Dreamsicle.

Dreaming intrigues me. Why is it so weird? So fascinating? What could its purpose be?

I consider dreaming to be the last frontier. Not Oregon, not the depths of the ocean, not the vastness of our universe. Our own minds haven't been tapped into.

Stay with me on this one...it's about to get really weird, really fast. In the past I have tried lucid dreaming. And there goes my credibility. Yes, I was inspired by Inception.

Lucid dreaming is when one is consciously aware that they are dreaming. What does this mean? That they control what they do in that dream. You want McDonalds? You can get McDonalds. McDonalds while flying? Why not. McDonalds while flying through time? Oh yeah.

Now accomplishing this state is quite hard and many people refute it. I could provide sources, cite them, blah blah blah but I won't. Basically there are two methods.

1. Train your mind to always keep track whether it is in consciousness.

Apparently tricks to accomplish this are to look at a digital clock twice. In a dream, your unconscious mind is lazy, it can't keep small details constant. In real life when you look at a clock twice, it will be the same (maybe 1 extra minute...). In a dream, this is not the case. Other tips include looking at yourself in a mirror, and pinching yourself.

Another key component is to REMEMBER your dreams. A dream journal helps, and is a really interesting read. Its like a diary of somebody in an insanity ward. However, by writing down your dreams every morning you can accomplish Lucid dreaming because you remember more (5-6 instead of 1-3) and you determine patterns that you create (recurring dreams).

Once your brain realizes it's in a similar situation to that of a dream it makes the connections. "Whoa this is like that dream. That one dream from that one time. Whoa I'm dreaming. Whoa I'm sleeping. Let us partake in some rather joyous activities," says the brain.

2. Crazy Method.

A person is dreaming when they are in REM stages of sleep (Rapid Eye Movement) They are deep stages which occur multiples times through the life. One theory is if the person doesn't fall asleep, and keeps still, the body will jump right into REM. You will be conscious but unable to be in reality. I call bullhickey on this. (I know you think the other part was crazy too...)

Have I ever had a lucid dream? No...but it is supposedly possible. Research it. I'm too lazy to turn this into a MoPro paper. I just find dreams interesting and I think they are symbolic. It's a good indicator of what's going on behind the scenes if you take the time to interpret it. And it is midnight, I am tired. Time to dream.

ps: I'm sorry about the tardiness of this blog. I was in my own little dream world. I'm going to hit the sack and dream of an A in AP Comp :)