Health & Lifestyle · Lucid dreams
Live your wildest dreams with lucidity
Have you ever wondered what fire tastes like?
Or how it feels to fly? Have you always wanted
to have complete control, where you can do
what you want, how you want, when you want?
Have you ever wanted to change the rules?
Well, through the act of lucid dreaming and
mindfulness, you can.
Many people are lucky enough to experience lucid
dreams, where they can touch, taste and feel the
unknown. But with only 1 in 5 people lucid dreaming
each month, we want to know, what is a ‘lucid
dream’ exactly.
What is a lucid dream?
A lucid dream is a dream that the dreamer can
consciously control. It is the ability to put the deepest
and darkest areas of your brain to use and turn your
dream in to an alternative reality.
Beverly D’Urso was five years old when she first
started to lucid dream.“In one very powerful lucid
dream, I found myself alone in front of a campfire,”
she explains vividly. “I took this as another challenge
and stepped right into the centre of the roaring
fire. I was having fun and decided to try eating the
flames; they tasted salty. Next, I decided that I would
fly up and merge with the sun. I sped upwards like
superman, accelerating rapidly. It was very intense
and yet blissful.”
What is lucid dreaming good for?
Not only is lucid dreaming often used as therapy
and a method of escapism, it can also help you to
overcome personal setbacks. Once the novelty of
being lucid wears off, you can use this type of dream
for problem solving, facing your fears, developing
your sense of self, increasing your creativity and of
course, the chance to explore your unconscious
mind. Indeed, early bedtimes have never looked
so appealing…
So, how can we experience one?
Lucid dreams tend to come more naturally to those
that are mindful, as the mental habits that we
practice during the day continue in our dreams.
Mindfulness and meditation together is the perfect
recipe to increase your chance of having a successful
lucid dream. As meditation helps you to reach a
harmonious state of relaxation, not only do you
become more self aware, it also becomes easier to
recognise when you are dreaming.
Mindspace Magazine · Issue 01 · 19