in a dream (or a lucid dream--not always in a non-lucid dream) then there is going to be some kind of sensation that comes with anything. The rule of thumb in lucidity is that if you imagine it, it will happen. Therefore if I go up to an ape and pet him and expect him to feel dirty then he'll be that, but if I walk in the middle of a highway expecting to be ran over and only feel like I've been tickled with a feather, then that's what's going to happen. When a person achieves full lucidity their five senses are enhanced well beyond what they are in real life.

When it comes to non-lucid dreams, however, things might be a bit different. Most non-lucids are fuzzy and difficult to remember, and generally speaking peoples' senses aren't nearly as in-tune with those dreams as they are in LDs.

I remember a thread on here a few days ago where someone who had never smoked before tried a cigar and said that it tasted like barbeque (with a mixture of other things, I believe, but I can't remember exactly). Their brain was what supplied the "BBQ" taste because it didn't know what exactly a cigar would taste like. Therefore one should assume that if he or she was to shape shift into something else then they would feel "some" sensations--though those sensations probably aren't accurate since our brains don't know what whatever we're doing really feels like.

Your memory question is something that I am also interested in knowing. I don't know if there have been any professional experiments on memory in dreams (there probably have been) but I know that I'm going to be conducting my own little experiment when the time comes. I'm sorry that I couldn't answer much there. ^_^

Thanks for the reply.
I would like to hear your results!

I'm not good at lucid dreaming personaly, I very rarely even remeber my normal dreams.

Originally Posted by personne

I very rarely even remeber my normal dreams.

That'll be your problem amigo. The first step to lucidity is remembering your dreams. How long have you been practicing dream recall?

Originally Posted by CNGB

That'll be your problem amigo. The first step to lucidity is remembering your dreams. How long have you been practicing dream recall?

Not very long. I just got into this. The reason I ask these questions is because they had just popped into my head.

I have NO experience what-so-ever. Plus: Most things I read about dream recall just go over my head.