Attaining lucidity for longer periods of time?

[chronic817]

Whats up everyone? I have come across various reports of people lucid dreaming and being able to do many things in their dreams while I can only do so much...My experiences often tend to get the best of me and appear daunting, leaving me breathless. I have had many lucid experiences but they only seem to last anywhere from 10-60 seconds. They are incredible so I can only imagine what I am missing out on huh? I probably need to keep a dream journal but I thought it was basically useless when I found out about using WBTB and MILD in unison. How do I make them longer?

[SilverBullet]

My longest LDs usually happen when I don't try to control everything. I just walk around and explore whats going on, sometimes drifting in and out of lucidity.

[Arra]

I used to be worse. I had many lucid dreams, but usually woke up within 15 seconds. The few times I did achieve a lucid dream that lasted minutes was when I was not fully aware. I knew I was dreaming, and everything looked vivid and cool, but I wasn't aware enough to remember my real life or that I'm really lying in bed or that my actions don't affect reality, and it didn't even occur to me to try to change anything, or to do anything other than I was already doing in the dream. It was still definitely a lucid dream. I remembered it better than I ever could a normal dream, and everything was very memorably vivid. It sounds counterintuitive, but maybe you should at least try dulling your lucidity a bit. Make sure you remember that you're lucid, but leave it as a spark, don't think about it too much, don't repeat to yourself "OMG IM LUCID DREAMING!!!!!" or anything, and continue to be involved with whatever you were doing in the dream before. I'm guessing, from hearing others' experiences, that it is possible to have full, aware and long-lasting lucidity. I hope to achieve that someday, and I hope you do too. I'm just saying that, in the meantime, it wouldn't hurt to try this technique the next time you become lucid, as it's a bit of a different experience.

[jmanjohn]

Just stay calm. I know its kinda been suggested, but the simplest idea is usually the best. Don't repeat stay calm or anything, but understand that being calm will help you last longer in the dream. I don't really agree that you have to do what the dream wants and you'll last longer. My longest lucids have been when i was doing what i wanted. But just to reiterate, stay calm, understand its a dream, and enjoy the lucid.

[mcwillis]

Regular palpation and peering is often necessary and for some people essential. I have had DILD's in the past that lasted about half an hour without having any knowledge of deepening and maintaing techniques. Immediately entering a lucid spend ten seconds looking at objects at a close range of a few inches. And at the same time feeling the tactile sensations of the textures of these objects. Ideally spend no more than a second on an object. This will immediately deepen and stabilise the lucid. Keep doing it regularly to maintain and thus extend the length of the lucid.