The Science Behind Lucid Dreams
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 17:49Lucid dreams are a good way for you to subconsciously control the outcome of your dream or some real life circumstance where you can test different solutions. During lucid dreaming, you are aware of your actions and can hear yourself speaking and seeing certain details that seem more real life than normal dreams. They are also easy to remember and control because you decide the scene, the actors and the script to play out the circumstance they way you want in lucid dreams.
In lucid dreaming, you can get as creative as you want, almost living a dual life once you have mastered how to recall the dreams. You can be the star of a movie where you experience romantic fantasy adventures on a desert island or some action hero that saves the day in lucid dreaming.
The advantage of lucid dreams are that they are so lifelike that you may not believe you are really dreaming, but normal dreams can be scary subjects that are abstract and leave you with a bad feeling when you wake up, but you don’t remember what happened. Because you are more involved in the outcome of what is happening in lucid dreaming, the dreams are easier to control and remember.
To check whether you are dreaming or not, all you need to do is trying getting something to read. If the words constantly change making reading absolutely impossible then you can be rest assured that this is a lucid dream.
The possibilities are endless when you are lucid dreaming and many people will dream of lost loves or other people that they wish they could be with, but it is impossible in real life because they are dead in real life, but alive in the lucid dream.
When you are dreaming and you know that you are dreaming all you need to do is change it. For instance you can dream about your favorite rock star falling in love with you and getting crazy about you. You can even choreograph your dream to the extent that your rock star talks to you, touches you and makes you feel loved. The only tool you need is your limitless imagination!
If you think it’s not possible to experience a lucid dream, and then think again. Yes, it’s true that the body needs relaxation and rest for the next day but a part of the brain can actually remain in a conscious state though the body is physically relaxed.
It can take awhile to learn the techniques of lucid dreaming if you have never done it, but it can be learned over a period of time with practice.
Trying to remember your dreams and what they were about, who was in them and the outcome is a good way to start. Dream interpreters say to keep a pad and pen by handy so that you waste no time jotting down your images as soon as you remember them or awaken. It is possible the dream will repeat its self and you can finish writing it down. If you document your lucid dreams as you go, you may start to see a pattern develop over a period of time.
Writers will often use this technique to line up their next novel, using some of the scenes and characters from the lucid dream as the basis for the storyline. Lucid dreaming is a good outlet to channel your ambitions to come up with an action plan to make them a reality.
You can sometimes continue the dream where you left off, if you wake up, recall everything you can about your dream, and go back to sleep. Lucid dreams have been found to have a pattern, so chances are you will be able to recall more each time as it reaches a conclusion to your liking.
When you awake ahead of your normal time is the prime time for lucid dreams, since you are not in a deep sleep, but in a semi-sleep state. While it might seem like you are awake and cognizant, you might be having a lucid dream.
Mastering lucid dreaming is surprisingly easy, and you can always use techniques that help you recall or prepare your mind to recall what your lucid dreams were about, if you put your mind to it.
Recent developments in brain studies can help induce a lucid dream state. Some of these types of techniques use things like sound technology or binaural beats to stimulate the part of the brain required for lucid dreaming.


