One benefit of lucid dreaming is the ability to be able to rehearse events that have actually occurred in
your life. In addition to rehearsing what you already know, lucid dreaming allows you to communicate
with your subconscious mind (Hobson).
your life. In addition to rehearsing what you already know, lucid dreaming allows you to communicate
with your subconscious mind (Hobson).
Lucid dreaming can also help you to prepare for an upcoming event. In Willy's interview a few posts
ago, he talked about how lucid dreaming helped him feel way more goal orientated. There are an
abundant amount of examples of scientists and researchers who see lucid dreaming as an outlook to a
valuable means of skill rehearsal.
For example, Craig Webb, runner of
DREAM (Dream Research and Experimental
Approaches to the Mechanisms of Sleep),
competed as a swimmer at the national level.
Craig Webb said, “I was working out the neurons to have the
perfect breaststroke” (Ferguson). He would practice his
swimming techniques while he dreamt.
"When you can't do it by design, sometimes the subconscious goes to work and does it for you"
(Nicklaus, Jack) Jack Nicklaus, in addition to Craig Webb, is one of the people in history that has been
able to use lucid dreaming to his advantage. As a golfer, he
was able to correct his swim flaws while
dreaming. Through skill rehearsal in lucid dreaming, one can
improve in areas of life that they choose to impact. In addition
to helping with goals and sports skills, other noted people have
found inspiration in their sleep. Sue Fergusen talks of how
Robert Louis Stevenson, Paul McCartney, Charles Dickens,
Sting and numerous scientist and inventors have found
inspiration in their lucid dreams (Ferguson).
Robert L. Van de Castle explains how "one of the most thrilling rewards of playing the dream game is
that this type of consciousness, with its feeling of "other worldliness," begins to manifest itself much
more frequently as self-awareness grows through dream work" (History of lucid dreaming).
Van de Castle explains how lucid dreaming allows you to have your own self awareness in the world,
not only in the dream world, but it is also a useful
tool for helping people "overcome recurring
nightmares or work on problems facing them in real
life, and even enhances healing" (Willett, Ed). Many
children have overcome nightmares through lucid
dreaming and the idea of enhancing healing can be
played out with the idea of forming new self-
awareness in the dream world.
ago, he talked about how lucid dreaming helped him feel way more goal orientated. There are an
abundant amount of examples of scientists and researchers who see lucid dreaming as an outlook to a
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| Image of Craig Webb |
For example, Craig Webb, runner of
DREAM (Dream Research and Experimental
Approaches to the Mechanisms of Sleep),
competed as a swimmer at the national level.
Craig Webb said, “I was working out the neurons to have the
perfect breaststroke” (Ferguson). He would practice his
swimming techniques while he dreamt.
"When you can't do it by design, sometimes the subconscious goes to work and does it for you"
(Nicklaus, Jack) Jack Nicklaus, in addition to Craig Webb, is one of the people in history that has been
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| Jack Nicklaus, aka "The Golden Bear" |
was able to correct his swim flaws while
dreaming. Through skill rehearsal in lucid dreaming, one can
improve in areas of life that they choose to impact. In addition
to helping with goals and sports skills, other noted people have
found inspiration in their sleep. Sue Fergusen talks of how
Robert Louis Stevenson, Paul McCartney, Charles Dickens,
Sting and numerous scientist and inventors have found
inspiration in their lucid dreams (Ferguson).
Robert L. Van de Castle explains how "one of the most thrilling rewards of playing the dream game is
that this type of consciousness, with its feeling of "other worldliness," begins to manifest itself much
more frequently as self-awareness grows through dream work" (History of lucid dreaming).
Van de Castle explains how lucid dreaming allows you to have your own self awareness in the world,
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| Watch out for monsters under the bed! |
tool for helping people "overcome recurring
nightmares or work on problems facing them in real
life, and even enhances healing" (Willett, Ed). Many
children have overcome nightmares through lucid
dreaming and the idea of enhancing healing can be
played out with the idea of forming new self-
awareness in the dream world.
Sources Used:
De Castle, Robert L. "History of Lucid Dreaming." The Gazette (Montreal) 1294th ser. 0384 (1995):
B4. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 25 Oct. 2011.
Ferguson, Sue. "PUTTING DREAMS TO WORK: Learning to Use Lucid Dreams." Maclean's
(Toronto) 0024-9262 (2003). LexisNexis Academic. Web. 26 Oct. 2011.
Hobson, Allan J., Edward F. Pace-Schott, and Robert Stickgold. "Dreaming and the Brain: Toward a
Cognitive Neuroscience of Conscious States." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 23 (2000): 793-
1121. Print.
Willett, Ed. "Lucid Dreaming Lets You Be in Charge." Leader-post (Regina) 2870th ser. 0839 (2001):
D.4. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 26 Oct. 2011.
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