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Lucid Dreaming: Encyclopedia - Lucid dreaming

Lucid dreaming is the conscious perception of one's state while dreaming, enabling a more cogent ("lucid") control over the content and quality of the experience. The complete experience from start to finish is a lucid dream. Stephen LaBerge, a popular author and experimenter on the subject, has defined it as "dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming." [1] There are many unanswered questions about lucid dreaming, and about dreaming itself. LaBerge and his associates have called people who purposefully explore the pos ...

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Lucid dreaming - Achieving and recognizing lucid dreams

Lucid Dreaming: Encyclopedia II - Lucid dreaming - History of lucid dreaming research Even though it has only come to the attention of the general public in the last few decades, lucid dreaming is not a modern discovery. It is in the fifth century that we have the earliest written testimony of a lucid dream — in a letter written by St. Augustine of Hippo in 415 A.D. And even as early as the eighth century, the Tibetan Buddhists were practising a form of yoga supposed to maintain full waking consciousness while in the dream state. An early recorded lucid dreamer was the philosopher and physician Sir Thomas Browne (160 ...

How often have you woken in the night, looked at a digital clock, but it has appeared blurred or doesn't make sense? Have you ever reached out to turn on the light - or any electrical appliance - to discover that it doesn't function properly, or not at all? Have you got vague memories of getting up in the middle of the night, trying to open the door, finding that it won't open and going back to bed? Would you believe it, if you were told that you were probably dreaming? A false awakening is a convincing illusion of having woken when, in fact, you are still in dreaming sleep, so the imagery - although seemingly real - is artificial.

Lucid Dreaming: How to Improve Dream Recall

The main barrier to recall and to lucid dreaming (realizing during a dream that one is dreaming) is that waking and dreaming memory aren't connected nearly as well as they could be with greater intention, practice and focus. Making a consistent effort to remember and record your dreams will help your waking mind to ally itself more closely with your dream experience. It's also an excellent way to increase imagination and intuitive capabilities which are both intimately connected with dreams. This alone should provide strong incentive.

Lucid Dreaming: Lucid Dreaming Exercises and Tips - A Guide to Lucid Dreaming

Lucid Dreaming: To evoke a specific dream

There is much evidence in existence to support the notion that we all possess the potential to incubate dreams - in other words, conjure up dreams to order. Whether they are romantic encounters, dreams that furnish solutions to problems, or even lucid dreams, with time and effort, they can be evoked. Ancient civilizations were well aware of the potential of dream incubation. The Egyptians, for example, built temples called Serapeums, named after Serapis, the god of dreams. It wasn't unusual for the expectant dreamer to undergo various procedures including cleansing, purging, offering up prayer and so forth, in order to experience the desired dream.

Lucid Dreaming: Meaning of Snake in a Dream

Meaning of dream with Snake from different traditions � In Indian tradition, moving snakes symbolize the stirring of kundalini. � In Freudian terms, snake is a phallic symbol. � Jung, however, interpreted snakes as symbolic of the conflict between conscious attitudes and instincts.

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Lucid Dreaming: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Flying

Flying : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Flying

FLYING DREAM

You first start dreaming of flying when you are 3 to 5 years old. It is a very common dream, though less prevalent in adults. More than one third of the dreaming population has dreamed of flying one time or the other.

Flying dreams are known to have a positive relationship with relief from tension and nightmares.
Lucid dreamers tend to have twice as much of flying dreams.
An intense emotional condition can also trigger off a flying dream
The dreams are not exclusive to the post flying machines era. They have occurred in ancient times too, as records in dream books of Babylonian and Egyptian civilizations reveal.
People with an imaginative personality and creative thinkers have more flying dreams
Those who fly planes have these dreams, though they rather fly like Superman in their dreams, not in aeroplanes.

What triggers off a flying dream? The reasons offered for these dreams are

Psychological - the dreamer has had an intense emotional experience
Physiological � There is a change in the breathing pattern of the dreamer
Physical -There is an actual physical movement of the bed.
Precognitive � In preparation of a flying trip
Consciousness � Awareness of movement around you

At an emotional level, a flying dream maybe your defence mechanism to ward of obstacles or transcend over them. But where is your flight headed? Are you seeking something in your flight or is it one of pure joy of the experience?

You will have to identify which particular meaning is the most relevant interpretation.

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Lucid Dreaming: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Flying dream

Flying dream : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Flying dream

FLYING:

Usually represents freedom from the physical body, as we experience in sleep & while dreaming where we don't use our physical bodies but instead use our mental & spiritual bodies to experience our dreams. It's one of the first things people attempt to do when they gain control of their dreams and start lucid dreaming.

Everybody seems to have a natural inclination to want to fly, unless that is changed by a fear of flying due to a frightening incident in their waking lives. Flying = freedom; either a desire for freedom, an "escape" from restraints in your physical life (like a mini-vacation for the mind) or any number of possiblities. Tie it in with the context of your dream...what were you doing in your dream besides flying? How did it make you feel? etc. Also, the type of flying I'm referring to, here, is the person flying on their own without an airplane or any aircraft at all. That would be a different symbol dealing with spiritual awareness, among other things.

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Lucid Dreaming: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Flying

Flying : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Flying

Flying

Many flying dreams are the result of lucid dreaming. Not all flying dreams are, however. Typically, dreaming that you are flying means you are on top of things. You are in control of the things that matter to you. Or, maybe you've just gained a new perspective on things. It may also mean you are strong willed and feel like no one and nothing can defeat you. If you are having problems maintaining your flight, someone or something may be standing in the way of you having control. If you are afraid while flying, you may have challenges that you don't feel up to.

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Lucid Dreaming: Encyclopedia - Dream

A dream is the experience of images, sounds/voices, words, thoughts or sensations during sleep, with the dreamer usually not being able to influence the experience. The scientific discipline of dream research is oneirology. Dreaming has been associated with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, a lighter form of sleep that occurs during the latter portion of the sleep cycle, characterized by rapid horizontal eye movements, stimulation of the pons, increased respiratory and heart rate, and temporary paralysis of the body; however, this association has been questioned, as it may only be t ...

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Lucid Dreaming: Encyclopedia - Awake

Being awake is a metabolic state which is marked by catabolic processes and which is characterized by consciousness, the opposite of sleep, an anabolic process. Communication, ambulation, and ingestion are conducted while awake. Animals can run, walk and eat while awake; humans can also talk, listen, write, read, and productively think and work in the awake state. Awake - Other meanings. To be "awakened" can refer to being taken out of a state of believing something which one subsequently ...

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Awake - Other meanings

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Lucid Dreaming: 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 Dreaming: What is a lucid dream?

Dream FAQ Dictionary: What is a lucid dream?

What is a lucid dream?

A lucid dream involves knowing you’re dreaming while you’re dreaming. In some cases, you can direct the events and outcome of the dream. Lucid dreaming has been linked to enhanced creativity and self-healing. It’s estimated that about 15 percent of the adult population naturally have frequent lucid dreams. Many people can learn to increase their lucid dreaming.

Source:Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Dreamspeak: How To Understand the Messages in Your Dreams

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Lucid Dreaming: 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. 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.

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Lucid Dreaming: How can I find out more about lucid dreaming, or get involved lucid dreaming research?

Dream FAQ Dictionary: How can I find out more about lucid dreaming, or get involved lucid dreaming research?

How can I find out more about lucid dreaming, or get involved lucid dreaming research?

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.

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Lucid Dreaming: 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.

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Lucid Dreaming: f you are lucid, can you control the dream?

Dream FAQ Dictionary: f you are lucid, can you control the dream?

If you are lucid, can you control the dream?

A. Usually lucidity brings with it some degree of control over thecourse of the dream. How much control is possible varies from dream todream and from dreamer to dreamer. Practice can apparently contributeto the ability to exert control over dream events. At the least, luciddreamers can choose how they wish to respond to the events of thedream. For example, you can decide to face up to a frightening dreamfigure, knowing it cannot harm you, rather than to try to avoid thedanger as you naturally would if you did not know it was a dream. Eventhis amount of control can transform the dream experience from one inwhich you are the helpless victim of frequently terrifying,frustrating, or maddening experiences to one in which you can dismissfor a while the cares and concerns of waking life. On the other hand,some people are able to achieve a level of mastery in their luciddreaming where they can create any world, live any fantasy, andexperience anything they can imagine!

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