Thread: keep your eyes OPEN!

Hey
I wanted to try keeping my eyes open forever so I dun accidently wake up
I tested it last night,
it worked a bit, but was hard to do
Did any of u guys try this? Share your exp

Would love to try this, but I don't think I've got the level of focus and dream control needed to do this. At times I get so distracted by the littlest thing in dreams that I bet I would just forget and blink..

Only once have I ever blinked in a lucid dream. I noticed myself blinking in the dream and I found it very annoying. I then tried to keep my eyes open, but they started to burn like in real life. I then closed my eyes hard. I didn't try to open them though and just reformed the dream around me. I didn't blink after that.

Originally Posted by John11

Only once have I ever blinked in a lucid dream. I noticed myself blinking in the dream and I found it very annoying. I then tried to keep my eyes open, but they started to burn like in real life. I then closed my eyes hard. I didn't try to open them though and just reformed the dream around me. I didn't blink after that.

Wow, that is a really interesting experience John11, it's cool that the act of blinking the first time caused such a real feeling reaction, but then it never came back since you didn't blink again.

Hm I need to try that... always blink normally in lucids, after all I tend to blink a lot in WL, so that must be why lol

Technically speaking in a dream you do not posess any phsyical body and thus any experience you have of blinking is a mere illusion created by the brain.

Never had a problem with blinking personally. I know not to close my eyes, during frightening experiences etc., as it doesn't really work. However, covering my eyes does so. I clench my eyes shut for about three seconds to intentionally exit a dream, though.

Tried it before. My vision just faded anyway, and I woke up.

Dreamers have to remember that in a dream, they can control what happens. I've closed my eyes in a dream for extended periods of time, sometimes to teleport and sometimes just following the dream storyline. If you just don't think about it, chances are blinking will just be projected by your brain and you won't notice (since in real life you hardly notice each and every blink). If you still have trouble staying in the dream when you close your eyes, I suggest you always be touching something or experiencing some sensation. If you just stand some empty place and close your eyes, you might just wake up; if you pick up something in the dream and close your eyes but still concentrate on holding whatever object, you're more likely to be tied to the dream.