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(00:00) [Music] hi everyone thanks for joining me this is the Lucid sight Collective podcast where we discuss everything involving dreams lucid dreaming Consciousness and everything that pertains to it in this episode we're pretty much just going to do an introduction to lucid dreaming what it is what you can use it for and and how you can achieve it kind of basic dream recall and like a brief history of dreaming um and like some other stuff too it might be a little bit too much information to start off with but I'm
(00:47) just going to lay it all out there and I'll try to organize it in a way that it gives you a little taste of the podcast to kind of just see what it's all about so throughout the making of the episodes of this podcast I'll probably go back to some of these topics that we're talking about and dive deeper into that subject so with that being said um I want everyone to know that dreaming is a world within itself so this episode is definitely not like a comprehensive guide or anything we will always dive deeper and explore all the
(01:28) concepts that we can find so yeah I hope you guys enjoy this episode thanks for coming along for the first episode um kind of bear with me because I'm new to this I don't have any idea what I'm doing I'm just doing it so um yeah I hope you guys [Music] enjoy just a heads up we're going to be talking about a lot of different things on this podcast um I'm definitely going to talk about the scientific side of dreaming and like the psychology behind it but I also love the metaphysical side of
(02:04) dreams and I think that is like the most interesting part of this whole topic so we're definitely going to be touching on that a lot and um in future episodes I'll have like full episodes dedicated to dream phenomena and um yeah just like a bunch of different cool stuff that we're going to talk about in the future that I'm really excited about but yeah for now this is just going to be like a brief overview on dreaming in general and like lucid dreaming as a whole so um yeah we're going to get into the
(02:41) nitty-gritty later but right now this is just an overview for anyone who doesn't know what lucid dreaming is or just so we're all on the same page moving forward everyone dreams let's just start right there um if you think you don't dream you do everyone dreams um this is how we keep our minds healthy a lot of scientists believe that we wouldn't even be able to live if our brains couldn't Dream It's a way that we process life itself and um deal with the stress of our day-to-day life um I will never really
(03:28) come out and tell you why we dream because that is a way too complex and loaded question for me to answer I might give my opinion from time to time or tell you like a portion of the truth so like you know many things can be true at the same time but like take it with a grain of solol because this is the subconscious mind we're talking about and it is unique to each and every one of you dreams can be whatever you want them to be they're very personal to you and you only like you're the only one that can know exactly what you saw and
(04:10) how it made you feel and if you feel a certain way about your dream then maybe that's true but don't take them too seriously I think that dreaming is a world within itself and even though it is a gateway into our conscious mind we shouldn't take dreams as face value of how we're doing in this world and in our minds because it is a wild card like sometimes you will just have a weird dream and it won't mean anything but other times you'll have a weird dream and it will be for a very specific
(04:53) reason but only you can decide that and sometimes even you can't like dreams are confusing so if it's driving you crazy just let it go and don't take it too seriously you know too many times have people found out that I'm into dreams and they'll start asking me about all of this weird dream interpretation stuff and like you can interpret your dreams but it's not like this cookie cutter thing that we can say like oh if you see a dragon in your dream like you're you have this or like like dream
(05:38) interpretation doesn't work like that so just listen to yourself and if like pay attention to the feelings that it makes you feel and like you will see the dream symbolism in your dreams but for me personally I think that you're the only one that can decide decipher what your dreams mean to you it's really all just what you believe and the experiences that you've had um there's a lot of dream phenomena that we can't study with the technology that we have right now so um this is a fun world where we can
(06:22) believe anything that we want right now because there isn't a whole lot of research on it even though there they're doing a lot of research on lucid dreaming now um so we that's proven we we know that we can do that now um but yeah there's this whole other world in dreaming that hasn't been studied so just start with a disclaimer there I guess if you don't know already a lucid dream is kind of like a regular dream except you become aware that you are dreaming while you're still in the
(06:59) dream so you're fully asleep but a part of your mind kind of wakes up to the reality that what you're experiencing right now is not real and you're not like physically there even though everything seems fully real you know that it's not and this happens while you're dreaming that is a lucid dream and then kind of the next step of lucid dreaming is taking control of the dream and um like interacting with dream characters or um Shifting the scene um whatever it is you may do there's so many things that you can do and access
(07:42) in lucid dreaming and it is a great way to connect to your subconscious mind um and communicate with it other than like hypnosis I feel like it's one of the only methods or modalities that we have to have like a direct line of communication or like a direct Bridge of our conscious and our subconscious mind studies show that it's actually pretty common to have lucid dreams regularly or at least like one or two lucid dreams within your life and for whatever reason scientists have found that it's really common to
(08:30) lucid dream within children and the older that you get the harder it becomes to have a lucid dream naturally at least um and I think that the cut off that they said was like 17 to like 23 or 25 is like when it starts becoming harder to have a lucid dream um this doesn't mean that you can't have one when like even you're like Elder like elderly people have lucid dreams all the time too um but it's just less common and it's less common for it to come about naturally so like it's it's pretty
(09:11) common for kids to be lucid dreaming and not even know what they're doing or have they've never even heard of lucid dreaming but they do it like every other night or something so um there have been more studies that have come out to show us like how common it is and that it is actually happening in the population according to a recent study in or no it's not very recent according to a study in 2016 55% of adults have experienced at least one lucid dream and 23 experience lucid dreams regularly which this says
(09:53) that's at least once per month or more but I consider myself a regular Lucid dreamer and I don't know sometimes I go like 3 months without having a lucid dream but that's just me I smoke a lot of weeds so that might be it but this also says that um like of those lucid dreams only like a third of them are able to be controlled so that makes a little more sense and I think the most recent study this one is the most interesting um scientists are able to demonstrate two-way communication with lucid dreamers so they're able to communicate
(10:41) with someone while they're sleeping and recognize and confirm that they're having a lucid dream and then the those people sleeping in the dream are able to communicate back to the researcher it's pretty crazy stuff that they're doing but everyone dreams and um a lot of people do remember their dreams um dream recall isn't super common in every individual but some people do experience remembering their dreams every night just naturally and others don't but regardless of how much you remember of your dream world everyone
(11:27) dreams every single night scientists believe that on average humans have around three to five dreams a night but this can differ with individual and um with the time in your life and how stressed out you are how active your subconscious is at the time um but yeah just general disclaimer everyone dreams so if you'd like to learn about your dream world and maybe eventually recall some of of those dreams then keep listening for tips but a lucid dream itself is when you are sleeping and you're inside the dream
(12:10) experiencing it and all of the sudden you look around and you have the thought the very conscious thought of oh this is a dream right now and once you realize that you have just unlocked the first level of lucid dreaming my friend um this is the start of something great and beautiful um for a lot of people it takes them a while to get to this point but once you're there it's easier to go further so once you recognize that you're in a dream then the next step is to possibly control it or um slightly change things or just
(13:03) observe and learn from your subconscious lucid dreaming can be used for a multitude of things um a lot of people use it for self-help and development um you can use it to control nightmares and get over night terrors people use it to fulfill their dreams that they would be able to in Waking Life um you can travel go to the places that you would love to go and not just like Hawaii and France but like Mars and places that you could never go in your wildest dreams um but you can because there you can have some wild
(13:51) dreams trust me but you can also use lucid dreaming to communicate directly to your subconscious so you can ask yourself questions while you're asleep and communicate with dream characters um this is a world in its own and I'll definitely talk about this more later because this has helped me so much in my dreaming journey and I have learned so much about myself through this so um yeah we'll definitely talk about that in the future but um that is a big part of what a lot of people use lucid dreaming to
(14:35) do and that just kind of scratches the surface it's a whole world in itself and that's why I started this podcast um lucid dreaming has been a part of my life since I was a kid um for as long as I can remember I mean back to when I was like 6 years old I remember having lucid dreams and not knowing what they were because I grew up very strict Catholic and obviously that's not in the lesson plan but um it's been a part of my life and really impacting me on my journey um forever so the brand that I sell my art under is
(15:18) also called the Lucid site Collective um it's just yeah really been a big part of my life and has really shaped the person that I am today but don't take it for me um cuz lucid dreaming has been in the world for a long time pretty much since the dawn of humans civilization um it is prevalent in ancient Egypt um Blue Lotus Egyptian Lotus is one of the most prominent dream herbs to this day and the ancient Egyptians used it and they really revered DreamWork as sacred and um it was big part of ancient Greece um
(16:12) Aristotle and Plato and Socrates talked all about lucid dreaming um I'll definitely touch on some of the things that they say about it in my future episodes um and another really interesting practice from the ancient world involving lucid dreaming is done by the ancient Buddhist monks of Tibet they did dream yoga and this to me I think is super interesting because um it's the only lucid dreaming induced method that actually works for me and I've been doing this method since I was a kid um before I knew what it was but just
(17:00) figuring out how to put myself to sleep and create a dream in my head before I'm asleep that actually flows right into that dream and I'm able to control it while I'm still asleep um so that is like Loosely dream yoga it's obviously not to a tea but that's pretty much what it is so I'll talk more about that later but um yeah it was very prominent in ancient Tibet with the Buddhist monks so one of the easiest and most common ways to have a lucid dream is to be doing reality checks so as you're
(17:45) going through your Waking Life as often as you can remember it check to see if you're dreaming like really look at your surroundings feel your muscles and your fingers try to put your finger through your palm and if you're in a dream matter doesn't really exists so you can get it through um try to look at a clock cuz you can't tell time while you're sleeping or dreaming you also can't really read sometimes you can but most of the time you can't read while you're dreaming one that I usually do is I say to myself how
(18:26) did I get here and where am I going or like why am I doing this cuz in a dream stuff will you're you'll be doing stuff for no reason or like you'll transport somewhere and just like accept it whatever method works for you as long as you're questioning reality and asking yourself if you're dreaming and the as much as you can do this the more the better um and the most important thing is to stick with it because if you keep doing this throughout your life like even if you don't really remember but if
(19:05) you do it for like a year or two years eventually you'll start doing this in your dreams and it's a great way to become lucid and of course the number one tip to having a lucid dream is writing your dreams down because if you don't write your dreams down then your subconscious has no way to know that you want that information so by even just having the intention to write your dreams down and to remember your dreams that signals to your subconscious mind that you want this information and it's important to
(19:46) you so you make those neural network Pathways in your brain and it allows you to recall that dream but if you can't remember any in from your dreams at all like you have not remembered a dream for the last year you're having them every night but you're it's just like garbage in garbage out so tell yourself before you go to bed I will remember my dreams I want to remember my dreams first thing in the morning when you wake up try to remember them don't just like get up and go to the bathroom like lay in your bed keep
(20:28) your eyes closed because if the moment you wake your you open your eyes up when you wake up it instantly floods your brain with pictures and colors and new information and it just it's like it wipes the Slate clean so the moment you wake up just keep your eyes closed lay there for a couple minutes and try to remember what you just saw and where you just were because the more that you do this I swear the more you will remember your dreams this is like the number one tip that has helped me is just to keep
(21:07) your eyes closed and wait it out try to remember the dream another random tip that I can give you is to take a shower like right when you wake up or like when you're getting ready it is a great way to randomly remember a dream because your mind is like a blank slate and you're just zoning out and whatever comes comes and usually something that you you dreamed last night will resurface if you're just like completely zoning out and like you don't really have to try to think of it but just have the intention is the most
(21:49) important thing and the dreams that you do remember always write them down keep a dream journal unless you don't want to remember the dream then don't write it down You Can Let It Fade if you want but always be writing your dreams down because this helps you recall them in the future and it tells your subconscious mind that you want this [Music] information so I think I'm going to stop it there for today um sorry if it was a little all over the place um my future episodes will be a little bit more
(22:29) cohesive I promise and I also I promise you guys all figure out how to edit in the future but right now I do not know how to do any of this so bear with me again on the audio quality and just my podcasting skills in general I will get better I promise but I appreciate you guys stopping by and listening about dreaming so we'll talk about more in the future but for now I'll catch you guys on the flip [Music] side
Extensive Outline of "(6) 01: Dreaming 101- A Little Bit of Everything - YouTube"
I. Introduction to Lucid Dreaming (0:00 - 2:40)
* A. Welcome and Podcast Overview (0:00 - 1:28)
* 1. Lucid Sight Collective podcast introduction
* 2. Episode focus: Introduction to lucid dreaming, dream recall, history
* 3. Future episodes will delve deeper into specific topics
* B. Scope of the Podcast (1:28 - 2:04)
* 1. Exploration of both scientific and metaphysical aspects of dreaming
* 2. Future episodes on dream phenomena
* C. Episode Overview (2:04 - 2:40)
* 1. Brief overview of dreaming and lucid dreaming
* 2. Deeper dives into topics in future episodes
II. The Nature of Dreaming (2:41 - 6:22)
* A. Universality of Dreaming (2:41 - 3:28)
* 1. Everyone dreams, even those who don't think they do
* 2. Dreaming as essential for mental health and processing life
* B. The Complexity of Dream Interpretation (3:28 - 4:53)
* 1. Avoidance of definitive answers on "why" we dream
* 2. Dreams as personal and subjective experiences
* 3. Caution against taking dreams at face value
* C. Dream Symbolism and Personal Interpretation (4:53 - 6:22)
* 1. Rejection of cookie-cutter dream interpretation
* 2. Emphasis on personal feelings and experiences in deciphering dream meaning
* 3. Limitations of current dream research and technology
III. Lucid Dreaming Explained (6:22 - 11:27)
* A. Definition of Lucid Dreaming (6:22 - 6:59)
* 1. Becoming aware of dreaming while still in the dream state
* 2. Full sensory experience with the knowledge that it's not real
* B. Levels of Lucidity (6:59 - 7:42)
* 1. Initial awareness of dreaming
* 2. Taking control of the dream: interacting with characters, shifting scenes
* C. Lucid Dreaming as a Communication Tool (7:42 - 8:30)
* 1. Direct connection to the subconscious mind
* 2. Comparison to hypnosis as a method of subconscious communication
* D. Prevalence of Lucid Dreaming (8:30 - 9:11)
* 1. Common in children, becomes less frequent with age
* 2. Natural lucid dreaming decreases around 17-25 years old
* E. Statistics on Lucid Dreaming (9:11 - 10:41)
* 1. 2016 study: 55% of adults experienced at least one lucid dream, 23% regularly
* 2. Only a third of lucid dreams are controllable
* 3. Recent study: Two-way communication with lucid dreamers achieved
* F. Dream Recall and Frequency (10:41 - 11:27)
* 1. Everyone dreams, but dream recall varies
* 2. Average of 3-5 dreams per night, influenced by individual factors
IV. Benefits and Uses of Lucid Dreaming (11:27 - 14:35)
* A. Unlocking the Potential (11:27 - 13:03)
* 1. Reaching the first level: Recognizing you're in a dream
* 2. Next step: Controlling the dream, observing, learning
* B. Applications of Lucid Dreaming (13:03 - 13:51)
* 1. Self-help and development
* 2. Nightmare control and overcoming night terrors
* 3. Wish fulfillment and experiencing the impossible
* C. Subconscious Communication and Exploration (13:51 - 14:35)
* 1. Direct communication with the subconscious and dream characters
* 2. Personal growth and self-discovery through dream exploration
V. Personal Experiences and Historical Context (14:35 - 17:00)
* A. Personal Journey with Lucid Dreaming (14:35 - 15:18)
* 1. Lucid dreaming since childhood, around 6 years old
* 2. Impact on personal and artistic development (Lucid Sight Collective brand)
* B. Historical and Cultural Significance (15:18 - 16:12)
* 1. Lucid dreaming present throughout human civilization
* 2. Prevalence in ancient Egypt (use of Blue Lotus) and Greece (philosophical discussions)
* C. Dream Yoga and Ancient Practices (16:12 - 17:00)
* 1. Ancient Buddhist monks of Tibet and dream yoga
* 2. Personal experience with dream yoga-like techniques
VI. Techniques for Inducing Lucid Dreams (17:00 - 21:49)
* A. Reality Checks (17:00 - 19:05)
* 1. Frequent reality checks throughout the day
* 2. Examples: Looking at surroundings, feeling fingers, pushing finger through palm, checking clocks, questioning current actions
* 3. Importance of consistency and persistence
* B. Dream Journaling (19:05 - 21:07)
* 1. Signaling the subconscious to prioritize dream recall
* 2. Intention to remember dreams strengthens neural pathways
* 3. Remembering upon waking: Staying in bed with eyes closed
* C. Additional Tips (21:07 - 21:49)
* 1. Taking a shower upon waking to trigger dream recall
* 2. Zoning out and allowing dreams to resurface
* 3. Consistent dream journaling for improved recall
VII. Conclusion and Outro (21:49 - 22:52)
* A. Recap and Future Episodes (21:49 - 22:29)
* 1. Apology for disorganization and promise of improvement
* 2. Future episodes with better editing and cohesiveness
* B. Thank You and Farewell (22:29 - 22:52)
* 1. Appreciation for listeners
* 2. Promise of more dream-related content in the future
VIII. Abstract Facts and Obscure Opinions
* A. The idea that dreams are a "world within itself" (0:47, 4:10) suggests a vast and complex inner landscape with its own rules and realities.
* B. The opinion that the metaphysical side of dreaming is the "most interesting part" (2:04) highlights the potential for deeper meaning and exploration beyond the scientific realm.
* C. The belief that dream interpretation is not a "cookie cutter thing" (4:53) emphasizes the individuality and subjectivity of dream symbolism.
* D. The concept of lucid dreaming as a "direct line of communication" to the subconscious (7:42) suggests the possibility of accessing hidden knowledge and insights.
IX. Opposing Opinions
* A. While the speaker believes everyone dreams (2:41), some may argue that they rarely or never dream, potentially due to poor dream recall.
* B. The speaker's skepticism towards traditional dream interpretation (4:53) may be challenged by those who find value and meaning in established symbolisms.
* C. The claim that lucid dreaming is less common in adults (8:30) could be debated, as some research suggests that with proper techniques, adults can achieve lucidity.
Summarized Essay
This introductory podcast episode delves into the fascinating world of dreaming, with a particular focus on lucid dreaming. The speaker begins by emphasizing the universal nature of dreaming, highlighting its crucial role in mental health and processing life experiences. While acknowledging the complexity of dream interpretation, the speaker encourages listeners to trust their personal feelings and experiences when deciphering dream symbolism.
The episode then provides a clear definition of lucid dreaming, explaining the different levels of awareness and control one can achieve within the dream state. Lucid dreaming is presented as a powerful tool for self-exploration, communication with the subconscious, and even wish fulfillment. The speaker shares personal experiences with lucid dreaming, tracing its impact on their life from childhood to the present day.
The historical and cultural significance of lucid dreaming is also explored, referencing ancient practices in Egypt, Greece,
