One third of his life a person spends in a dream. However, in this state, he performs actions and experiences a variety of emotions - in his dreams.
Especially vivid dreams can even affect the well-being in reality - emotions tested with them persist after awakening.
It would seem that dreams are lost time, as they are spontaneous, unconscious. Is it possible to learn how to manage your dreams? And, you can eat - what opportunities does this ability open?
What is the management of dreams and what is it for?
Usually we do not control our dreams, do not control them and do not realize that we are currently sleeping.
In the dream we are fully obey the influence of the situationin which we are, no matter how senseless or unusual, sometimes marveling at the fact that they accepted the whole absurdity of the situation, not thinking about its irrationality and impossibility.
However, there are techniques that allow you to make dreams more meaningful and even more - to control them, to realize that we are sleeping at the moment and even change the plot of the dream on your own. Such dreams are called lucid.
Possession of the ability to realize one’s own dreams can be not only entertaining, but also quite practical - for example, if a person is tormented by nightmares, he can get rid of them, understanding their nature at the moment of occurrence, and, accordingly, improving the quality of your holiday and getting rid of negative emotions.
A creative person in lucid dreaming can discover many new opportunities and ideas for himself, since, by controlling the plot of a dream, he opens up enormous unlimited possibilities.
The ability to make discoveries in dreams and to extract new ideas from them is confirmed by history:
- principle periodic tables was coined by a famous scientist in a dream;
- the structure of benzene was discovered as follows - sleeping German chemist Friedrich Kekule I saw a serpent biting its tail and forming circles in this way. When he woke up, he realized that benzene has a ring structure, unlike other organic compounds;
- Elias Howe, working on the creation of a sewing machine, had a dream of savages with spears, at the edges of which were strung ropes. Thus, the inventor realized where to place the eyelet on the sewing machine needle. Prior to that, he had difficulty resolving this issue;
- the melody with the worldwide popularity of the hit “Yesterday” dreamed of its creator Paul McCartney.
Thus, managing your own dreams can help a person to solve non-trivial tasks, because guided sleep sometimes opens up much more opportunities for him than reality.
Can you learn this?
While the vast majority of dreams are unconscious, some people sometimes see guided dreams. spontaneously. At this time, they realize that they are asleep, and can also make changes in the plot of the vision.
This ability can also be developed - I did a lot of work on it in due time. Stephen Laberge.
He proved the existence of such a phenomenon as lucid dreaming (OS).
For that he conducted the following experiment: to the sleeping person on the closed eyes the device fixing the movement of eyes put on. The fact is that during the REM sleep phase, when a person sees a dream, his eyes can make movements.
At the same time, the testee who entered the OS state produced the pre-specified in terms of the number and direction of movement with his eyes, while another device that controls brain activity showed that the man is really sleeping.
Also, this scientist has developed techniques that allow a person to master the ability to control his own dreams and to realize that he is sleeping.
How to control yourself in a dream?
The main task for a person who wants to learn how to control his dreams is their awareness.
To come to the realization that you are asleep, you can, using the following techniques:
- Sleep at least 8 hours a day in order to show all the necessary phases of sleep. When not getting enough sleep will be deeper, while dreams are seen in the phase of REM sleep, when the psyche is more active.
- Buy a diary, in which you will write down the plots of your dreams. The best way to do this is manually on paper, rather than typing on a computer, since this is how dreams will best be stored in your memory.
- Record stories dreams immediately after waking up, because they are quickly forgotten.
What you remember in the morning may not be available to your memory for dinner.
- In the diary record not only the plot, but the time of the day or yearwhich was in a dream, a place, a situation, images of people or animals, your sensations, emotions - all to the smallest details. This will allow you to perceive more details in the visions, which will contribute to the speedy realization that you are sleeping.
- Draw a card of your dreamsin which you will mark the places you have visited. You may notice that the dream scene often recurs.
- Periodically re-read diary with your notes - this will help keep your “dream” life in memory.
- Train yourself to constantly check - in reality or in a dream you are. Periodically ask yourself this question.
One day you will be able to ask yourself this question when you are asleep and at the same time receive an affirmative answer.
You can check this in the following ways: look at any inscriptions around, on a complex pattern or small items.
In reality, they will not change, but it will be rather difficult to reproduce anew the complex structure in the sleeping state. Changes may push you to think that you are sleeping.
A good way will be the habit of looking at your watch. If you see a watch in a dream, it may look strange, or you can not look at the numbers on it.
- Falling asleep, try to think about that aware of your sleeping state. You can also think up the upcoming plot of the dream and write it in your diary. In it indicate in detail exactly where you wanted to be, whom to see, what emotions you would like to experience.
- Can periodically look at your hands - this is the simplest and most familiar movement for us, but it can push you to awareness, if you see your hands in a sleeping state.
One day you will realize that you are asleep. It will be first step to a controlled dream.
At the moment of awareness, you may be delighted, but do not strive to express emotions strongly, as this can lead to awakening.
Following awareness, you can proceed to controlling your sleep:
- After understanding the sleeping state first thing try to keep control over what is happening - At first it will be quite difficult to make it. Try to keep the visual perception of the picture you see, as well as the awareness that you are sleeping. And only having achieved success in this, you can begin to change the OS.
- Try first change minor detailsbecause the fundamental restructuring of the plot may be immediately beyond your power. For example, you can make simple movements with your hands, jump on the spot or try to better examine any of the objects, take it in your hands. During all these movements, you must maintain an understanding that you are asleep without being distracted by tactile sensations or emotions, because in this case, control can quickly disappear.
- If you keep control, then You can proceed to more complex actions. - for example, go to another place.
Moreover, you can choose the way how to do it - go by car, go on foot or even fly.
- The most difficult task will be change the plot of the OS or the management of people in it. However, with proper training over time, you can learn to do it. You can not only change the plot at your discretion, but also do things that are not available to you in reality - pass through walls, fly, build architectural structures with the power of thought, as well as many other actions depending on your imagination.
Controlled dreams will initially appear quite rarely - after one successful event. you may be wasting months trying to become aware of yourself and trying to control the content of the OS.
However, this is absolutely normal - only persistent work will allow you to consistently control night visions. Subsequently, you may experience controlled OS 4-5 times a month or even more.
Controlled OS - This is a great opportunity to use the time that many consider lost for their activities. However, with appropriate training, you can correct this situation.
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