Misconceptions on Lucid Dreaming Dreams are either funny, entertaining, or hopeful. On the other side of the coin, it could scare one intensely. Lucid dreaming is relatively new and what is new is usually held suspect. It is therefore expected to have all sorts of misconceptions about lucid dreaming. Before one can embark on learning how to have lucid dreams, these misconceptions need clarification. Below are some of the misconceptions that hinder one from seriously learning lucid…
Lucid Dreaming and Waking Life Imagine being able to create a world in which you have unlimited power. Many people claim to not have dreams, simply because they cannot remember them, but everyone dreams. Some people have the ability to lucid dream which allows them to have control of the dream. Lucid dreaming opens up a part of yourself that you may not have known existed. There have been studies done, to show how lucid dreaming helps you bring out your creativity. In this paper I will argue…
just how long lucid dreaming has been around, the first known texts of lucid dreaming date back to 1000BCE. They were found in the Upanishads, which is a collection of texts that come from Hindu and Buddhist philosophies. Lucid dreaming got its name back in 1911 from Frederick van Eeden, a Dutch psychologist. However lucid dreaming wasn’t recognized by science until 1978, yet it’s been talked about for a very long time in various religions. (Hurd, History of Lucid Dreaming) Lucid dreaming…
In Susan Krauss Whitbourne’s article, “3 Ways to Have Better Dreams”,published on September 30, 2017 Whitbourne explores how it is possible to not only remember your dreams but also be able to manipulate them with “lucid dreaming”. She establishes that lucid dreaming can be connected with sleeping better and increased creativity. Consequently, she claims that lucid dreaming can be utilized to, “reduce nightmares, improve physical abilities, solve problems more creatively, and understand the…
about dreams, in fact, we study dreams just about every day even without knowing it. You and I dream every night, whisked away to another world where anything is possible. But what if I told you that you make up the rules in that world and can control everything that happens around you. This would stir up interest from the most hardheaded men, because even they have accepted that we have no control over the crazy world we live in from day to day. All this is possible with something called “lucid…
What are dreams? Dreams are a series of thoughts you have and pictures you see when you are asleep. You can’t control a dream and more than likely when you wake up you 'll forget it. Sometimes people have a type of dream that are known as Lucid dreams. Lucid dreaming is when you are aware of your dream and have the ability to control it. Only 20% of people will have this type of dream regularly and the other 80% would be lucky to even have 1 lucid dream in their lifetime. Knowing you are…
Before the experiment, the researchers hypothesized that only the imagery rehearsal therapy treated patients would have enhanced lucid dreaming, which in turn would decrease the amount of nightmare symptoms. The results showed that out of the three components of lucid dreaming, two of them, dream content control and purposeful waking, showed an increased amount in the patients that underwent imagery rehearsal therapy than those who did not. This study adds to…
Lucid dreaming occurs when one knows that they are having a dream. The term was created by Frederik van Eeden who used the word "lucid" in the sense of mental clarity. Lucid dreaming usually begins in the middle of a dream when the person to whom might be dreaming realizes that the experience is not occurring in physical reality, but is a dream. A person will usually only realize that they are dreaming when him or her realize some impossible or unlikely event occurring. The quality or level of…
sleep. It involves a phenomenon known as lucid dreaming. It takes some training but lucid dreaming is being consciously aware that you’re dreaming and you become conscious that you are dreaming you can start to control your dreams and the direction they go in. It has become more and more popular over the last couple of years due to its exposer in the media. What isn’t said about lucid dreaming is the fact that it can help you in life. When people talk about lucid dreaming the almost always talk…
dreaming it's called a lucid dream. When a strange dream makes a person stop and question reality is when it typically occurs. Lucid dreaming has an interesting aspect to it, and it's the ability to regulate the dream and make some other reality in the dream state, which is the reason why lots of people learn the fundamental lucid dreaming steps. A lot of cultures from ancient times took lucid dreaming very seriously. For instance, people living in ancient Egypt thought that dreams opened up…