The Lucid Dream - A New Understanding
A rare dream phenomenon in which you are aware that you are dreaming and have full control over what you see, do and experience is what is known as the lucid dream. In simple words, it refers to the ability of making only your body rest while keeping your mind awake and focused during dreaming.
Scoring very high on the popularity factor, the lucid dream is something everyone wants to induce and experience. The reason behind this lies in the obvious fact that if you know that you are dreaming and can control the lucid dream in order to see, do or enjoy whatever it is that your mind desires, knowing fully well that nothing can ever harm you since you would be waking up soon, will it not be the best journey of your life? An experience you would get addicted to and would want to enjoy over and over again?
The lucid Dream can manifest in two forms of DILD and WILD. DILD or the Dream initiated lucid dream is when the dream occurs first and then the lucidity is experienced. Comparatively common in occurrence, this involves starting to dream first and then at a certain point of time, suddenly realizing or becoming aware that you are dreaming.
The lucid dream tagged WILD or Wake Initiated is when you pass to the realms of dreams with a completely wakeful mind knowing fully well that you are dreaming. Extremely rare in occurrence and highly difficult to develop, this kind of lucid dreams are known to be accompanied by intense vibrations, hearing of loud noises and a distinguishing feel of entering another realm, such as passing from air to water.
In case of inducing the lucid dream condition, mention must be made of dream recall. This refers to the ability to remember dreams so that even if you go through a lucid dreaming phase, you must be able to remember them after you wake up. Maintaining a dream journal or making the use of a tape recorder are good ways to facilitate dream recall.
The lucid dream can also be induced with the help of technology like that of the binaural beats. Binaural beats consists of sounding two different sound waves in the two ears of a person which goes to the brain and synchronize in order to create a mental state that is conducive to lucid dreaming.
If you repeatedly tell your sub conscious to notice a particular object in your dream, then whenever that object features in your dream, your sub conscious mind will register it and let you know thereby providing you the knowledge that you are dreaming. Known as MILD, it is another technique to induce the lucid dream state.
It must be said that the primary objective of the lucid dream is to let the body rest and keep the mind wakeful so that you can be aware that you are dreaming. In other words, you need to practice control during the hypnagogy stage, which is the border between sleeping and waking up. Techniques like chanting, counting your breaths, visualizing ascending a high flight of stairs and counting the stairs as you go on, are some tools which would help to successfully pass the hypnagogic stage, without your mind falling asleep, so that you can embark on an unforgettable journey of the lucid dream.
Peter Carney is a writer for the popular luciddreaminginfo.com website. Discover the amazing experience of a lucid dream for yourself and get 29 Free the-lucid dream Audios when you visit here.
