Quote Originally Posted by dutchraptor View Post
Well a lot of people won't react with "are you serious? what is that?" and more with "oh" and then proceed to change the subject.

As great as lucid dreaming is you just have to come to terms with the fact that not everyone can see the potential behind it. You are only making it harder on yourself if you try force it on everyone, it's easier to just pick out a few close friends or like minded people.

Like oneup mentioned only 2 out of 240 people he told decided to actively seek out help with LDing and they were his friends. It's pretty much my experience too.

Last tip is not top say "actually it's a lot like in inception except it's real and scientists have been able to validate you can learn how to do it.". It sounds like utter BS in all fairness, not to mention how terribly inception portrays LDing.
I'd go for "You know how when you were a child you could have really vivid dreams where you could sort of direct the story. Well a lucid dream is an amplified version of that. There's a fine line between almost awaking and dreaming where you become fully aware you are in the dream. With some practice you can even learn to control the dream".....some moments and questions later "Around the 80's it was proven conclusively using a brain scanner that the dreamer dreamer really is making decisions in the dream.

Then you may proceed to talk about all the kinky stuff you guys are all into
Obviously that's not exactly how the conversation will go; I'm not psychic. It's just an improvisation to get an idea. If you tell someone you can lucid dream and they say "Oh", then I'm sorry to tell you that this is a sign that the person is NOT interested so why even bother to continue. If you were to continue you'd be like that salesperson that doesn't get the point.

I am very aware that lucid dreaming is not like the movie Inception; however, there's no denying that a lot of people loved the movie and those who usually find the movie fascinating will probably be interested in the topic of lucid dreaming in the first place. Then at that point you can clarify that it's not exactly how Christopher Nolan depicted it but that it IS possible for people to be consciously aware that they are dreaming while they are dreaming and to manipulate the environment like Leo Di Caprio did in that one scene.

Bringing up amazing movies like Inception and The Matrix will establish a comfortable level. People will be able relate to you through their love for these movies; this will establish rapport. People will be reminded how much they enjoyed those movies and how cool it was when Neo took the red pill. =-p

The whole thing about the brain scanner will have them snoozing before you finish your sentence and make them think that you're a techie nerd. Unfortunately, you have to dumb things down for newbs. If they start asking more questions and seem genuinely interested then you can start broadening your horizons and start talking about their childhood dreams and get all LaBergie on them. Your method is good for people that are already philosophical and mature. My method is for people that like football and potato chips.