5 Myths About Lucid Dreaming 4

MYTH #4. If you don't lucid dream, you're wasting one-third of your life.

If you sleep for an average of 8 hours per day, then it's true to say that you're asleep for one-third of your lifetime.

However, let's not confuse sleep with dreams. It's simply not possible to lucid dream constantly for 8 hours per night.

Each night, you pass through four stages of sleep, of which around 100 minutes total consist of Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep.

So at best, you could potentially lucid dream for up to two hours, in separate stints, but this really is the upper limit. Most experienced lucid dreamers would consider it a success to achieve 20-30 minutes of lucid dreaming on a given night. That's because lucid dreams are so very awesome; half an hour of that is still breathtaking stuff.

What's more, the internet marketers that create this kind of spin are overlooking the fact that sleep is essential to your survival. You aren't, by any stretch of the imagination, "wasting" a third of your life or missing out on a Second Life in your sleep.

Sure, without lucidity you are missing out on a lot of fun. But don't fall victim to the myth that you could be spending one-third of your life in lucid dreams. It's just not physically possible.

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