When I was little, I had a lot of bad dreams. I would stumble into my mother’s room and wake her up. Instead of pulling me into her bed, she would get me a glass of water and take me back to my room. I’d tell her about the monster in my dream and she would tell me that there was no reason to be afraid. “If there’s a monster in your dream, become a monster fighter! Beat him back and then jump on a Pegasus and fly away.” I was very little when I began this and it seemed so natural that I was very surprised to learn that not everyone can control their dreams. Many people, in fact, struggle to get enough sleep when their bad and negative dreams plague them on a nightly basis.

 Who couldn’t use a vacation to Tahiti or the Swiss Alps? Who doesn’t want to feel what it’s like to control the power of a Ferrari or Porsche? Practically everyone wishes that they could eat the finest food in the world—and as much of it as they wanted—without having to worry about gaining weight. Is it possible to have all of these things if you don’t have millions of dollars in the bank? Absolutely! If you can control your dreams, you can go anywhere, do anything, and be anybody.

 Maybe pigs can’t fly yet, but you sure can. At least in your dreams. Lucid dreaming is  a mysterious art form that many people wish they could master. You may have experienced a lucid dream, in which you were aware you were dreaming, on accident.