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LUCID DREAMINGB Y - A K S H I T A P I L L A I
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OVERVIEW
• What is a lucid dream?
• Characteristics
• Is it real?
• Lucid Dream – Not a recent discovery
• Use of lucid dreams
• How to induce lucid dreams
• Summary
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WHAT IS LUCID DREAM?
• Lucid dream is any dream in which a person is aware that he/she is dreaming during an ongoing dream.
• Also called conscious dream.
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CHARACTERISTICS
• Dream environment and dream experiences can be controlled to some extent.
• Dreamers can experience all five senses, ie , touch, smell, sight, sound and taste
• Lucid dreams seem very real and are vivid.
• Usually occurs during the REM sleep cycle.
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IS IT REAL?YES!
• The first scientific proof of lucid dreaming emerged in 1975 from the British parapsychologist Dr Keith Hearne.
• Researchers have monitored brainwave, blood flow and eye movement to prove the existence of higher levels of consciousness during lucid dreaming.
• Modern research- Stephen LaBerge and Lynn Nagel of Stanford University
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LUCID DREAM – NOT A RECENT DISCOVERY
• Foundation of Tibetan dream yoga for more than 1000 years.
• Sigmund Freud wrote about it in his famous book “ The Interpretation of Dreams”
• Term coined by Dutch psychiatrist in 1913.
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USES OF LUCID DREAMS
Deal with Nightmare
s
Adventure /Fantasy
Practice important
tasks
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HOW TO INDUCE LUCID DREAMS
1) Dream Awareness Methods
Dream journal - record your dreams.
learn to recognize personal dream signs.
Using reality checks.
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2) Wake-Back –to- Bed (WBTB) Method
The goal of this method is to wake up during a REM phase, concentrate on the dream you had and then fall back asleep imagining yourself continuing the dream.
3) Android and iOS apps - “ Awoken” and “Lucid Dreaming App”
4) Galantamine – know to induce lucid dreams.
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SUMMARY
• Lucid dreaming is a real phenomenon.
• First scientific proof presented in 1975
• Usually occurs during REM cycle.
• Can be used to deal with nightmares or experience adventures.
• Many methods and apps available which can help induce lucid dreams.
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