Benefits of lucid dreaming

The potential of lucid dreaming is limitless. Some of the benefits of lucid dreaming are:

• Enhance the creativity: A lot of artists such as Paul Klee and Salvador Dali; musicians like Beethoven and Mozart and poets like William Blake have accepted the fact that their creativity was inspired through dreams. Creativity is improved through lucid dreaming as it allows individuals to delve into the deepest, darkest and most enriching areas of the subconscious mind. If one is an artist, think of all the things that inspire you and then imbibe those in lucid dreaming. It may yield amazing results. You can consciously practice the want of something brilliant and then search for it in lucid dreams.
• Enhance problem solving skills: One of the benefits of lucid dreaming is the opportunity to improve one’s skills at problem solving, a fact which has been recognized by scientists. Some of the discoveries made through problem solving abilities of lucid dreaming include the needle tip of sewing machine by Elias Howe, the theory of nerve impulses transmission by Otto Lowei and the ring-like benzene molecule structure by Friedrich Kekule. Instead of dealing with the ever doubting conscious mind, lucid dreaming allows individuals to engage in intuitive and creative problem solving, through direct interaction with the subconscious mind, where everything is possible.

• Improve the levels of confidence: There are many people who do not succeed in work or social life due to the lack of confidence. Some individuals may possess huge amounts of knowledge about a subject, but may lack the confidence to speak about it on a public platform. Some others may be hardworking and efficient at work, but may lack the confidence to handle management posts. Building up one’s confidence is another benefit of lucid dreaming. Individuals can have lucid dreams about work or social lives and then enact scenes with confidence. This will leave an imprint on the subconscious mind, which will subsequently manifest itself in the physical world.
• Resolve the fears: This is one of the best benefits of lucid dreaming. Lucid dreaming allows one to face their fears and assist in overcoming them. One  can have lucid dreams about their fears such as snakes, skydiving, rabid dogs, spiders, etc. This allows them to face such fears, and since the dreamers are aware of the fact that they are dreaming, they can effectively overcome those fears. Scientists believe that in lucid dreaming, the fears are dealt with in a positive way, which in turn stimulates the brain to make new neural patterns of behavior in the subconscious mind, with regards to the particular fear. When such beliefs of the subconscious mind are reinforced in the physical world, then that fear completely vanishes.
• Alternate realities: This is an entertaining benefit of lucid dreaming. Within the lucid dreams, a dreamer can visit alien lands, travel to alternate universes, time-travel to the past or to the future and even have out-of-body  ghostly experiences. Such lucid dreams are not only a thrilling experience, but can also be very informative. Authors and other creative individuals can make use of such experiences to create their unique canvases.