Lucid Dreams

Dark ambient,experimental,industrial

Lucid dreaming is dreaming while being aware you are dreaming. Lucid dreaming is usually induced by some sort of cue--something that indicates to the person that what they are experiencing is a dream, and not reality. Cues, however, are not necessary for becoming lucid: sometimes people become lucid without noticing anything strange or typical of dreams, they just spontaneously realize they are dreaming.Being able to freely control your dreams doesn't directly follow becoming lucid. Lucid dreaming was defined as becoming aware you are dreaming; the actual level of awareness varies, however. When the level of lucidity is high, you are well aware that nothing you experience is real, and you have nothing to fear--you cannot be harmed by any situations that may seem dangerous. With low-level lucidity, although partially aware you are dreaming, you are not aware enough to have a great impact on your dream--you may accept some aspects of your dream that you would not normally accept in the ordinary world (you may not find it at all strange that you dog flies around the living room, etc.) With low-level lucidity, your realization may also fade and you may accept the whole dream as reality. Even with high-level lucidity, it may not be possible to exert much control over your dreams--at least, at first. Although experience does play a part in how well you can control your dreams, your own belief and confidence is key. If you lack confidence in your dreams, you may fail at controlling them; if you believe in a dream that you cannot do something, it is very likely that you won't be able to. However, instead of changing the dream, you could merely control your own behaviour. This kind of dream control is most beneficial during nightmares. Rather than attempting to change the dream, you can merely change your own attitude. By realizing it is merely a dream and that you cannot sustain physical damage, you can calm your fear, which is the only real part of the nightmare. Changing your attitude in such a manner usually transforms the nightmare into something more hateful as well