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re: I need a dream interpreter
Posted on 3/26/15 at 5:14 pm to derSturm37
Posted on 3/26/15 at 5:14 pm to derSturm37
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One can, however, master some "amendment" to this. I don't have the data to back it up. I just know it from my own experience. I can't prove it to anyone, but I know it as surely as I "know" that I was alive yesterday
Congratulations! You learned to manipulate the information sent to your brain's input area when asleep. Some people can do it to an extent while most can't regulate it at all.
It's a good and healthy thing for anyone to try, though. Most people are fearful of dreaming and thus inadvertently subject themselves to nightmares. You are an example of the control we can exert over our dreams. The ability does seem to decline with age although the patterns we established appear to persist.
After my first flying dream, I was determined to dream that way as much as I possibly could. It was glorious. Some of my favorite long term memories are of flying dreams. I hope that's the thought I have while dying.
I researched dream manipulation and determined that I could, as you mentioned, tell myself what to dream while preparing for bed. When younger, the dreams came frequently though, of course, not every night as I desired. Now they only come occasionally but are still as thrilling as the first time.
The permanent benefit from my efforts at dream control is that I never have a bad dream. Though flying doesn't come the way it once did, pleasurable dreams are the standard for me. I love going to sleep.
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Posted on 3/26/15 at 5:17 pm to Kentucker
I just dug up one of my old posts about lucid dreaming from years ago:
I can lucid dream.
I taught myself to check to see if I was dreaming. Throughout the day (or night) I would periodically ask myself "Am I dreaming?" as I deliberately took cognitive inventory of my surroundings and state of mind.
Of course, reality is self-revealing. It always feels real (mental disorders and mind-altering drugs notwithstanding). A dream can convince me it's reality, but reality cannot convince me it's a dream.
"If you have to ask, it's a dream," became my mantra. I repeated it to myself as my head hit the pillow each night. For me, the semiconscious thoughts of half-sleep, that moment before sleep were often the foundation of my dreams, or it was a fleeting moment throughout the day that entered my subconscious.
So I did what I intended to do, taught my subconscious to become keen and aware of its environment, and taught it the tips on detection that my conscious already knew.
I got into the habit. The first dozen or so times that I found myself dreaming and questioning whether I was dreaming, I immediately woke up. But I learned to accept the turmoil that occurs when I would realize I'm in a dream.
It's amazing and I probably spend most of my time flying
The ability to create as you dream, takes practice. Because despite the effectiveness of my habitual mantra, for whatever reason when creating I really have to focus and walk a mental tightrope of sorts while reminding myself that I'm in control.
I don't lucid dream as often anymore, because I've all but ceased the habit. But it's a skill, in the same way an athlete can let themselves physically lapse but then whip back into shape quickly. If I start my habit again, I'll start lucid dreaming again
I can lucid dream.
I taught myself to check to see if I was dreaming. Throughout the day (or night) I would periodically ask myself "Am I dreaming?" as I deliberately took cognitive inventory of my surroundings and state of mind.
Of course, reality is self-revealing. It always feels real (mental disorders and mind-altering drugs notwithstanding). A dream can convince me it's reality, but reality cannot convince me it's a dream.
"If you have to ask, it's a dream," became my mantra. I repeated it to myself as my head hit the pillow each night. For me, the semiconscious thoughts of half-sleep, that moment before sleep were often the foundation of my dreams, or it was a fleeting moment throughout the day that entered my subconscious.
So I did what I intended to do, taught my subconscious to become keen and aware of its environment, and taught it the tips on detection that my conscious already knew.
I got into the habit. The first dozen or so times that I found myself dreaming and questioning whether I was dreaming, I immediately woke up. But I learned to accept the turmoil that occurs when I would realize I'm in a dream.
It's amazing and I probably spend most of my time flying
The ability to create as you dream, takes practice. Because despite the effectiveness of my habitual mantra, for whatever reason when creating I really have to focus and walk a mental tightrope of sorts while reminding myself that I'm in control.
I don't lucid dream as often anymore, because I've all but ceased the habit. But it's a skill, in the same way an athlete can let themselves physically lapse but then whip back into shape quickly. If I start my habit again, I'll start lucid dreaming again
This post was edited on 3/26/15 at 5:17 pm
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