My theory is that this whole deal of "inducing" lucid dreams is nothing more than a glorified form of the placebo effect. |
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My theory is that this whole deal of "inducing" lucid dreams is nothing more than a glorified form of the placebo effect. |
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I see your point and somewhat agree with it. I honestly don't care how I learn to master lucid dreaming, I just want to do it. So whether it's a placebo effect or not, it works. |
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I've got to agree Motumz, whatever works. |
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you must be the change you wish to see in the world...
-gandhi
I agree to a point. We respond well to ritual and positive thinking. In addition to that, a big part of lucid dreaming is figuring out how to trick yourself. |
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Oh yes I agree completely. With the NILD technique, technically it doesn't really matter if you use the mnemonic "I am not going to have lucid dream tonight" or "I am going to have lucid dream tonight" becuase all that matters is your intentions. If you want to have a lucid dream sooner or later you will. |
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DILD's really aren't placebo. During a LD your brain goes back to Alpha state which wakes itself up partially. Your half-awaken brain remembers to reality check. Success. |
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if you can read this then you are about to be punched
Basic goal is to raise mental alertness and hope that it carries over into your dreams. Question events out of the ordinary and such. Eating is an automatic, programmed response that uses minimal brain power, but a successful reality check during the day will activate critical logic centers and such. There IS a difference. Obviously, if someone gets in the habit of absent-mindedly doing reality checks, any success derived would likely be from a placebo effect... |
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With all due respect, sir, I think you have no idea of what you are talking about. If a "lucid dream" was actually had in Alpha state, it wouldn't be a dream. Technically, one would be awake during the whole experience. Therefore, I suggest you to at least search in http://en.wikipedia.org in the future, before making posts of that nature. |
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"If the medicine of the imagination is best, then why not use the medicine of the imagination?" (ha, I'll insert the person who said this when I find it... I included it in a paper during research on hypnotherapy as an undergrad). |
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Last edited by owlj; 01-31-2010 at 03:57 AM.
The geat blessing of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it.
Seneca
(7 B.C. - 65 A.A.)
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