Thread: Question for the experts.

You can also close your eyes and try to imagine yourself somewhere else, like New York City or something.

Or you can kick down one of the walls of the room and see what's on the other side.

well, i'm far from an expert, but i often have lucids which start in rather barren environments.

if indoors, stabilize your lucidity, and then open a door expecting it to give access to an interesting dreamscape, without straining or overthinking.

I see how baron my dreamscape is and I feel overwhelmed with the urge to.... make something happen... Then I usually wake up[/b]

i've found that while learning (which i certainly still am...most of my lucids are only 1-3 minutes long) it is best to allow the dream to happen to you moreso than trying to create or influence an entire dream by will alone.

good to see you progressing, and posting
sweet dreams.

I remember when i first started becomming lucid...some of the same problems occured...

Dreams happen to us, and we can guide them, but ultimately we cannot control the unconscious right away because we live mostly in the conscious...

Just never close your eyes...i dunno, that was what took me to strange places or woke me up.

I know it will just take more time and practice. Believe me, I am trying... I have "willed" someone to be in a room once, but as soon as it happened, of course I woke up. I have tried going to another environment by opening a door and of course, as soon as I turned the knob, I woke up. I know it is just the excitement of knowing what I am doing and the anticipation of seeing what will happen.

I think that I am a bit slower developing these skills than a lot of people. Not a big deal to me, I just need to keep practicing.

Thanks for the responses.

Originally posted by arne saknussemm
Let me know if you try what I suggested, and what the results were.

I will try it the next time. I haven't been lucid since the original post, so.... Honestly though, I have never talked in my Lucid Dreams, so shouting may be a difficult challenge for me. I think that deep down, I know I am sleeping and I am afraid of yelling in my sleep.


We shall see. It will make for a good challenge as well. Good to have goals.

Originally posted by carlhungis


I will try it the next time. I haven't been lucid since the original post, so.... Honestly though, I have never talked in my Lucid Dreams, so shouting may be a difficult challenge for me. I think that deep down, I know I am sleeping and I am afraid of yelling in my sleep.


We shall see. It will make for a good challenge as well. Good to have goals.

It looks like you're gonna be fine. However, don't forget that what you expect is what you get in dreams. If you think shouting will be difficult in your dreams, it will be. There is no reason to think that though, since you've probably talked in real life before... I assume. O.o
Just realize that you've got nothing hard ahead of you. Nothing to be afraid of.

Same goes for when you say things like: "when I willed someone into the dream, I of course woke up". The fact that you said of course indicates that this is what you were expecting to happen. If that was the case, then this will most likely have been the only cause for you to wake. So keep that in mind. It always works that way with every kind of dream control. Nothing is as hard as you think it to be in dreams.