Exploring The World of Lucid Dreaming

By the same token, you can practice new skills in lucid dreams. In Exploring The World of Lucid Dreaming by Dr Stephen
LaBerge, a lucid dreaming surgeon explains how he would review his surgical cases for the next day before going to sleep.
Then he would practice them in precise detail in his lucid dreams – he had a solid reputation as a surgeon because of this,
being able to refine and polish his techniques and perform procedures much faster than average. Similarly, lucid dreaming
has been shown to improve the procedural memory of your muscles, so you can practice martial arts or piano playing while l
ucid, and you will be physically better at it when you wake up.- source:Lucid Dreaming – Waking Up to Alternate Realities , by Rebecca Turner from: evolution ezine

We Only Dream of What We Know

Our dreams are frequently full of strangers who play out certain parts – did you know that your mind is not inventing those faces – they are real faces of real people that you have seen during your life but may not know or remember? The evil killer in your latest dream may be the guy who pumped petrol in to your Dad’s car when you were just a little kid. We have all seen hundreds of thousands of faces through our lives, so we have an endless supply of characters for our brain to utilize during our dreams.
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The dream you have during the night

The world of name and forms is like
The dream you have during the night,
You take them all as real things,
But they are only false and transient (Guru Guru)
- Songs Of Dream BY SWAMI SIVANANDA

Wizard of Oz (1939)

I salute Dorothy for realizing so quickly that she wasn't in Kansas anymore. I was, however, a little disappointed that it took flying away in a hot air balloon with a self proclaimed Wizard for her to realize she was dreaming. Nonetheless, Dorothy's musical homeward odyssey is not only one of the greatest dreams in cinematic history, but the most timeless American fairytale of the twentieth century.
- By Zachary Goldbaum / Source: Filmjabber.com

Quality of dreams

None of these scientists, however, seem to have an answer for the "prophetic" quality of dreams, this quality that has fascinated humans for millennia, and this film director in particular.- from:Can Dreams Predict the Future? By Karin Badt / Source: Huffington Post

If you are afraid of heights

If you are afraid of heights, why not jump out of an airplane!? In the alternate reality of lucid dreams, you can slow down
time for a controlled fall, and float gently to the ground. Once you have done this at 10,000 feet you will be surprised how
you feel about heights in the waking world.- source:Lucid Dreaming – Waking Up to Alternate Realities , by Rebecca Turner from: evolution ezine

Dreams Prevent Psychosis

In a recent sleep study, students who were awakened at the beginning of each dream, but still allowed their 8 hours of sleep, all experienced difficulty in concentration, irritability, hallucinations, and signs of psychosis after only 3 days. When finally allowed their REM sleep the student’s brains made up for lost time by greatly increasing the percentage of sleep spent in the REM stage. [Source]
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