Thread: Quick Tip for Better Dream Control

Although this is a very simple tip, its one that has taken me a while to learn in Dream Control:

Wait.

I don't know what it is, but whenever I go lucid I get impatient. Maybe 'cause I'm scared I'm going to lose lucidity, or because I'm worried that it may be my only lucid dream for a while, but what I've found is that if I just wait a few moments, my wishes manifest.

Example:
One lucid dream I wanted to speak to someone I hadn't seen in three years, and I kept saying to DCs "I know she's here, where is she?" and I started to lose lucidity, but sure enough, after a minute or two she came down the sidewalk. I guess there's some sort of buffer in the Dreamworld, and we have to learn to be patient.

Gee, I guess after all that typing, my tip wasn't as quick as advertised. Ah well.

Originally posted by loose id
Although this is a very simple tip, its one that has taken me a while to learn in Dream Control:

Wait.

I don't know what it is, but whenever I go lucid I get impatient. Maybe 'cause I'm scared I'm going to lose lucidity, or because I'm worried that it may be my only lucid dream for a while, but what I've found is that if I just wait a few moments, my wishes manifest.

Great advice.. I know now that I need to learn to wait and to stabilize the lucid dream before I go rushing off to explore.

Thanks for posting! :-)

This is exactly what I have learned through my lucid dreams. Once you realize you are lucid you get sooo excited to go and do something fun, often resulting in shorter lucids or loss of control. But when you stop...and don't just stop...but stop and analyze something. Like look at your hands. Look at the wrinkles in your hands. Look at the shine on a door knob etc. When you stop for a minute and examine something...it makes your lucid sooo much more vivid and last longer. And when you feel it starting to fade...again, stop. Kneel down. Examine the fibers on the carpet. Say things like "stabilize lucidity now" or "increase lucidicity now" or something that works for you.

Great tip.

I agree..patience and relaxation are key elements to lucid control.