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I've lucid dreamed a few times, and every time I am able to summon a "debug menu". Sort of a drop-down menu with all of the dream parameters. I can never think of anything more interesting to try than Physics>Gravity>moon. I turned off collisions once, and spent like twenty minutes just putting my hands through walls and giggling.
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Just throwing this out there. I've had hundreds of lucid dreams and it's the most amazing experiences I've have in my life. It takes practice to 1) figure out you're dreaming with some level of reliability 2) learn to take control 3) train yourself not to get too excited so you don't wake yourself almost immediately. I believe the first step is to train yourself to recognize a dream. It becomes easier once you've don…
Just throwing this out there. I've had hundreds of lucid dreams and it's the most amazing experiences I've have in my life. It takes practice to 1) figure out you're dreaming with some level of reliability 2) learn to take control 3) train yourself not to get too excited so you don't wake yourself almost immediately. I believe the first step is to train yourself to recognize a dream. It becomes easier once you've don…
Have you ever done psychedelics? If so, how does it compare?
On psychedelics, I view the world and myself differently. I know I'm on drugs. My stream of thought is different I'm obviously still in my house, for example, and I know I can't fly or make things appear out of thin air. By the time any hallucinations would be dream-like (strong and heavy), I freaking know I'm hallucinating. Even with lighter things (much more common), I know it is a hallucination. I know that my painting doesn't really move like that, for example.
Just throwing this out there. I've had hundreds of lucid dreams and it's the most amazing experiences I've have in my life. It takes practice to 1) figure out you're dreaming with some level of reliability 2) learn to take control 3) train yourself not to get too excited so you don't wake yourself almost immediately. I believe the first step is to train yourself to recognize a dream. It becomes easier once you've don…
I had only a few lucid dreams. In that moment I was pretty sure to be lucid , but after waking up, it felt like a dream in which I just thought I was lucid. How do you differentiate between the two? Is it even possible?
I don't know if that helps or not, but that's what it does with me.
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Please don't do this here.
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in one of my first lucid dreams i started reading a book and then thought to myself, "hang on, no way this is a dream if i can read a book!", and then fell back into regular dream state haha
Could you explain further? Are there phases of dream where one can or cannot read? I heard an old tale (pre-internet days) where dreaming happens in a different part of the brain than reading, so supposedly it isnt possible to read in a dream and thus being able to read is a litmus test of whether you're dreaming or not....but i often read during dreams so I couldnt figure it out. Searching the internet (present day)…
Yes, this seems a difficult exercise, but it is exactly what your mind is against in a dream. And while a few people can read things in dreams, many cannot. Some folks can read simple signs. For me, most times, letters move around - if they are even latin letters at all. That said, sometimes I know what they say regardless. I get the illusion of reading, but not the actual experience.
Reading is sometimes a trigger for lucid dreams for me. It was unsettling at first :)
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You might try exploring the emotion you are left feeling after the recurring experience. I’ve found that my dreams are a space for me to integrate experiences.
I understand the emotion just fine. It is superficial frustration from wanting to be able to do something and not being able to. The solution is just to let go of it. Sleep and dreaming being what it is, I often do not remember that this is a problem until I wake up a bit more enough to remember "oh, yes, this is a problem". Many people certainly seem to dream about issues of great significance to them. I have before…
I work with a variety of folks, including some of the top founders in the valley, and this type of subtle exploration is one of the most useful tools to unlock deeper levels of clarity, performance and wellbeing.
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False memories are one which many have experienced, as well as mentioned above, increased chance of sleep paralysis. Increased SP doesn't seem so bad, just maybe inconvenient. Building up more and more false memories doesn't seem like a great idea.
Thanks for sharing your experience. Can I ask how you found your sleep paralysis encounters? (for want of a better word). Personally I've found them deeply disturbing. Throughout my life I have experienced moments of sleep paralysis at most on 10 occasions. They've left a big impact though, and I sympathize with anyone who has the misfortune of feeling as though you are trapped and unable to move. After watching the…
When I actually learned what it was I tried lucid dreaming and stuff with it. But, I always find the feeling uncomfortable. I don't like not being able to move or do anything while your dreams mix with your bedroom.
It doesn't happen so much now. Every once in a while if I wake up in the morning and go back to sleep, the second time I wake up it'll happen. I don't tend to sleep in any more and once i'm awake I get up.
I don't know if it's related but i've always had problems sleeping. When I was young I was scared to sleep, even as a baby i didn't sleep well. I can usually fall asleep alright now but the slightest noise in the night wakes me up and I still feel wary about losing conciousness.
Has anyone ever experimented with Calea zacatechichi, Entada rheedii, or any other natural oneirogens to induce lucid dreaming? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calea_ternifolia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entada_rheedii
Smoked it, the smoke is thick and a bit... sorta soapy. Apparently the tea is disgusting.
Next two nights I'd have a lot of dreams, but also sleep fitfully and not feel well rested. Definitely an interesting herb, but not a habit I'd want to make frequent because of the tiredness. That was a few years ago now.