Are nocturnal emissions/wet dreams sinful?

[analyst_green]

There is a magical (demonic) practice known as Lucid Dreaming, where you can conjure vivid dreams and have a fair amount of control over your decisions. I haven't had a dream in a long time, but I recall sometimes it felt as if i had been dropped into the middle of a computer game and how real it all seemed. There is also this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_yoga

You don't have to consciously seek lucid dreaming to achieve it. I've had lucid dreams only twice but neither time was I attempting to do so. Basically you realize you're dreaming, and you can control the dream.

My first lucid dream was very innocent. I was thinking about a future event, but then I realized that event had already occurred in my life. So I thought I must be dreaming. I then decided to fly and after a few attempts jumping I was able to do so. Mind over matter, right? But the sensation was very intense and I woke up soon after.

The second time I believe was demonic and more in line with this topic. I was running away from some bad guys chasing me in a building with endless rooms. I come upon a girl trying to call the bad guys over to me but I catch her and tie her up. A voice in my head says "rape her, no one will know". By this time I'm starting to realize I'm in a dream due to the endless rooms. I almost considered it, but thank God I got ahold of myself, didn't touch the girl, and instead punched a hole in the brick wall and walked out. The dream ended there. If I had raped her, that would still be a serious sin even though I was dreaming, so I believe God helped come to my senses that night. It was still a terrifying experience. That dream made me realize what darkness there is in my heart that needs to be rooted out entirely.

 

[NSOE]

You don't have to consciously seek lucid dreaming to achieve it. I've had lucid dreams only twice but neither time was I attempting to do so. Basically you realize you're dreaming, and you can control the dream.

My first lucid dream was very innocent. I was thinking about a future event, but then I realized that event had already occurred in my life. So I thought I must be dreaming. I then decided to fly and after a few attempts jumping I was able to do so. Mind over matter, right? But the sensation was very intense and I woke up soon after.

The second time I believe was demonic and more in line with this topic. I was running away from some bad guys chasing me in a building with endless rooms. I come upon a girl trying to call the bad guys over to me but I catch her and tie her up. A voice in my head says "rape her, no one will know". By this time I'm starting to realize I'm in a dream due to the endless rooms. I almost considered it, but thank God I got ahold of myself, didn't touch the girl, and instead punched a hole in the brick wall and walked out. The dream ended there. If I had raped her, that would still be a serious sin even though I was dreaming, so I believe God helped come to my senses that night. It was still a terrifying experience. That dream made me realize what darkness there is in my heart that needs to be rooted out entirely.

I thought these dreams were just that, despite the sensation of being quite conscious, and having decision making power, but apparently it isn't so. I understand the demonic influence now, and that experiencing such dreams can be outside of our control. As to those who intentionally engage in these activities, some 'practitioners' claim to be able to dream about anything they please, killing their enemies or realizing their sexual fantasies. I heard a story of some guy online who, as a kid found a manual in the basement, a book his mother had left there intending to throw it away, but forgot all about it, he had to seek the help of the Catholic Church in the end.

I couldn't blame you even for wanting to kill her in that presumably life threatening situation, and the devil always attacks when we're most vulnerable and susceptible to his suggestions. When I was maybe 19 or 20 I had a 'philosophical' discussion with my friends, I don't recall how this topic came about, we deliberated how we'd behave as soldiers of some occupying force free to kill, pillage, and loot unrestricted and without any consequences, and if we came upon some super hot girl, how strong the temptation to rape her could be. One guy had a baby sister, a young teenager, 14 or 15 years old, so from the start he firmly rejected any slightest inclinations to entertain such thoughts, and we all finally agreed that we weren't criminals, but men with honor and dignity, and wouldn't want to be raped ourselves just the same, thinking of our mothers and cousins as well.