Comments on: Do Things Beyond Your Wildest Dreams with Lucid Dreaming

By: Paul Griffiths

Paul Griffiths — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:44:48 +0000

I don’t know if it’s the same thing, but I know there was some an eyemask which would flash red LED’s over your eyes at a given time after you went to bed, then every hour and a half thereafter. Supposedly this timing will catch you in REM sleep, and it cues you in that you are dreaming.

I’ve heard there are more elaborate ones which detect eye movement and send you a signal at that point. Maybe the helmet does that. I would have to think it would be hard to sleep with a helmet on, though. :-/

By: WriteEditSeek

WriteEditSeek — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:10:45 +0000

Lucid dreaming is fascinating. I think the key to having one of these dreams is to just consciously try to have one. I listened to a Coast to Coast show a few years ago with an expert on lucid dreaming who had invented some sort of helmet that supposedly could help you to have a lucid dream. I can’t remember what the technology behind it was, though.

By: Paul Griffiths

Paul Griffiths — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:34:20 +0000

“Maybe your hands look weird because you expect them to look weird – it is your mind controlling the environment”

That’s a really interesting theory. I know that hands are a fairly common tell, but it never occurred to me that perhaps those of us who use them are making them weird ourselves. I’ll have to experiment with different tells, or see if I am able to make my hands look normal during a dream.

And if you show up in my dream, I must warn you… I have a shotgun

By: brainfreeze

brainfreeze — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:23:48 +0000

Nice Article, I believe however your “tells” are unique to the individual. For example when I lucid dream everything becomes sharp and clear like reality, and great detail.

Last night for example, I was staring at my hands marvelling that even the lines on my palms where so clear. To me it’s basically matrix-esqe virtual reality that I can control.

Maybe your hands look weird because you expect them to look weird – it is your mind controlling the environment.

However if you have now planted a seed in my mind, and the next time I look at my hands and they are weird looking, I will hunt you down in my dream .

By: Paul Griffiths

Paul Griffiths — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:55:32 +0000

@ Andrew – Welcome to my world.

Writing this piece evidently affected me. Do you know those little Fisher Price people that kids play with? With the round heads and the bottoms designed to fit into Fisher Price cars and helicopters and so on? 2 nights ago I dreamed that I was chasing a group of them around the aisles of a grocery store with a sword. :-/

I woke up feeling remorseful. I’ve got nothing against Fisher Price people. If I could have gone lucid, I’d have hung out with them.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:24:58 +0000

Oh crap, now I’m scared to go to bed because I know I’ll dream about looking into a mirror and I’ll have a demon goat head thing…

By: Britany Kahle

Britany Kahle — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:13:04 +0000

Wow, very nice article!! Thank you so much for sharing. =)

By: Paul Griffiths

Paul Griffiths — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:31:54 +0000

Thanks for the compliments!

@ Diamond – Don’t worry… I didn’t delete your comment! I just removed the article and re-posted it because I didn’t think it belonged on Authspot. Socyberty/Psychology is much better IMO.

@ Lilly – Now you know how I felt when I read your SHC article. I thought ‘Ack! Of course… Spontaneous Human Combustion! Why didn’t I think of that!”. It can take a while to train yourself, but let me know if you have one. I can only imagine the shennanigans you’ll get up to!

I’ve only had a handful of personal experiences myself, but they’ve all been classic. It’s 100% worth the effort.

By: lillyrose

lillyrose — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:07:32 +0000

WOW…that was really something else. Wish I had thought of this one, its right up my street! Really well presented, easy to follow and very, very interesting! not sure if I have had one, I am going to try tonight. I know where my dreams would be going!

By: cutedrishti8

cutedrishti8 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:10:52 +0000

A unique piece to read…thanks