Is it possible to control dreaming?

Is it possible to consciously control your dream. Play around with it like you were in a Computer Game (HITMAN CONTRACTS or something.) Turn that into a fantasy world for a brief while? Well yes. Lot of times people complain that someone woke them up from a Sweet Dream. They curse these intruders. In most such cases they have been consciously enjoying a dream sequence, which they knew to be a dream. Well I am speaking from personal experience.

It's Called Lucid Dreaming.
(I invented it. But nobody believes me. Pls believe me)
HERE'S WHAT EXPERTS NOW SAY ABOUT IT.

There is nothing inherently difficult to understand about the concept of lucid dreaming. Lucid dreaming is simply dreaming while being aware you are dreaming. You can think of lucid dreaming as being conscious while dreaming. If, by chance, during a dream it suddenly dawns on you that you are dreaming, then you have experienced a lucid dream, regardless of whether you have been able to attain control of your dream. Lucid dreaming is usually induced by some sort of cue - something that indicates to the person that what he or she is experiencing is a dream, and not reality. Cues, however, are not necessary for becoming lucid: sometimes people spontaneously become lucid without noticing anything strange or typical of dreams. Lucid dreaming is a very simple concept but for most it will take patience and determination to achieve.

Many people seem ignorant of the distinction between having a lucid dream, and controlling a dream. Being able to freely control one’s dream does not directly follow becoming lucid: one can have a lucid dream without any control whatsoever. Controlling your dream is simply proceeding to the next level, by attempting to exert your will upon your surroundings.

Dream Control & Defeating Nightmares

Lucid dreaming was defined as becoming aware you are dreaming; the actual level of awareness varies, however. When the level of lucidity is high you are well aware that nothing you experience is real, and you realize that you have nothing to fear—you cannot be harmed by any situations that may seem precarious.

Instead of changing the dream, however, you could merely control your own behaviour. This kind of dream control is most beneficial during nightmares. Rather than attempting to change the dream, you can change your own attitude. By realizing it is merely a dream and that you cannot sustain physical damage, you can allay your fear, which is the only real part of the nightmare. Changing your attitude in such a manner usually transforms the nightmare into something more peaceful as well. Defeating nightmares is only one of many reasons to attempt to have lucid dreams

Sleep sans dreams

Sign of mental fatigue, emotional dissatisfaction, troubled times. That's what dreamless state means to me. It reminds me of a student, who simply can't write a word on his exam paper. It's a mind in fear, that refuses to dream. Do you agree?

What to do when dream run dry

Here is a list of (10) things to kick-start dreaming when you find that your capacity to dream has vanished. ( Have I gone nuts?)

1. Go on a long dreary journey, all by yourself. Visit vast, forlorn places that depress you.

2. Call up your childhood sweetheart.

3. Read Ephias Levy ( Hope I spelt it right)

4. Immerse yourself in Charles Dickens Novels

5. Watch a famous serial you used to love as a teenager (Project UFO..?)

6. Nurture a secret love for a strange-looking woman

7. Spend a whole day in a darkroom

8. Read History of Maya/ Inca civilization

9. Rediscover an old haunt.

10. Imagine it's your last day.

(I am nuts. Doubt Confirmed.)

End of dreams

Why do we have dreamless phases in our life? I am going through such a long phase right now. Sleep is devoid of dreams. Empty slumber. Storyless, substace-less, dramaless. Waiting for a new turn.

SOLARIS

Have you guys seen the movie 'Solaris.'? It's Science Fiction, of course.
But something to think about. Shall I quote the intro of the movie here?
Just to give you quick idea?

" ABOARD A LONELY SPACE STATION, ORBITING A MYSTERIOUS PLANET, TERRIFIED CREW MEMBERS ARE EXPERIENCING A HOST OF STRANGE PHENOMENA, INCLUDING RESURRECTED PHANTOMS FROM THEIR PASTS. AND WHEN PSYCHOLOGIST CHRIS KELVIN ARRIVES TO INVESTIGATE, HE CONFRONTS A POWER BEYOND IMAGINING THAT COULD HOLD THE KEYS TO HUMANITY'S DEEPEST DREAMS."

Seen the movie? Send me your thoughts on it.
I am waiting.

Falling in love

Have you guys ever fallen in love in your dreams? I doubt it! And yet, here was this girl (girls?) that met in my dreams, who simply wouldn't go away. I fell head over heels in love with this fair maiden sometime in my teens... Only to wake up and realise that she was just a dream! Despair. Fear. Mysterious longing. I was dazed for a long while. And i simply couoldnt accept the fact that it was all just a mirage.

It's been ages since then. And yet I remember this dream with a lot of fondness... or shall I say warmth?

FELINE ENCOUNTER

I have lost count on how many cats I've kept in my lifetime.
30 ...maybe more. I had this affinity for these characters. I would befriend these neighbourhood scamps and bring em home. And then take good care of them. And that meant spoiling them with the choicest food, taking them to the vet etc.

I was in high school then. A hardcore crime fiction fan. I must have been reading too many of them that season. I was startled to find ARISTOTLE, my cat do an ambush on me in my dream. He leapt from the cupboard, ready to shred me to peices.... What the H....? I wanted to ask. But before I could raise my voice Artistotle made this extrordinary demand. " Return 10 million Dollars! NAOW! I want it Now!...NOW!This very moment."

I wanted to kick him. But he pressed me to the wall and threatened. " You have no idea who I am." I was shell shocked. I couldn't even to look at that cat for the next couple of weeks!!!
I thought he was from the intelligence Department or something.

Funny? Not really.