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清晰性梦境，梦可以被控制吗？

    每个人都会做梦。每天晚上大多数人大约一百分钟做一次梦。许多人可以很清楚的描述他们到底做了什么样的梦。然而另一些人他们根本就说不记得他们做的到底是什么样的梦。但有些人说他们可以超越简单的回忆,声称他们可以控制他们的梦。这类梦被称作清醒的梦。

    清晰的梦境就是无论是你在睡觉或者是在做梦，做梦的人都可以知道自己做的是什么样的梦。一位科学家说，至少有一半的成年人都有过清晰的梦境的经历。

    清晰的梦境给做梦的人一种能够控制梦的能力，这样可以引导他们向一个更有力的结果。

    清晰的梦境对现实的生活方式是有一定益处的。科学家说，最重要的是，由于大脑在睡梦中的状态和在现实生活中时一样的，清晰的梦境可以让人们在事情发生之前预演一次，这样可以帮助人们克服恐惧、焦虑。

    更进一步说，科学家指出在清晰的梦境状态中，人们更愿意去面对威胁了，反过来，这样他们更加自信了。当人们头脑清醒的时候，他们可以在体育比赛的时候来提高自己的技能，在演讲中，实现幻想、或者是解决问题。

    “并非所有的清醒的梦都是有用的，但是对于他们人们都有一种好奇感，”一位研究清晰性梦境的领导人说，同时他也是清晰性梦境的创始人。“根据我自己以及数千拥有清晰性梦境的人的经历，清醒的梦可以很生动、强烈的、使人快乐的、令人兴奋的。人们常常把自己清醒的梦作为最美妙的生活经历。

    那些从未有过清晰性梦境的人常常反驳别人的经历并宣称这是不可能的。但是理查德，一个研究清晰性梦境的教育家是不同意这种说法的。

    "清晰性梦境,不仅是可能的,它是可教的,”他说。“有些人却经历这种类型的梦，有时候建议也可以影响人们做怎样的梦。”

    “如果你在你人生的三分之一的时间都是在睡觉，那么你应该做会做些什么样的梦呢”科学家说。“从这个问题开始，'你怎么知道你不是在做梦呢？'”

科学家提供了可以提高清晰性梦境的五点建议：

    1.找到一个统一的方法去确定你到底是在做梦还是醒着的，例如你在时钟上定好时间然后再迅速的检查一遍。如果它是一个梦,时间总是在第一眼戏剧性地改变。检查了一整天。人们可以知道自己到底是醒着的还是睡着了，就这一点就可以很清楚的了解清晰的梦境。

    2.使用计数法。科学家建议，“当你躺下睡觉的时候，开始数数。一，我在做梦。二，我在做梦。三，我在做梦。在某种意义上说，你说我我正在做梦，那时你就会真的在做梦。

    3.确定梦的信号。这些对象、图像、或者是动作都可以作为线索，让人们知道他们正在做梦。任何事情都可以成为一个梦的信号但是有时候是因人而异的。选择一个循环的图像。会有机会出现在你以后的梦境中。

    4.用你做梦的迹象，让你知道你正在做梦。当一个异常或某事可能发生在你的梦境中的时候，不要忽略它试着去使它合理化。这是个奇怪的指示，这是一场梦。一些常见的梦包括飞行、穿过墙壁、在生活中某人已经死了。

    5.最后，鼓励做清醒的梦，但是不要强迫他们，因为各种各样的努力会有相反的作用。放松和耐心是很重要的。

    清醒的梦是生动的排练,是清醒的生活。但是他们可以只是一般的乐趣。做梦可以实现幻想和增加自信。此外，重复的做梦可以让人离开沮丧，生活的更快乐。记住，拥有一个清晰的梦境可以花费时间，但是从长远的角度看，经验是需要努力的。一步一步来，还必须有耐心。不久这样的梦就会发生了。

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Lucid Dreaming – Can Dreams be Controlled?

    Everyone dreams. Most people dream for approximately 100 minutes each night. Many people can provide detailed accounts of their dreams. Others, however, say they can't remember if they had a dream on a given night. But then there are people who say they can go beyond simple recall, claiming they can control their dreams. This kind of dreaming is called lucid dreaming.

    Lucid dreaming means that despite being asleep and in the midst of a dream, the dreamer is aware that he or she is dreaming. At least half of all adults have had one lucid dream in their lifetime, according to DreamMoods.com.

    Lucid dreams give the dreamer the ability to control dreams and steer them toward a more favorable outcome.

    Lucid dreaming benefits waking life in a number of ways. Foremost, because brain activity during the dream state is the same as during a real-life event, lucid dreaming allows people to rehearse an event before it occurs and helps them overcome fears and anxieties, notes DreamMoods.com.

    Further, DreamMoods.com indicates that in the lucid dreaming state, people are more willing to confront threats and that, in turn, makes them more self-confident. When people achieve lucidity, they can use it to improve their skill in a sports game, rehearse for a speech, fulfill fantasies, or solve a problem.

    “Not all lucid dreams are useful but they all have a sense of wonder about them,” says Stephen LaBerge a psychophysiologist, leader in the scientific study of lucid dreaming, and founder of the Lucidity Institute. “According to my own experience, and the testimony of thousands of other lucid dreamers, lucid dreams can be extraordinarily vivid, intense, pleasurable, and exhilarating. People frequently consider their lucid dreams as among the most wonderful experiences of their lives.”

    People who have never had a lucid dream often dismiss the experience, claiming it impossible. But Richard Wilkerson, a dream educator for the Association for the Study of Dreams Newsletter, disagrees.
“Lucid dreaming is not only possible, it's teachable,” he says. “Some people actually experience this type of dreaming spontaneously, and pre-sleep suggestions can often influence what people dream about.”

    “If you must sleep through a third of your life, why should you sleep through your dreams, too?” LaBerge says. “Begin with the question, 'How do you know that you're not dreaming right now?'”

 DreamMoods offers these five suggestions to improve the odds of having a lucid dream:

    1. Find a consistent way to determine whether dreaming or awake, such as checking the time on a clock and then quickly check it again. If it is a dream, the time will always dramatically change at the second glance. Check throughout the day. People can eventually become adept at knowing whether they are asleep or awake, and when they get to this point, they are well on your way to lucidity.

    2. Use a counting method to enter lucidity. DreamMoods.com suggests, “As you lie down to go to sleep, start counting. One, I am dreaming. Two, I am dreaming. Three, I am dreaming. At some point, you will say I am dreaming, and by then you are really dreaming.”

    3. Identify dream signals. These are objects, images, or actions that serve as cues or markers to let people know that they are dreaming. Anything can be a dream signal and is unique to each individual dreamer. Select a recurring image. It has a better chance of appearing in future dreams.

    4. Use your dream signs to let you know that you are dreaming. When an anomaly or something impossible occurs in a dream, do not ignore it or try to rationalize it. Let this odd occurrence be an indicator that it is a dream. Some common dream signs include flying, walking through walls, or the appearance of someone who is dead in real life.

    5. Finally, encourage lucid dreams, but do not force them, as these kinds of efforts may have an opposite effect. It is important to relax and be patient.

    Lucid dreams can be vivid rehearsals for waking life. But they can be just plain fun, too. Dreamers can fulfill fantasies and increase self-confidence. In addition, recurring dreams that once left people frustrated can be overcome and result in a more satisfying dream life. Remember, it may take time to have a lucid dream, but, in the long run, the experience is worth the effort. Go through the steps and be patient. In no time a lucid dream will occur.