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About Russell
Expertise
I am not a dream Interpreter, I specialize in lucid dreams. With this being said please don't ask me any questions about what your dreams mean. All dream interpretation questions will be rejected. Lucid dreams are when you realize that you are in a dream. Once you realize that you are dreaming, you can control and manipulate your dreams. I can answer questions regarding lucid dreaming, false awakening, paralysis sleep, and reality testing. I cannot answer questions regarding out of body experience.
Experience
When I was a little kid I would have 1-2 lucid dreams a year that I could control. As I got older I would have about 3-5 lucid dreams every year, but now I am averaging about 4-5 lucid dreams every month.
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High School Graduate
Harper College (ongoing)
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Expert: Russell - 10/21/2009
Question
Hi,
I've read the following passage from a Lucid Dreaming eBook:
"The rate that time passes while lucid dreaming is the same with the one in waking life. Now there are few exceptions, you can actually live a full life in a dream."
This statement led me to wonder how long a lucid dream can feel. Is the length of the time you are actually dreaming the amount of time that passes by within the dream? Or would being in the dream feel a lot longer than the actual time you spend sleeping in waking reality? For example, would a minute of dreaming feel like a couple of hours inside the dream? Thank you.
Answer
Lucid dreams are just like any other dreams except the only difference is that you realize you are dreaming and you can control it. Dreams last 5-45 min. While you are lucid dreams may seem like a lot longer then they actually are. Their is a technique that can stop time in a lucid dream. I think a min. in real time would seem a lot longer in a lucid dream because in dreams time is meaningless. For example if you check the clock in a dream, then time will pass really really fast usually hours will pass in seconds.
How can I stop real time in my Lucid Dreams?
Stopping real time in your Lucid Dreams means making the Lucid Dream
last far more than the time passed by in the physical world. Like
having a dream that last a few minutes in real time, while you might
experience it as a few days in the dream. By doing this can you enjoy
the dream scape a lot more, since you can spend days in the dream
while it really just last a few minutes. Robert Monroe even reported
experiencing 100 years in a 2 hours OOBE. But to experience this might
be difficult, little research have been done on this area. And those
that experience it don't consciously try to have them. Still, there
are a few techniques you might try. First of all, set your intention
to stop real time. Have that intention in mind while having your Lucid
Dream. Picture yourself being in the dream for days, maybe even weeks
before you wake up. You might try to saying out loud: "Stop time now!"
You can try looking at your clock in the dream, and imagine that the
clock slow down and stop. You might try to expect the dream to last
for days. You might try visualize two pyramids, connected at their
bases counterrotating. And maybe visualize multiple pyramids rotating
inside each other all rotating. This is something worth going for, as
it may give you incredible long Lucid Dreams.
Prolonging Dreams:
You can spin your body round and round, this will usually prolong your dream and will often change the whole dream scenery.
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