Yoga and Meditation

Lucid Dreaming simply refers to dreaming while being aware of the fact that you are dreaming. That is, you dream consciously. It is the condition where your body sleeps but your mind remains awake and you know the images that you’re seeing is your dream. An extremely rare phenomenon and a highly difficult ability to develop, it is something most people would want to be able to do.

The aspect of lucidity in lucid dreaming can be of varied intensity. In one extreme, it happens many a times that you dream and then suddenly it dawns on you that you are dreaming. This is the most basic type of a lucid dream. However, it can be said that you actually do not have any control over your dreams at this level and nor does that knowledge impact you much. But still you would be said to be having a lucid dream.

On the other hand there are also cases wherein the individual in his compete consciousness and wakeful state of mind crosses over to the realm of dreams. In this extreme case the individual in question also has the ability to control what he sees as a dream.

In this highest form of lucid dreaming the best thing that is experienced is that you can do whatever you want in your dreams with the knowledge that it is only a dream and hence whatever you do can never harm you in reality.

A lot of skepticism is present where lucid dreaming is concerned. One of the common misconceptions is that it is a form of escapism. In simple words it refers to the act as a way to escape from life or reality. But this is also true that lucid dreaming happens during a time when the person sleeps and would have anyways dreamt. So in a way it is not cutting out time from one’s life as such. If that be the case, activities like watching a movie can also be called a type of escapism.

Another criticism that lucid dreaming face is a common image of an occult practice that the concept is adorned with. Moreover, many argue that dreams have certain hidden messages in them. Thus, the practice of consciously controlling and manipulating dreams results in loosing these messages. But this is also true that lucid dreaming do not happen everyday to people.

Moreover, if a person is an expert at lucid dreaming, it can be safely concluded that he has also mastered the art of dream recall at first. So, he may be better equipped than the usual man in recalling his dreams and analyzing valuable insights present if any.

Irrespective of all the above skepticism, it may be said that lucid dreaming has advantages too. It is a great treatment in case of people suffering from nightmares since the best thing for a nightmare sufferer would be to realize that the nightmare is only a dream. Thus, lucid dreaming ability is a gift that lets the individual enjoy one of the most addictive out of the body experience where he is the sole captain of the ship in his dream world.

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