Name: Lucid Dreaming: A Beginner's Guide to Controlling Your Dreams
Uploaded: 2018-01-04T16:45:53.000Z
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Hey Guys! This is Kelly. Welcome to Dream World! Today we're gonna talk a little bit

about what lucid dreaming is, and why it's important.

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Lucid dreaming is becoming consciously aware of the fact that you're dreaming, while you're dreaming. You dream every single

night, but most of the time you accidentally think that you're awake. This is because

you're spending most of your life being awake, and you've probably only ever been

conscious before while you're awake, so your mind just kind of assumes that that's

what you're doing even when you're sleeping. Lucid dreaming is super super fun. It's this

world that has different rules from the waking world, where you can do things that you can't

do here like fly, talk to people who don't exist or who have died, you can create friends,

you can have sex on demand in illegal places. It's kind of like having magical powers

except it's real. Lucid dreaming is also important because you're gonna sleep for

at least a third of your life automatically, so how great would it be to be able to utilize

that time and actually have pleasurable experiences in this playground of your own during that

time, instead of just wasting it being unconscious? Lucid dreaming is also really important because

it allows you to explore your emotions and how your mind works, so you learn lessons

that you can bring back to the waking world with you to make you a stronger, more self-aware

person. Sleep is a hobby. Sometimes I'll take a nap just to go into my second life

and have a new experience. So you want to give it a try? Where do you start? The first

thing in lucid dreaming is to not take being awake for granted. The goal is to become conscious

of the fact that you're asleep, while you're asleep. You can do this by introducing the

idea of being asleep when you're awake. This is done by looking for common triggers

such as looking at a clock, looking at your hands, looking at the mirror, or trying to

run and jump. You can see our video on triggers for more details. Another thing is to look

out for common dream themes. Some really common dreams across all humans are: losing a tooth,

being naked in public, or flying. When these things happen, question yourself and wonder,

“Am I dreaming?” because chances are that you are. You can also take naps purposefully

to try and get yourself in a lucid dream. I think this is best done in the morning.

After you're most well-rested is when your mind is going to enter REM for longer periods

of time. So if I plan on lucid dreaming, well, I like to wake up a little bit before I normally

would, and then do something for maybe an hour or two that will keep my brain at a low

metabolic rate. This means I'm not doing any physical activity, not consuming any caffeine

or food that might wake me up, especially not consuming any drugs or alcohol. This way

I'm kind of holding onto the idea of being asleep while I'm awake so that when I go

back to sleep, I'm a little more conscious of it. Since I'm well-rested, my body is

going to automatically go into REM when I fall asleep, but since I'm not 100% rested,

it's going to be easier to fall asleep. This is why I have most of my lucid dreams

in the morning. By having these morning naps, you're more likely to induce a lucid dream.

There are certain apps you can use, that will set your alarm to your REM cycle, so that

it will wake you up right as you are going into a dream, so that you can wake up for

a brief second, then fall back asleep and be conscious of it. I've heard from a lot

of people who have a harder time sleeping on demand that it works a lot better for them.

Well, I hope you guys enjoyed your stay in Dream World today. Make sure you check out

our next video to learn even more. Tonight when you go to bed, take these lessons with

you so that you can experience more in your second life. If you have any questions or

comments or things that you'd like to learn more about, please feel free to add them in

the comments section. I'd be happy to respond or make a video based on your requests.