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Does Masturbation Effect Lucid Dreams?

Ben — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:55:17 +0000

Attention! Every Tuesday, I’ll be answering questions from readers about dreams or anything else we talk about here on Dreaming Life! And guess what? I’d love to hear from you, too! Send your questions using the contact form here. Thanks!

AHHH -now here’s a question that’s sure to generate some interest:

“Does Masturbation Effect Lucid Dreams?”

The timing of receiving such a question couldn’t be more perfect! I’d been wanting to talk about masturbation and lucid dreaming but felt somewhat at odds with the right way to bring it up. I’m going to use this as an opportunity to mention an experiment I recently performed related to this question, and then go back to answering this question specifically as best I can.

So, here’s my experiment:

I had a theory that I could use abstinence as a way to becoming lucid.

My idea was that if I did not masturbate (or otherwise release any “sexual energy”), I would see an increase in the sexual content of my dreams.

Simultaneously, I would set my intentions towards affirming that any sexual experience I was having must mean I am dreaming.

In other words, if sexual abstinence created an environment in which sexual experiences appeared more frequently in my dreams, I could then use sex as a dream sign, do a reality test, and realize I’m dreaming.

Sounds fairly logical, right?

So what happened?

I did this for 2 weeks and the results did not yield any lucid dreams.

I don’t think there’s any problems with the logic behind my experiment, however. For me, the problem was that the lack of masturbating did not correlate with a rise in sex dreams. This is interesting especially in that over my entire life, I very rarely have dreams where I’m actually, literally having sex anyway.

And so I ask of you, DEAR READER: I know this is something that other people have tried and I’d love to hear if your experience led to better results than mine or were about the same.

NOW – back to the question the reader asked:

Does masturbation affect lucid dreams?

In my opinion:

In general, no.
But there are some exceptions.

Here’s my thoughts on the subject.

1) In general, I don’t think that by masturbating or not masturbating you’re going to see any difference in your ability to have lucid dreams. Why? Because becoming lucid for most people involves practicing specific tasks (such as reality tests and other lucid dreaming techniques) designed to create a situation in a dream where you realize you’re dreaming. This is what’s going to effect your ability to have or not have lucid dreams, not the issue of whether or not you gave yourself an orgasm before going to bed.

2) If you’re a frequent lucid dreamer, and you’re worried that by masturbating you’ll be less successfully at becoming lucid… I think this worry is unfounded. What’s the connection here? Does any one know something about this or have any personal experience they want to share on this point?

3) On a similar note if you’re trying super hard to have lucid dreams and are having unsuccessful results….maybe that’s where this question is coming from. Could fault lie in the act of masturbating before going to sleep? I suppose I can imagine how releasing sexual energy could calm the mind and thus make it harder to “wake up” in your dreams, maybe - but again, I don’t think this is really a big factor. A much more meaningful question to ask would be what are you doing to try and have lucid dreams? This is basically point number 1 all over again.

4) All that being said, I do think that if you are very in touch with your body and your mind, you can use abstinence as a means of storing and saving your own sexual energy which can then favorably be leveraged into inducing more conscious awareness in the dream state. But I don’t know this from personal experience. It’s more of a speculative thought experiment.

. . . . . . . .

So that is my take on the question of masturbation and dreams.

However:

Anything having to do with sex and lucid dreaming generates a lot of interest.

And so I hope to hear from ya’ll on this one.:)

Do you think that masturbating effects lucid dreaming? And if so, does masturbation help or hurt the ability to become lucid in a dream?

Hit up the comments below with your opinions & experiences.

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Dream #7: Four False Awakenings in a Row, Down the Rabbit Hole We Go…

Ben — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:49:15 +0000

False awakenings are one of those gifts from the dream gods.

Ever so strange, even eerie, and somewhat rare in the grand scheme of dreaming – although I think everybody has one at one point or another.

A couple years ago, in an attempt to induce a lucid dream, I had a series of repeated false awakenings. It’s crazy how many I had – 4 in total – one right after another!

Here’s what I wrote in my dream journal that morning.

Dream Journal: April 23 2007

Slept in about 2 hours longer than I need to try and have a lucid dream…

had strange dreams where I had false wakenings instead.
I’m in bed with IL and I wake up and IL is there; I tell her to describe to me what’s happened this morning. She can’t. I realize it’s because the memories I have of us getting up already and doing this are just dreams. Somehow this doesn’t lead me to realize I am dreaming though.

then another false wakening dream…
IL comes to bed to wake me up and bring me the mail. I’ve got some shirts and other things. She’s excited to give me a letter from Rob Bryanton, author of Imagining the 10th Dimension. He writes to me ‘So I’m in Toronto right now’ and I try to read the rest but I can’t I know I’m dreaming to some extent, and each page starts with ‘I’m in Toronto’ because my dreaming mind can’t come up with anything better. His letter was like 5 or 6 pages on oversized paper, written in ink, with doodles in the background. His handwriting was big and happy.

another false wakening dream…
I wake up and about to start shaving before I notice there’s a long patch of hair that’s already shaved off my beard. I don’t know how I did this! On top of that, I see gray hair coming into my beard to. I go to get IL to look at this and get her opinion. She sees the grey hair and the shaved spot. I make a joke about it and then something happens and I know it’s a dream. It’s a very weak unpowerful realization and leads to nothing else, save for the fact that I know my beard is, in fact, normal.

another false wakening dream…
I wake up and it’s pouring rain outside. This is strange since it’s supposed to be 80 degrees today. I notice there’s still blue skies in the distance. I see rainbows – thick rainbows, like you can grab them. I move and they move. I realize the rain might mess up my plans to go hiking.

A few observations:

It seems the fact that I was forced myself to go back to bed after having woken up in the morning in real life was a huge factor in having several dreams where I woke up and started my day.
It’s odd to me that each dream sequence of a false awakening is disconnected entirely from the one before it. It’s like each time my brain “reset” itself and starting over, dreaming and then falsely waking up.
It’s too bad this didn’t lead to strong lucidity, even though I knew I was dreaming the first time I realized I hadn’t really woken up.
It is really weird to have a false awakening over and over that has someone else in the dream who is really sleeping next to you and you normally get up with. It just seems so damn real each time with her in the dreams waking up with me or interacting with me once I (dreamed I) woke up. I felt like she was really there, ya know?
The dream where I got a letter from Rob Bryanton, author the fantastic book Imagining the 10th Dimension, is great because I was in fact actually in the process of interviewing him for this blog. (You can read the Rob Bryanton interview here.)
FYI I’ve had so many dreams where I look in the mirror and something is different: my hair, my beard, even my face. It’s something I should consider using as a dream sign since I dream about it a lot.
Because I was able to so easily bring this experience about through going back to sleep after waking up, it’s something I’d like to try again to intentionally induce false awakenings, lucid dreams, or both.

What kind of weird false awakening experiences have you had?

Dream #3: A Dream of Astral Traveling

Ben — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:47:46 +0000

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Whenever I have a dream where I experience a small level of conscious awareness (or lucidity, if you will), and am able to think about the fact that I’m dreaming and do a few interesting things – often consisting of marveling at my hands and putting them through objects – when I wake up, I typically question the experience.

Was it a lucid dream?

Or what it a dream about a lucid dream?

This thought haunts me to be honest, because there are many “lucid dreams” where I question if they’re really true lucid dreams or just dreams of having lucid dreams.

Granted, I realize this sounds crazy – so for the love of god, if you’ve ever had this thought, please tell me! J

(To clarify, I’ve had dreams with a very, very strong level of awareness that I do not question at all as being anything but a real experience of being aware while dreaming. This insanely lucid dream for instance comes to mind. It’s just the low level lucid dreams that bother me.)

Anyhow, this relates to my dream below in the sense that back in 1999, on my 19 birthday according to the date in my dream journal, I had a very strange dream: one in which I dreamt I was astral traveling.

Here’s what I wrote down back then.

I’m standing in my room, astral traveling.

I knew I was really just dreaming, but I was really standing up.

I look at the window and think about jumping through it because it won’t matter; this is a dream.

At this moment, I wake up. I’m lying on the bed. I open my eye and know this feeling of WAKING, of separation, of coming back into reality.. this sensation was very felt. I’m confused, but amazed, but too tired to think clearly.

Then I wake up AGAIN and turn around in my sleep.

After this, in my dream journal I added the following:

What really happened to me was that I dreamt I was astral traveling, then dreamt I woke up from a dream where I was astral traveling, then woke up in real life. I remember waking up FOR REAL this time and thinking that I felt way too heavy and too tired to actually be walking around.

I do have the memory of standing next to my bed and at the same time, I could feel my arms asleep, and I was thinking “I’m not really awake right now.” However, I do not know if I was sleep walking or I dreamt of that.

I also remember, somewhere in this dream sequence, of dreaming up DREAM WORLDS where everything floated; it was a kind of spaceless land. No floor, no ceiling. Instead, there were flat, spherical stones as steps. It was like a comic book. I remember waking up, knowing that this was a dream world.

This dream also has the element of a false wakening, an experience that fascinates me! The earliest false awakening I can recall happened when I was about 7 years old, and I’ve had only a few since then; false awakenings are such a mind fuck, I treasure having them. And then with the dream above adding in elements of astral travel and lucidity, you can see why this dream has stuck with me even though it was more than a decade since I experienced it.

If you’ve had a similar experience or have any thoughts on this dream experience, I’d love to hear it.

Can lucid dreaming help with Sleep Paralysis?

Ben — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:47:46 +0000

I got an email today from an individual suffering from occasional yet terrifying bouts of sleep paralysis, asking for my advice on the practicality of using lucid dreaming to deal with the experience.

Being that I’ve had relatively few sleep paralysis episodes beyond one incredibly weird sleep paralysis / alien / demonic experience back in 2007, I’m not inclined to give the best advice on the question of where lucid dreaming can fit in the picture.

So I thought it would be interesting to pose this question to everyone out there reading & ask you about…

Your experiences with sleep paralysis?
What helped you deal with it?
Was it practical or possible to use lucid dreaming to alleviate the sleep paralysis experience? How so?

My hunch on bullet 3 is:

sort of.

The nature of Sleep Paralysis is so weird, I’m puzzled to how lucid dreaming can help out in the normal sense of dealing with something undesirable in a dream (such as becoming lucid and then confronting characters in a nightmare.)

As I understand it, lots of people experiencing the classic symptoms of sleep paralysis (an inability to move, pressure on the chest, presence of other entities ) — they already know that they are dreaming, right?

Or these individuals, amazingly, are even sort of awake in that their eyes are open and they see their actual bedroom, but the SP experience is overlaid onto this? ( This is how it was for me.)

So if you knew what you were experiencing was simply a dream, would you be able to move and overcome the sleep paralysis?

Curious to see if anyone out there has any advice to share. Thanks!

Mind Machine Experiments and Lucid Dreaming

Ben — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:01:08 +0000

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I’ve been testing out a a lucid dreaming training technique with my Sirius Sound and Light Machine, and so far, the results are fascinating me.

If you’re unfamiliar with a Sound and Light Machine – also informally called a Mind Machine – it’s a device that combines binaural beats & brainwave entrainment, pumped into your ears via headphones, and pulsating colorful, psychedelic lights, shadowed over your closed eyelids with a pair of glasses containing multiple LED on each lense.

The idea behind Mind Machines is to induce a certain brainwave state associated with a desired goal.

For instance:

Beta – associated with awareness, an engaged and alert mind
Alpha – associated with a non-drowsy but relaxed, tranquil state of mind
Theta – associated with creative states of mind – imagery, visualization. This state is present during dreams and REM state.
Delta – associated with deep, dreamless sleep.

I’ve been using Session 8 on my Sirius mind machine, which lasts 25 minutes and goes from Beta, Alpha, Theta, in that order, as I fall asleep.

This is one of my favorite sessions to use because the visuals are just totally captivating.

Occasionally, with and without the addition of smoking marijuana with the mind machine, this session has induced the feeling coming out of my body and merging with the “scene” the pulsating light show has created in my entire field of vision, which can become like a very deep bubble in which I feel myself coming into. (It’s hard to explain. )

I noticed recently how there is a mental trick involved in allowing myself to see or experience the visuals of the lights merging together into spirals and tunnels in which I feel myself coming towards and moving through. It involves letting go in a normal sense of viewing, and watching what’s happening in a more participatory manner, as if I weren’t just watching the scene but merging with the scene. It’s a strange combination of detachment combined with becoming.

I suspect this could also be described as viewing something with your “third eye”, if you want to put it in those terms. It also reminds me of how adventurous psychonaut Dan Carpenter recounts successfully moving into a high dose DXM trip in his book A Psychonaut’s Guide to the Invisible Landscape

Last week, I put on my Sirius and prepared to fall asleep, with the intention of retaining an inner awareness as I fell into the dream world.

My dream experiences that followed are really interesting. Here’s an excerpt from my dream journal, where I divided the following experience into 3 different dream sequences:

I’m reading a book. The words are clear as day. I am conscious enough to know I am dreaming. It’s almost like I’m awake but in a sort of dream trance. It’s shocking to me how clearly I can go from one word, one sentence and one paragraph to the next, and yet the words themselves lack any meaning as a whole. Some of the words are made up, and all sentences in their entirety are nonsense. I had the thought that I could read this out loud in waking reality since I was conscious enough to know what my situation was.

And then:

Still in a similar trance state….

Looking at a scene of trees, sidewalks, park, people – it’s very 3d. If I can lose myself in things I will be able to merge into the scene.

Lastly:

spider hyper realism –
I see a spider and the detail is enormous. My vision lunges at it, and everything changes, like it was the entry point to moving into the dream.

…

This is what I think happened:

I was put into a sort of dreaming, semi-lucid trance state by my mind machine. I was certainly conscious while reading the book in the beginning of this dream sequence. By the time the images had moved to a more involved, three dimensional scene, I was more on the sidelines watching it. Then, I see a spider and in the process of looking at the hyper detail of this insect, I finally joined the dream fully, yet lose conscious awareness of what was happening.

My thinking here is that using the Sound and Light Machine as a way to train myself to watch a developing visual scene, created by the pulsating lights, and merge with it, is very similar to the lucid dream induction technique where you remain aware of the hypnagogic imagery that slowly sneaks up on you, and continue to retain conscious awareness of the dream state, as those images blend into all out dream sequences.

The idea then is that a mind machine can help train you to do such a thing by allowing you to practice watching and then merging with the trippy visual scenes it creates, while you fall asleep.

I should confess, that I am quite skeptical of the straight forward claims put out by people selling sound and light machines and binaural beats. There is no magic device to give you lucid dreams (not yet anyway.)

I think the truth is much closer to what I’ve experienced here – using a product or a technology definitely won’t guarantee or specifically cause anything to happen, but can be used as a training ground to leverage your skills and work with other lucid dream induction methods, with success.

In the meantime, I am curious to test this out further with my sound and light machine. Personally, as far as my own lucid dream skills come, I feel like I am onto something with using a mind machine to practice this strange experience of detaching yet simultaneously becoming or merging with my surroundings.

Your thoughts?

Free 58 page preview of new Lucid Dreaming book!

Ben — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:19:24 +0000

On Tuesday I’ll be posting a quick interview with the author of a great new book, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self, by Robert Waggoner.

In the meantime, Robert was kind enough to allow me to share a free preview of his book, in PDF format, giving out 3 chapters for anyone who is curious to read!

Check it out, and then come back next Tuesday to read 3 Questions for Robert Waggoner.

Click here to download a FREE 58 page preview (3 chapters) of Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self, by Robert Waggoner.

Actually – Let Me Just Buy it Or Read The Reviews at Amazon!

Thanks Robert for letting me share a bit of your book to my readers!

Dreamboost patent on a Lucid Dreaming Pill / Dream Nutritional Supplement

Ben — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:33:49 +0000

Last July I wrote about some weird lucid dreaming devices and pills I found that people had patented.

Some of these devices were pretty funny sounding, and I had to share. (And to my surprise and delight, this was one of the most commented posts ever!)

Today I stumbled upon another patent in regards to lucid dreaming from 2006.

Well, me being somewhat of a nerd , I did a few google searches and discovered that the inventor behind the patent, Jeff Luciano, is the founder of Dreamboost, a company which makes…you guessed it, supplements for dreaming, otherwise known as “lucid dreaming pills!”

(Jeff is also unknowingly perhaps a future interviewee here at Dreaming Life, if he agrees to such a thing. )

The paper presenting the patent is called a “Dietary supplement and a method to enhance sleep and lucid dreaming”

The description reads:

A nutritional supplement for enhancing sleep and lucid dreaming in humans. It contains a combination of ingredients in proportions calculated to enhance lucid dreaming. The primary ingredients are Calea zacatechichi, L-5-Hydroxytryptophan (L-5-HTP), and Vinpocetine. In addition, the nutritional supplement may include the secondary ingredient Melatonin and the tertiary ingredients Wild Lettuce Extract, Mugwort Extract, Dimethylaminoethanol Powder (DMAE), Passionflower Extract and Green Tea Extract. Further, various Vitamins may be added such as certain B vitamins, D and C, as well as Zinc, Magnesium and Calcium. The selection and amounts of the ingredients of the nutritional supplement promotes sleep and lucid dreaming in people who have taken the nutritional supplement prior to going to sleep.

Analysis of the ingredients shows substances known to have an effect on dreams, especially (and logically), what the patent describes as the 1 of 3 primary ingredients: Calea Zacatechichi.

The other two primary ingredients are known not so much specifically as dream aids, but for their effect in a round about way: L-5-HTP, which raises serotonin levels (see 5-HTP discussed on DreamViews) and Vinpocetine, which is supposed to aid memory function and general brain health.

Ironic Side note: For much of 2006 I took both 5-HTP and vinpocetine supplements daily for non-dream related reasons. I did not know at the time they also supposedly could have an effect on dreams. Personally I noticed zero effect on my dreams. This once again brings to mind the debate on how much dream supplements effect dreams only because of the expectation that they will effect your dreams aka the placebo effect.

I’ve heard of people using mugwort as an effective dream aid, and of course, B vitamins are fairly well known for their effect on dreams, especially Vitamin B6.

The rest of the ingredients are more vague, in my opinion, and perhaps I’m just not familiar with them. (Please enlighten me.)

I don’t understand the inner workings of patents, but isn’t it odd that in order to file a patent like this, one has to submit a paper which discusses the historical background to lucid dreaming, with quotes such as:

Dreams have been recognized as sacred and spiritual experiences in many cultures around the world since the beginning of recorded history and perhaps even earlier. In the last century, the understanding of dreams has changed from one related exclusively to the spiritual to that pertaining to the physical/psychological realm. Toward the end of the twentieth century, the idea of lucid dreaming, or dreaming with deliberate intention and control, has moved from the world of shamans or spiritualists to realization that lucid dreaming can be achieved by anyone with the assistance of nutritional supplements and practice.

And:

In order to enhance the training of a person to develop strong lucid dreaming skills, various devices have been devised. Such devices use light and/or sound to help trigger lucid dreams. Among the shamans of some primitive cultures, they would enhance their ability to have lucid dreams by using various drugs. However, as one can imagine, most of these substances are considered illegal in the U.S

And then the climatic ah-ha moment of the patent:

There is a need, therefore, for a safe but effective nutritional supplement that helps a person go to sleep and which can enhance lucid dreaming even without extensive mental preparation or exercises.

If you like reading patents as much as I do, the patent is available here for curious minds to dissect.

Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self, a new book by IASD President Robert Waggoner

Ben — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:50:58 +0000

It’s rare that a book comes out these days that advances the discussion and understanding of Lucid Dreaming, but this is what Robert Waggoner has accomplished with his new book, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self.

The official description reads…

Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self is the account of an extraordinarily talented lucid dreamer who goes beyond the boundaries of both psychology and religion. In the process, he stumbles upon the Inner Self.

While lucid (consciously aware) in the dream state and able to act and interact with dream figures, objects, and settings, dream expert Robert Waggoner experienced something transformative and unexpected. He was able to interact consciously with the dream observer-the apparent Inner Self-within the dream. At first this seemed shocking, even impossible, since psychology normally alludes to such theoretical inner aspects as the Subliminal Self, the Center, the Internal Self-Helper in vague and theoretical ways. Waggoner came to realize, however, that aware interaction with the Inner Self was not only possible, but actual and highly inspiring. He concluded that while aware in the dream state, one has both a psychological tool and a platform from which to understand dreaming and the larger picture of man’s psyche as well. Waggoner proposes 5 stages of lucid dreaming and guides readers through them, offering advice for those who have never experienced the lucid dream state and suggestions for how experienced lucid dreamers can advance to a new level.

Lucid Dreaming offers exciting insights and vivid illustrations that will intrigue not only avid dreamworkers but anyone who is interested in consciousness, identity, and the definition of reality.”

Peer Review & Reception

Dream researchers, writers, and heavyweights such as Jayne Gackenback, Robert Van De Castle, Robert Moss, and Stanley Krippner lended their endorsement to Waggoners new book on the back cover, and thus far, Amazon.com reviewers have all given it a 5 star rating, the highest rating possible, with some calling it the best book ever written on lucid dreaming. Big words!

Interview with Author — coming soon!

I will be interviewing Robert Waggoner on the subject of lucid dreaming and the themes discussed in his book.

I’m really excited for the opportunity to interview an individual who has logged over 1,000 lucid dreams, has 30 years of experience in the subject, and currently serves as the President-elect for IASD, The International Association for the Study of Dreams!

Be on the lookout for this combination book review/author interview next month here on Dreaming Life.

In the meantime, you can learn more about (or buy) his book on Amazon.com.

IASD’s PsiberDreaming Conference – an internet conference on the fringe topics of dream research

Ben — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:59:16 +0000

Whoa – this is interesting.

The International Association for the Study of Dreams has put together an INTERNET CONFERENCE on dreaming. It takes place Sept 21` through Oct 5.

Here’s a snippet from the site:

Between September 21 – October 5, 2008 join some of the world’s foremost experts on the subject of Psi dreaming for two weeks of cutting-edge papers, discussions, workshops, and chats. If you’ve ever had a precognitive dream, a lucid dream, or simply an “unusual dream” that never quite made sense, this is the place for you.

You might also be curious to know the blogger behind Dream Studies, Ryan Hurd, is presenting some of work on lucid dreaming in this conference, too!

Check it out.

PS And maybe I’ll see you there?

Free Online Books, Journals, and Newsletters on Dreams, Lucid Dreaming, and Psychedelics

Ben — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:56:35 +0000

This page will be updated regularly with links to FREE online books, journals, and newsletters related to dreams and lucid dreaming, entheogens/psychedelics, and brain/consciousness/mind stuff..

You’ll find entire books released in PDF format for download and viewing (and printing), or books published online that you can read over the web. I’ve also included links to journals and newsletters that you can read for free online.

If a link is broken or if you have something to suggest I add, please email me.

Enjoy!

-Ben

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