Comments on: What is Lucid Dreaming?

By: hadron

hadron — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:32:51 +0000

How are lucid dreaming and astral projection experiences related to each other?

Is AP like going into altogether different dimension, or just getting separated from the body with the external world remaining the unchanged?

I wish to have OBE, but find lots of methods out there confusing. LD seems quite easy to experience.

Is it possible to have OBE via LD?

Please enlighten me more on these two aspects?

By: dan

dan — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:03:22 +0000

i had a lucid dream whilst working nightshift at the fire station. i awoke in my dream sitting alone at the mess table. i stood up and went to walk around the table. but i had the thought that, if i’m dreaming i can walk thru the table. which i did. then thru the wall into the corridor.i carried on walking in a straight line until i found myself outside, in open air and hovering above the street. it was dark and i flew over the rooftops of the stations ground. i remember trying to fly further than the boundary of the stations ground. but once getting a certain distance, an invisible force would repel me back.

By: Ryan Hurd

Ryan Hurd — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:24:44 +0000

hey Tyler, I’ve heard those sounds too… they happen right at the junction point between waking and dreaming — they are known as hypnopompic hallucinations. read more about it here: http://dreamstudies.org/2010/12/10/hypnagogic-dreams-and-imagery/

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:31:43 +0000

This article was great! I really wished I could do that! It seems almost impossible. Though there was one time when I was in a dream and when I realized I was dreaming, I woke up, but right before I woke up my whole body was tingling and there was a really loud noise in my head. It was really weird, and I couldn’t figure out why it happened, lol! Thanks!

By: Ryan Hurd

Ryan Hurd — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:19:33 +0000

Joanna, it’s funny how resistant we can be! A note about lights: sometimes, they DO come on in lucid dreams on command, so that method is not 100% effective. Usually, there is a tell-tale lag, tho, as you’ve noticed.

James, your inspiration can power your first intention! I also recommend taking a look at your dream journal, or if you don’t have one, remembering your most emotional dream (positive or negative). focusing on going back there — and remembering “I’m dreaming” when you do — can be a quick way to lucidity bc the emotional dreams want to be reviewed.

By: James

James — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:09:19 +0000

This really inspired me to actually try to lucid dream. I don’t recall ever having one but I really want to experience it. I’m starting to get tired now actually! Guess I can try now.

By: Joanna

Joanna — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:58:23 +0000

I have been having lucid dreams for a while now. I am learning to take control without waking myself up. This article is very informative. For me, the signal that I am dreaming is that I will walk into rooms of a house and try to turn on the lights and they won’t come on. Funny thing is, sometimes I will be doing that in a dream and I will convince myself that I am not dreaming, and I can’t figure out why the lights won’t come on. LOL I also fly a LOT in my dreams. Its one of my favorite parts of dreaming. I often try to convince myself, while flying, that I am not dreaming, but awake.

By: Ryan Hurd

Ryan Hurd — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:33:34 +0000

Hi Pop,

sounds like a hybrid dream in which you were also feeling the muscle paralysis that comes with REM sleep. Essentially, you were at a threshold between dreaming and wakefulness. It’s normal, and although unpleasant, it’s not harmful. My guess it won’t keep happening, but if it does next time you’re lucid, try to relax rather than fight against the force that holds you. you can often move in a new way, into a new dream. For more about sleep paralysis see, http://dreamstudies.org/2011/04/12/10-ways-to-prevent-sleep-paralysis/

By: pop

pop — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:16:46 +0000

I actually almost sucess the first time i tried. The problem is that i wake up immediatly after realise it was a dream then stand up to go in the bathroom and start to work in slow motion. Then i fall down on the flor and was unable to move. In fact i didn’t wake up, i was still dreaming and unaware of it. It took me a good “push” to be able to move and wake up. Any advice to avoid this kind of unpleasant experience? Why this kind of things happen?

By: Ryan Hurd

Ryan Hurd — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:00:40 +0000

movie looks great Byron. inspiring to see a project that explores the visual feast of dreaming