A typical day, I walk in the yard near my house. Suddenly the thought arises - everything around is not the same as always … It seems similar, but not that. Trees, benches, paths have changed and there is some strange lighting around. At this moment, I realize that I am dreaming, and I am just dreaming of my yard.
Without hesitation, I take off - it's not difficult, just a little effort is needed. I am soaring over my yard and sleeping area - an amazing pleasant feeling of freedom! Soon I wake up with a smile on my face - it was a great dream!
This is my first memory of a lucid dream, at that time I was about ten years old. Later, I managed to manage my sleep more than once, but at first I did not consider this to be anything unusual. I thought that dreams were just a play of the imagination, and there was no point in understanding them.
Having matured, I realized that it is not so simple. I wanted to understand what lucid dreams are. So, below are the answers to the questions that I once asked myself.
What's the point of sleep management?
When a person gains control over a dream, he turns from a spectator into an active participant in a dream who can control events. This fact itself already flatters the pride, not counting other "interesting things" that can be done in a dream - flying, jumping from tall buildings, removing or adding characters, changing the environment, and so on. All of these opportunities have attracted and will attract people to lucid dreaming.
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Some people manage to manage their sleep "by nature", others learn this using special techniques. There is a lot of information on this topic on the Internet, from “step-by-step instructions” to thematic forums. In general, this area is very popular and interests many.
Are there any disadvantages to lucid dreaming?
Of course there is. Anyone who tries to make a "magic pill" out of such dreams and says that they have only advantages is mistaken.
First, the skill of managing sleep can be a trap for people seeking to escape reality. After vivid pictures and almost complete freedom of action, reality may seem gray and dull to them. Having abandoned the management of his life and plunged into "sleepy worlds", a person acquires another addiction, which is no better than many others.
Secondly, in dreams, not everything is so simple. On the one hand, we are in the virtual world, but on the other hand, this world does not belong to us completely, and there you can meet anyone, including not very friendly characters. To understand this better, you need to answer the following question.
Where can you go in a lucid dream?
I wrote a separate article about where we find ourselves in a dream. You can read it by following the link (here or at the end of this article). In short, everything that we see in a dream is data from the information field processed by our consciousness.
Here is a very important point - the information field does not belong to anyone - it is common. Therefore, not only we can get into our "dream reality".
A comparison with a computer game is very suitable here. Ordinary dreams are rather primitive games where the participant is surrounded by virtual characters. These characters were created by his imagination based on real people, but are just a parody of them. The virtual character does not possess consciousness and his actions are a projection of fears, expectations and stereotypes of “the owner of the dream”.
But it happens in another way, especially in lucid dreams. Here we smoothly move on to the next question:
Whom can you meet in a lucid dream?
Imagine that one of the characters in your dream is the same conscious being as you are. It can be a deceased relative who came to communicate, another "dreamer" or even a being who has no body in our material world.
And since such a character, like you, has consciousness, he also has the ability to control the "sleepy space" in which you both find yourself. And, as a rule, he does it much better than you.
Therefore, it remains to rely on the fact that the guests of your dream have good intentions, and there is no purpose to "cash in" on you in any way. Here the question may arise - what actually can be taken from a person in a dream?
The answer is simple - just as in ordinary life there are "energy vampires" that provoke people to emotions, and in a dream, someone may be interested in receiving your energy.
A strong outburst of fear, hatred or even desire is a release of energy, both in reality and in a dream. And if in ordinary life "energy vampires" may not be aware that they are such, they simply feel satisfaction or a surge of strength after another provocation, then the "guests" in a dream usually understand what's what, so they provoke deliberately.
For fairness, it is worth noting that you can meet a rational creature as regardless of whether a lucid dream or not. But in a lucid dream, this is probably higher, because in this case the person is deeper immersed in what is happening - and therefore, radiates more energy, and on occasion more can be "pumped out" from him.
So does a person need lucid dreams? Is the game worth the candle?
No one can answer this question unambiguously. One way or another, when a person begins to develop spiritually, lucid dreams help to understand a lot about himself and the world around him.
In addition, in addition to not very pleasant characters, you can also meet close people there who have already left our world and came to talk and help with advice. And in a dream, you can see options for future events or remember the past - in one word, its capabilities are amazing.
conclusions
Sleep is essentially a huge "online cinema" where you can watch anything you want - a romantic movie, a documentary movie, or a horror movie. What will be shown next time can never be said for sure. But, in any case, everyone decides for himself what is better - to be an actor or to stay in the audience.
Author: Viktorya Nekrasova