Killing people

[monochromic]

Hey. I thought i would share with you a lucid experiment i did the other night. I wanted to test my believe and resolve in my lucid dream so to speak, because i've had problems with overcoming mental blocks and morality issues in the dreamworld, even though i believe that no such thing as morality or ethics exists in my own dreamworld, that i should be able to do anything i want without remorse. So i became lucid and flew to a house nearby and told myself that i would kill everyone that i see in that house, to see if i could do it and how it would affect me. At that moment, i think that my mind played a little trick on me, because in that cosy little house was a nice little family just sitting down to eat dinner. The man in the house had just come home from work, the woman was making scrambled eggs and their two children was watching tv and laughing. They even asked me to join them at the dinnertable. It was a caricature of the perfect family. Now i really pushed myself, telling myself that this is just a dream, that it's all in my head and that i can do anything and no one would be harmed, but i couldn't bring myself to harm any of them, not even a little. This experiment was very educating and interesting to me personally. Strangely (perhaps not) i'm glad that the experiment failed, that i didn't kill or harm any of the dreamcharacters, but on the other hand, this means that i still has a lot of mental blocks hindering me from doing things in the dreamworld that i can't do in the real world. (This doesn't necessary mean doing immoral och unethical acts, just in general)

[SantaDreamsToo]

yeah I know what you mean, I cant kill people in my LDs either, its actually not strange at all, why be a monster if you dont have to be? or have any reason to be for that matter

[Colin Basnett]

Interesting, perhaps I'll give it a try next time I become lucid.

[Xeroer]

Seems like it could be sickenly fun in some odd, animated, way. But the fact that a dream is like reality, and not like some game, seems somewhat horrible. I'll give it a shot.

[monochromic]

Yea, i thought about it, and if you overcome all your fears and morality-issues, and become completely free in the dreamworld (which was my goal earlier), then where's the fun? Then the dreamworld just becomes a few step farther away from the waking world.

[Seeker]

Monochromic, What an interesting experiement! Personally, I think is says quite a bit about your character that you were not able to go through with it

[monochromic]

Haha, thanks seeker. yea it probably turned out for the best also, the fact that i didn't go through with it has made me think a lot about morality and perception of things in the lucid state. I think these kind of experiements is very interessting and i hope that i have the dicipline to act out more experiments in my lucid dreams and not just revel in the wonders of lucid dreaming, because by doing different experiments you can really learn alot about the dreamstate and about yourself and your personality.

[Jrels]

True, there will be no real people harmed, though I'm sure it will play out in a similarly horrific manner as it would it real life. The experiment will only show you how well you can imagine a mass murder, and if you have any sort of moral fiber (which it sounds like you do), you will probably feel guilty about it afterwards. I guess it's just not my kind of experiment. I would hope that you already know your feelings on murder and shouldn't have to test it out in a LD to see how you feel afterwards.

[Yume]

After I read much on Darwinism and thought about it I really am not so reluctant to kill anymore. I thought of the benefits of someone even myself dying. I went through every part of the emotional process. With my morals now I do not hesitate if I feel a character in my dream needs to die. When I kill something I always say a short prayer for killing it. I do not feel bad. In death comes life. That is how I feel. You really find out more about yourself when you go into your dreams. There is always the part of you in them that you could even deny. Your dreams can help define you. This was a great experiment to learn about your inner self.