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Lucid dreaming may not be a familiar term to most parents, but one former lucid dreamer is warning about how her obsession with it soon became a nightmare. Ashley, a former lucid dreamer-turned-Christian, recently appeared on an episode<\/a> of “Ex Psychic Saved,” which is hosted by former medium Jenn Nizza. She warned that the concept of lucid dreaming is becoming increasingly more popular amongst young people. \u201cLucid dreaming\u201d is a term coined by Dutch psychiatrist Frederik van Eeden. Oftentimes, the dreamer is aware that they are asleep and manipulates events in their favor. Studies have indicated that lucid dreaming is its own separate form of consciousness<\/a>. \u201cIt points to the possibility that conscious experience can arise from within sleep itself,\u201d said \u00c7a\u011fatay Demirel, a researcher who has done brain studies on lucid dreamers.<\/p>\n

\u201cLucid dreaming, essentially, is dream manipulation. You’re in a dream state, and you start to manipulate and change how that dream is going, and kind of create your own dream and do whatever you want inside of that dream,\u201d shared Ashley. Ashley had been abused, particularly at night time, leaving her with a desire to be in control and rid herself of the nightmares that haunted her. \u201cIt was exciting because now, all of these horrible, scary dreams, I could stop them. I couldn’t stop them from happening, but I could stop them as they were happening. I felt like I needed to be the powerful one.\u201d However, that power soon became intoxicating. \u201cI just didn\u2019t want to wake up,\u201d she admitted.<\/p>\n

Ashley\u2019s journey into lucid dreaming didn\u2019t happen in a vacuum. She was dabbling with other occult practices such as divination and idol worship. But nothing would satisfy her. \u201cI looked at the statue, and I said, \u2018I\u2019m praying to this thing, and it can\u2019t hear me.\u2019 That was the beginning of when the Lord started calling me,\u201d she said. \u201cI said out loud, \u2018Whoever the real God is, reveal Yourself to me.\u2019 And I meant it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the man that is now her husband, Ashley was able to experience true peace when he prayed over her and read Scripture during a panic attack. Ashley said it was the first time she felt truly loved. She soon gave her life to Christ and hasn\u2019t participated in lucid dreaming in the last nine years. She warned listeners that it isn\u2019t as harmless as it sounds. \u201cIt becomes a practice that leads to very dangerous ideas about yourself. And I think it connects very closely to astral projection. Once you become good at lucid dreaming, the next step is often trying to do things like that while you’re awake, traveling in real time, interacting with spirits. It’s a slippery slope,\u201d she warned. The Debrief <\/em>imagines a future where lucid dreaming can be used for \u201cneural mapping significantly improves our ability to detect and decode dream-based commands, granting individuals or companies greater control and awareness while dreaming\u201d and Michael Raduga, founder of REMspace, claims his company has initiated the first-ever two-way communication with lucid dreamers.<\/p>\n

Got Questions<\/a> recommends a cautious approach to lucid dreaming as well. \u201cAlthough dreams are mentioned frequently in the Bible\u2014God can and has used dreams to speak to people\u2014lucid dreaming as such is never addressed. Lucid dreaming simply means being able to control your dreams. There is nothing essentially wrong with this. But if lucid dreaming becomes too much of a focus or an obsession, it should be avoided,\u201d the ministry noted. It stated for a Christian, a focus on lucid dreaming was of \u201cno spiritual value.\u201d \u201cA Christian should prayerfully examine why he\/she wants to experience lucid dreaming\u2026 [if it] becomes more than [pure motives] or involves even the smallest hint of\u00a0New Age\u00a0or occult practices, it should be avoided.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lucid dreaming may not be a familiar term to most parents, but one former lucid dreamer is warning about how her obsession with it soon became a nightmare. Ashley, a former lucid dreamer-turned-Christian, recently appeared on an episode of “Ex Psychic Saved,” which is hosted by former medium Jenn Nizza. 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