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| TheDreamDoctor | Lucid dreaming is amazing, isn't it? We finally get to "see" the dreamscape! |
| Lydea | can I ask a question? |
| TheDreamDoctor | Please |
| Lydea | is it lucid dreaming if you know in the middle of the dream that you are dreaming |
| TheDreamDoctor | Yes. That is the definition - to be aware - while you still are in the dream - that it is a dream |
| TheDreamDoctor | Talk about a peak experience!! |
| Stones77 | can you direct your dreams from this state? |
| Lydea | I occasionally have a dream of a dead relative visiting me and as we are talking all of sudden I'll remember hey they are dead and then the dream dissolves |
| lila | when I figure out I'm lucid dreaming I wake up shortly afterwards - I guess I get so excited I startle myself awake - is this likely? |
| lila | just take one question at a time Doctor....lol |
| Stones77 | lol |
| Lydea | lol |
| TheDreamDoctor | Usually it is something so unusual in the dream - like speaking with a relative that has passed on - that tips us off that we MUST be dreaming. And yes, it is very common to wake ourselves up as soon as we recognize the dream state - because we get so excited. |
| TheDreamDoctor | We have to learn to "keep cool" as it were - so that we don't "bump" ourselves out of REM |
| Lydea | dang he's good!!! got two people at once |
| ladyhawk | how about messages in our dreams |
| lila | any tips on keeping "cool"? |
| TheDreamDoctor | In tantric buddhist disciplines - where lucid dreaming is taught as a way to practice attentiveness and consciousness, maintaining consciousness in the dream state is called the "delicate balance." |
| TheDreamDoctor | Tips are: Remind your self to not get too excited - seriously - and also remind yourself that it's just a dream - because consciousness, once gained, is easily lost if we forget. |
| TheDreamDoctor | Another tip is to "dream" that you are falling backwards - which helps you to relax, and hopefully stay asleep |
| Lydea | so what's the advantage practicing attentiveness? isn't this the time for the body to let go of consciousness? |
| kiszingafool | quick question? |
| TheDreamDoctor | Do you mean in sleep? |
| kiszingafool | do you believe symbols mean different things for different people... Such as being naked except for a pair of socks? |
| TheDreamDoctor | The advantage of pracicing consciousness is that it allows you to enter the dreamscape consciously, where yes, you also can control the dream, and your responses to it - to a certain extent. |
| lila | Dream Doctor - are you addressing Lydea? with your question " do you mean in sleep? - (helps to put the name of chatter in your messages) |
| TheDreamDoctor | Kissing. being naked almost always indicates vulnerability and exposure. The socks might be a personal symbol, but I would suspect that the naked would consistently indicate feelings of exposure and that people can "see through you." |
| TheDreamDoctor | I was addressing Lydea |
| lila | ty |
| Lydea | yes thank you DD, I did mean in sleep |
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| Alicia | This is the first time that I've been at a chat room. |
| Stones77 | so your answer to lydea, pretty much does indicate that you can direct your dreams in lucid state, right? |
| TheDreamDoctor | I understand the value of releasing conscious control - as in sleep - but we are discussing using consciousness to gain access to a part of ourselves that normally is alseep - to relative degree. I willsay, though, that I definitely do not agree that practicing consciousness duirng Dream sleep is damaging, unhealthy, or should not be pursued - because we are messing with a process that ought to remain unconscious. There is no evidence for this at all. |
| lila | welcome Alicia - we are chatting about dreams |
| Alicia | Are you talking about self-hypnosis? |
| TheDreamDoctor | Lucidity is usually such an infrequent event. The challenge is how to increase our access to the dreamscape. |
| lila | sleeping - night dreams - lucid dreaming Alicia |
| Stones77 | ok, thanks. |
| Lydea | so how do you do that Lucid? |
| TheDreamDoctor | The best way to increase our awareness of dreams is to keep a dream journal and to record our dreams. I was reading a stdy recently where a researcher took a group of people who averaged a recall of 3 dreams per week. After they practiced writing down their dreams for a month, they recalled three dreams per night! |
| Stones77 | wow |
| kiszingafool | (wow) |
| Lydea | amazing |
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