Thread: What Does it mean to be Lucid?

try read a book called spiritologie.. it got answers 4 allmost anything in just 75 pages... and if u combine it with Lucid dreaming!!!! u will certenly find all the right answers 4 u... thats my opinion, and i am doing it my self...i call it, an complete rehabilitation of the spirit!!

Originally Posted by adam_man0000

and for some reason my dreams feel as real as the "real"? so how can i distinguish reality from dream. the feeling, the air, the smell, everything is so real. when i wake, i feel like im still dreaming.

This process is called "Reality Checks". Many people do than every like half an hour. Try doing them like everything u see a clock, and the next day switch it to everyday you hear a dog bark.

There are many kinds of reality checks. For example reading text, or a digital clock. In a dream it is hard.. to impossible to read fine text. If you see a digital clock read the time, look away, and look back checking the time. if your awake the clock will read the same, if you sleeping it should read some random number.
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Welcome to the forum!

You seem to have quite vivid dreams! Sounds very good and that is an interesting introduction there!

I've known people that have said to have had experiences with death ect, I believe them, for example my mum's friend "died" in hospital and said she was looking down at her body.

Also I get alot of deja vú too, people believe that is the unconsious mind's way of predicting events by looking at previous events.

Anyway this is a very deep post, perhaps you would be interesting in the philosophy section?

Originally Posted by adam_man0000

So how can i distinguish reality from dream.

so what is it to be lucid?? are we dreaming? or living? are we living in another time or another place? are our souls constantly active while or physical bodies arent? seeing and traveling gaining knowledge while we sleep??

i want to know the real answer to these questions. but i know they cant be given to me. i will seek them out myself......

Welcome to forum.
1. The most important thing is..dont take any answers to your questions byt others as granted.Dont even listen to them.Even dont ask questions what are important to you, in here..Ask nobody.
I respect you, and i suggest you to find the answers yourself...All others can give, are only opinions, dont take it as the answers!
If you pay some attention to others "opinions", who "answer" your question, than take mine also, more seriously.It would be just great if you would listen what they answer, dont listen to me also.
P.S. we are dreaming, constantly be sure to notice it,feel it, understand it.
And be sure, to give it a try, to meditate.. I think it would be great for you to try.

wow, such vivid dreams!!!
i'm intrigued by your description of your 'real' dreams.
i too believe that there is something after death, though most other people in my age group
don't stop to think about thing like that.
your post made me stop and think, what actually are dreams.
other than that, welcome to the forum, enjoy your time here.
PS. i'm neww too, this site is very helpful!!!

Welcome

Your dreams may seem real in the whole. It's the little things that you have to keep an eye out for. Text is usually incorrect or dynamic, things might be the wrong colour. You might be moving from place to place with no transition.

to DreamViews!

how many people have been able to see through their eyelids?? but instead of seeing what is originally there, you see something that wasnt there??

again this sounds ridiculous. and i know its impossible.

but just the other night, i was laying in bed by myself. my room mates were away for the weekend. im in the navy so i share a barracks room. anywayz, the motion light near the entrance door was on. i closed my eyes and and i could see through my eyelids as if i didnt close my eyes at all. only it was black and white completely void of color. i opened them again to make sure i was still awake. and i was. the motion light turned off. i closed my eyes again. this time, there was a man sitting on my couch with his back to me. he was wearing the navy dress blue uniform. he had very light colored hair. he stood up and walked towards the entrance but stopped short at the fridge. he then calmly turned to me and saw me laying there in bed. i opened my eyes very suddenly... my motion light had been turned on. but there was nobody in the room and i was too far to trigger it.

is it possible to be lucid or see things almost instantly after closing our eyes?? i know i was awake. i couldnt sit still after that. i had to go to my friends room for a little bit to take my mind off of it.

has anybody else ever been able to do this?? am i the only one??

another time i was laying with my girlfriend in her room. its a japanese style room called tatami. the lights were off. she was sitting up on her elbow while stroking my face. i closed my eyes, and i saw her as clear as day. her expression, her hair, her blinking. i opened my eyes and saw nothing but blackness.

do people possess differant and unique abilities??
i havent told anybody these things because of course nobody will believe me. thats why i write online. people just might have the same things as me.