Thread: Has anyone found a way to prolong dream time?

Not me unfortunately. I'll keep an eye on this thread to see if anyone else has, though, because my lucids are usually only around five minutes each.

There is a way to actually start another dream while you're lucid. From that second dream create another dream and so on. Eventually you'll be tied in lucid dreams and false awakenings.

So kinda like in Inception, isn't it?
Makes sense, because I've been in a lucid dream within a non-lucid dream, and when I wake up from the lucid dream I'm still in the non-lucid dream.

One time I went to sleep in a lucid dream to see if I could extend the dream time, but instead I woke up, since then I haven't tried again, but I guess I could try again in my next lucid

Originally Posted by AndresLD

So kinda like in Inception, isn't it?
Makes sense, because I've been in a lucid dream within a non-lucid dream, and when I wake up from the lucid dream I'm still in the non-lucid dream.

One time I went to sleep in a lucid dream to see if I could extend the dream time, but instead I woke up, since then I haven't tried again, but I guess I could try again in my next lucid

Try to avoid putting your body in the same position in the dream world as the real world

http://www.dreamviews.com/f14/my-tut...ours-ld-94752/ , a post that wil come in handy i think

^Nice motorcycle.

I might get one when I have a little more money

^Nice motorcycle.

I might get one when I have a little more money

Originally Posted by XeL

^Nice motorcycle.

I might get one when I have a little more money

haha i am buying a Honda CBR 250R (im almost 18)

Originally Posted by infinity101

http://www.dreamviews.com/f14/my-tut...ours-ld-94752/ , a post that wil come in handy i think

I read this a couple of days ago, I'm definitely aiming to try this on my next LD. It does seem to give you more time, but I was thinking more of a technique to combine with that one. My aim is to extend real dreaming time as well as 'psychological time' as they referred to it in another thread.

My problem is that as soon as I start thinking about extending the dream time, I also start worrying about when I will wake up. And as most of us know, what you think of becomes a reality.

So while that tutorial has many good points, I find it more effective to just ignore time all together. If you don't focus on how long a dream will last, it will last a lot longer (at least for me.)

However, I'm sure it is possible. It is just a matter of tricking your mind into the belief structure that time will be extended. How about creating a pocket watch, and when the clock winds down to a certain point the dream will end. Just believe that this will be the case. To trick yourself, periodically reset the watch so it never actually reaches the point where the dream will end. Every time you do this you are telling yourself that the dream time has been completely reset.

Whatever symbols/methods seem to work best for you, intuitively, will end up working.

Originally Posted by Tranquil Toad

My problem is that as soon as I start thinking about extending the dream time, I also start worrying about when I will wake up. And as most of us know, what you think of becomes a reality.

So while that tutorial has many good points, I find it more effective to just ignore time all together. If you don't focus on how long a dream will last, it will last a lot longer (at least for me.)

However, I'm sure it is possible. It is just a matter of tricking your mind into the belief structure that time will be extended. How about creating a pocket watch, and when the clock winds down to a certain point the dream will end. Just believe that this will be the case. To trick yourself, periodically reset the watch so it never actually reaches the point where the dream will end. Every time you do this you are telling yourself that the dream time has been completely reset.

Whatever symbols/methods seem to work best for you, intuitively, will end up working.

thats a really good idea

Weird. I just made a thread on Time Dilation, but I didn't notice this one. Anyway, here are two techniques that work for me:

1) Do nothing.
Most people when they first become lucid, get excited and go flying or fucking, or some other dream goals. Instead, just do nothing. Try to spend an entire dream in the same room. Walk around and touch things, constantly reminding yourself that it's a dream by saying it out loud. I have never spent an entire dream in a room, by the way, but I came close. You know how time seems to go by slow when you do nothing and get bored in waking life?
The funny thing is, no one ever gets bored in a lucid dream. Try. You can't. But, it will dilate time, for sure.

2) Pluck the fabric of time and space. In order to do this, you need to perceive each dream as a bubble, and pluck at it like a guitar string. I did this one dream kind of instinctively, and it worked.

Read Raven Knight's DJ for how she does it.

I will check your thread ASAP Nomad .
I'll try to do... well nothing, if that's possible x), but I'll also look into that whole 'fabric pluck' thing . Thanks Nomad!

When you feel a dream ending dont freak out or except it. Just keep thinking to yourself that its just going into a differient dream. And instead of ending it will just change scenes.

This night i had a LD and asked my dreamguide what should i do to prolong the dream. She said "don't stop moving". It worked. it may sound like a little strange but i just woke up in the second that i stopped moving. It was a very long dream.