Instant lucidity?

**Vast Oceans** · 01-04-2011 10:05 PM

It seems that most lucid dream occur (late) in the morning and in the last cycles of REM-stage. Has anyone ever attended a lucid dream almost directly after entering sleep and thus in the first cycle of REM-stage? Also considered its a regular kind of day (not an exhausting kind of sleep.)

Personally I can only recall lucidity around 5:00 AM.

**mcwillis** · 01-04-2011 11:49 PM

I once went to bed at midnight and woke up at 1 am after having four independant lucids that weren't DEILD's. For most of that hour I would have been in N-REM sleep, but recent reseach in the last few years shows that we do dream In N-REM sleep.

**Burke** · 01-05-2011 03:12 AM

People do dream in N-REM sleep (the first 4 or so hours of sleeping) but are not likely to remember them, but it is possible to get lucid during it (as mcwilliws said, he did). I think I've recalled about one dream in N-REM sleep but it was very long and vivid.

**faceonmars** · 01-05-2011 03:32 AM

Originally Posted by Vast Oceans

Has anyone ever attended a lucid dream almost directly after entering sleep and thus in the first cycle of REM-stage?

One of the most life affirming LD's I ever had was directly upon entering sleep. I entered it flying and immediately lucid. I soon found myself in, what I term, the tree of life. I have had several since all involving deep relaxation techniques and visual meditation. However , most of my LD's are still WILD and DILD.

**nobodycares** · 01-06-2011 02:52 AM

I once woke up an hour after falling asleep and it felt like I was on another world. I sometimes wonder if we dream all night long through every stage of sleep.