Comments on: How Well Can Can You Read in Your Dreams? http://dreaminglife.org/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/ A Blog on Lucid Dreaming | Consciousness | Raw Foods | and More. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: catherine http://dreaminglife.org/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-42809 catherine Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:39:34 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/23/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/#comment-42809 I definitely can read while I dream. Did last night in fact. I was reading a Chinese menu (er, well, the ENglish parts), though I don't remember specifics. And I got a text from my friend Kayla which read, "I love you mom. I'm sorry, but I'm not going to have a lot of money." I texted her back, "I think you meant this for your mom." I also wrote down "General Tso's Chicken" on a piece of paper as an order for my brother. :P I'm often aware that I'm dreaming, but I don't think I was last night. I definitely can read while I dream. Did last night in fact. I was reading a Chinese menu (er, well, the ENglish parts), though I don’t remember specifics. And I got a text from my friend Kayla which read, “I love you mom. I’m sorry, but I’m not going to have a lot of money.” I texted her back, “I think you meant this for your mom.” I also wrote down “General Tso’s Chicken” on a piece of paper as an order for my brother. :P I’m often aware that I’m dreaming, but I don’t think I was last night.

]]> By: Titi http://dreaminglife.org/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-42808 Titi Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:02:10 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/23/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/#comment-42808 hey there! last night i had this dream where i was chatting with someone on Skype. I told my best friend about it and she told me that it was scientifically proven that people cannot read in dreams, i found this really weird and i ended up doing a research on it and found this page. The text i was reading wasn't very long i mean just a few sentences but they were all clear as a day to me..i dont really know if i have ever read before in a dream i honestly can't recall doing it... But this one was well "special" and it came out of nowhere..usually my dreams have something to do with what had happened the previous day but not this time so i find it really interesting and i wanna know what does it means and why am i dreaming this why did my subconsciousness create it...? Also i wanted to answer what Anton said about dreams : actually we ALWAYS dream a minute before we wake up, because a dream (no matter how long it may seem to us) lasts exactly one minute so i think that reading in a dream when lucid is more like recreating something already seen or read but the things we read when we are not lucid are the things that our subconsciousness (or not) is creating at the moment....but then again im not a specialist and i dont know if thats true but i think im gonna do a little reasearch about it because i really find this subject incredibly interesting! hey there! last night i had this dream where i was chatting with someone on Skype. I told my best friend about it and she told me that it was scientifically proven that people cannot read in dreams, i found this really weird and i ended up doing a research on it and found this page.
The text i was reading wasn’t very long i mean just a few sentences but they were all clear as a day to me..i dont really know if i have ever read before in a dream i honestly can’t recall doing it… But this one was well “special” and it came out of nowhere..usually my dreams have something to do with what had happened the previous day but not this time so i find it really interesting and i wanna know what does it means and why am i dreaming this why did my subconsciousness create it…?
Also i wanted to answer what Anton said about dreams : actually we ALWAYS dream a minute before we wake up, because a dream (no matter how long it may seem to us) lasts exactly one minute so i think that reading in a dream when lucid is more like recreating something already seen or read but the things we read when we are not lucid are the things that our subconsciousness (or not) is creating at the moment….but then again im not a specialist and i dont know if thats true but i think im gonna do a little reasearch about it because i really find this subject incredibly interesting!

]]> By: Dee-nice http://dreaminglife.org/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-42801 Dee-nice Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:45:54 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/23/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/#comment-42801 After hearing a boyfriend and his,stupid cousins have a long arrogant discussion about one's inability to read while dreaming, I went home on a mission to prove those arses wrong. That night in my dream I read a campus map at a school i've never attended trying to get to a classroom. I did wake up almost immediately after that, which leads me to believe your theory about reaching lucidity near the end of sleep may be true. Also, what led me to this page was that I just woke up from attempting to read music in my dream.i used to know how to read music years ago. Havent done it in a good 8 yrs. In the dream I was looking at the music then cross-referencing a quiz about the sheet music like I would when I was in orchestra in high school. Tad odd, but again I awoke almost immediately after I read the first quiz question. After hearing a boyfriend and his,stupid cousins have a long arrogant discussion about one’s inability to read while dreaming, I went home on a mission to prove those arses wrong. That night in my dream I read a campus map at a school i’ve never attended trying to get to a classroom. I did wake up almost immediately after that, which leads me to believe your theory about reaching lucidity near the end of sleep may be true.

Also, what led me to this page was that I just woke up from attempting to read music in my dream.i used to know how to read music years ago. Havent done it in a good 8 yrs. In the dream I was looking at the music then cross-referencing a quiz about the sheet music like I would when I was in orchestra in high school. Tad odd, but again I awoke almost immediately after I read the first quiz question.

]]> By: Anton http://dreaminglife.org/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-40523 Anton Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:27:20 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/23/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/#comment-40523 I think lucidity is more likely to occur near the end of a dream when you are no longer in a deep sleep. I notice that when I'm dreaming and I know I have something to do or someone to see I consciously try to stay asleep as I am aware, in my dream, that I'm on the verge of waking, that's when I get the ability to change what's happening in my dream like making things appear or disappear. I can read short sentences in my dreams during the final stages of dreaming, however when I'm in a deep sleep I'm normally on some crazy dream adventure which doesn't involve lots of reading. Also when I was younger if I was having a nightmare I would close my eyes in my dream and use my hands to open them, this then made me wake up, has anyone else done this before? Also has anyone ever woken up into another dream? I think lucidity is more likely to occur near the end of a dream when you are no longer in a deep sleep. I notice that when I’m dreaming and I know I have something to do or someone to see I consciously try to stay asleep as I am aware, in my dream, that I’m on the verge of waking, that’s when I get the ability to change what’s happening in my dream like making things appear or disappear. I can read short sentences in my dreams during the final stages of dreaming, however when I’m in a deep sleep I’m normally on some crazy dream adventure which doesn’t involve lots of reading. Also when I was younger if I was having a nightmare I would close my eyes in my dream and use my hands to open them, this then made me wake up, has anyone else done this before? Also has anyone ever woken up into another dream?

]]> By: Ben http://dreaminglife.org/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-26374 Ben Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:38:05 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/23/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/#comment-26374 The first lucid dream I can recall started because I was dialing on the phone and realized the numbers were all wrong and I thought "whoa, I must be dreaming!" The first lucid dream I can recall started because I was dialing on the phone and realized the numbers were all wrong and I thought “whoa, I must be dreaming!”

]]> By: shoobaba http://dreaminglife.org/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-26373 shoobaba Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:02:38 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/23/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/#comment-26373 I also watched the infamous Batman episode and was surprised sometimes when I woke up and realised that I had read something. However, for me, the difficult part is NUMBERS. I can never read numbers correctly - last night I even dreamt that I was panicking about missing a flight because I got the times wrong every time I looked at the ticket and my watch. And several times, I've tried dialing a phone number and NEVER getting it right. Often it feels like I try dialing for half an hour in my dream, but always push the wrong buttons or read the numbers wrongly. I also watched the infamous Batman episode and was surprised sometimes when I woke up and realised that I had read something.

However, for me, the difficult part is NUMBERS. I can never read numbers correctly – last night I even dreamt that I was panicking about missing a flight because I got the times wrong every time I looked at the ticket and my watch. And several times, I’ve tried dialing a phone number and NEVER getting it right. Often it feels like I try dialing for half an hour in my dream, but always push the wrong buttons or read the numbers wrongly.

]]> By: Stephane http://dreaminglife.org/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-26085 Stephane Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:15:34 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/23/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/#comment-26085 I was having this discussion at work about the movie Inception and I mentionned seeing this episode of Batman, who to me, is always right. Ended up doing a search on the subject and landed on this page....weird. Am i dreaming now? I was having this discussion at work about the movie Inception and I mentionned seeing this episode of Batman, who to me, is always right.
Ended up doing a search on the subject and landed on this page….weird. Am i dreaming now?

]]> By: Dreaming Life: Lucid Dreaming, Dreamwork, Personal Development, Psychedelics, Meditation http://dreaminglife.org/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-14917 Dreaming Life: Lucid Dreaming, Dreamwork, Personal Development, Psychedelics, Meditation Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:49:21 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/23/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/#comment-14917 [...] I’m not sure why – I didn’t ever think it would work, but maybe it just seemed fun to do. It wasn’t all that hard to type, although I do recall the typo I made on the second email, where all I wrote was “deram tsest” [...] [...] I’m not sure why – I didn’t ever think it would work, but maybe it just seemed fun to do. It wasn’t all that hard to type, although I do recall the typo I made on the second email, where all I wrote was “deram tsest” [...]

]]> By: Sophia http://dreaminglife.org/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-3737 Sophia Mon, 07 May 2007 17:38:34 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/23/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/#comment-3737 Funny, I too had a lucid dream triggered by reading in a dream. I remember I came-up to a sign that was upside down. I remember telling myself that in order to read it I had to turn myself upside down. So, I did and therefore I was able to read it! Funny, I too had a lucid dream triggered by reading in a dream. I remember I came-up to a sign that was upside down. I remember telling myself that in order to read it I had to turn myself upside down. So, I did and therefore I was able to read it!

]]> By: Ben http://dreaminglife.org/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-3740 Ben Sun, 06 May 2007 15:59:22 +0000 http://dreaminglife.org/2007/04/23/how-well-can-you-read-in-your-dreams/#comment-3740 Michelle I find it really interesting how you say you "understood everything up until the part where I became lucid." It makes me wonder...what's really happening (pre-lucid) when someone is reading in a dream? Are we really reading in the same sense as we read in waking life? If so, why does conscious awareness that one is dreaming sometimes lead to not being able to read anymore? All this reminds me of a dream I had many years ago. I was hiking in the woods listening to a tape on my walkman (whoa, sounds dated :) and I was listening to an album of music that someone had made that I know. In my dream I was really getting into the music and was amazed that my friend had written it. When I woke up, I desperately wanted to remember what all the music sounded like, but I could only remember it in the vaguest of ways. As someone who plays guitar, it intrigued me that maybe my subconscious mind had written this awesome music that I liked and played it in a dream.... ...or did it? Did I really hear it in the dream? If I became lucid would it become all jumbled and weird? Maybe the music sounding good - the experience of it, maybe it's not a linear experience like we think it is in memory, and when we interrupt it live with lucidity, that's why it becomes messed up. I'm having a hard time putting this into words! Michelle I find it really interesting how you say you “understood everything up until the part where I became lucid.”

It makes me wonder…what’s really happening (pre-lucid) when someone is reading in a dream? Are we really reading in the same sense as we read in waking life? If so, why does conscious awareness that one is dreaming sometimes lead to not being able to read anymore?

All this reminds me of a dream I had many years ago. I was hiking in the woods listening to a tape on my walkman (whoa, sounds dated :) and I was listening to an album of music that someone had made that I know. In my dream I was really getting into the music and was amazed that my friend had written it.

When I woke up, I desperately wanted to remember what all the music sounded like, but I could only remember it in the vaguest of ways. As someone who plays guitar, it intrigued me that maybe my subconscious mind had written this awesome music that I liked and played it in a dream….

…or did it? Did I really hear it in the dream? If I became lucid would it become all jumbled and weird? Maybe the music sounding good – the experience of it, maybe it’s not a linear experience like we think it is in memory, and when we interrupt it live with lucidity, that’s why it becomes messed up.

I’m having a hard time putting this into words!

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