Quote Originally Posted by Cerulean View Post
I have three inquires I'd like to bring up here that have bothered me for a while with lucid dreaming.

1. Time Dilation - I know it's possible to control time itself within a lucid dream, but doing so will not length the actual dream itself. Is is possible to delay the perception of dream time to make a short night appear to last for days?

2. Contacting Other Dreamers - This may be far-fetched, but I heard of people preaching on how one can contact real-life individuals during their dreams from your own. However, I cannot see how this would work since you are essentially in your own consciousness, and not others.

3. Relationship with Astral Projection - I know people regard them as two seperate experiences, but from what I read, they sound very similiar to eachother. What are your opinions on this?
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1. Debateable. Leberge claims that you can't really alter time in a Lucid dream. That time will pass at real time. Other people claim otherwise. Personally, I feel that if you have enough control that you could achieve it.

2. Shared dreaming. Again, debateable. Most people don't believe it is possible, yet some people claim to have done it. In my opinion it belongs more in the Astral Projection realm than Lucid Dreaming. Lucid Dreaming is just being aware of your dream, not traveling out and making contact... IMHO.

3. I think that they are 2 different things. I think that some people can create Lucid Dreams that will fit into what they think an Astral Projection is. But I think that the two are not the same thing. I think that anyone who can remember their dreams is capable of learning how to Lucid Dream. I don't think that just anyone can AP.