One of the features of dreaming is unawareness. How can we dream and be conscious ?
Lucid dreams are dreams during which a person becomes aware that he or she is dreaming and is able to make a conscious decision to change the direction the dream is taking. Individuals can be trained to be lucid dreamers, to become aware, in the midst of a dream, of the fact that they are indeed dreaming and, consequently, for instance, to turn a nightmare into a pleasant dream.
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Hi,
A lucid dream is any dream during sleep in which you become aware that you're dreaming. This simple realization snaps your waking consciousness into the dream ,
enabling you to:
- Explore your dreamworld with total clarity.
- Fulfill any fantasy.
- Overcome personal psychological issues.
- Tap into your inner creativity. http://www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com
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Dr. Samah.
Lucid dreaming requires awareness of the sleeping person that he/she is now dreaming, and it also requires having some control over the events or the contents of the dream. When the two requirements are met, one can claim to have had a lucid drem. Yes, some times our bodies are in deep sleep , but our minds are still having alertness enough to feel our dreams. However, not everyone is capable of controling the content of his/her dreams .. finally, since research is still tavkling this phonomenon, it is safer to say that the final word about lucid dreaming has not been reached yet ..
According to Jung, if you are an active dreamer it is much more useful to just observe your dream and analyse it, let it flow so that you can learn from it when you find yourself awake, rather than controlling it, which is thought to interfere with the inner message.
Jung is generally right. However, some of us occasionally go through dreams that are so strong and intense that one wishes if he/she can control the course and direction of their events ..
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