reply to post by mjl_says
Can some people who have had lucid dreams tell me about their first one?
My first lucid dream was a totally unplanned event. I was dreaming I was on a boat that was being crushed and eaten by a shark. Then quite suddenly
and for no obvious reason I realized I was dreaming and that I could do anything I wanted. So I stopped the boat from sinking and made the shark leave
it alone. Then I realized how incredibly short-sighted that was, so I flew away and replaced the boat the water the shark and everything else with an
entirely new dream.
Years later I found out that this was called lucid dreaming.
I'm worried about losing touch to reality.
...if you're lucid, wouldn't you be
more in touch with reality than if you're dreaming an uncontrolled fantasy world with your brain on
auto-pilot?
can you feel pain in a lucid dream?
I personally never have. And only fear on one occassion that I recall.
I suspect that it would be possible to. After all, you are the one in control. So if you choose to create pain, yes I imagine it would be possible to
experience pain. But if you don't want to, then don't. That's kind of the whole point of being lucid. It's up to you.
I'm afraid it would become like a drug to me, that'd
I would start living in that world instead of this one.
Hmm. It might be possible. I don't know. The closest I've come to that being a problem myself is simply wanting to dream lucidly more often than
I'm able to actually pull it off. It's kind of nice being able to do absolutely anything you want. But being 'stuck there' has never been a
problem.
Can other people/creatures/thoughtforms be hurt?
Well...I suppose you want reassurace that it they can't be hurt, but to be fair, how would we know? If you're really concerned about it, I suppose
you could simply make a point of not intending to hurt anything. I have on a few occassions felt like certain "characters" in some of my dreams were
actually conscious beings paying me a visit rather than simply something I made up, but on those few occassions, taking advantage of my lucidness to
try to hurt them has never occurred to me. In any case, I would think that since you're aware, you'd be less likely to hurt anyone that if you're
not aware, right?
If it is possible to hurt someone while dreaming, wouldn't it be far better for everyone if you were to dream lucidly all the time so you can make
certain that you don't?
[edit on 23-10-2009 by LordBucket]
