Thread: turning lights off in dreams

Originally Posted by Photolysis

I tried it several times, then gave up and made the light turn on by thinking it on.

Yup Yup, thought and actions worked well for turning on lights for me while in a semi-nd-ld-state.

Last night I attempted a VILD, but I fell alseep. I found myself in a false awakening got up, i figured I would try to turn on the lights without even touching the switch. It didn't work so I was like like "Morgan go turn that light on." He appeared in my dream and turned it on for me. I'm guessing this worked because I knew that it would turn on when he flipped the switch.

Earlier that day in school, me and him were working on a computer and I asked him to go get like 4 things when I was fixing something, which is probably why his name came to mind.

This lucid dream made me wonder how many lucid dreams I miss because of false awakenings.

In general, mechanical things tend to malfunction in dreams for a lot of people, not just light switches. Any switch or machine that needs to do something.

Not sure why, perhaps because we doubt the stability of our own machines?

yeah ive had lucid dreams induced just because i couldnt turn a light on or off. im not sure what it happens but for some reason it always kind of has this weird feeling to it...like in my dream i feel helpless and scared

I have had trouble turning on lights in dreams, I think that it's because turning on lights is like changing the environment, and it's much easier to change the environment if you are not looking at it.

I managed to turn on a light bulb in a dream by forced control, but it made me have a false awakening.

Lights...switches, usually befuddle me in dreams, once upon a time I was cut down by a sith lord (star wars) because my lightsaber wouldn't turn on...admittedly i got a FA out it which went Lucid. Not sure why switches tend never to work in dreams...ask your Physics professor about Ohm's law in a Lucid Dream, theres a thought haha...Perhaps we need to "free our minds"

Feet resting on a cardboard box ~ Smee

have done. switches didn't work, just had to will the light into being, basically a "let there be light" approach.