Lucid dreaming has been getting a lot of press and inquiries this past few months. Ever since the movie, “Inception,†starring Leonardi DiCaprio hit the silver screen, people are wondering if they can truly control their dreams. Lucid dreaming is being able to be aware that you are in a dream state and having the ability to control certain aspects of it and alter its environment to suit the dreamer’s desires. Upon such realization, you may learn to control every aspect of the dream and even creating your own world, just like the Architect’s role in the movie.
The movie brought a wave of reaction and sharing of experiences of lucid dreaming stories. If you browse through websites about lucid dreaming stories, you will find people sharing their dreams of flying, encounters with their dream dates, and even activities that violate the laws of Physics and social constraints. It is sheer ecstatic bliss for experienced lucid dreamers, but be forewarned that there is a dark side to lucid dreaming.
Lucid dreaming is a doorway to controlling the subconscious mind. For a beginner, it is unfamiliar territory for a wakeful person and once one tries to control the subconscious stage without the proper mental preparation, it can lead to confusion and terror for the brain. Lucid dreaming stories like these have a darker and grim side.
The popular horror movie Nightmare on Elm Street, starring Robert Englund is a great example of the darker side of lucid dreaming stories. This movie is about children engaging in lucid dreaming, but their worse nightmare came true when the character of Freddie Krueger is introduced to their lucid dreaming stories. This character is a demon that terrorizes the children; end up killing them in the dream state and for cinematic effect, also in the conscious state. Such experiences can be considered as lucid nightmare tales. Once you start having lucid nightmares, it takes a lot of effort and training to put it under control.
If you awaken and the vivid imagery of the nightmare keeps on repeating in your head, the chances of the conscious suggesting the story to be repeated in the subconscious is a strong possibility. The conscious mind has implanted and suggested the story to your subconscious so the experience may happen over and over again. Instead of using lucid dreams to overcome nightmares and anxiety, the reverse has happened. It would take a lot of effort and dedication to master lucid dreaming techniques to control your fear considering the feeling is real, but the danger the dream it poses is not. This is the important hurdle that DiCaprio has to overcome in the movie Inception when his wife played by Marlon Cotillard, plays the role of the nightmare that keeps on repeating and he has no means or any idea how to stop it. What a lovely lucid dreaming story, perhaps that is why the movie is nominated for best picture in the 2011 Academy Awards.
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