About 10 years ago a friend of mine told me he had figured out a way to control his dreams. He said it was absolutely amazing. I wrote it off as nonsense. A few months ago I watched the far out movie Inception. As complicated as it was, it reminded me of my friends story and I began to wonder if it was really possible to use your consciousness in your dreams to manipulate the people, surroundings and story. Dreaming is the ultimate virtual reality. You can see people and things long forgotten, control the future, travel to the past, travel anywhere be anyone, and do anything... and it all feels real.
My dreams are usually a mix of short term (usually things that took place that day or the day before) and long term (5+ year old) memories combined with very random events.
Last night was the second time I was able to recognize my dream state. It happened as I guided by a few wall street executives into a bank. The outside of the bank was magnificently done. Inside the bank looked like it was under construction. As I ran my hand across the wall I realized the drywall was done extremely poorly. To the point that I said this was so rediculous and recognized it was a dream. A pretty weird way to recognize a false reality. Normally this is where I wake up, but I forced myself to stay at this state. I then started to manipulate the plot of the dream but lets just say it really didn't go as planned.
I have several methods in mind to help recognize a dream, but so far I haven't been able to use them. When dreaming its hard to bring logic as the primary thought process. When dreaming it feels like you are looking at a television or out a window. Disconnected from the world. I think the best method to unlocking this capability is to practice over and over again what you will do to recognize a dream and then repeat the practice when you are in the dream. It can be something as simple as forcing a door to appear and opening it.
My next dream I have, I am going to take my friends advice and give myself some super powers.
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I think its possible if your in nonREM like if you take a nap or right before your about to wake up. At those points your probably as much conscious as you are awake. Its not total consciousness either so I doubt your friend could control the entire scope of his dream. Altering one or two things sure.
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