The Art of Lucid Dreaming

[Koknbul]

for 22 years I have been practising lucid dreaming,
when i first did it I lasted less than a second
within 1 year i got up to a minute
a minute in dream time is 100 years
so since then & as years went on
i have dreamed a 1000 lives

i saw a sword instead of a saw
when i seen the saw i seen hill
a hill that floated by.......

 

[SpookyFrank]

There was an old man from Karachi
Whose shirt was a little too starchy
He seized up one day
And wasted away
And they sold what was left to Charles Saatchi

 

[Koknbul]

There was an old man from Karachi
Whose shirt was a little too starchy
He seized up one day
And wasted away
And they sold what was left to Charles Saatchi

nice poem i feel it on many levels

 

[SpookyFrank]

I was asleep when I wrote it.

 

[Koknbul]

I was asleep when I wrote it.

i was awake when i read it !

 

[bcuster]

i thought "lucid dreaming" was dreaming that you are dreaming...

Top 10 Lucid Dreaming Movies

A list of the top 10 lucid dreaming movies - from the dream architects of Inception, to the fantastical unrealities of Paprika. The countdown begins.

www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com

 

[Carl Steele]

i thought "lucid dreaming" was dreaming that you are dreaming...

Lucid dreaming is generally defined as becoming aware you are active in a dream, though it often refers to a number of different dream-like experiences. It can and does arise quite spontaneously without preparation or particular practices. I'd be surprised if there was someone who has never experienced a variant of lucid dreaming, but of course the experience is often forgotten.

 

[krtek a houby]

i was awake when i read it !

You think you're awake

 

[Serge Forward]

I dreamt I was awake. But when I woke up, I was asleep.

 

[A380]

When I woke up, my pillow was gone!

 

[kalidarkone]

I manage to lucid dream every now and again. I used to practice all the time when I was younger. So if I remember to do it before falling asleep then I do but not for very long. It's great for dreaming about amazing sex and flying

 

[bcuster]

So lucid dreaming is a “dream inside a dream” or is it an awareness in a dream that you are dreaming? At any rate, regarding the list I posted; I saw Inception and Vanilla Sky and thought they were both excellent…

 

[smmudge]

Generally means becoming aware you're dreaming yes. It happens to me a lot, usually when it does and I realise I can do anything I want, all creative thought escapes me. Recently I have just used it to explore the world my brain creates for me. What you can see, smell, taste, hear, touch. There is a quote something about everyone is a genius when they dream, and it's true. Hallucinations aren't pathological, they're a very normal state. Your brain can create an entire world you've never experienced before in excruciatingly realistic detail.

But I'm suspicious of anyone who says they can tell how much time has passed when they dream lucidly.

 

[Serge Forward]

When I woke up, my pillow was gone!

The old marshmallow dream eh.

 

[Septimus Rufiji]

ah, that makes more sense than the 'Pillow Gnomes' that I was thinking

 

[emanymton]

I am oftern aware I am dreaming and can sometimes direct it.

But I once had a dream that I was led in bed and there was water dripping on my face. Took me ages to convince myself it was just a dream and not a leek.

 

[Koknbul]

I am oftern aware I am dreaming and can sometimes direct it.

But I once had a dream that I was led in bed and there was water dripping on my face. Took me ages to convince myself it was just a dream and not a leek.

The reality of a dream is as real as reality itself, when practising lucid dreaming the person engages with all the same senses.

All these senses are inside your mind, closed off from the outside world, but the world has many ways into your mind, eyes, ears, mouth, skin & feelings

You don't have to climb Mount Everest because we are all ready there, imagination is the key to a world of fantastic capabilities

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

The reality of a dream is as real as reality itself, when practising lucid dreaming the person engages with all the same senses.

All these senses are inside your mind, closed off from the outside world, but the world has many ways into your mind, eyes, ears, mouth, skin & feelings

You don't have to climb Mount Everest because we are all ready there, imagination is the key to a world of fantastic capabilities

Hippy shite

 

[Koknbul]

Hippy shite

This was around long before hippies !

 

[maomao]

A 12 year old was telling me about lucid dreaming today, and how it allows him to torture people he doesn't like in his dreams. A bit worrying really.

 

[Serge Forward]

This was around long before hippies !

Pre-hippy hippy shite then.

 

[Carl Steele]

A 12 year old was telling me about lucid dreaming today, and how it allows him to torture people he doesn't like in his dreams. A bit worrying really.

It is a bit worrying, about the 12 year old, if he exists, or about you if he doesn't.

 

[skyscraper101]

I manage to lucid dream every now and again. I used to practice all the time when I was younger. So if I remember to do it before falling asleep then I do but not for very long. It's great for dreaming about amazing sex and flying

*subscribes

 

[Koknbul]

I have experienced an actuality in a lucid dream state,
1st I realised I was dreaming,
Then I climbed a ladder,
It slipped, so I fell,
But I wasn't worried coz I knew I was dreaming,
My head landed on damp grass & I could smell the grass,
So fresh & airy, Bright sky !
Then I opened an eye,
I woke up !
But I stilled smelled the fresh grass a moment after,

Then I said :
OMG... That's how powerful our minds are !

 

[krtek a houby]

Our minds are gateways to all manner of bollocks

 

[Koknbul]

Our minds are gateways to all manner of bollocks

if our mind is the key hole & the bollocks the destination, what is the key ?

 

[Supine]

Our minds are gateways to all manner of bollocks

Luckily we don’t have to type them

 

[krtek a houby]

if our mind is the key hole & the bollocks the destination, what is the key ?

Third eye, quality stimulants and the ability to spout streams of consciousness nonsense without any shame, whatsoever

 

[Koknbul]

Third eye, quality stimulants and the ability to spout streams of consciousness nonsense without any shame, whatsoever

The Cyclopes Orgasmic Fanatic Situation I guess !

 

[Koknbul]

Bugles are calling from prairie to shore,
"Sign up" and "Fall In" and march off to war.
Blue grass and cotton, burnt and forgotten
All hope seems gone so soldier march on to die.
Bugles are calling from prairie to shore,
"Sign up" and "Fall In" and march off to war.
There in the distance a flag I can see,
Scorched and in ribbons but whose can it be,
How ends the story, whose is the glory
Ask if we dare, our comrades out there who sleep.