By involving your conscious awareness in a subconscious activity, you can learn to control the content of your dreams and their course of action. You will also remember such dreams more easily. Lucid dreaming to a lucid dreamer is more vivid than simply visualizing. Except for the eyes, there is generally great muscular inhibition during the REM state, and dreamers are virtually paralyzed. This response differs markedly from conscious visualizations.
Dreams are ordinarily spontaneous and representative of subconscious meanderings.
They can also be a psychological release of tension. Since dreams are often veiled in symbolism, it can be important to record your dreams and periodically review them to acquaint yourself with any interpretive parallels happening in your life. After interpreting your own subconscious symbolism, dreams can open themselves up to a personal enjoyment instead of a perplexing experience. The term lucid dreaming describes the experience of recognizing during a dream that you are dreaming. By involving your conscious awareness in a subconscious activity, you can learn to control the content of your dream and its course of action.