By Brandi Neal, Nina Kahn — 2020
It's like having a lucid dream while you're awake.
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A popular “club drug” promises to open a scientific window on the strange world of out-of-body experiences, researchers say.
The trick is to start taking control over your dream actions.
“Our experimental goal is akin to finding a way to talk with an astronaut who is on another world.”
Although more research is needed, some experts suspect lucid dreaming could come with negative consequences. The most concerning potential dangers of lucid dreaming are disrupted sleep and mental health issues.
The first step for aspiring oneironauts is to let your mind know that your dreams really do matter.
Have you ever started dreaming and suddenly realized that you were in a dream? Have you ever managed to gain control over your dream narrative? If your answer to either of these is “yes,” you have experienced what is called lucid dreaming.
The ability to control our dreams is a skill that more of us are seeking to acquire for sheer pleasure. But if taken seriously, scientists believe it could unlock new secrets of the mind.
Astral projection refers to an out-of-body-experience (OBE) during which the astral body leaves the physical body and travels to the astral plane.
An out-of-body experience occurs when a person temporarily feels like their spirit or soul has left their physical body. It’s often the unintentional result of an accident or near-death experience.
Many people claim to have had some kind of out-of-body experience. However, there's no evidence that people who think they've experienced astral travel have actually gone anywhere.