Lucid Dreaming

I've heard that a useful technique is to get into the habit of asking yourself at regular intervals while you're awake, "Am I awake or am I dreaming?" The idea is that if the habit becomes ingrained enough when you're awake, you'll start do do it when you're asleep.

I know this practice became very popular as a result of the Castaneda books and other new agey writings. Some Buddhist monks use it to extend their meditation practice into their dreams. They sleep sitting up in boxes which allow them to maintain their meditation posture while asleep.

havocdb said:

yeah, that was for dialup. i don't think i could manage that many nightmares. would drive me crazy!!!

Nobody REALLY understands sleep disorders. there are just so many factors involved i doubt anyone really will understand the what when how and why...

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it almost drove me crazy I had problems because of it. one night I woke up from a dream and went for walk to think about it, because it was a seriously bad dream I had to find clarity somewhere. I was thinking thing's like, why is this happening to me..what did i do to deserve this, is my heart right is my mind right, I just thought all night. and finally decided to not let my dreams beat me, to keep them dreams and not let them effect my reality. now i wake up from dreams where i die and it's just normal to me. when i dream of other things it's a little hardcore to cope with, but I def. manage. honestly it has made me a stronger person mentally..I can deal with a lot more now.

and sometimes I have good dreams. when I sleep next to my girlfriend I dream of nice things SOMETIMES but she's told me stories where she would watch me shake and talk while i was asleep. she would just whisper 'i love you' in my ear or something and supposedly i'd calm down

ElBarto said:

I've heard that a useful technique is to get into the habit of asking yourself at regular intervals while you're awake, "Am I awake or am I dreaming?" The idea is that if the habit becomes ingrained enough when you're awake, you'll start do do it when you're asleep.

I know this practice became very popular as a result of the Castaneda books and other new agey writings. Some Buddhist monks use it to extend their meditation practice into their dreams. They sleep sitting up in boxes which allow them to maintain their meditation posture while asleep.

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that's it! all them fools sleeping in boxes under the freeway are meditating! they're on their way to enlightenment!

seriously though, that's a bit far. i like my cushy mattress. it's comfy.

yeah for sure, I'm not into meditating like that at all either. I tried meditation for a while to gain better control over my chi. it was stupid.

I tried some tantric masturbation once, where ya draw the energy up through the chakras.It was nice, but labor intensive.

mahlye said:

yeah for sure, I'm not into meditating like that at all either. I tried meditation for a while to gain better control over my chi. it was stupid.

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Stoney McFried said:

I tried some tantric masturbation once, where ya draw the energy up through the chakras.It was nice, but labor intensive.

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when I read this I laughed so hard...thank you..

I try.Oh lawd, do I try.

mahlye said:

when I read this I laughed so hard...thank you..

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i meditate all the time! medi..medi... medicate?! that's the one! if you ask me, they can be one in the same.

there's no closer to being one with nature than being lost in a big redwood forest wearing nuthin but hiking boots and wondering why the moss you have draped over your head is telling you that you are standing upside down...

havent tried this but am working on sleep paralysis

the first couple of times, SP really scared the fuck out of me. Now i have it to the point where i realize i am in SP and just try to wake myself up and out of that.

Fuckin weird. They say SP is why people believe they have been abducted by aliens

I know that this is gonna sound stupid, but when I DO dream, more often than not it's lucid. like, I can control every aspect of my dream basically. that's what lucid dreaming is right? or do I just sound like a bit of an idiot thinking that lucid dreaming has just come naturally lol

lucid dreaming comes naturally for some.

i'm not sure if i have lucid dreams. i have complete control of everything and remember the dreams very well. but the dreams feel like they're real. even when i have flying dreams, which are so much fun!

ever dream that there was a gang war inside of your house? I had that dream last night it was so crazy, but flying dreams are so cool

I've been working on this.. another thing to help is to look at your feet in your dreams, esp. when you are starting to wake up. Or if you find that you have woken up when you did not want to, DO NOT MOVE AT ALL. You can slip easily back into your dream.. I've gotten to the point where I'm conscious of the fact that I am dreaming but have difficulty controlling lots of aspects of my dreams or shrugging off the idea of 'social consequences' because of actions in my dreams..getting there..lol

I used to have this dream where I was fucking a dead clown...I wonder if I could use this method to get that dream back...???
Oh HNSM I would rather look at your feet....

By all means, try it.Why not put some grease paint on your wiener before bed?

tipsgnob said:

I used to have this dream where I was fucking a dead clown...I wonder if I could use this method to get that dream back...???
Oh HNSM I would rather look at your feet....

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this really works ? i want to have sex with a different person every night while im dreaming how do i go about this?

REad the thread.It takes time and practice.You have to make yourself aware without waking up.Aware that you are dreaming.Say something is chasing you.You have to make yourself say...."Wait, there's no such thing as this thing! Therefore, this is a dream." WHen you can do that, then you can start manipulating aspects of the dream.Like become Duke Nukem and blow its head off while reciting catch phrases.Start getting good at that,and then you can start conjuring up women to fornicate with.Just make sure you have fresh sheets ready.

Robert520 said:

this really works ? i want to have sex with a different person every night while im dreaming how do i go about this?

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pfft who uses sheets on their beds.

Ahhhh a he-man manly man!

Robert520 said:

pfft who uses sheets on their beds.

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im also head of the he man woman haters club.