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accomplished at lucid dreaming?
Heyy, i was wondering about lucid dreaming or conscious dreaming. (dreaming while being aware that you are in a dream and therefore can control what you do in the dream.)
i have read all about it and know all there is to know but i was wondering if anyone here knows haw to do it. If so can you give me any tips on how you learned how to train yourself to dream lucidly? i would really like to learn how.
please get back to me if you know how to do it!
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i had a lucid dream once... it was messed up.. i dreamt my dad was making a bear trap in a big square room some were (i never went outside the room) but the bear trap was a hole in the ground that was like 18 foot deep and a perfect square (do you remember the sceme from star wars or an indiana jons film were the walls are closing in on the hero's? well the hole did that) it was really stupid because i must have rememberd fromthe day before that i had cocktail sausages you know the ones on the stick :P well anyway i got a cocktail stick from out of no were and propped the wall up with it...and i was shouting at my dad to pull me out of the pit with somthing at the side of the big square room i look round and the cocktail stick snapped (i allways snap the stick after eating the sausage :P) and the walls slammed together and i woke up :< it was a funky dream, i dont have many dreams but that was one that ill remember
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It is a state of mind.
However there are ways to practice. It is extremely extremely hard. Very hard in fact, it takes a lot of time to even get to that point, on will, or command. Naturally it comes because you've actually thought about it and things seep through.
Personally, I've trained myself how to do it. It took about two months, I actually had 2 in a row which was great, and I eventually moved up where instead of controlling to fly- i was about to move objects, ANYWAYS! hah its fun. Okay-
There are sites out there, which as you've said you know everything about.
So here's what I did.
1: Question your surroundings. Ask yourself all the time in your head, "Where am I exactly? What Time is it? Is it the Summer?" things like that, so that when you enter your dream state, naturally you've already questioned everything so if anything is different, you're mind would have already questioned it and realize "Wait, I shouldn't be in London right now, or.. it was 12:00 when went to bed, or.. This isn't my friend" Then you are aware. You probably know that there is no concept of time in dreams, nor is there a concept of light. I've never had the experience of seeing if a lightswitch worked or not (supposedly it doesn't), but I have seen the time change rapidly and thats a good key to witness.
2: I was told to drink milk before going to bed, not sure if that helps and I didn't use it.
3: I usually looked at my hands right before sleeping. Like a GOOD turn about as if I was studying something so plain that I see everything, really look. Because one time I entered a dream and just so happened to be running away from something and my hands flashed in front of me, they were in the position with all fingers glues togethe, thumbs jagged out and palm flat.. To me it seemed very blurry and I knew these weren't how my hands looked. SO i stopped and I said I don't need to run, I can fly!
3: Be aware of your control. This other time in my dream, I was very scared, actually same dream as the hand one- to be more confirmed there was my friend running ahead of me and I told him "Wait wait! wait for me" or something, and of course he did. And then i remembered wait that doesn't help him, zombies will get us both (whatever) so I said "go go!" but i wasn't speaking any of these words, i was thinking it, so i knew I had power over him.
4: DO NOT GET OVEREXCITED. usuaully when people realize they are lucid dreaming they get over excited and wake themselves up. It's something you should be aware of. First, realize your dreaming then consciously put an effort to not be to hasty. I remember once when i was flying I asked myself, Okay what do I want to see, and Of course I wanted to see .. a girl, but because your mind is very rapid (VERY, in dreaming ,your decisions come in measures beyond time, less then half a second, i forgot the term) so anyways, my mind went straight to something else besides seeing her and i conjured up an airplane in the distance, and it grew really big because i wanted to know what it was- and BAM I shocked myself too much and woke up)
5: I also tried to keep a dream journal, i think if i did more of this it would def. help but it was too much of a hassle for me. Write down your dream signs of what you dream about mostly. If its a girl and you say "wait i only see you here, your supposed to be in london or something" or a different place, maybe your in london. I think its always a different time/place/person. Anyways be aware of what you dream about, and learn how you got to that in the first place.
6: THE THING I DID MOST. before going to bed, i always told myself repeatedly, open mouthed - lucid dream, lucid dream, lucid dream (of course i know exactly what that means, but if your brain doesnt just tell yourself, "I'm going to bed, I'm going to dream, I'm going to go sleep, etc") then your mind will know where it will be going and your consciously putting an effort. This WILL NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHt. But the key is to always Think about it. if you want it bad enough, you'll get it. Just keep thinking of lucid dreaming (i may even have one tonight for telling you all this)
ITs very hard, and .. its a lot of work when your awake. It does make your dreams seem cooler, its a cool sensation to fly and moving objects man! haha in that one i conjured a dinosaur because the rocks reminded me of tar, tar reminded me of lava, or some theme park and thats how i got it.
remember, don't get too exited, control yourself.
Hope this helped! Best of luck!
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Lucid dreaming isn't exactly something you can train yourself to do. It's a state of mind, and you can't really control it. It has to come naturally..
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