It’s worth taking a closer look at the aggression of objects within lucid dreaming towards practitioners, as this topic concerns many people. Many wonder, is lucid dreaming safe, or is lucid dreaming scary? Issues involving aggression typically arise in the experiences of people with an esoteric mindset or who have read a lot of literature on phase states. For people with a materialistic mindset, such problems are rare.
In other words, incorrect behavior from practitioners when lucid dreaming causes inappropriate reactions from objects within the dream. Some authors of lucid dreaming books devote up to half of their books’ content to defending against such attacks. Naturally, after thoroughly reading such works, negative experiences are almost guaranteed. Moreover, while having these experiences, people will lack an adequate understanding of what is happening, which is sufficient to eliminate the problem.
The first thing to understand in this regard is that nothing and no one in a lucid dream poses a real threat. Because the practitioner is capable of controlling everything that happens, there is no need to fear anyone or anything in a lucid dream, no matter how threatening it may seem or what others have written or said about it. So, if you’re asking, “Is it dangerous to lucid dream?” or “Are lucid dreams scary?”, the answer is no.
Secondly, in a lucid dream, only one’s own fear, whether conscious or unconscious, can attack the practitioner. The properties of the lucid dream space are such that, for beginners, much happens based on subconscious expectations due to an inability to control the process. That is why, after reading about “astral attacks,” the inexperienced lucid dreamer may encounter materialized hyper-realistic fears that not only terrify but also cause tangible pain: for example, they may be beaten, assaulted, tortured, or strangled. If the cause of this pain is not understood, then the problem will not be solved. Moreover, a lack of understanding could lead the dreamer to subscribe to absurd theories about evil entities in lucid dreams, causing old tales to continue thriving even in modern times.
Meanwhile, experienced practitioners control the entire experience from beginning to end, and their subconscious expectations do not so abrasively interfere with the mechanisms of the space’s behavior. For this reason, experienced practitioners are unlikely to be attacked in a lucid dream—and, even if they are, they can easily solve the problem by countering the attack with aggression or simply facing the trouble directly.
Recommended Books on Lucid Dreaming
Recommended reading
Does lucid dreaming feel real? Basic properties of space
Robert Monroe: “Journeys Out of the Body” and Lucid Dreaming
