When we all go to sleep, we anticipate a surrealist experience right? Whether it\u2019s walking out onto the balcony of your inner-city flat and having the ocean replace your view of skyscrapers, or running through your primary school classroom and suddenly noticing it change into your office. Nothing makes logical sense in the dream world, that\u2019s why it\u2019s often populated by faces you don\u2019t readily recognise and flying is absolutely possible.
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So what if you could interact with your dream world as actively as you engage with the waking life? <\/strong> The concept of lucid dreaming was introduced by a Dutch psychiatrist named Frederik van Eeden in 1913. While most could agree that awareness while dreaming wasn\u2019t an entirely new concept, van Eeden argued that we had the ability to control what happened in our dreams after that point. Professionals in the field have concluded that it is perfectly safe for mentally stable human beings to lucid dream, those who have mental health issues, however, should consult a psychiatrist before indulging themselves. According to Intuitive Coach, Sara Brainard, \u201cwhat you focus on, grows.\u201d If you begin by journaling your dreams the minute you wake up, you\u2019re training your body to become acutely aware of noting details – big or small – about your dream world. Be sure to also note how the dream made you feel. \u201cWe hold memory in the body,\u201d Brainard says, \u201cso our recall is strongest before we get up.\u201d Once you\u2019ve been doing this for a while, and can clearly remember your dreams, challenge yourself to identify something in your dream. It can be anything from the specific mug you drink coffee from every morning to the teddy bear you had growing up then lost when your parents moved house. This item is a great marker to signal that you are dreaming lucidly. Lastly, create a kind of induction practice for yourself. Brainard suggests asking yourself whether you are dreaming throughout the day. This will compel you to ask the same question when you are dreaming. It\u2019s also a great technique to help you differentiate between dream state and conscious state. Writer and director of 2001 film Waking Life, <\/em>Richard Linklater says he got the concept of the film after he had a particularly formative lucid experience that had a \u201cseries of false awakenings. It seemed to go on for weeks and weeks, and got creepy near the end,\u201d the filmmaker says. Who can forget the star-studded cast that includes Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy and Joseph Levitt-Gordan? These \u2018dream interceptors\u2019 have a whole host of tips and tricks on how to decipher the dream state from the waking life. Christopher Nolan outdid himself directing this mind-bending film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Did you really think Alice just so happened to find a human-sized rabbit hole to tumble into? Rewatch Tim Burton\u2019s adaptation of a classic written by Charles Lutwidge and you\u2019ll begin to see the story for what it is, an outrageous dream Alice is engaging in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tom Cruise in his hayday. Swoon! Lucid dreamers will appreciate the convergence of the dream world with the \u2018real\u2019 world through this romantic drama-come thriller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The thought of Freddy Kruger tormenting you in your dreams and that having real-life implications is enough to give anyone the heebie-jeebies. It does speak volumes about the weight dreams have in the physical realm too, don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/thriveglobal.com\/stories\/how-to-lucid-dream-3-simple-steps\/<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When we all go to sleep, we anticipate a surrealist experience right? Whether it\u2019s walking out onto the balcony of your inner-city flat and having the ocean replace your view of skyscrapers, or running through your primary school classroom and suddenly noticing it change into…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":53832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,120,129],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/p>\n\n\n\nWANT TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n1) Start A Dream Journal <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n2) Start To Acknowledge Well-Known Items In Your Dream <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n3) Create An Induction Practice Between Wake & Sleep <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\nMUST-SEE FILMS ABOUT LUCID DREAMING<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nInception<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Alice in Wonderland<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Vanilla Sky<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
A Nightmare on Elm Street<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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