Lucid Dream: Difference between revisions

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{{Cleanup|Actually a Useful Notes page, not a trope, but still needs more than two sentences.}}

{{quote|''"Often when one is asleep, there is something in consciousness which declares that what then presents itself is but a dream."~~|Attributed to Aristotle, in ''Hypnogogia: The Unique State of Consciousness Between Wakefullness and Sleep'' by Andreas Mavromatis}}~~

{{quote|''"Often when one is asleep, there is something in consciousness which declares that what then presents itself is but a dream."

|Attributed to Aristotle, in ''Hypnogogia: The Unique State of Consciousness Between Wakefullness and Sleep'' by Andreas Mavromatis}}

A lucid dream is, simply put, a dream where the sleeping person is aware that he/she is dreaming. ~~By consequence~~, he/she can ~~exert~~ this awareness over the dream and [[Dream Weaver|manipulate it at will]]. It's not always easy -- sometimes manipulating a dream from the inside can take considerable mental effort -- but when managed it can be fulfilling ~~and~~ and entertaining.

A lucid dream is, simply put, a dream where the sleeping person is aware that he/she is dreaming. Consequently, he/she can exploit this awareness over the dream and [[Dream Weaver|manipulate it at will]]. It's not always easy -- sometimes manipulating a dream from the inside can take considerable mental effort -- but when managed it can be fulfilling and entertaining.

This is [[Truth in Television]], although not terribly common. Most people seem to experience a [[Lucid Dream]] once or twice in their lives, but those for whom such dreams are frequent, let alone predominant, are rare.

The [[Trope Namer]] was Dutch psychiatrist and writer Frederik (Willem) van Eeden, who coined the term "lucid dream" in 1913 in an article called "The Study of Dreams", published in the ''Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research''.

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* ''[[Waking Life]]'': through a series of loosely related dream sequences, this film explores the concept of lucid dreaming and associated psychological concepts. The Dreamer encounters several interesting people who impart information of varying degrees of profundity.

* ''[[Inception]]''{{'}}s "extractors" are all by definition lucid dreamers who jointly dream a dream with their target and manipulate it and them into giving up the information they want. According to [[The Other Wiki]], writer/director Christopher Nolan wrote the original proposal ''based'' on the concept of lucid dreaming.

* The Indian action/[[Thriller]] film ''[[118 (film)|118]]'' employs lucid dreaming as a key device to its complex plot.

== Literature ==

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== Real Life ==

* The [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greeks]] were aware of lucid dreaming. In ''[http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/dreams.1b.txt On Dreams]'', [[Aristotle]] wrote

{{quote|''...often when one is asleep, there is something in consciousness which declares that what then presents itself is but a dream.''}}

* Encouraging and cultivating lucid dreaming is central to the Dream Yoga of Tibetan [[Buddhism]].

** Likewise the ancient Indian Hindu practice of Yoga nidra.

** In general early Buddhists encouraged the mastery of lucid dreaming, believing that it was a step toward Enlightenment.

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