 What's up, ladies and gentlemen now this video is going to be explaining Something which I get asked a lot, which is is lucid dreaming actually real, okay? I'm explaining a little bit about the the science behind it I'm just explaining generally why lots of people don't think it is real But why this also doesn't really matter, okay? Because when you think about it, it's one of those things that you you you find it hard to believe unless you've actually done it So it's very much a subjective experience. Okay, it's not like you can say that every single lucid dream is the same Generally speaking everyone will have a different experience of lucid dreaming So there's not really like a clear-cut answer for that and for that reason lots of people don't really Believe that it's real they dismiss it as some sort of nonsense before even trying it most of the time Despite the fact that there is actually now scientific evidence to support the fact that it is real and That it has been done it can be replicated in a controlled environment in a lab for example in a sleep lab And it's very much something that is real The the reason I guess that lots of people especially in the Western world don't really believe as much in it Is because it's not really something that we as a society in the Western world Cultivate it's not something we encourage usually Whereas if you go into different cultures in different places different countries in the world You'll find that they have much more of An understanding and accepting attitude towards this sort of thing. They're much more open-minded about this sort of thing And it's something that's changing. I think that you know the next few years certainly in the next decade or so All around the world it will become something that's as normal as going to sleep or as normal as making breakfast But for the moment, there are lots of people especially in the Western world, which don't who don't believe that it's real And it's very difficult sometimes to convince these people that it is real Because if they've never done it and they can they haven't seen it they can never really They can't exactly watch a video of someone lucid dreaming because they'll just see someone sleeping They won't be any concrete way of showing them Without actually teaching them convincing them that it's real enough that they should give it a go and try and learn how to do it So it's one of those things You know, it's one of those those things if you have friends that are a bit skeptical of lucid dreaming You'll probably find it very difficult to convince them that it's real and it's worth even bothering to learn how to do this dreaming But yeah, so going back to my the science behind it Okay, is that everyone sleeps every night of course unless you're like sleep deprived or have some sort of sleep condition like in Somnia Usually you'll sleep for about eight hours. We'll have about three to five sleep cycles of 90 minutes and In those sleep cycles, you'll have what's known as REM sleep, which is rapid eye movement and during this period of sleep The body temperature is lower. Okay, your eyes will dart around rapidly behind your eyelids And you'll dream. Okay. Now everyone dreams every night I've said this before but not everyone has a lucid dream and that's because most people don't practice it Or they don't believe it. That's another story entirely. Okay, but a study was done. Okay In which experienced lucid dreamers were asked to go to sleep with sort of ECG tracking and there was some special sort of scientific equipment Which could register their eye movements behind their eyelids while they were asleep And what they did is they arranged to Move their eyes in the lucid dream in a particular Pattern. Okay, so before they went to sleep. They said to these scientists Okay, I'll just find the link and put it in the description of the actual study But I was trying to explain sort of roughly what happened So they agreed with the scientists that they would move their eyes in a particular Rhythm, so maybe they'd say right you're gonna look to the left then to the right and then up and then down and then up again For example, okay, and this is something that they would go into the lucid dream knowing that they were gonna do that And obviously the experienced lucid dreamers would enter the dream They would ground themselves stabilize the dream and then they would do those movements with their eyes or With their heads because in a lucid dream It's sometimes difficult to move your eyes specifically So they would move their entire heads or bodies in that direction With the understanding that it would actually move their real-life eyes as they were laying there in the sleep lab In that direction. Okay, and the idea was that the scientists could then track these movements they'd be able to see that the people were asleep and Therefore prove that they were lucid dreaming because if they were having just a normal dream, it's very unlikely that they would move their eyes in the exact Order that they had agreed with the scientists beforehand unless they were conscious and able to control their decisions in the dream hence lucid dreaming So that yeah, and that's just one of many studies that have been done to prove this sort of thing But I guess the the real the best way of proving to someone that lucid dreaming is real is actually Well firstly convincing them and showing them the massive online communities My subscribers for example, there are many YouTube channels like this one You've got Giz Edwards. You've got Reese Jones, although he hasn't posted in a while Lots of people have these big followings of people that know how to lucid dream and actually do it regularly So if you're having someone that's a bit skeptical about about the whole thing You can sort of say well, there's thousands of people that are doing it. They wouldn't all be just making it up I mean, why would they? it's been scientifically proven and It's well, I think at least it's definitely worth learning how to do it I can definitely improve your life and it can it can help you do many more things other than just flying around like a superhero or Exploring some alien planet. There's lots of stuff you can do with it And I'll go into that in lots of other videos. There's lots of information. I can share with you guys But yeah for any new subscribers. I've had a fairly big Period of growth recently. So thank you to all the new subscribers. I hope you're enjoying these new videos I'm gonna try and pump one out every day and obviously if you have any questions leave a message leave a comment And I'll see you in this video. Oh one more thing I the video you may have noticed which was I think I titled it how to induce a lucid dream in nine seconds Okay, now I'm getting a lot of comments on that video. I'm trying to reply to each one But most common comment is people will say well How do I turn my alarm off if I'm not allowed to move any muscles? And this is something that I just In the moment. I just forgot to mention So I'm gonna answer that for you now. So when you are doing this technique You are allowed to move in order to turn your alarm off. Okay, so so that's like an exception You can you can turn your alarm off and then go back to being motionless and laying still. Okay, or option to You could get an alarm that automatically turns off after a set period of time So you can make the settings so that it turns off after eight seconds ten seconds twenty seconds Whatever the case may be and this way you can do the technique. So yeah, I forgot to mention that and obviously the video blew up I didn't expect it to get that popular so quickly And lots of people were asking the same question despite I've actually despite the fact I've actually Reply to this this question on several of the comments, but nevertheless, that's the answer So I hope that helps you guys and I'll see you in the next video