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Neoma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-13-07 08:52 PM
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Have you ever had a lucid dream?
"Lucid dreaming is a state in which the sleeper becomes alert and conscious that he or she is dreaming. The imagery in this state is reported to be more vivid than in non-lucid states, and it is difficult to distinguish between the dream and reality. The dreamer is able to control what is dreamed."
http://www.stuartwilde.com/Articles/SW_articles_lucid_dreaming.html

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ChoralScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-13-07 09:22 PM
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1. I have...
I read about them a few years back - I never trained to do it, it just started happening. It is very cool. The downside, is that you have a bit of trouble distinguishing memories - whether you're remembering reality or remembering a lucid dream.
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Neoma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-13-07 09:32 PM
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3. I have them alot.
I usually continue them through daydreaming.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-13-07 09:42 PM
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7. Very often
It seems like I am almost always aware that I'm dreaming. Sometimes I'm able to do a little bit of directing, except for the sex dreams for some reason.

The nightmares where I forget to attend a class for an entire semester just go on and on and on. The one where I'm in bed with Jessica Alba, I always wake up and immediately try to fall asleep again. But it never works.

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Fredda Weinberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-13-07 09:25 PM
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2. I meet the man who loved me whenever I need him
We cuddle, converse and generally did what we did when he was alive. Always serene, never passionate ... it's comforting and always insightful.

When I was younger, I could induce the state with a brief fast; now, all I need is an extra few hours sleep.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-13-07 09:33 PM
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4. Once...
But I prefer the unpredictability of normal dreams, because my normal dreams are always weird as hell.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-13-07 09:37 PM
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5. Frequently. Which probably accounts for my poor state of rest.
Although lucid dreams are so, so cool.
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-13-07 09:38 PM
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6. I have three times exactly
all three times I made myself fly. One of the times it was snowing really bad and I waved my hand and said "clear skies" and the skies cleared up so I could take my flight. Pretty cool!
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mentalsolstice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-13-07 09:44 PM
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8. Nearly every night
Edited on Wed Jun-13-07 09:48 PM by mentalsolstice
I'm a "light" sleeper. I often go back to the same dream that I was having before I awoke.
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