Increasing Dreaming Attention

[stprue]

Hello all I have just really started becoming serious about LD and meditation and over the past few months I have had 4 LD's. My first one was really fantastic and the others were great too just to short. My problem is that I feel that I am coming out of the LD to quickly and was wondering if anybody has particular techniques for increasing your dreaming attention so as to not come out of the LD so fast?? I would welcome any advice and would love to hear some stories.

[Puffin]

Do you mean you're waking up too soon? In that case, try to remain as calm as possible, as soon as you can after becoming lucid. And don't think of your physical body lying in bed. If you begin to think about that, stop and distract yourself with the dream scenery by looking around and repeating, "I'm dreaming." Touching objects also helps take your attention off the fact that you know you're actually asleep in bed, as does looking around. If you're actually losing lucidity, the above techniques can also help with that. Whatever you're doing to attain lucidity is clearly working, so maybe try turning it up a few notches to increase your awareness even more. It might help you become even more conscious in the dream, and less likely to lose your lucidity. I have lots of experience with losing lucidity (not so much waking up, but still), and the above things have really helped me improve my attention span. Good luck.

[stprue]

@Puffin Thank you for your quick response, this is probable one of the main issues that I am experiencing as I have a drive that I actually need to accomplish as many tests as I can before losing lucidity. I can see how this stat of mind would make me lose my dreaming attention. In my next LD I will observe my surroundings and take my time to learn proper patience. Thanks again

[Puffin]

No problem, I'm glad I could help. I too had that urge to run off and do things "before losing lucidity", but I eventually conquered it with a bit of practice. :D

[SadRobot]

I began lucid dreaming only about three months ago, and I've been having similar problems as well. My dreams start to fade out almost immediately after becoming lucid. I've had some success in the past where I'm conscious for a few minutes, but lately my dreams seem to evaporate within 30-60 seconds. I find it difficult to convince myself that I'm dreaming well enough for my dreams to be stable and explorable. I guess I don't spend enough time examining my surroundings and my dream body, for I've heard that looking for details in your dream helps with clarity and stabilization. I'll take Puffin's advice and try to use my senses to my advantage.

[stprue]

I began lucid dreaming only about three months ago, and I've been having similar problems as well. My dreams start to fade out almost immediately after becoming lucid. I've had some success in the past where I'm conscious for a few minutes, but lately my dreams seem to evaporate within 30-60 seconds. I find it difficult to convince myself that I'm dreaming well enough for my dreams to be stable and explorable. I guess I don't spend enough time examining my surroundings and my dream body, for I've heard that looking for details in your dream helps with clarity and stabilization. I'll take Puffin's advice and try to use my senses to my advantage. Details definitely help, in my lucid dreams.....as soon as I realize that I'm dreaming I have a feeling of needing to accomplish tasks tat I have pre-set out to do. This subconsciously tells me that I dont have a lot of time and to hurry with what I have to do before I lose dreaming attention or lucidity. I think this may be the problem. I will follow Puffins advice on relaxing and take my time to look at the details. I think this may help.

[elucid]

Like puffin said, touching objects and looking around can keep your attention on the dream. Another thing that you can try is that next time you become lucid, just simply sit down and look around at a slow pace, this can help stabilize the dream and you can stay in it longer.

[stprue]

Like puffin said, touching objects and looking around can keep your attention on the dream. Another thing that you can try is that next time you become lucid, just simply sit down and look around at a slow pace, this can help stabilize the dream and you can stay in it longer. I was thinking along these lines. If I sit down or at least stop and maybe change my scenery to some thing neutral, like a plain white scene and a clock like I have heard of recently to practice lengthiness your time in LD's.