Ever want to control your dreams? Do whatever you want while dreaming?

[iamme]

I just saw this on TechTV: Lucid Dreaming

Excerpt from lucidity.com:

The NovaDreamer detects when you?re in REM sleep, then gives you a cue (flashing lights or sounds) to remind you to recognize you're dreaming. Cues enter your dream, becoming incorporated just like an alarm or radio will sometimes work its way into a dream. For example, NovaDreamer users have reported: ?I see a beautiful pattern of gold and yellow diamonds that fills my field of vision...,? and ?I'm surrounded by the popping of flash bulbs with afterimages of orange circles...,? and ?I see a flash of light and press the button. No flash. I think, ?This is great; I must be dreaming!?? The workbook provided helps you prepare your mind to recognize the NovaDreamer?s cues and become lucid. You can order here: $275

I've heard of this before, does anyone know if this is proven scientifically? Or is it just a gimmick? It'd be pretty bad@ass to be able to control your dreams....whatcha guys think?

 

[gigapet]

i can on occasion control my dreams or at least some aspects of them without the help of that device.

And yes it is very cool......especially when that girl from chem lab is in your dream......hhmmmmmmm gooooooooood

 

[Deeko]

It can be done. Most people have trouble doing it though, because when they realize they are in control of a dream they get overexcited and wake up. I've got a whole book on controlling your dreams, its pretty cool, although I can only rarely get it to work.

 

[TomC25]

i can on occasion control my dreams or at least some aspects of them without the help of that device.

The same with me.

I can generally know that I am dreaming and start to control it the way I want it to go.

The only thing I do not like it waking up and wanting to finish a dream and you try to but you can't. :|

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

This reminds me of one of the funnier parts from Waking Life.

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: TomC25


The only thing I do not like it waking up and wanting to finish a dream and you try to but you can't. :|

this is the worst....i have on a couple of occasions finished dreams though after i woke up.....very very very rare.....

I'd like to have more consisten control over my dreams however i doubt i even have the proper sleeping habits to promote this

 

[MichaelD]

This is a cool thread.

All my life I have had those dreams where you are "falling." Weird stuff like you're walking along the street and all of a sudden you've plummeted off a cliff. I'm sure you know what I mean.

Well, I used to be terrified...in the dreams, I'd never hit bottom, but I'd bolt upright in bed, breathing hard.

Well, several years ago, I managed to say to myself, in the middle of the dream "this is just a dream and nothing bad is gonna happen" and I just "let myself fall" instead of fighting it for the first time in my life. I woke up the next morning, smiling.

I still have those dreams from time to time and now the "fall" doesn't last half as long. I just say "oh, this again? Bring it on!" and the dreams shuts off automatically. How cool is that.

On a related note, on the rare occassions that I have THOSE DREAMS...you know, with the gorgeous ex from 10 years ago? Well, I know I'm dreaming, I say "oh man this is COOL! Let's see what I can do here....." and the dream shuts off. :| I have never been able to actually "write the script" for the dream...just end the bad ones. Oh well. Can't win 'em all, I guess.

 

[hoihtah]

i control my dream for the most part.

the part where i can't control is...
to start dreaming as soon as i fall asleep.

for some reason... i seem to start dreaming about 1 hour before i have to wake up.

it's like watching two episodes i guess.

 

[FoBoT]

i used to sort of be able to do this

but i don't get enough sleep anymore and so i rarely dream at all anymore

i would occasionally become aware inside my dream that i was dreaming , especially when i would have dreams that i could fly

 

[Phuz]

...or you can save your money and learn by yourself!

It must be practised in every day life, so when you dream at that level, you can take advantage of it.

 

[gigapet]

the best is when somebody is chasing after you apparently trying to kill you and while your trying to escape you realize how obsurd it is to believe this is actually real so you just start flying instead of running.....flying flying away ..........then you end up in kmart with two ppl you havnt seen in like 4 years and they aer talking about all kinds of crazy ish....blah blah.......now your in a nightclub and there she is, you make your move , SCORE! wake up goto work!

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: Phuz
...or you can save your money and learn by yourself!

It must be practised in every day life, so when you dream at that level, you can take advantage of it.

please elaborate

 

[rubix]

for me its like that with every dream, i always know it is not real. i can wake up and then go back to sleep and continue from where i left off too.

 

last time i tried to control a dream the ghostbusters came in through a wall and shot the bad guys. Then they turned on. My mind tried to kill me.

 

[iamme]

Wow, you guys who can control your dreams are so cool......I wish I could do that

 

[hoihtah]

every night i go to sleep hoping for a fun adventure.

while i can control my own action... within my dream...
i can't control the genre or the scene of my dream.

just like in real life, i can control what i do... but not things around me.

but all in all, as long as it's not a horror dream...
i enjoy them all.

 

[iamme]

I remember when I got addicted to Warcraft II.....I used to have dreams about it

 

[JonnyBlaze]

i had a period for about a year where almost every night i had some sort of weird experience while sleeping.

if you want to try and do it, when you remember your dreams, look for things that are out of the oridinary that should trigger you to realize that your not awake. once you get used to noticing them, you will notice them while dreaming and be able to take control.

at one point, i could almost just lay down and and be in a dream almost instantly and be somewhere else even tho i knew i was on my couch / bed.
it was weird.

maybe later ill post some of the things i did.


JB

 

[Platypus]

To some extent I can always do this. Except I always end up dying in my dreams, and I just let it happen. Heh.

 

[CrazyDe1]

yeah...I know i'm dreaming cuase of a few things usually..
1. I'm running and I'm not gettin tired...so I know its a dream and control it
2. I look at somethin twice and its not the same
3. I try readin a magazine and I can't read it cuase its all blurry
4. When I'm in a fight and I punch and my punches are all slow
5. I die, but then I have another dream and I think damn, I died...why am I still alive
Usually I proceed to fly cause I like doin that...or I proceed to whoop some ass if I'm in a fight

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: OmegaNauce
last time i tried to control a dream the ghostbusters came in through a wall and shot the bad guys. Then they turned on. My mind tried to kill me.

Congratulations. You have amused me. LOOK down.

 

[iamme]

ACtually, a reoccuring theme in my dreams in the inability to run fast. I always feel like there are weights on my feet and I can't run.....wtf does that mean?

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
yeah...I know i'm dreaming cuase of a few things usually..
1. I'm running and I'm not gettin tired...so I know its a dream and control it
2. I look at somethin twice and its not the same
3. I try readin a magazine and I can't read it cuase its all blurry
4. When I'm in a fight and I punch and my punches are all slow
5. I die, but then I have another dream and I think damn, I died...why am I still alive
Usually I proceed to fly cause I like doin that...or I proceed to whoop some ass if I'm in a fight

ditto to all of that......kinda freaky!

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: iamme
ACtually, a reoccuring theme in my dreams in the inability to run fast. I always feel like there are weights on my feet and I can't run.....wtf does that mean?

this happens to me all the time too......therefore i just fly cuz the demonic bunnies chasing can never seem to do that.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: iamme
ACtually, a reoccuring theme in my dreams in the inability to run fast. I always feel like there are weights on my feet and I can't run.....wtf does that mean?

this happens to me all the time too......therefore i just fly cuz the demonic bunnies chasing can never seem to do that.

Ah, that'll be first on my list when I learn to control my dreams

Damn you, demonic bunnies!!