Lucid Dreaming
Lucid Dreaming Throughout my paper I intend to describe in detail the origin, history, practices and techniques of lucid dreaming. Defining lucid dreaming is simple, lucid dreaming is dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming. Lucid dreaming can be comprised of two seperate factors, consciousness and dreaming. LD can be initiated by the dream state, when the person is dreaming and becomes conscious. Or while being conscious the dreaming action is added. Becoming lucid in a dream state is due to recognizing the fact that you are dreaming. During dreams your lucidity is usually triggered my something that alerts the person that they are dreaming, and not in the real world. Although sometimes people dont see signs that tell them they are dreaming, they just spontaneously realize they are. ... A portion of lucid dreamers have difficulty maintaining a clear distinction between dream worlds and the real world. Some lucid dreams are the result of returning to (REM) sleep REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement. ... Dutch poet Fredrick Van Eden was the first to use the term "lucid dreaming". The first written record of a lucid dream comes from the fourth century A.