Thread: Lucid Task For The Month Of November 2006

Originally Posted by ;334643

Then i remembered the lucid task that I had been wanting to attempt. So i said... "Hey mom! am i dreaming?". She got very angry... she almost screamed "OF COURSE YOU ARE NOT DREAMING" And sort of stared me down. Well at this point i was like... haha whatever. And i flew out the window... my mom screaming all the while. [/b]

This made me LOL! hahaha

Originally Posted by ;334643

Yesterday we got into a fight. And just in general she thinks lucid dreaming is really weird and new age, and doesn't approve of me doing it.[/b]

I'm sorry to hear that - I never understand why people (especially parents) think it's so dangerous and "new age." They think it's okay to dream, right? So why is it not okay to know you're dreaming??
I think ignorance (nothing personally against your mom) is a big part of it - I think they think of it has a religion or doing things like astral projection or OBEing. It's just the fear of the unknown and she only loves you and is worried about you. But education is the key - but if she doesn't want to hear you out, just don't volunteer information about your nighttime adventures! (sorry, kinda got off topic...)

Originally Posted by Burns

They think it's okay to dream, right? So why is it not okay to know you're dreaming??
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That's been discussed before. It's all a matter of first impressions, I'd say. Correct wording and will make all the difference. If upon finding out about lucid dreaming, someone states something like, "That's bogus!" then a better reply would be "You're joking right? You don't know about it? It's a scientifically proven fact..." rather than trying to justify it in some desparate tone. Might not be the kindest of ways to go about it but it calls up that person's feeling of pride in thinking that they've missed out on something instead of allowing them to stick to their unobjective views.
But those are just thoughts out loud.