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Hatter's Collection Of Dreaming Terms (Recommended Reading) on Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:10 pm
Mad_Hatter Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 393	There is now a dreaming article on PsiPog. Please read it before asking questions. The Article- http://www.psipog.net/show.php?cmd=wp&id=48 This is meant to be a basic compendium of some dreaming information. Note that this is a work in progress, and I may add more later. Thanks to adg12012 for posting the Dreamviews definitions. Dream Body - The body or vehicle that the consciousness or dreamer inhabits within a dream. Dream Character - A person, animal, or object other than yourself that has life in your dreams. Dream Journal - Journal used to record your lucid dreams, perferably as soon as you wake to help against forgetting. This also seems to aid in the remembering of normal dreams. Dream Memory - Things that you remember while dreaming that happened in a previous dream, but you think it is part of your life, while in reality this isn't so. Dream Sign - A sign that a person sees in their dream that helps them realize that they are dreaming. This could be a person, place, thing, or event. An example could be: dreams of loose teeth or dreams of being nude in public. They are unique to each dreamer. False Lucid Dream - you are NOT realizing that you're dreaming but still you act like a lucid dreamer and do everything you want to do - you have the behaviour of a lucid dreamer, not the consciousness. False memory - Things that you remember as being a part of your life while dreaming, that never happened in real life. Lucid Living - Maintaining, in your waking life, the same state of awareness that you experience in a Lucid Dream. REM - Rapid Eye Movement. Also known as paradoxical sleep because of how active the body is during this period. The muscles twitch, the eyes move, and breathing becomes shallow. Unaware Lucid Dream - you are NOT realizing that you're dreaming but still you act like a lucid dreamer and do everything you want to do - you have the behaviour of a lucid dreamer, not the consciousness Vibrations- These are something that are usually experienced on the border of sleep. They are heavily associated with OOBEs because of Robert Monroe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Monroe . He always describes leaving his body while having these ?vibrations? The physical sensation is something that has to be experienced to really ?get.? However, once you experience it you will be completely sure that you were having what is described here. The vibrations are sort of like being electrocuted (Minus the pain) with a very high voltage. There are various methods of inducing these vibrations, which is in another topic. Sleeping Aids- Most sleeping aids tend to disrupt dreaming. Many of these shorten REM cycles, which are typically the times dreaming occurs. There are a few that don?t have this effect, and may even aid dreaming. This isn't meant to be a comprehensive list, so I?ll let you do the background research on those, but the majority of the popular sleep aids will inhibit dreams, or in the best of cases, not affect them all. Hypnagogia- This is an odd phenomenon experienced on the wake/asleep border. It can either be experienced when falling asleep and losing consciousness, or when waking up and regaining it. These are hypnagogic and hypnopompic occurrences, respectively. It is worth noting that hypnagogic experiences are much more common then hypnopompic. These periods are typically described as seeing flashes of vivid imagery, sometimes seemingly real. Sometimes people will also hear sounds, feel touch, and in even rarer cases, smell and taste. These are all hallucinations, and can not hurt you. Muscle Spasms- Muscle spasms are not uncommon before sleep, and a person may experience them as much as once every thirty seconds or so. There is also another kind of spasm, which is a little more then just a simple twitch. This is a Hypnic Jerk. This is when you misinterpret hypnagogic imagery as a real situation, and react accordingly. This happens to me a lot when I try to WILD. You usually end up coming out of your trance-like state when this occurs, at least in my experience. Lucid Dreaming- Controlling ones dreams. This is known by few people, practiced successfully by even fewer. It is relatively easy to induce lucid dreams given the right technique; the trick is finding it among the relatively large amount of techniques available. The most popular techniques are: WILD MILD and WBTB, not in any particular order. I can personally say all of them work, but they all take a lot of practice to get consistently. LILD = Lucid Dream-Initiated Lucid Dream - influencing the dreamworld in a lucid dream so that dream world helps you to become lucid in a NORMAL dream. For example asking a DC to come back in a normal dream and tell you that you're dreaming. RCID or RCILD = Reality-Check-Initiated-Lucid-Dream - A lucid dream specifcally initiated through the use of reality checks. WILD- Stands for Wake Induce Lucid Dream. This is a very valuable lucid dreaming technique, because you can go from waking consciousness right into a lucid dream with almost no intermission. It can also be used to exit ones body, at a different point, during the vibration period. This state may have to be induced, however. I won?t go into the specifics of this technique, as it is very complex. Here:http://www.dreamviews.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=12621 is a very in depth article written by Seeker. In short however, this technique is basically relaxing the body so that it falls asleep, while the mind is still awake. This effectively takes you consciously into a dream. MILD- Stands for Mnemonic Induced Lucid Dream. Created by Stephen LaBerge, it was and still is a very effective method of induction. Peebrain recently posted it as an article: http://www.psipog.net/show.php?cmd=wp&id=12 This method is effectively training your memory to prepare for a lucid dream, and then repeating to yourself that you will have a lucid dream before you fall asleep. WBTB- Stands for Wake Back To Bed. In my opinion the easiest method to learn and practice, it is basically getting up a certain amount of time into your sleep cycle, before your longest REM periods. You then think about having a lucid dream and try to awaken your mind while leaving your body sleepy. You then go back to bed; here: http://ld4all.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16730 is a very good walkthrough on how to do it. It should be noted however, that in my experience, an hour is much too long and I am too awake after that long. Also, in my opinion, the shower is not necessary; it is just a tool to keep you relaxed. DILD - Dream-Initiated Lucid Dream - this is any lucid dream that begins as a normal dream and you suddenly realize you are dreaming (can result from MILD) This is caused by other methods of induction as well. OOBEs- Stands for Out Of Body Experience. Also written as OBE. This is usually described as leaving ones body. From that point the person can fly, teleport, or many other things that are not possible during waking life. Many people think that this is the same as lucid dreaming, just on a different scale. Others say that this and Astral Projection are the same, and that OOBEs are just on the Etheric plane. I won’t get into those theories, as they are somewhat religious and do not require an explanation for this article. Even further, others completely discount the OOBE as a powerful hallucination of the brain. Reality Checks- A reality check is an action that works in reality but acts differently in a dream. These are used to check whether you are dreaming or not. The typical usage involves doing reality checks through the day; so that you will eventually do one in a dream and notice that it didn’t work. A few fairly common reality checks are: Looking at your hands, which are typically disfigured in dreams, holding your nose and trying to breathe through it, and looking at a clock or other writing and then looking back again, in dreams it will usually be nonsense and will change. Shared Dreaming- This is the sharing of a dream between two or more people. This usually requires one or both of the people involved to be lucid so that they find each other, but it is theoretically possible without becoming lucid. The typical techniques involve finding a door or a portal, and thinking or saying to oneself that when you step through this doorway, you will be in ____’s dream. A typical problem however, is getting both dreamers to be in REM sleep at the same time. A good solution to this is to have both parties do a short WBTB (effectively wake up 6 hours into your sleep cycle, then fall back asleep at the same) then try to share a dream. Sleep Paralysis- This is typically experienced as being unable to move. It usually occurs when waking up in the hypnopompic state, after being awakened during REM sleep. Sometimes hypnagogic hallucinations accompany it. Sometimes these hallucinations are frightening, and more often then not tend to play out in one of the following ways: An evil figure is near, or a crushing weight is felt upon oneself, or a general sense of doom and death. This is also known as an Old Hag. False Awakening- This is when you wake up after a dream into another dream. This new dream is usually in the place you went to sleep. The person then often will carry out their morning rituals, until they wake up into real life. This can happen multiple times and is very disorienting. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogic_jerk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia http://www.psipog.net/welcome.php http://www.ld4all.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=137 Journeys Out Of The Body, by Robert Monroe My own personal experience.
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Posted on Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:42 pm
sparkz Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Posts: 664	nice! it seems that a few people (myself may be included) need to have a rundown of the basic terms. this is very helpful. ta
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Posted on Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:01 pm
jesserevis Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 27	Just some more links to lucid dreaming related information. www.wikibooks.org/wiki/lucid_dreaming www.ld4all.com
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Posted on Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:19 pm
cthon98 Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 83	if shared dreaming IS possible (yeah, I saw the thread, was alot of speculation and counter-speculation and such, too much conflict for my tastes) Im certainly a powerful enough lucid dreamer that I should be able to get it to work. Perhaps I can practice with a family member.
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Posted on Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:25 pm
Mad_Hatter Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 393	I amended the shared dreaming section with a short walkthrough of a technique that has worked before. Multiple times, actually. This isn't from personal experience, but from the experience of others on LD4all.
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Posted on Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:03 pm
adg12012 Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 31	heres some you could add Astral Projection - the practice to project the consciousness to a realm different from the physical body. Astral Body - the body or vehicle that the consciousness inhabits within a dream or astral plane. Dream Body - The body or vehicle that the consciousness or dreamer inhabits within a dream. Dream Character - A person, animal, or object other than yourself that has life in your dreams. Dream Journal - Journal used to record your lucid dreams, perferably as soon as you wake to help against forgetting. Dream Memory - Things that you remember while dreaming that happened in a previous dream, but you think it is part of your life, while in reality this isn't so. Dream Sign - A sign that a person sees in their dream that helps them realize that they are dreaming. This could be a person, place, thing, or event. An example could be: dreams of loose teeth or dreams of being nude in public. They are unique to each dreamer. False Awakening - This often follows a lucid dream. Usually when the lucid dream ends you seem to wake up, but you could be dreaming you just woke up. False Lucid Dream - you are NOT realizing that you're dreaming but still you act like a lucid dreamer and do everything you want to do - you have the behaviour of a lucid dreamer, not the consciousness. False memory - Things that you remember as being a part of your life while dreaming, that never happened in real life. Lucid Dream - A dream where you "wake-up" within the dream and you realize your surroundings are a dream. LILD = Lucid Dream-Initiated Lucid Dream - influencing the dreamworld in a lucid dream so that dream world helps you to become lucid in a NORMAL dream. For example asking a DC to come back in a normal dream and tell you that you're dreaming. Lucid Living - Maintaining, in your waking life, the same state of awareness that you experience in a Lucid Dream. RCID or RCILD = Reality-Check-Initiated-Lucid-Dream - A lucid dream specifcally initiated through the use of reality checks. REM - Rapid Eye Movement Spirit Guide - An entity or part of the sub-conscious that guides or helps a dreamer. Unaware Lucid Dream - you are NOT realizing that you're dreaming but still you act like a lucid dreamer and do everything you want to do - you have the behaviour of a lucid dreamer, not the consciousness -- http://www.ld4all.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=137 DILD - Dream-Initiated Lucid Dream - this is any lucid dream that begins as a normal dream and you suddenly realize you are dreaming (can result from MILD) Hypnagogic Hallucinations - False things you percieve as your body falls asleep and your mind stays concious. Can be sounds, images, thoughts, feelings, sensations, smells, etc. Hypnagogic Imagery - Images you see as your body falls asleep and your mind stays concious. Often appear while performing WILD these were undefined on the above website, so I gave them some definitions based on my knowledge..They're real terms.
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Posted on Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:15 pm
Mad_Hatter Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 393	Thanks adg, I think I'll add some of those. I already have a hypnagogic section, but I did forget DILD's, and some of the more specific terms. Because of the religious connotations of some of those terms, I'm not going to add those terms to my post.
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Posted on Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:24 pm
adg12012 Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 31	ok, glad to help
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Posted on Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:00 pm
sparkz Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Posts: 664	what about hypnosis induced lucid dreams?
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Posted on Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:02 pm
Mad_Hatter Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 393	That's under autosuggestion. I think I have that up there.
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Posted on Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:26 pm
sparkz Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Posts: 664	oh yah! *slaps head*
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