does anyone know of any substances-ingested or smoked-that aid in the ability to be aware in your dreams? the concept of being able to use dreams as a functional reality has always interested me.
Hi there yyyesiam2 what about being creative instead, and using all your waking and dreaming realities as functional, in a sense that they all help you to change. Even if these substances are neither to be ingested nor to be smoked ... you have already processed them. So you are ready to change yourself any way. Just be aware, and change on, and be more than you even dreamed ... nothing will really keep you from it. This is a bit off topic but I hope it still makes sense.
Hi yessiam, I think that if you meditate regularly over a period of time and actually avoid using substances you can have clearer dreams and more frequent lucid dreams. Keeping a dream diary consistently can also help increase your awareness of that part of yourself. Calea Zacatechichi would probably be the herb you have in mind. Although I remember my cousin ordered some once and she said it made her stomach really sick and gave her headaches. Good luck, MKC