Dreams?

   Everyone's had a dream before. Whether it's a fun dream or a sad one, dreams are certainly awesome. In dreams you can do whatever you want ranging from something as common as running or as impossible as flying high. Scientists say we use more brain power during dreaming. Wouldn't it be great to harness the power of dreams to dream up scenarios and solutions? Unfortunately, we don't have control of our dreams most of the time. Worse, on some days we don't even dream! The reason why we don't get to control our dreams much is because we are not aware of the fact that we are in a dream. Even if you are the world's worst golfer and you dream that you're Tiger Woods you still won't know any difference (in the dream I mean).

   Take my example. On one occasion, I dreamt that I travelled to distant countries several times a day. I only knew it was a dream after I woke up. Back to the topic though, how do we harness the power of dreams? Simple: Lucid Dreaming.

   Lucid dreaming is when you acknowledge the fact that you're in a dream and you pick what to dream about. In succesful lucid dreans, you can control your dreams. YOU become the director of your dreams. Imagine the possibilities. You can dream up solutions to your problems or dream up awesome dreams (Being a king?).

    The easiest way to lucid dream is to be able to tell that you're dreaming. Easiest way is to ask yourself when you're awake 'Am I dreaming?'. Make it a habit to ask this question often and you might ask it in your dreams! Another way is to pinch yourself always. In a dream, you can't feel pain.So when you do that in a dream, it's painless. In dreams, try looking at a watch and look away for a couple of seconds. The time will change. Look yourself in a mirror and you will see your image as a distorted image. But be careful, looking at a mirror and realising that that's not your image, you might get shocked and end up in a nightmare.

   But once you get the hang of it you'll soon be lucid dreaming in no time! Try it sometime and experience awesome dreams.