Any experiments I have conducted with other lucid dreamers have failed to provide any evidence of shared dreaming. Upon comparing our lucid dream experiences it became obvious we had different dreams and were only interacting with dream characters, representations of the other person, and the person themselves.
Other lucid dreamers claim to have fared much better, though these are only personal accounts shared on reddit and quora. Some people believe it does. However, I am sceptical for lots of reasons, most of which I will give below. Unfortunately, there is only anecdotal evidence for shared dreaming and almost none for shared lucid dreaming. Why is this? I outline below the main reasons why some people appear to share a regular dream — when in fact they do not.
When you watch the video below you will see how easy it is for us to become mentally programmed during the day to think in a specific way.
In the same way we can be influenced to act in a specific way during the day we can also be influenced to dream in a certain way. Shared experiences during the day can lead to two or more people having dreams with similar imagery and themes. However, they are not sharing the same dream.
This will become easier to understand as you progress through this article. It is my belief that if shared dreaming were possible then lucid dreamers would have proven it by now.
Because the dreamer is fully conscious in a lucid dream, and can guide and alter the dream as they see fit, a lucid dreamer is in a perfect position to prove shred dreaming. If mutual shared dreaming were possible then to prove it was a real phenomenon all that would be needed is for 2 or more lucid dreamers to agree upon meeting in a lucid dream and then later compare notes on what happened to see if what the other said and did within one dream matched the other dream.
I have never had an experience of this and have yet to find anyone else who has. Any experiments that I have been party to have always failed miserably. However, Stephen LaBerge continues to experiment with this and I look forward to him sharing his findings.
As he has been doing this for some years and has yet to comment on shared dreaming being a real thing I can only assume that he either has no evidence for it and his experiments have failed my personal belief or that he is sitting on his findings waiting to make a monumental statement about how real shared dreaming really is which I doubt. As I have clearly demonstrated throughout this website lucid dreams feel exceptionally real but they are not real.
Lucid Dreams are the same as regular dreams with 2 exceptions; 1. Lucid dreams are no different in structure than regular normal dreams.
Although the causes for lucid dreams differ from regular dreams, they are both still dreams. They both still only happen within your own mind. The reason why some people believe that shared lucid dreaming is possible is that lucid dreams tend to feel so real that they are difficult to distinguish from reality. In lucid dreams some people you meet have such individualistic personalities and the places you visit appear to be so detailed and real that it is easy to believe you are in a real place and meeting real people.
But, rest assured, you are most definitely not! As I pointed out in the article can you visit someone in a lucid dream it is possible to spend time with anyone you want to spend time with while you are lucid dreaming. But these people are not real life individuals — no matter how real and distinctive they seem.
You can meet anyone in a lucid dream but it will not be the real person. Although the person will look, sound and feel real, and may even display individualistic characteristics they are only a subconscious representation within your mind. There is no evidence to suggest you can meet a real person in a lucid dream even after many experiments.
In the aforementioned article I give an example of how one lucid dreamer believed that the guy in is lucid dream must be real due to how he acted and reacted within the ream. Then, in an attempt to induce lucid dreaming in its user, it will play preset soft noises. Users are asked to fill out a dream report upon waking up to record their experiences.
The early results have been promising: App users tend to have lucid dreams more often than other people, Mazurek explains. Historically, dream reporting has been fraught with difficulty, as many people cannot reliably or coherently recall a dream after waking up.
Mackey agrees that the findings of the study are promising. I am thrilled to see future progressions on this topic. Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured reporting about current events through a science lens. Support Provided By Learn More. Suddenly, beeping noises came from inside the game. Dream Hacking: Decisions, Addictions, and Sleep. Email Address. Zip Code. Share this article. When I was first taken on-board as Chief Lucidity Officer in , one of the first things I was tasked with was taking a good look at our operations and giving things a bit of an overhaul.
Want to become a skilled and knowledgeable Lucid Dreamer by taking a Mindful approach? Awaken the potentials of your mind and integrate with your dreams through the guided meditations in this truly awesome app. Lucid Dreaming and Mindfulness actually share the same origin. To lucid dream, I recommend being able to remember at least one vivid dream per night. That will boost your self awareness in dreams making lucidity more likely and also means you can actually remember your lucid dreams.
Which is nice. Here are four detailed tips on how to remember your dreams more frequently. And if you don't think you dream at all - trust me, you almost certainly do. It takes an extraordinarily rare sleep disorder to deprive someone of dream sleep. Years ago, before I had my first lucid dream, I had a very specific idea about what a lucid dream would feel like.
I thought it would be intense and magical and a little bit spooky. This turned out to be a pretty accurate representation. Becoming aware in the dreamstate is like entering another world. One where physical laws can be manipulated there is no spoon, Neo and your fantasies can come true in an instant.
There's definitely something magical about that - and it's as if the lucid dream world is a living, breathing organism that can react to your very thoughts. Experts agree that everyone is capable of having lucid dreams. Dreaming itself is a normal function of the mind. We all dream every night, even if we don't remember. And we all achieve conscious awareness while awake every single day. So what does it mean to combine these states?
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