10-19-2014, 12:49 PM
Fedodika, have you ever tried a WILD (wake induced lucid dream)? I did it a couple times though it took a lot of patience and determination. I used this guys methods https://www.youtube.com/user/LucidDreamTricks His timer method is really cool. Its basically the method that hypnotists use to get people into a trance. You keep yourself right at the edge of sleep and awakeness for like 20 minutes and it keeps you conscious while falling asleep. The first time I tried it I was just about to say forget it and give up when my roommate comes in the room and says theres a lunar eclipse happening outside. I dont even question that its still day time and that my roommates still at work. I got outside and look up and notice theres two moons in the sky. At that point I become totally aware as Im staring into the second moon and I realize its not a moon at all. It starts to light up and I feel this intense feeling of oneness with the universe as cheesy as it sounds. I later read about Buddhist monks who practiced lucid dreaming. They described seeing a bright glowing white orb like the moon that wasnt really a moon from my dream. They said it was the rational part of the mind snapping awake suddenly, which is exactly what it felt like.
Jyonny, its not really keeping a journal but just thinking about your dreams a lot that makes you able to have lucid dreams. When you think about a certain thing a lot it filters into your subconscious as an important thing. So if you think about your dreams you're subconscious will get the message that dreams are important and that you should remember them. Just reading your old dream journal if you still have it daily and picturing them in your mind can make a huge difference. Also reality checks throughout the day will keep you on your toes. The subconscious is a tricky bastard and will always throw you a curve ball so be observant about your surroundings as much as possible.
Thats interesting you say about just thinking 'orchestra' can summon music like that. I've also had similar experience though im not much of a musician. I've read about people writing songs and painting while in their dreams. They say their creativity is extremely enhanced while in a lucid dream. It made me want to train myself to create awesome art ideas while asleep and then wake up and recreate it. It would be no easy task to get that good at lucid dreaming but I have the rest of my life to get better at it. Its basically like riding a bike too I think.
Also the thing about sleep paralysis is that if you realize theres nothing to be afraid of you'll be fine. I had it happened to me once and I realized what was happening so I just went with the flow and it was a pleasant experience. Its just like in a dream that if you start thinking dreadful things are going to happen they will happen.
Funny story, after watching the movie Insidious which is inspired by peoples experiences of sleep paralysis and seeing "shadow people", my brother had that exact experience. He woke up and said he couldnt move so he started to freak out. He looked up and the old woman from the movie was hunched over the foot of his bed screaming with glowing red eyes. He later met the actor who played the old woman(it was actually a guy playing a woman) and told him about it, to which the guy said "thats awesome". XD
Anyways, I could go on and on about this stuff but I havnt gotten much drawing done today.
Jyonny, its not really keeping a journal but just thinking about your dreams a lot that makes you able to have lucid dreams. When you think about a certain thing a lot it filters into your subconscious as an important thing. So if you think about your dreams you're subconscious will get the message that dreams are important and that you should remember them. Just reading your old dream journal if you still have it daily and picturing them in your mind can make a huge difference. Also reality checks throughout the day will keep you on your toes. The subconscious is a tricky bastard and will always throw you a curve ball so be observant about your surroundings as much as possible.
Thats interesting you say about just thinking 'orchestra' can summon music like that. I've also had similar experience though im not much of a musician. I've read about people writing songs and painting while in their dreams. They say their creativity is extremely enhanced while in a lucid dream. It made me want to train myself to create awesome art ideas while asleep and then wake up and recreate it. It would be no easy task to get that good at lucid dreaming but I have the rest of my life to get better at it. Its basically like riding a bike too I think.
Also the thing about sleep paralysis is that if you realize theres nothing to be afraid of you'll be fine. I had it happened to me once and I realized what was happening so I just went with the flow and it was a pleasant experience. Its just like in a dream that if you start thinking dreadful things are going to happen they will happen.
Funny story, after watching the movie Insidious which is inspired by peoples experiences of sleep paralysis and seeing "shadow people", my brother had that exact experience. He woke up and said he couldnt move so he started to freak out. He looked up and the old woman from the movie was hunched over the foot of his bed screaming with glowing red eyes. He later met the actor who played the old woman(it was actually a guy playing a woman) and told him about it, to which the guy said "thats awesome". XD
Anyways, I could go on and on about this stuff but I havnt gotten much drawing done today.