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Lucid Dreams

Most of the time, when we are dreaming, we don't know it is a dream. We are fooled into thinking that the dream is reality. So if we dream about walking on clouds, we are amazed and believe we really can walk on clouds (until we wake up, of course!) But there is a special kind of dream called a lucid dream, where we understand -- during the dream -- that what we are seeing is an illusion created by our dreaming mind.

Have you ever had a nightmare and tried to wake yourself up from it? Then you have had a lucid dream. Because during the dream, you understood it wasn't really real; that in fact, you were actually asleep and dreaming.

Some people have a lot of lucid dreams. Other people have none. Some people work hard to try to have more lucid dreams, because they find them interesting or exciting. Some people actually find they can control their lucid dreams (to some degree), and dream about whatever they wish. Click the links below to learn more about lucid dreams.

Lucidity Institute

Bird's Lucid Dreaming Web Site