This is a network for lucid dreamers and scientists to share research information and lucid dream experiences, connect for future studies, and expand the knowledge of the lucid dream phenomenon.
An interesting study on the relation between “Type 2″ thinking and lucid dreaming… Hopefully, more studies relating to this field will follow… LDF – Lucid Dream Frequency CRT – Cognitive Reflections Test DLPFC – Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Locus Of Control – “…the degree to which people believe that they have[…]
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Excerpts from a study initially published in the International Journal Of Dream Research – modified by addition of pictures – Schredl, M. (2014). Abstracts of the 31th Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams June 4 – June 8, 2014 Berkeley, California, USA, 7. https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2014.0.15743 “The Relationship Between Energy and[…]
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By Ian Jaydid I began lucid dreaming spontaneously around the age of nineteen. For approximately the next fifteen years I would enter these intense, highly bizarre states of consciousness on a nearly nightly basis – often for hours on end. After my first experience of “waking up” within a dream[…]
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AN INVESTIGATION INTO NEURAL CORRELATES OF LUCID DREAMING “…During lucid dreaming the bilateral precuneus, cuneus, parietal lobules, and prefrontal and occipito-temporal cortices activated strongly as compared with non-lucid REM sleep… …We further observed increased activation in bilateral frontopolar areas, which have been related to the processing of internal states, e.g.,[…]
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Cloud X: The Dream Movie The next generation of dream recording technology is under way. Cloud X is a non-profit, crowdfunded project set to take place in Los Angeles, California. Considering that such technology is becoming a reality is quite mind-blowing and, of course, has various aspects to it. Below[…]
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About Applying Hypnosis, Biofeedback, And Transcendental Meditation For Consciousness Altering Methodology… About Applying The Monroe Institute’s Hemi-Sinc Technique… About Synchronization of Brain Hemispheres, Consciousness, And Holograms… “A Brief Synopsis Of The History And Characters Of The Gateway Project” – reddit – by u/SuperFestigio https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/6d0nys/a_brief_synopsis_of_the_history_and_characters_of/ “Analysis And Assessment Of The Gateway Experience”[…]
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“As the hand and head sensors detect that the person’s muscles are relaxing and brain waves are changing as they fall asleep, it triggers a nearby Jibo robot to say a preprogrammed phrase… …Horowitz said the third generation will work just by monitoring eyelid movement in sleeping subjects.“ – Motherboard[…]
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The Monroe Institute and its SPATIAL ANGLE MODULATION (SAM) technology “The Monroe Institute (TMI) provides experiential education programs facilitating the personal exploration of human consciousness…” “In 2008, The Monroe Institute began to investigate a complementary method of producing the consciousness altering effects… …Rather than binaural beating to achieve its effect, Spatial Angle Modulation™[…]
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What happens in the brain during a lucid dream: “The difference in cognition between the two types of dreaming suggests that lucid dreaming occurs when the frontal parts of the sleeper’s brain — which are normally “off-line” during REM sleep — click back in, bringing back self-consciousness. However, the back[…]
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“Metacognition is “cognition about cognition”, “thinking about thinking“, “knowing about knowing”, becoming “aware of one’s awareness” and higher-order thinking skills.” – Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacognition “Could we one day heal the mind by taking control of our dreams?… …Brain regions involved in meta-cognition are among the most activated in lucid dreaming… …In principle, lucid[…]
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“Hypnagogia is the experience of the transitional state between wakefulness and sleep in humans: the hypnagogic state of consciousness, during the onset of sleep. Mental phenomena that occur during this “threshold consciousness” phase include lucid thought, lucid dreaming, hallucinations, and sleep paralysis…. …Sights Among the more commonly reported,[9][10] and more thoroughly researched, sensory features of hypnagogia are phosphenes which can manifest as seemingly random speckles,[…]
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Have you ever communicated with an ‘unseen’ awareness level (or your subconsciousness?!?) while lucid? Have you asked it questions and gotten answers? “Because of my lucid dream experiments, I have engaged directly this unseen awareness, and view or listen to its response, and see its knowledge, wisdom and creativity (which[…]
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“…Did you know that, when lucid dreaming, you can make contact with another lucid self…? …It often appears wise and all-knowing, offering helpful insights into waking life problems or whatever question is posed by the lucid dreamer…” – World of Lucid Dreaming – Rebecca Turner Click here to read Rebecca Turner’s[…]
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“Michio Kaku on the Science of Dreams” – Dr. Michio Kaku summarizing the differences between a regular dream and a lucid dream, and how the pre-frontal cortex plays a role in lucid dreaming – Youtube – Big Think – Michio Kaku on the Science of Dreams | Big Think Michio Kaku[…]
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The various states of lucidity… “The Lucidity Continuum – by E. W. Kellogg III, Ph.D. © 1994… ORDINARY WAKING …In waking physical reality (WPR), I usually have my identity focus and “center of gravity” in the thinking levels; e.g. feelings happen to me, and I have little direct conscious control[…]
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SLEEP PARALYSIS – Have you found methods to overcome negative thoughts and experiences? Have you used it for the WILD technique? “…Sleep paralysis is when, during awakening or falling asleep, one is aware but unable to move…During an episode, one may hear, feel, or see things that are not there.[1] It often results[…]
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Interesting new findings in neuroscience… “As above so below: Scientists have found a multidimensional universe inside our brain” …Human brains are estimated to be home to a staggering 86 billion neurons…forming a super-vast cellular network that SOMEHOW makes us capable of thought and consciousness…” The research is published in Frontiers in[…]
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What’s Your Level Of Control In Your Lucid Dreams? In your most intense lucid dreams, what percentage of the scenery and perceptions do you think are consciously controlled by you, and what percentage do you think comes from your subconscious mind (uncontrolled)?
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Lucid Dreaming Upside Down – Bringing your night dream world into your day dreaming “Lucid Dreaming, Lucid Waking, Lucid Being…” -A workshop to explore methods for developing enhanced Lucid Beingness in both waking and dreaming states – presented at IASD’s Tenth PsiberDreaming Conference, September 25 – October 9, 2011 “A “lucid waker”[…]
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“The Ethics of Dream Sex” by Beverly (Kedzierski Heart) D’Urso, Ph.D.- Paper at the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) Conference 2005, Berkeley, June, 2005 – durso.org/beverly/IASD05_The_Ethics_of_Dream_Sex.html
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How do you relate your lucid dreams to spirituality and/or religion? What do you think of Persinger’s arguments? science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/brain-religion2.htm The following are excerpts from Wikipedia relating to Michael Persinger and his experiment with the God Helmet. “…Michael A. Persinger (born June 26, 1945) is a physical neuroscientist and natural philosopher…[…]
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How do lucid dreams of blind people differ? What techniques could they apply? What kind of studies and research should be done in the field of lucid dreaming for blind people? “…four of the seven congenitally blind subjects who were totally blind had no indications of visual imagery in their[…]
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How do you experience time in your lucid dreams? Have you experimented with it? “Do dreams occur in slow motion?” – BBC- Future – By David Robson – 25 November 2014 www.bbc.com/future/story/20141125-do-dreams-occur-in-slow-motion How about this: While lucid dreaming, go back to a point in time when you made a major decision in your[…]
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Areas of Lucid Dream Research Worth To Be Explored Further “Induction of lucid dreams: A systematic review of evidence” “…Future directions The following ideas, we believe, are worth to tackle and pursue further. The techniques that showed to be most effective, such as Tholey’s combined technique or MILD, should be[…]
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dreamreserch.net “This Web site contains everything needed to conduct scientific studies of dreams using a system of content analysis. Researchers or college/graduate students interested in doing quantitative research should check out the Resources for Scientists page. If you’d like a multimedia overview of some of our methods and findings, you can watch Bill Domhoff’s lecture entitled[…]
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“A New Measure of Hallucinatory States and a Discussion of REM Sleep Dreaming as a Virtual Laboratory for the Rehearsal of Embodied Cognition” “The current study proposes a new, tighter measure of these hallucinatory states: Sleep onset, REM sleep, and non-REM sleep are shown to differ with regard to (a)[…]
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Prolonged Motor Actions in Lucid Dreams “Time for Actions in Lucid Dreams: Effects of Task Modality, Length, and Complexity” “The relationship between time in dreams and real time has intrigued scientists for centuries.” “In summary, the present study confirms the findings of Erlacher and Schredl (2004) that motor actions lead[…]
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A lucid dream device applying EEG brainwave analogy to induce lucidity with sound effects … “The LdreamM headset induces Lucid Dreams by analyzing the brainwaves (EEG) it receives from 8+2 electrodes and then playing pre-recorded sounds at precisely the right time…” – ldreamm.com/De/index.html
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“A New Measure of Hallucinatory States and a Discussion of REM Sleep Dreaming as a Virtual Laboratory for the Rehearsal of Embodied Cognition” “This leads us to introduce the hypothesis that REM sleep, which exhibits remarkably high levels of (simulated) sensorimotor processes, may have evolved to serve as a virtual[…]
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“Relationship between lucid dreaming, creativity, and dream characteristics” “The results show that lucid dreamers scored higher on the creative personality scale of the Adjective Checklist and reported a higher DRF than non-lucid dreamers. As to the dream structure, lucid dreamers were more likely to incorporate daytime events into their dreams,[…]
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How to prevent False Awakenings – By Ryan Hurd – Dream Studies Portal – http://dreamstudies.org/2010/05/04/how-to-stop-false-awakening-dreams/ “False Awakening A false awakening may occur following a dream or following a lucid dream (one in which the dreamer has been aware of dreaming). Particularly, if the false awakening follows a lucid dream, the false awakening may[…]
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TheRaRaRabbit – by Maxwell Hunter – A great YouTube channel for lucid dreamers. I find it special because you firsthand experience Max’s personal account of a life with lucid dreaming. A lot to learn from him and an excellent source for understanding lucid dreaming and all aspects related to it. His[…]
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Psychology and Lucid Dreaming A video by Maxwell Hunter, a UK based artist and oneironaut, about lucid dreaming and mental health – Youtube – TheRaRaRabbit – Published on May 24, 2017 Related Post(s): TheRaRaRabbit – A Youtube Channel – Maxwell Hunter Psychology and Lucid Dreaming Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Nightmares[…]
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“All we see & seem is but a dream within a dream” “The illusory nature of physical reality, creative consciousness & the universal mind. Featuring Fred Alan Wolf, Nassim Haramein, Amit Goswami, Jim Al Khalili, Greg Braden, Bill Hicks & David Icke. (music: Rachid Taha “Barra Barra”)” – Youtube – Published[…]
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What is consciousness? – Youtube – theNewHuman2008 – Published on Feb 2, 2009 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=80&v=TvmOjGMnap8
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“Exploring the Impact of the Effects of the Supplement Galantamine Paired with Dream Reliving and Meditation on Recalled Dreams” – https://utrgv.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3gte3YKgvhTV9gF University of Texas Rio Grande Valley IRB# 907-90991 This survey is being conducted by: Principal Investigator Gregory Scott Sparrow, EdD, Professor at The University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Co-PI Ralph Carlson, PhD, Professor[…]
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About conscious decision making (volition) and ability to plan (or lack thereof) while having a lucid dream… “Volition or will is the cognitive process by which an individual decides on and commits to a particular course of action.” – “…Another study looking at people’s ability to make conscious decisions in waking life as[…]
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“SEARCH ACTIVITY CONCEPT (SAC) is a psychophysiological concept that integrates subject’s behavior, resistance to stress and deteriorating factors, pathogenetic mechanisms of different mental and psychomatic disorders, REM sleep functions and psychosomatic disorders, REM sleep, brain monoamines activity and brain laterality” – Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_activity_concept “Dream’s lucidity (the subject’s realization that he/she is dreaming) protects[…]
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Can you touch anything during your lucid dreams?
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Have you ever tried to move your eyes up and down during lucid dreaming (and with it, moving the only muscles you can probably move during a lucid dream)?
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How do you experience the moment when you switch from a normal dream to a lucid dream?
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Do you feel that your level of consciousness is higher in lucid dreams than in your waking life?
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