Lucid Dreaming simply refers to dreaming while being aware of the fact that you are dreaming. That is, you dream consciously. It is the condition where your body sleeps but your mind remains awake and you know the images that you’re seeing is your dream. An extremely rare phenomenon and a highly difficult ability to develop, it is something most people would want to be able to do.

The most basic type of lucid dreaming which is comparatively common is when you sleep and start dreaming and then suddenly at one point of time realize that you are dreaming. There is no aspect of dream control and in this case, the intensity of the lucidity is said to be less.

In the other extreme, consider the fact that you pass into the realm of dream fully conscious and awake. You see your dreams, knowing fully well that it is not reality and have full control to see or live whatever it is that you want in your dream.

Moreover, the very fact that it is not real gives you the opportunity to do anything and everything that you want as it cannot harm you in real life. Thus, this is the highest form of lucid dreaming and the lucidity is considered to be at its heights.

A concept such as Lucid Dreaming draws a lot of criticism from various quarters. In one instance a common view is that it promotes escapism. That is, it is sometimes seen as a way to escape from life. As an answer to this argument, it can be said that lucid dreaming happens during the time a person sleeps. The person would anyways have dreamt in that time, be it lucid or not. Thus, it is not true that this time period cuts out someone’s life. Hence, it is not a way to escape.

Secondly, lucid dreaming is also much linked to occult practices. Many argue that our dreams give us certain messages and by trying to indulge in lucid dreaming and controlling our dreams we loose them. Though this line of thought has a little bit of sense, but it must be mentioned that lucid dreaming does not involve having it all the time and everyday in the first case.

Again, since lucid dreaming involves good dream recall, it can also be said that lucid dreamers are placed in an advantageous position when it comes to analyzing dreams and their meanings anyways.

But the maximum advantage that lucid dreaming gives, should be appreciated in case of people suffering from nightmares because if one suffers from nightmares, the best thing for him would if the knowledge that he is just dreaming and it is not reality. Thus, lucid dreaming may be stated as one of the greatest out of the world experiences one can ever enjoy where he becomes the king of the world.

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