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    1. 12-07-2005 02:11 PM #1
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      Different Types of Dreams

      I've heard quite a few people have these types of dreams. All of my dreams that are non-lucid are absolutely abstract and bizzare. I dare say I've had basically no dreams that make a little drop of sense when I can't excert any control. Some are just a bit strange... Others feel like a bunch of hallucinations you might get if you're on LSD.

      My boyfriend calls it subconscious noise and I pretty much agree with that description of it.

      Other dreams I have that are non-lucid yet still quite to my desires, I call them ego manifestations. It's like my subconscious is taking out all my wills and desires from my mind and creating a dream that suits me perfectly. However the difference between a lucid dream where I'm in control and a dream where I have an "ego manifest" experience is a bit like this:

      Now if you have dream control you might point point at an object and think "I want this object to blow up".. However if you're in an ego manifest state it just does it for you, without you thinking it with as much of the conscious mind you can bring over into your dream.

      And then there's the bizzare sensation of what it seems to be like when you are drifting outside of your body. I've felt this before, but personally I just think it's my mind playing around with me. I don't believe that I've ever actually wandered outside of my body.

      Obviously then there are the controlled dreams and the lucid ones, but we know about those already, don't we now.

      Do you guys have any other definitions or personal experiences you have other names for?

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    2. 12-07-2005 04:19 PM #2
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      Oh yeah, i have dreams like this all the time, particularly that 'ego manifest' thing of which you talk about...
      My dreams are totally, totally weird. I must have the weirdest dreams of anyone i know. go check out my dream journal to find out, i'm serious, you couldn't make it up!
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    3. 12-07-2005 05:36 PM #3
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      Re: Different Types of Dreams

      Originally posted by Chainsaw Kitten
      Now if you have dream control you might point point at an object and think \"I want this object to blow up\".. However if you're in an ego manifest state it just does it for you, without you thinking it with as much of the conscious mind you can bring over into your dream.
      Conceptual thought in contrast to the horribly inefficient and awkward type of thought most are used to thinking of as "thought" (speech and imagery).

      http://www.dreamviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23453
      That topic is relevant, or rather the things discussed in it.

      Think about it. Why do you point your finger at something to make it change or disappear? Or why would one perform any action with a physical body to recieve a result in a dream? Exactly for the same reason one does so in waking life. In waking life physical actions are what is needed to recieve certain results. However! Dreams aren't the waking world. What is the point of making additional actions to achieve a certain goal if all that is needed is the use of conceptual thought, which takes far less time and effort as a whole?
      I must say that lucid dreaming may be a very valuable tool for training the conscious use of conceptual thought.

      More on the topic of "types of dreams" though: as I've said before; if I were to care for theorizing on certain topics then I would make a guess that some dreams are based on concerns, which are brought out in them and others are based on completely (or not so much) random concepts that evolve under certain circumstances; or the combination of both I would suppose.
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    4. 12-07-2005 08:05 PM #4
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      Yes well everyone does have different ways of doing things in dreams. Personally, being the dramatic anime fan I am I make weird yet cool gestures to do anything seemingly "magical" in my controlled dreams.

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    5. 12-19-2005 06:54 PM #5
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      For me there are basically 3 categorys of dreams.
      1. Standard dreams- These are when I have a dream with no Lucidity that is just wierd. For example I'll dream about something that I could do in the real world, but it would be something very random, like going to some place that I don't normally go to.
      2. Obtuse Dreams- These are the dreams that also have no lucidity and are totally crazy. For example the dream I had last night where my mom was a mass murderer and assasin.
      3. Lucid Dreams- Don't think I need to tell anyone about these.
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