nzguy
03-24-2008, 02:25 AM
Okay, I'll just cover some boring background stuff to bring you up to speed with my situation...
I first came to dreamviews about a year ago, and I tried everything I could to Lucid Dream - every method you can think of. I was hardcore into it. Dream journaling, the lot. I gave up about a month later with no success simply assuming it wasn't for me. Despite my near-perfect dream recall, I just couldn't LD. It wasn't until yesterday I was searching through some old bookmarks and I found dreamviews. I became interested again, so I decided to give it a go that night.
I know I broke the rules terribly, but I decided not to go to sleep and get up 4 hours later like I remembered it said because I had work this morning, but I just wanted to see what would happen. I was pleasantly surprised by the results. I simply got comfortable on my back, closed my eyes, lay dead still, and did some eye excercises. Within a few minutes, I saw the colored lights on the black backdrop I remembered experiencing last year, and I kind of "drew" them closer. That was when everything changed. My hearing seemed to shut down and I began to twitch strangely. I had gotten this far in my last attempts, but this time I wasn't at all afraid, so I pushed on. The next thing I noticed was that my arms went numb and they felt like they simply didn't exist anymore. A few minutes later, I was able to 'move' them, but I knew they physically weren't moving. It was the most extraordinary experience. I lay there for about another half hour, but nothing happened, so I decided to go to sleep and try again tonight.
So what I really want to know is how close was I to actually succeeding in my first proper LD and what can I do to make it happen next time? I'm really interested in this whole thing and I'm looking forward to starting up my dream journal again.
Thanks in advance :bowdown:
I first came to dreamviews about a year ago, and I tried everything I could to Lucid Dream - every method you can think of. I was hardcore into it. Dream journaling, the lot. I gave up about a month later with no success simply assuming it wasn't for me. Despite my near-perfect dream recall, I just couldn't LD. It wasn't until yesterday I was searching through some old bookmarks and I found dreamviews. I became interested again, so I decided to give it a go that night.
I know I broke the rules terribly, but I decided not to go to sleep and get up 4 hours later like I remembered it said because I had work this morning, but I just wanted to see what would happen. I was pleasantly surprised by the results. I simply got comfortable on my back, closed my eyes, lay dead still, and did some eye excercises. Within a few minutes, I saw the colored lights on the black backdrop I remembered experiencing last year, and I kind of "drew" them closer. That was when everything changed. My hearing seemed to shut down and I began to twitch strangely. I had gotten this far in my last attempts, but this time I wasn't at all afraid, so I pushed on. The next thing I noticed was that my arms went numb and they felt like they simply didn't exist anymore. A few minutes later, I was able to 'move' them, but I knew they physically weren't moving. It was the most extraordinary experience. I lay there for about another half hour, but nothing happened, so I decided to go to sleep and try again tonight.
So what I really want to know is how close was I to actually succeeding in my first proper LD and what can I do to make it happen next time? I'm really interested in this whole thing and I'm looking forward to starting up my dream journal again.
Thanks in advance :bowdown: