I'm going to attempt a lucid dream.

[puroro]

I've been of the belief that there is little to no difference between the reality of 'consciousness' and the reality of a dream. if my pet hamster dies in a dream i'm not aware is a dream then i suffer the same emotional experiences that i would were my pet hamster to have actually died in my waking life. there's so much that makes up a mind-set

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[raddishh]

Why don't you just strive for free will when it comes to decisions in your dreams, but let the circumstances come without changing them?

[puroro]

i didn't know if that was possible, but id prefer to do something like that! I just assumed that if i know it's a dream in my dream, then that would mean everything in my dream is subjective to me?
i'm not sure, i've never actually had a lucid dream.

[puroro]

i think that makes sense...i can see where you're coming from, that is! you have a different advantage than me in you're dreams. because mine are usually very vivid and hold a strong emotion attached to them, that i already do carry them throughout the day.

not on a traumatizing level, though. do you think that's possible!? that's kinda frightening!

i'm hoping to gain a new appreciation and add to my waking life by first gaining control of my dream one.

thanks, emmy! i think it's all extreemeely interesting too, and it's awesome you're dad thinks about it like that fffff

[anonymous]

i agree with raddishh ....free will is what isolates us as species.

i disagree with your statement "the events and possibilities are as limited as my thinking"
there is much more to us and the limitless possibilities that are fabricated within our unconscious minds..
i'm sure there are lots of plot twists deep within you that will be unanticipated..

but if you were able to harness the power of volition you should be able to overcome any obstactle ..
or at least test yourself with out the risk of the waking failure...

and they could make for some great stories/characters whilst you can remember them....

best wishes and pleasant dreams

[puroro]

i hope you're right when it comes to the unanticipated within my dreams, in a way! i'm worried and intrigue by the experience of sort of 'living in your thoughts' which is how i would describe the prospect of a lucid dream right now.

but complete awareness in a dream would be realizing that every single thing in it is just an extension of your no-longer-sub-conscious. so how could anything be involuntary? of course i wouldn't know, because i've never done it before...but i would assume there are varied intensities of lucidity.

i am hoping to have more creative adventures! thank you!

[xlostgeishax]

As someone who struggled with (and still does occasionally) really terrible nightmares, I can see why you would rather have the ability to change the entirety of the circumstances rather than just the free will. Most of those dreams of mine that are bad deal with situations in which I have no free will whatsoever. That's what makes them bad... While sure, it would have been nice the other night to have the free will to get away from the gang members holding me hostage and forcing me to be a prostitute, I'd honestly just rather not be involved at all.

I've always wanted to learn to do this. Good luck.

[puroro]

yeah the ability to disengaged in nightmares like that sounds very empowering...
unfortunate and uncontrollable things happen to us all the time in the wake, so why can't we at least have a say in our own dreams?

thanks very much, and good luck to you too, if you're still striving for a lucid dream!

[mybodymycoffin]

Except for pieces of a handful, I don't remember my dreams. But then, I'm stuck in my head 80% of the day anyways.

Anyways, you'd probably find some Freud, Jung, and general psych of sleep texts helpful. I took ought a history of Psych book from the library just today.