Studying In The Dreamland?

[Uncle Banana]

Hi! I've been reading about all these neat practical things you can do while lucid, like practice the piano and such. But what about studying for an exam? Is it possible to read a book in waking life and then request it in a dream or is the mind incapable of storing that kind of massive structured information? If possible, could you then read it in your dream? I haven’t had a LD yet, and I hardly ever remember my dreams (working on that one) but I’ve read that texts often change if you look away for a second. Sorry for the nerdy question. I know that dreams are for fun, but it would be awesome to learn while sleeping.

[NeAvO]

Welcome to the forum Uncle_Banana Well the first place to start is by looking at the Tutorials Section this has all the needed information. You say that you have bad recall, then I suggest you start a Dream Journal, this is your most needed tool as it not only improves your recall but also help you to recognize dream signs so that your mind will know that you are dreaming if it comes across one of these dream signs in an actual dream. Theres a Dream Journal Section in here so that you can share your dreams with other members, if you wish ofcourse Also do you do Reality Checks? These help you to question your surroundings and can also trick your mind into working out that you are dreaming as well. Hope this helps and Welcome to the forum (5 ) EDIT: huh I don't know what you're talking about

[ExoByte]

Point whore I saw what you did there Is it possible to read a book in waking life and then request it in a dream or is the mind incapable of storing that kind of massive structured information? If possible, could you then read it in your dream? [/b] Its possible. As long as you've retained the knowledge you can study it. Reading however can get kinda tricky as the words and pages don't seem to be consistent. However, though it can prove difficult, yes it is possible to study for an exam. Welcome to Dreamviews!

[Elwood]

*need an advanced LDer to answer this one* Does reading in a lucid dream more clear and improve vividness??

[gummi]

One - Why would you waste your time being lucid studying? Two - What are you going to study? A book you found in your dream? sfdsfs

[TripleX223]

sounds really interesting. wish i could help, i havn't had a ld yet, any suggestions.(yes i keep a journal)

[ExoByte]

One - Why would you waste your time being lucid studying? Two - What are you going to study? A book you found in your dream? sfdsfs [/b] Waste time studying? You know that those hours of sleep can be very valuable. If you've got an exam the next day but need that extra studying time, it can be very valuable. Its hardly a waste of time. Frankly I'd rather pass my courses so that I can get a decent job, and live my life so that am actually capable of LDing. And, should you of actually read his post: Is it possible to read a book in waking life and then request it in a dream or is the mind incapable of storing that kind of massive structured information? If possible, could you then read it in your dream? [/b]

[naikou]

Actually, this is probably the most useful aspect of Lucid Dreaming I've heard of yet (for students, anyway). However, I have a couple of objections to raise - 1. - If it's possible in the first place, it would require an extreme degree of proficiency with L.D.'s... basically to the point where you can either have them every REM period, or be able to call them at will. 2. - It might be necessary to know your subject matter so well anyway, that it defeats the purpose of studying them in a dream in the first place. In other words, you might have to memorize anything you want to read in an L.D. Of course, I'm certainly no expert in L.D.'s (with a grand whopping total of 2, and both of them less than a minute), so I'm certainly not speaking from experience. It just seems to me that there would be some inherent problems with L.D. studying.

[Alex D]

Okay, I've tried studying while lucid in the past with somewhat stupid results. Dreams are often random and odd in nature and the same went for studying them. The books I tried reading and people I asked questions to just came out with nonsense facts. So I wouldn't really recomend it, while some bad answers you get might seem obvious, the right ones might not obviously be right, if I'm making sense here. My advice is study in waking life, use lucidity as a nice outlet.

[TripleX223]

I mean i can understand studying in a ld, but like naiko said. to summon a book and its text yor brain would have to have it imprinted. this means youd have to memorize the whole book. if you need to study a book, memorizing would be classified studying and you can tdo tht in a ld if im correct.

[Uncle Banana]

Thanks for all your answers! My thoughts were that maybe the mind recorded everything you read in the subconscious and that you could access it in an LD.