Lucid Dreaming - “… a dream in which the person is aware that he or she is dreaming while the dream is in progress. During lucid dreams, it is possible to exert conscious control over the dream characters and environment, as well as to perform otherwise physically impossible feats. Lucid dreams are known to be extremely real and vivid.” (www.wikipedia.com)

I think many people will agree that dreams are not a compilation of random thoughts, irrelevant to the world, and irrelevant to one’s mind. In fact, I believe many will agree with the assumption that they’ve a certain revealing aspect to them, in terms of the mind.

Well, anyway, this is not as much an informative piece on the mechanics of a lucid dream as it is a suggestion for you to try something different. Surely, many of the people reading this have had dreams; dreams that they’ve had no conscious control over. Wouldn’t it be a fantastic thing to be able to dream, and have complete control over your dream? To be able to move about in your own mind’s fantasy (what that is, I don’t want to know).

I’ve read a lot on various methods for doing so, some of which can be done by anyone. Now, these, most likely, won’t work the first time, or second time. If anything, it will take a while for you to be able to train yourself to consciously recognize when you’re dreaming, but it’s worth it. [Read more →]