Dreaming Lucid – An Overview
The term Lucid Dreaming refers to dreaming with full consciousness. That is, you are completely aware of yourself and your mind is wakeful and in control, while your body sleeps. This ability is very rarely seen in man but it must be said that it is something that most of us would definitely like to develop.
Lucid Dreaming experiences can vary in its nature and intensity from person to person who is fortunate enough to experience it. At one end there are people who fall asleep and while dreaming they suddenly feel that it is only a dream. That is, the realization suddenly dawns on them.
In the other extreme, consider the fact that you pass into the realm of dream fully conscious and awake. You see your dreams, knowing fully well that it is not reality and have full control to see or live whatever it is that you want in your dream.
Moreover, the very fact that it is not real gives you the opportunity to do anything and everything that you want as it cannot harm you in real life. Thus, this is the highest form of lucid dreaming and the lucidity is considered to be at its heights.
Lucid Dreaming also has its share of skepticism and misconceptions. Firstly, some say that it promotes escapism. It is a mere way to escape from real life into the dream world. But it can be said that any normal man needs to sleep and can have dreams in that time span. Hence, even if he indulges in lucid dreaming then, it is not cutting out part of his real life. On the contrary, it can be argued that reading a book may be more of an escapism to another world while you are rooted in reality.
Secondly, lucid dreaming is also much linked to occult practices. Many argue that our dreams give us certain messages and by trying to indulge in lucid dreaming and controlling our dreams we loose them. Though this line of thought has a little bit of sense, but it must be mentioned that lucid dreaming does not involve having it all the time and everyday in the first case.
Another point in this respect would be that if a person is capable of lucid dreaming it directly implies that he is capable of dream recalling as well. Hence even if the dreams have any messages, the lucid dreamer would be in a better position to analyze the same.
But the maximum advantage that lucid dreaming gives, should be appreciated in case of people suffering from nightmares because if one suffers from nightmares, the best thing for him would if the knowledge that he is just dreaming and it is not reality. Thus, lucid dreaming may be stated as one of the greatest out of the world experiences one can ever enjoy where he becomes the king of the world.
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