Lucid Dreams

where did lucid dreaming originate?

tibetan buddhists, monks, islam

who coined the term lucid dream?

Frederik van eden

who authored the art of dreaming?

Carlos castañeda

when does 1st gate of dreaming arrive?

stabilization, arrived at when one perceives one's hands in a dream.

when is 1st gate of dreaming solved?

solved when one is able to shift the focus from the hands to another dream object and return it to the hands, all repeated a few times

when is 1st gate of dreaming crossed?

crossed when one is able to induce a state of darkness and a feeling of increased weight while falling asleep.

when does 2nd gate of dreaming arrive?

utilizing, arrived at when one's dream objects start changing into something else.

when is 2nd gate of dreaming solved?

solved when one is able to isolate a “Scout” and follow it to “the realm of Inorganic Beings”

when is 2nd gate of dreaming crossed?

crossed when one is able to fall asleep without losing consciousness.

when does 3rd gate of dreaming arrive?

travelling, arrived when one dreams of looking at oneself

when is 3rd gate of dreaming solved?

solved when the dreaming and physical bodies become one.

when is 3rd gate of dreaming crossed?

Crossed when one is able to control the dreaming body in the physical realm and move around at ease.

when does 4th gate of dreaming arrive?

sharing, arrived at / solved when one has gathered enough strength into the dreaming body through the previous gates in order to travel to other people's dreams.

when is 4th gate of dreaming crossed?

consists of being able to share the intended dream reality of other people.

who is Patricia Garfield?

published 10 books covering a broad range of dream topics. These topics include: nightmares, children’s dreams, healing through dreams and dream-related art. Her best-known work is “Creative Dreaming.”

what are lucid dreams characterized as?

sensory enhancement

what does MILD stand for?

Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams

what does Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams involve?

Involves waking up from a dream, visualizing yourself back in that same dream, seeing yourself becoming lucid, and telling yourself, "Next time I'm dreaming, I want to recognize I'm dreaming."

what can lucid dreams be used to do?

Can be used to change imagery in disturbing nightmares, can be used to learn about / gain introspection of aspects of personality and can be used to overcome phobias / recurring traumatic events (e.g., PTSD)

what are lucid dreams linked to in the brain?

increased frontal brain activity during REM sleep.

what does tDVS do?

increased dream lucidity

in lucid dreaming there is more…

premotor and SMA recruitment

SMA important/implicated in imagined motor movements for…

Timing preparation, Monitoring of movements, Learned motor sequences and Planning/programming area active incomplex movements

what are prodromal dreams?

dreams which herald the onset of a physical illness

what are symptomatic dreams?

occur during the course of a disease after it has been detected

theoretical explanation for prodromal dreams

"bioplasma" in each cell of the body sends signals "via chemical and 'other codes' " to a "paraconscious" mind – reflected in dreams forewarning disease 

Medical deterioration of males and females is associated with

death references in males and separation in females

Features/content produced in dreams by physical illnesses vary according t

The duration of the illness , its seriousness and its location

illness is associated with…

increased dream recall, and persist throughout

Precognitive dreams

correctly represents unlikely future events.

Telepathic dreams

dreamer becomes aware of someone else's current mental state. 

Clairvoyant dreams

dreamer obtains information about the location or physical properties of some distant object (not telepathic in origin)

Sender or agent

person concentrating on the image of symbol and tries to send this to the dreamer

Recipient or dreamer

receives the image or symbol

Target 

picture of symbol used in the experiment

Most systematic study of paranormal dreams

Montague Ullman,1962

Kasatkin’s Research

Felt content depended on interior physiological stimuli, possibly external sensory stimuli, and social environment.