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Strange coincidences are not proof. They come to our attention because they are strange, and people latch on to them forgetting that all the not strange non-coincidences really cancel out the ones we...
Liked On: 12-11-2015, 10:18 PM
Sure, there are various definitions of real. I'm Just putting my view when applied to the OP "dreams are real - discuss". For me dreams are the perfect definition of something imagined. Full stop. ...
Liked On: 12-11-2015, 09:57 PM
"actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed". Dreams themselves are not real, but imagined. Dreaming occurs in fact. If you meant they are as real as real life,...
Liked On: 12-11-2015, 03:00 PM
Strange coincidences are not proof. They come to our attention because they are strange, and people latch on to them forgetting that all the not strange non-coincidences really cancel out the ones we...
Liked On: 12-09-2015, 07:49 PM
I guess it depends on how loose you are prepared to define consciousness. To me consciousness goes hand in hand with awareness, and so it is only when awake or lucid dreaming that you have the level...
Liked On: 12-08-2015, 03:42 AM
Thanks Sageous, that's a very clear response. I do agree with most of that. I'm not sure I agree with what you said that, "Normal consciousness is functioning during NLD's because our dream body...
Liked On: 12-06-2015, 07:30 PM
Thanks Sageous, that's a very clear response. I do agree with most of that. I'm not sure I agree with what you said that, "Normal consciousness is functioning during NLD's because our dream body...
Liked On: 12-06-2015, 12:39 PM
Hey Sensei, sorry to hear you're leaving! I've always welcomed your insight and perspective. Hope you find what you are looking for.
Liked On: 12-04-2015, 08:48 PM
I expected something different seeing the title of your post! Your DJ dilemma is one that many of us have faced. I tend now to wake up after a dream and play it back over and over to commit it to...
Liked On: 12-04-2015, 07:32 AM
I guess the problem with having such super realistic dreams is that all RCs could fail, just because your mind is capable of re-creating everything so accurately. Have you tried a digital clock?...
Liked On: 12-02-2015, 08:20 AM
That's funny because I never really thought of the RC being to raise awareness, but only to confirm state. That's because for me it seems that the act of raising awareness has to come before the RC...
Liked On: 11-30-2015, 04:39 AM
People not into lucid dreaming might get freaked out by the idea that the only time you can know your state (awake/dreaming) is when you are lucid dreaming. I guess the only time that might not be...
Liked On: 11-29-2015, 12:32 AM
That's funny because I never really thought of the RC being to raise awareness, but only to confirm state. That's because for me it seems that the act of raising awareness has to come before the RC...
Liked On: 11-28-2015, 03:15 PM
People not into lucid dreaming might get freaked out by the idea that the only time you can know your state (awake/dreaming) is when you are lucid dreaming. I guess the only time that might not be...
Liked On: 11-28-2015, 03:15 PM
Well I beg to differ. My lucid dreams are not like my regular dreams. They are more like real life or at least some have been. Some are very dreamy and not at all vivid. A few have been very vivid...
Liked On: 11-24-2015, 04:45 AM
I'm running in a long distance race with a few others. It is very vivid but not lucid. We go round a corner and then have to climb a steep incline. At the top we get bogged down in mud, and have to jump across a small gap, but there's a weird sort of matting under foot. I stop and opposite me is a guy who is obviously the instructor on the course. He stares at me and after quite a long while says, "don't I know you?", although I'm not sure I actually hear the words. He is in his thirties with a neatly trimmed but full beard and moustache, with neat hair and a young looking face. I move on and slide down a steep slope to the ground the other side, realising that he is a group captain, and I have a strong wish that I was a group captain as well.
On the ground I start walking along a path with a concrete wall on my left, and I suddenly become aware that I'm dreaming. I put my hand up to the wall and look closely at it, trying to stabilise by inspecting it. The wall has a coarse granular appearance with sparkling particles in it, but I can't seem to focus properly on it. I move on a bit and try again, but the same thing happens. There seems to be a weird fuzziness to the surface.
I get frustrated with that and decided that I need to change the scene, so the wall disappears and I move over to where there is a small tree and I put my arms out around it. Then I get the urge to fly up and I levitate straight up and above the tree. I move up quite slowly at first, but then as I glance around I can see some houses, but it's a bit vague.
Then almost as suddenly I'm back on the ground, but at the edge of a cliff, way above a bay with the sea below. Without any fear I decide to dive into the bay below and I jump up and dive down. At first I accelerate quite fast but then as I go down my speed slows a bit to a steady pace. Down below I can see a sort of long cloud that at first looked to be on the water, but the water is way below and this cloud is above. As I approach it the cloud comes up to me, and then it becomes a woman in a long white flowing dress. She flies up to meet me, and I pull up into the air with her as we come close together.
(All this was lucid).