Thread: Parents think LDing is an occult...

Yeah, seriously. Go buy ETWOLD, problem solved.

If it still isn't, just shutup about it. Don't reply when they say something about it.

Originally Posted by Clyde Machine

Of course I wouldn't be asking a person to expect their parents to trust everything they see on the internet, let alone evidence-absent LD counts to prove it, but that would be one thing to factor into an argument they could make to convince them that it isn't a dangerous activity. For the main convincing points they'd have to bring up Dr. LaBerge and repositories of information like information on SP, induction techniques, etc. - which is something they could find here in the community.

Though it hardly warrants mentioning at this point, LDing is something this community is centered around and shares information about, which would set it apart from skydriving, because not many of us know much of anything about it and don't compile informative threads about it.

Lol, my original post was intended to have a touch of sarcasm to it, but reading over it, you can't really tell... Anyway, I agree with everything you just said, except with the skydiving analogy I was thinking of a site that would be DV's equivalent but for skydiving. Does that make sense? It sounded awkward as I typed it up.

Originally Posted by jarrhead

Yeah, seriously. Go buy ETWOLD, problem solved.

If it still isn't, just shutup about it. Don't reply when they say something about it.

You can't just not respond when your parents talk to you.

Originally Posted by Hidden

You can't just not respond when your parents talk to you.

This is true, but if you know your parents well, it is possible.

Yeah, I guess it depends on your parents... Mine would get pissed off, but maybe other people's wouldn't.

oh man my mom would get so mad. She has severe anger issues that cannot be explained unless you experience it.

But, she has no interest in it so she doesn't matter. I dont think my dad knows.

How do all of you generally present the idea of lucid dreaming to someone? I explained it to my little sister the other night over the phone when she asked why I kept a dream journal.

I explained it first by telling her to think of the things she reads about in books and does while playing games and watching movies, and to think of the things she wants to do that are currently impossible for her to do. (Flying, visiting fantasy worlds, such things.) After getting her to think about some recreational applications of lucid dreaming like those, I told her it was possible to induce her own controllable dreams, to be able to do all of that stuff without limits. After that, she was totally on-board with it. That's just one example of a way to present it.

When I first read about lucid dreaming, it was presented to me in much a similar way, where I thought first of what I could do with lucid dreams, before even knowing they could be induced or even that you could really control dreams.

Originally Posted by Clyde Machine

How do all of you generally present the idea of lucid dreaming to someone? I explained it to my little sister the other night over the phone when she asked why I kept a dream journal.

I explained it first by telling her to think of the things she reads about in books and does while playing games and watching movies, and to think of the things she wants to do that are currently impossible for her to do. (Flying, visiting fantasy worlds, such things.) After getting her to think about some recreational applications of lucid dreaming like those, I told her it was possible to induce her own controllable dreams, to be able to do all of that stuff without limits. After that, she was totally on-board with it. That's just one example of a way to present it.

When I first read about lucid dreaming, it was presented to me in much a similar way, where I thought first of what I could do with lucid dreams, before even knowing they could be induced or even that you could really control dreams.

That's exactly how I present it to everyone.

Originally Posted by Clyde Machine

How do all of you generally present the idea of lucid dreaming to someone? I explained it to my little sister the other night over the phone when she asked why I kept a dream journal.

I explained it first by telling her to think of the things she reads about in books and does while playing games and watching movies, and to think of the things she wants to do that are currently impossible for her to do. (Flying, visiting fantasy worlds, such things.) After getting her to think about some recreational applications of lucid dreaming like those, I told her it was possible to induce her own controllable dreams, to be able to do all of that stuff without limits. After that, she was totally on-board with it. That's just one example of a way to present it.

When I first read about lucid dreaming, it was presented to me in much a similar way, where I thought first of what I could do with lucid dreams, before even knowing they could be induced or even that you could really control dreams.

That's a really smart way of presenting it. I should do that.

Originally Posted by jarrhead

Yeah, seriously. Go buy ETWOLD, problem solved.

If it still isn't, just shutup about it. Don't reply when they say something about it.

Seems to me that that right there is the only real way of convincing any skeptic that LDing is legitimate and safe to practice. XD

@Hidden: Oh!! I missed that, sorry! In that case, you're right on all counts. *thumbs up* I'm glad no one has given me trouble over LDing being safe or not, though.

No worries. Yeah, I'm also glad my parents aren't paranoid. Actually, now that I think about it, no one I've talked to has been concerned with the safety of LDing. They just think it's weird.