Understanding Lucid Dreaming and Its Benefits

what we call lucid dreaming,

a dream in which you know that you're dreaming,

and you can change the action of the dream while it's happening.

Lots of people notice this, saying to yourself,

this is just a dream.

I can wake up if I want to.

While you're in the dream.

While you're in the dream.

This very special state of lucid dreaming can

give you a power in the dream state.

It's sort of like a cybernetic feedback system or something.

It kind of like.

You become aware of the fact that you're dreaming,

conscious of the fact that you're unconscious.

Exactly so.

It seems like a paradox,

and at first people didn't believe that this was possible,

that we can learn from this.

We can actively use our dreams,

and that's what I call creative dreaming.

That is, setting up a relationship.

You know, it's remarkable to think that we spend,

most of us, a third of our lives asleep

and a large portion of our sleeping lives dreaming,

and yet. Yeah, about four years.

Four years of a human lifetime dreaming,

and it's usually ignored by people.

There's an old saying of the Jewish people in the Talmud,

that a dream uninterpreted is like a letter unopened.

I agree.

Yet most people don't begin to work with their dreams at all,

or pay them any credence whatsoever.

You obviously recommend that people do just the opposite,

that there's a lot of value to be had.

Many people, though,

can't remember their dreams, or they claim they can't.