First and foremost I want to say that I am in no means trying to start a real serious debate with this thread. I simply want calm discussion between fellow lucid dreamers.

Personally I find myself to be skeptical of the idea of shared dreaming in general and here are a few questions I have for those who believe in it.

1. If it's possible to share dreams, does that mean that if I see a friend in a dream, that he will be having the same dream? If not, how do you differentiate between people who are real dreamers and just figments of your imagination (which I believe is what all DC's are)

2. Do both you and the other person have to be lucid to share a dream?

3. Wouldn't it hypothetically be possible to share a dream with someone I've never seen, and then accurately describe that person physically with no previous knowledge?


Any feedback on these questions to fuel a discussion would be great. Let's just not get too angry with this thread, i am not intending to offend or insult any one else or there beliefs. i'm just putting mine out there.

As for what I believe about this topic, I believe that dreaming is a neurological function that is a phenomena of sleep. The reason you experience these hallucinations so vividly is because your visual and sensory cortexes are in your brain and dont' rely on external stimulus to create images or sensations. The brain is way more complex than people give it credit for. Any other ideas about this?