Let's get back on this topic which we had at least two times before.

I recently got into LDing again because...iono, I just got into it again and I wanna have one. I had two LDs so far, they weren't that spectacular.

Just to get you going;

A Lucid Dream is a dream in which the dreamer knows that he is dreaming and therefore gains unlimited power, the ability to do anything he wants. A dream is all inside your head and your head can alter it the way it wants, so if you have control over your head when dreaming, you can alter the dream accordingly. It's awesome, no limits, no bounds, do whatever the fuck you want.

Wikipedia Article on Lucid Dreaming, it's pretty good.

Big and great sorted-out community about Lucid Dreaming

Introduction to Lucid Dreaming

There are several ways to achieve a Lucid Dreams. Some people have them naturally a few times a month, or even several in one week. That is very rare though, while everyone can learn to have them. The most common technique would be the Dream Induced Lucid Dream (DILD).
It means that while dreaming, you notice you're dreaming. This either happens by chance, or by training. Essential are "Reality Checks", with which you check the reality (captain obvious strikes back). Those are things like looking at your hands, in a dream, they'll look odd, plugging your nose and trying to breathe, in a dream you'll still be able to breathe. Do these all the time in waking life, then theres a good chance you'll also do them in a dream.
Another, way more reliable but a lot harder to master way to achieve LDs is the Wake Induced Lucid Dream (WILD).
When WILDing, you try to "take over" your consciouseness from waking to dreaming while your body falls asleep. This works, but it's rather hard to learn. Still, it can give you a Lucid Dream just by wanting to have one.

Check out Dreamviews.com and look around the forums, I'm also active there.

ITT: Discuss Lucid Dreaming.

Last time I tried the method that centers on the wierd hypnotic images you get when you close your eyes, I had this wickednasty nightmare that scared the shit out of me.

I'm not going to try LD for a while...

That propabely is a WILD because it goes through the Hypnagogic Imagery stage where you get those images.


LDing is worth it, though.

Eh, it worked for me once, but it wasn't anything cool.
I just figured that I'd rather sleep peacefully and not worry about shit than think about it during the day then keep myself up all night trying to do it.

I have those every time I dream.

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I have those every time I dream.

No you don't. Just like that story with your dad and the knife.

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No you don't. Just like that story with your dad and the knife.

1. The story with my Dad is true

2. Yes I do have LD's every time I have dreams

3. I have dreams like every three to four months. nothing in between.

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Eh, it worked for me once, but it wasn't anything cool.
I just figured that I'd rather sleep peacefully and not worry about shit than think about it during the day then keep myself up all night trying to do it.

Agreed, besides mostly everytime I lucid dream, sleep paralysis comes along with it, and that is not pleasant.

elite, you probably have dreams but you just don't remember them.

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Agreed, besides mostly everytime I lucid dream, sleep paralysis comes along with it, and that is not pleasant.

elite, you probably have dreams but you just don't remember them.

Ya your right; I remember my fourth grade teacher studied stuff like that...she said every night you have a dream but you get up at the wrong time and you forget them. I wish I had more dreams =[

You don't have one dream every night, you've got several. I trained my Dream Recall a little and I can recall up to 5 dreams on a good night, but only if I wake up once and then sleep again.

DoD and China, WILDing isn't the only technique to get an LD...

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You don't have one dream every night, you've got several. I trained my Dream Recall a little and I can recall up to 5 dreams on a good night, but only if I wake up once and then sleep again.

DoD and China, WILDing isn't the only technique to get an LD...

How do you train Dream recall?

www.dreamviews.com

Look around. It's common to have a dream journal, where you write down your dreams that you recall. It gives you mroe relation to your dreams and boosts your recall a lot.
But what helps most is confidence. As I restarted my interest in LDing, I suddenly recalled a lot of dreams again, while when being away from LDs, I recalled very few. You just gotta have some relation to your dreams and have confidence that you'll recall them, it helps a lot.

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www.dreamviews.com

Look around. It's common to have a dream journal, where you write down your dreams that you recall. It gives you mroe relation to your dreams and boosts your recall a lot.
But what helps most is confidence. As I restarted my interest in LDing, I suddenly recalled a lot of dreams again, while when being away from LDs, I recalled very few. You just gotta have some relation to your dreams and have confidence that you'll recall them, it helps a lot.

How can I have confidence? I mean how can I be confident if I have not remembered a dream in like 5 months. =[


edit: That site is amazing =]

What you're saying is exactely counter-productive. Just go to bed with the intention to recall your dreams. Don't do it with an inner monologe like "Imma recall my dreams tonight" but rather take it for granted that you recall them.

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What you're saying is exactely counter-productive. Just go to bed with the intention to recall your dreams. Don't do it with an inner monologe like "Imma recall my dreams tonight" but rather take it for granted that you recall them.

Oh ok I just wasn't sure what you meant =[.

Read my dream Journal =]

don't laugh...http://www.dreamviews.com/community/showthread.php?p=720582#post720582