First off...great site. I somehow stumbled upon it a few days ago and have been sneaking around it ever since.

So i havent been really interested in lucid dreaming until just about a week ago (was more interested in OBE's)...mostly because i really wasnt aware of the potential, but im still a little bit confused on some things.

A few websites ive stumbled across have mentioned "Shared Lucid Dreams". You find someone you know in your dream, and can sort of shake them into lucidity by telling them they are dreaming. Im wondering if this is truly a shared dream, as in, if you woke up and called this person up, (assuming they have good dream recal) theyd remember the dream? Or is it simply your mind creating this person you know based on how you percieve them?

My 2nd question would be ive also been under the impression that you can gain experience(what have you), by performing tasks in your dream. For instance, if i wanted to get better at guitar, i could play guitar while in a LD, and it would have the same effect on my brain as if i was physically playing guitar. I've even heard you can gain muscle mass. So is this true? Obviously you have to be pretty good at LD's but im just wondering. FYI, i have yet to have a true LD. Just one where i somhow got cued into a reality check but then woke up

Anyway thanks in advance :yumdumdoodledum: i love these smiley emotes.