Exploring The World Of Lucid Dreaming

Do you dream? Often, it’s difficult to remember our dreams. The vivid worlds we come up with in our subconscious most often disappears as soon as we wake up. Yet, with some practice, dreaming can be a true adventure, and these adventures can have positive effects on your overall well-being. Lucid dreaming is when you 'wake up' while you’re dreaming and are conscious and aware of what is happening in this dream world. In this book summary, you’ll learn how to lucid dream, and how life in this dream state can enrich your life while you’re awake. In this summary of Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge and Howard Rheingold, you’ll also learn;

    - how practicing a skill like jump shots in your dreams will actually improve your game; and
    - why you should be asking your waking self 'Am I dreaming?'.
    - how to stay asleep by being active in a dream;

We all dream. However, very few people can actually 'wake up' within a dream. Lucid dreaming may seem strange, yet anyone can do it! There are many benefits to lucid dreaming, too. In fact, many people who lucid dream often say that dreaming this way has made a positive impact on their life when they’re awake. Let’s start exploring dreams with the concept of dreaming in general, specifically how our dream state differs from our waking state. You experience your waking world through your senses: sight, touch, taste, sound. Your brain perceives your environment through these senses. For example, if you go on a walk, your brain is constantly collecting sensory information such as the sound of birds, the sight of people lounging, and the smell of fresh cut grass. You’re then processing this information as you walk through the park. However, when you’re dreaming, your senses don’t work this way. When you’re generating a dream, the information originates internally, meaning that external sensory input – like smells or sounds – is limited. A dream comes from the same perception that your brain uses to perceive the world when you’re awake. In a dream state, however, since there are no external factors limiting your experiences while you’re in your dream world. Your dreams only come from information you already have in your head. This could be memories, desires, or expectations. The things that can happen in your dreams, too, are truly endless!

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One-third of our life, about 9,000 days, are spent asleep. Is it possible that there is more to our sleep than just blackness followed by waking up? Zach Highley tried lucid dreaming for 30 days, and his life has changed forever.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wh9I-1UXY-s

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