In this episode, I am speaking with Benjamin Baird, a Research Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, and one of the leading researchers in the field of lucid dreaming science. We cover a wide range of topics, from philosophy and consciousness, some of the reasons to study lucid dreams, the science and neural correlates of lucidity, dispelling common myths, and more. Show notes: Ben’s website – benjaminbaird.org The lucidity institute Hawaiian retreat Allan Wallace The out of print Lucid Dreaming (Book & CD) by Stephen LaBerge Integrated information theory (IIT) Aphant ..read more

In this episode, I speak with Karen Konkoly, a Ph.D. student researching Lucid Dreaming at Northwestern University who has recently led a study on 2-way communication in lucid dreams. Show notes: Tech for Dreaming Meetup Tech for Dreaming YouTube Karen’s publications Study: Real-time dialogue between experimenters and dreamers during REM sleep Northwestern Cognitive Neuroscience Lab induction method – Website – Android App Neosensory Aphantasia Experiential metadata Karen’s Ted Talk Karen’s Tech for Dreaming Presentation The post Episode 31 – Karen Konkoly appeared first on Lucid Dreaming ..read more

In this episode I discuss news in the lucid dreaming world, like the Aurora successfully getting funded. I go over dream journals and the importance of recording your dreams as well as methods and apps to use. I also touch on dream signs and reality checks and how they work together with dream journals. Show Notes: Quick follow up on Episode 1 The Aurora Headband by iWinks successfully funded on Kickstarter A breakdown of my favorite Dream Journal app – Dreamboard – (app store link) Dream signs and custom reality checks The post Episode 2 – A Good Sign appeared first on Lucid Dreaming ..read more

As someone who loves listening to podcasts and does so on a daily basis, I searched for a podcast about Lucid Dreaming and when I didn’t find one (Update: this didn’t come up the first time, but I now discovered the Dream Views podcast – check it out), the idea started brewing that perhaps I should try to record one. This is that attempt. I consider this an experiment, just like the blog, in diving further into my own Lucid Dreaming practice as well as my desire to share it with others and basically open up my experience so others might benefit from it and that I may benefit from them when th ..read more

Update: After several backers have raised their concerns about the Luci and discovered that the prototype images provided were all photoshopped, they demanded proof that a prototype exists. The campaign creators have failed to provide any additional photos or video proving the device exists and gave only a few excuses as to why they cannot provide more evidence. Suspicion grew and backers began retracting their pledges. Shortly before the campaign ended the creators canceled it claiming they received backing from elsewhere and no longer need kickstarter backers money. You can read more about i ..read more

Growing up I had plenty of nightmares. In fact for me, after watching a scary movie at the age of 7, nightmares became a nightly thing for a very long time. Luckily enough my second lucid dream during childhood came at the perfect moment to save me from a monster and at the same time add to the realization of how powerful lucidity can be. In my dream I was running down a hallway at the top of a dark castle and behind me is some undefined monster chasing me. I cannot see it yet but in my dream I know it is there and it is catching up soon. I ran all the way down the hall to the wooden door at t ..read more

Update 10/5/2014 Since the writing of this I have had more time with the Remee as well as having a chance to read feedback from many other who have tried it since it shipped. The mask, despite being comfortable to wear, was not easy for me to get used to during sleep (as it turns out a regular sleep mask isn’t either in my case) so it was hard for me to test it over many nights. In addition to that, the function of the light signal was not easy to time to my REM phases, although it was slightly easier with the nap mode if I activate during the night after waking up. It seems that many users ha ..read more

For my first post I thought I’d share my first lucid dream and where my journey into consciousness in dreams started. This dream was unique in more than just becoming aware that I was dreaming for the first time, it also had an element I rarely have in my dreams…. Music! This was a short dream and I was about 6 or 7 years old at the time so my dream recall was not so good yet, but this brief but powerful dream stayed in my memory to this day. I was dreaming I was in the playground in school. The sort of jungle gym play structure we had was now on the area where we usually play soccer ..read more

There is a lot to say about lucid dreaming but as a beginner’s guide I thought to keep it to the true basics. Most beginner guides I came across do the same thing. Most of them go through all the methods that Stephen LaBerg has come up with in his years of research and detail them one by one (which include Reality Checks/Tests, WBTB, MILD, WILD, and many more). But as valuable and groundbreaking as they are, I found them to be overwhelming to most people who are new to lucid dreaming practices. Some of these techniques require disrupting your sleep, auto-suggestion, repeate ..read more

It’s simple. Lucid Dreaming is knowing that you are dreaming while you are dreaming. It is having a dream when all of the sudden you become aware of the fact that you are in a dream. You snap out of that trance, out of that strange effect that makes you forget you are really in your bed, and wake you into the realization that you are indeed sleeping and that you are in a dream, and yet you do not wake up from that dream, you stay in a dream state exactly where you were a moment ago, only with the clarity that none of it is real while it’s all still going on. This, if you have never e ..read more