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Lucid Dream: New Age Spirituality Dictionary on Lucid Dreaming

Lucid Dreaming

The term "lucid dreaming" refers to dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming. The "lucid" part refers to the clarity of consciousness rather than the vividness of the dream.

It generally happens when you realize during the course of a dream that you are dreaming, perhaps because something weird occurs.

Most people who remember their dreams have experienced this at some time, often waking up immediately after the realization. However, it is possible to continue in the dream while remaining fully aware that you are dreaming. (See Lucid Dreaming)

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Lucid Dream: What is Lucid Dreaming?

Dream FAQ Dictionary: What is Lucid Dreaming?

What is Lucid Dreaming?

Lucid dreaming is defined as dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming. The term was coined by Frederik van Eeden using the word "lucid" in the sense of mental clarity. Lucidity usually begins in the middle of dreams when the dreamer realizes that the experiences that are occurring are not that of the physical reality, but rather the creation of a dream.

Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/C005545/english/dream/lucid.htm

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Lucid Dream: New Age Spirituality Dictionary on Lucid Dreaming

Lucid Dreaming

The term "lucid dreaming" refers to dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming. The "lucid" part refers to the clarity of consciousness rather than the vividness of the dream.

It generally happens when you realize during the course of a dream that you are dreaming, perhaps because something weird occurs.

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Lucid Dream: What is lucid dreaming?

Dream FAQ Dictionary: What is lucid dreaming?

What is lucid dreaming?

A. The term "lucid dreaming" refers to dreaming while knowing that youare dreaming. The "lucid" part refers to the clarity of consciousnessrather than the vividness of the dream. It generally happens when yourealize during the course of a dream that you are dreaming, perhapsbecause something weird occurs. Most people who remember their dreamshave experienced this at some time, often waking up immediately afterthe realization. However, it is possible to continue in the dreamwhile remaining fully aware that you are dreaming.

Source: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/dreams-faq

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Lucid Dream: Encyclopedia II - Dream - Lucid dreaming

Researchers often define lucid dreaming as simply "being aware in a dream that one is dreaming". Many others define a lucid dream as a dream in which the dreamer has full awareness that the situation is a mental construct — and thus can analyse the situation logically and react accordingly. Such full awareness adds numerous extra abilities to the dreamer, particularly control of the direction of the dream. This control is particularly helpful during nightmares, when the "dream self" can face the "attacker" or other source of anxiety to con ...

A. Contact the Lucidity Institute, an organization founded by luciddreaming researcher Dr. Stephen LaBerge to support research on luciddreams and to help people learn to use them to enhance theirlives. The Lucidity Institute's mission is to advance research on thenature and potentials of consciousness and to apply the results ofthis research to the enhancement of human health and well-being. TheLucidity Institute offers a membership society, whose quarterlynewsletter, NIGHTLIGHT, discusses research and development in thefield of lucid dreaming, and invites the participation of members inat-home experiments. Workshops and training programs are availableperiodically. The Institute sells books, tapes, scientificpublications and the DreamLight.

Source: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/dreams-faq

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Lucid Dream: How do I have lucid dreams?

Dream FAQ Dictionary: How do I have lucid dreams?

How do you have lucid dreams?

A. There are several methods of inducing lucid dreams. The first step,regardless of method, is to develop your dream recall until you canremember at least one dream per night. Then, if you have a lucid dreamyou will remember it. You will also become very familiar with yourdreams, making it easier learn to recognize them while they arehappening. If you recall your dreams you can begin immediately withtwo simple techniques for stimulating lucid dreams. Lucid dreamersmake a habit of "reality testing." This means investigating theenvironment to decide whether you are dreaming or awake. Ask yourselfmany times a day, "Could I be dreaming?

" Then, test the stability ofyour current reality by reading some words, looking away and lookingback while trying to will them to change. The instability of dreams isthe easiest clue to use for distinguishing waking from dreaming. Ifthe words change, you are dreaming. Taking naps is a way to greatlyincrease your chances of having lucid dreams. You have to sleep longenough in the nap to enter REM sleep. If you take the nap in themorning (after getting up earlier than usual), you are likely to enterREM sleep within a half-hour to an hour after you fall asleep. If younap for 90 minutes to 2 hours you will have plenty of dreams and ahigher probability of becoming lucid than in dreams you have during anormal night's sleep. Focus on your intention to recognize that youare dreaming as you fall asleep within the nap.

External cues to help people attain lucidity in dreams have been thefocus of Dr. Stephen LaBerge's research and the Lucidity Institute'sdevelopment efforts for several years. Using the results of laboratorystudies, they have designed a portable device, called the DreamLight,for this purpose. It monitors sleep and when it detects REM sleepgives a cue -- a flashing light -- that enters the dream to remind thedreamer to become lucid. The light comes from a soft mask worn duringsleep that also contains the sensing apparatus for determining whenthe sleeper is in REM sleep. A small custom computer connected to themask by a cord decides when the wearer is in REM and when to flash thelights.

Source: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/dreams-faq

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Lucid Dream: Does lucid dreaming interfere with the function of "normal" dreaming?

Dream FAQ Dictionary: Does lucid dreaming interfere with the function of "normal" dreaming?

Does lucid dreaming interfere with the function of "normal" dreaming?

A. According to one way of thinking, lucid dreaming _is_ normaldreaming. The brain and body are in the same physiological stateduring lucid dreaming as they are in during most ordinary non- luciddreaming, that is, REM sleep. Dreaming is a result of the brain beingactive, at the same time as the sense organs of the body are turnedoff to the outside world. In this condition, typically during REMsleep, the mind creates experiences out of currently active thoughts,concerns, memories and fantasies. Knowing you are dreaming simplyallows you to direct the dream along constructive or positive lines,like you direct your thoughts when you are awake. Furthermore, luciddreams can be even more informative about yourself than non-luciddreams, because you can observe the development of the dream out ofyour feelings and tendencies, while being aware that you are dreamingand that the dream is coming from you. The notion that dreams areunconscious processes that should remain so is false. Your wakingconsciousness is always present in your dreams. If it were not, youwould not be able to remember dreams, because you can only remember anevent you have consciously experienced. The added "consciousness" oflucid dreaming is nothing more than the awareness of being in thedream state.

Source: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/dreams-faq

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Lucid Dream: Why would I want to have lucid dreams?

Dream FAQ Dictionary: Why would I want to have lucid dreams?

Why would you want to have lucid dreams?

A. The laws of physics and society are repealed in dreams. The onlylimits are the reaches of your imagination. Much of the potential ofdreams is wasted because people do not recognize that they aredreaming. When we are not lucid in a dream, we think and behave as ifwe are in waking reality. This can lead to pointless frustration,confusion and wasted energy, and in the worst case, terrifyingnightmares. It is useless to try as we do to accomplish the tasks ofwaking life in dreams. Our misguided efforts to do so result inanxiety dreams of malfunctioning machinery, missed deadlines,forgotten exams, losing the way, and so on. Anxiety dreams andnightmares can be overcome through lucid dreaming, because if you knowyou are dreaming you have nothing to fear. Dream images cannot hurtyou. Lucid dreams, in addition to helping you lead your dreams insatisfying directions, enjoy fantastic adventures, and overcomenightmares, can be valuable tools for success in your wakinglife. Lucid dreamers can deliberately employ the natural creativepotential of dreams for problem solving and artisticinspiration. Athletes, performers, or anyone who gives presentationscan prepare, practice and polish their performances while theysleep. This is only a taste of the variety of ways people have usedlucid dreaming to expand their lives.

Source: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/dreams-faq

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Lucid Dream: What are the various gadgets to help you in lucid dreaming?

Dream FAQ Dictionary: What are the various gadgets to help you in lucid dreaming?

What are the various gadgets to help you in lucid dreaming?

[by pryan@prairienet.org (Pamela Ryan)]

These descriptions are straight from the Lucidity Institute'snewsletter:DreamLink: Computerized mask provides a convenient state-testingprocedure and delivers light cues when you estimate you aredreaming. $195NovaDreamer: New computerized biofeedback mask provides a convenientstate-testing procedure and delivers light cues when you aredreaming. $245DreamLight: Computerized biofeedback device monitors your sleep anddelivers light and sound cues when you are dreaming. $1200

These devices are not a means for "automagically" getting you luciddreams. Rather they provide signs that help you recognize your dreamsby means of external influence. Using these dream-signs is still up toyourself and requires quite some amount of training.

Software to make your computer screen act as a flashlight: thehyperreal.com (not techno.stanford.edu any more) WWW/FTP server hasthis, among much other interesting stuff. I know of an MSDOS programcalled "flasher" which can be found there and another similar thingfor Linux that someone has promised to upload. Such programs canperhaps be used as a replacement for the less sophisticated sort ofeqipment as described above.

Source: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/dreams-faq

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Lucid Dream: Encyclopedia II - Dream - Psychodynamic interpretation of dreams

Both Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung identify dreams as an interaction between the unconscious and the conscious. They also assert together that unconscious is the dominant force of the dream, and in dreams it conveys its own mental activity to the perceptive faculty. Freud, however, felt that there was an active censorship against the unconscious even during sleep; in his seminal work The Interpretation of Dreams, he explains and argues for his theory in detail. ...

A. Sensual "input" while sleeping is incorporated into dreams. Mostnotably, while sleeping, you hear as well as while waking - the earsare never turned off. This leads to the consequence that what you hearwhile sleeping, you'll hear in your dreams. The sound is always comingfrom "somewhere". Common experiences of this kind are a telephoneringing or music from the radio. The same holds for the other senses.Note that it is not important how loud some noise is to get noticedwhile sleeping - even an otherwise unnoticed sound, like a mouserunning over your floor, can wake you up if it is uncommon orotherwise alarming to you - on the other hand, you can get accustomedto high levels of noise, like construction work nearby. (Whatdefinitely will wake you up is someone knocking at your window if youlive at the 10th floor ;-)

It is an interesting experience that you can hear exactly what isgoing on, but will forget it on waking up along with forgetting therest of your dream. This includes things such as news broadcast heardon the radio - after waking up, you have forgotten it. It is like youhave dreamed the news broadcast as well - but distinguishing this factis a good clue to lucid dreaming and the way "lucidity inducingdevices" work.

Source: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/dreams-faq

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Lucid Dream: How do various drugs/nutritional components influence dreaming?

Dream FAQ Dictionary: How do various drugs/nutritional components influence dreaming?

How do various drugs/nutritional components influence dreaming?

[Section compiled from answers by various people]

[By turner@remarque.berkeley.edu (Michael Turner)]AMINO ACIDS & SUPPLEMENTSSaw some mention of Taurine recently. B vitamins (6 and 12)?

I'veused Choline+Inositol combo w/some success.Inositol is a B-vitamin (12?

) that aids in the uptake of Choline,which is a precursor to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Cholineis present in lecithin, which is itself present in egg whites, soyproducts, and other sources of protein. One would have to constantlyglut oneself with tofu in order to get the equivalent of 500mg tabletof Choline+ Inositol, however.

FOODSFish contains some substance that also helps, forget what it's called,though. Cheese (esp. cheddar, for some reason) and bananas to alesser extent, contain some stuff that can cause wild dreams. Soy,eggs, etc., as mentioned above.

TEAS and HERBSHave tried various teas and herbs, but most were either ineffective orunspeakably vile. (DON'T like vivid dreams of large bugs burrowingthrough my head, thank you very much.) Would be willing to try againwith some guidance, though.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGSPrescription drugs of various kinds can have dream effects; so much sothat most sleep/dream labs have some kind of funding from pharm.companies, if they aren't owned and operated by them outright. Never-theless, prescription drug labels seldom warn of "nightmares"; perhapsthat all falls under "sleep disturbances."Barbiturates can suppress REM. Don't know about tranqs & anti-depressants, though. New Wave antidepressions (Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil)are serotonin- effecting, so some effect might be expected.

LEGAL PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGSBoth caffeine and alcohol can suppress REM - odd, since one is a CNSstimulant, the other a CNS depressant. Nicotine?

Don't know.

ILLEGAL PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGSControlled/illegal substances have been studied vis-a-vis dreams, buthazy on the details I learned. (Was high at the time, I guess....)THC can suppress REM somewhat. Various psychedelics effect aspects ofserotonin metabolism. Speed keeps you from sleeping; amphetaminepsychosis might be drug-induced-anxiety + REM deprivation. Newerstuff, such as illegal/controlled "smart drugs", "designer drugs",etc. I don't know about, but it would be surprising if they had nodream effects.

[By pryan@prairienet.org (Pamela Ryan)]Someone posted a while back that a combination of Choline (600 mg,equals 1429 mg Choline Bitartrate) and Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5,500 mg) boosts dream recall.

[By pzinken@mswe.dnet.ms.philips.nl (P. ZINKEN)]Point is i am at one side a notorious coffee-addict, and on the otherside one who smokes a joint or a hookah from time to time. I'lldescribe my states of dreaming for both, because they are ratherdifferent.

Caffeine:Under influence of caffeine (and i mean rather much, after drinking,for example, 10 to 15 0.25l cups), i tend to sleep very light. If iget to dream it usually is a lucid dream. Thus, it seems caffeinechanges the conciousness while sleeping. Also, i tend to have morenightmares if i drink too much coffee.

Hasjiesj:There are times when i like to smoke some weed or hasjiesj and then goto bed stoned (on these days i usually smoke between 0.5 and 0.75grams) It does influence the dream state very heavy. Hasjiesj has thetendency of relaxing you, and also has a tendency to make emotionsstronger. While dreaming this results in very real-feeling dreams.Last night i smoked about a half gram of Noorderlicht, a kind of weedgrown here in Eindhoven, and after going to bed and falling to sleep(almost instantly) i dreamt something rather silly, but i couldn'thelp thinking it was the real-world instead of a dream.Thus, hasjiesj makes the dream stronger, more deep. Problem is, anightmare will seem more real too. Also, it seems to make it moredifficult to dream lucid (i am able to dream lucid).

Combination:Well, this one is the one i get at the most. After a long day ofworking and coffee-drinking, i sometimes let myself go and make ablow. This results in a combination of an up-drug and adown-drug. And, strangest of things, this combination does neverresult in no-drug.The caffeine still leaves the property of easily getting into a luciddream, while the hasjiesj makes the sleep very deep and the dreamsvery intense. I've yet to wake up from getting into lucidity whileunder influence of hasjiesj.Overal conclusion from my side thus is, drugs do have a certain effecton dreaming. And there is quite a big difference between uppers anddowners.

[By bsbyun@uswnvg.uucp (Bryan Byun)]

My method isn't the healthiest, so it's not something I want toexperiment on often, although reading your FAQ reminded me of it, andI might try it again sometime.Anyway, this is the exact method I use:1. Stay up late, past your normal sleeping time, until you are very,very tired. Do not get into bed until you are ready to sleep.2. Just before getting into bed, take from 2-4 caffeine tablets of thedosage included in Vivarin brand stimulants (I don't know the exactdosage), depending on your tolerance for caffeine.

It's my personal theory that what happens is that your body fallsasleep and begins the REM cycle...then, the caffeine stimulates yourbrain (or at least irritates it) so that your conscious mind awakens.Normally, so would your body, but if you sleep late enough, your bodywill be so fatigued that the fact of your brain awakening won't beenough to rouse it; and, if you take the right amount of caffeine, thestimulant effect will be just enough to wake up your mind, withoutforcing it completely awake.

Anyway, I don't know if I would recommend this as a method ofattaining lucid dreaming, but it has worked for me.

[By ot]

The Kava Kava root, a traditional drug from the Polynesian islands, islittle known but highly recommendable. It is said to take away stressand tension, very mildly tranquilizing while clearing and sharpeningthoughts. Also told to help dreaming, especially for lucid dreamingexercises. From my own experience, it causes a deeper but shorter(!)sleep with more intense dreams.

[The following holds for Germany, I don't think other countries aremuch different.] Kava Kava root is available from pharmacies, althoughnot a "standard" drug and sometimes it takes time for the pharmacistto obtain supply. At least one company makes capsules with Kava Kavaroot extracts ("Kava ratiopharm"). They are sold as a stress reliever.Though not as effective as the whole root, perhaps the method ofchoice for many - the traditional way of chewing the roots for a longtime does not suit Western people, who typically find the taste ratherbad. Attention: do not combine with alcohol, it increases theundesired effects of the latter (same with barbiturates, etc.)

Source: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/dreams-faq

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Lucid Dream: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Flying

Flying Dream Symbols:

getting above yourself; liberation; extend the range of your consciousness.

From SpiritCommunity

Flying

Some people believe that flying in our dreams can be an actual out of body experience, that we go to places on this physical plane as well as into the inner planes (mostly the Astral). Edgar Cayce thought that Astral travel or 'soul travel" might be a precursor to becoming lucid in a dream. Carl Jung's idea was that in a flying dream we are expressing our desire to break free of restrictions and limitations. We have a desire to be free and above all difficulties! Alfred Adler thought that this dream was a type of a superiority dream in which we reveal the desire to dominate and be above others. Focusing on the libido, Freud thought that flying was another way to express sexual desires. The details of your dream will give you clues as to what it symbolizes, if your dream was a spiritual experience or ego based.

(Source: Myths - Dreams - Symbols)

Flying, Out of body experience, Inner planes, Astral planes, Edgar Cayce, Astral travel, Soul travel, Lucid dreaming, Carl Jung, Jung, Jungian, Break free of restrictions, Limitations, Alfred Adler, Superiority, Desire to dominate, Libido, Freud, Sexual desires, Spiritual experience

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Lucid Dream: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Flying

Flying

Dreams of flying are common and most people can recall having flown in a dream or two. There are many ideas as to what this means. Some people believe that flying in our dreams can be an actual out of body experience, that we go to places on this physical plane as well as into the inner planes (mostly the Astral). Edgar Cayce thought that Astral travel or "soul travel" might be a precursor to becoming lucid in a dream. Carl Jung's idea was that in a flying dream we are expressing our desire to break free of restrictions and limitations. We have a desire to be free and above all difficulties! Alfred Adler thought that this dream was a type of a superiority dream in which we reveal the desire to dominate and be above others. Focusing on the libido, Freud thought that flying was another way to express sexual desires. The details of your dream will give you clues as to what it symbolizes, if your dream was a spiritual experience or ego based. Enjoy it, flying is fun!

Source: Dream Lover Incorporated, http://www.dreamloverinc.com

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Lucid Dream: What about the dream experiments on alt.dreams?

Dream FAQ Dictionary: What about the dream experiments on alt.dreams?

What about the dream experiments on alt.dreams?

A. Several experiments have been conducted to find out whether thereare shared dream experiences. On alt.dreams was posted a descriptionof a particular place, and people encouraged to get there in theirdreams. Dream logs were collected via e-mail by a person not involvedin the actual experiment, who compared the reports and looked forsimilarities. Of course, reports of different people havingconversation about the same topic, or people leaving items there andothers picking up the same items (as suggested in the experiments)were what was looked after. The last of these experiments ("SSDreamers"), held in Dec.92-Jan.93, was a failure. The most recent"Cafe Dreamers" experiment [Dec.93] results have remained unpublished.(We should get them out soon, I'll take the necessary steps...) Otherexperiments, especially "Dream Train" of [when was that exactly?

] havebeen more successful. [Does anybody archive the reports?

] Theseexperiments do not meet all strict scientific criteria (cf. section5.3.). However, for the people involved, they have always beeninteresting experiences.

Source: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/dreams-faq

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