Well, I was just thinking and thought I would write it down and see what you guys thought, comments welcome
So ever since I started really taking the time to learn about LD’s and learn about them I have started looking at things in a different way, from a different perspective… I think about so many things around me, art, music, films, anything like this and I wonder about how much of it comes from LD’s or inspired from them.
I of course have read of many of these cases where people hear music in their sleep and get up and recreate it or art etc. Its just that I guess what I’m really wondering is how common is it for people who are artistic and creative in these ways to be inspired by their dreams.
When I listen to music or look at art I think about this. I imagine what others might see in it.
Now let me throw something out at you guys in the interest if discussion:
Children are overloaded with their senses when they are young, experiencing the world and the things in it for the first time. I watch them and almost feel as if they are in a different reality than me. When they get older society calls it “maturing” but in my opinion it’s a desensitizing. When children are younger they run around and do/say/feel what they really want (with the exception of course of environmental and parental boundaries). I personally believe that children growing up that are encouraged to explore their senses and surroundings more in-depth are able to do the same in their dreams therefore are in some cases more ‘natural’ lucid dreamers.
I am reading a book called “Deciphering the Senses: The Expanding World of Human Perception” by Robert Rivlin and Karen Gravelle. The book talks about our “17 senses.” Something that possibly we all discovered as children but were taught to ignore, as we got older.
I have only had a few LD’s to date and short ones at that so I can only speculate that the feeling of euphoria in LD’s could possibly because we are allowing ourselves to feel with all of our “17 senses”…freedom from conformity?
…hmmm
Getting back in touch with these senses is something I intend on working on. I have decided I am going to attempt this through meditation and hopefully move forward into more LD’s with it. But meditation is not something that comes naturally for me as I have been working on it for about a month now and am slowly making progress.
I realize this post is kind of all over the place, but please feel free to post your thoughts, feelings, opinions…
~B