Designing an Affirmation to attain lucidity with help from the Subconscious Mind

**Univorsus** · 05-31-2011 10:13 PM

Hello everybody,

I was reading this post and find this link in it. After reading all the document (it is a really easy reading, 19 pages and a huge font size) I thought that trying the suggested method could not hurt me.

It basically consists on repeating an Affirmation for 15-20 minutes a day, after 5 minutes of relaxation (somewhat similar to Nidra Yoga). This Affirmation should be written following some key points:

1-It should be written in present tense (e.g. I am rich)
2-It should contain absolute or infinite terms (e.g. I have all the lucid dreams I want)
3-Don't worry about it's logical sense: the Subconscious will believe anything. Thus, put your goals as high as possible (always within what the author calls the "Laws of the Universe").

In respect to the saying of the Affirmation:

1-It should be repeated a lot (every skill is learned through repetition)
2-It can be thought, it is not necessary to say it loud.
3-You should feel the emotion of already having/achieving what you want while saying the Affirmation for quicker results.
4-It should be said when waking up (not sure about this, maybe saying it at night could be more interesting as it would put our mind in the "right" direction).
5-Try to say it with conviction and confidence that your Subcosncious will do the job.

So, my next goal is to write an Affirmation that directs my Subconscious to lucid dreaming regularly. I am posting an initial guess, and what I am expecting is some constructive suggestions from anybody to finally come up with a working Affirmation.

After deciding for a final version of the Affirmation, I'll experiment with it (and it would be nice if more people wanted to try it) and post any results. So here it goes:

"I always know if I am dreaming or not. My dreams are lucid. They are extremely vivid and stable. I remember all my dreams when I wake up."

So here I am asking for:
- Attaining lucidity
- Vividness
- Stability
- Recall

Any suggestions?

Maybe a simple "I lucid dream" would be more effective? In the mentioned e-book the author writes pretty long Affirmations, probably for constraining the Subconscious interpretations and ensuring a minimum deviation from the goal in mind.

Maybe asking also for dream control?

Thank you.

**Robot_Butler** · 06-01-2011 12:29 AM

"My dreams are lucid" is a little vague. Unless you really have a firm grip on what "lucid" means, you might want something more direct. I really like the first part about knowing if you are dreaming. Maybe something about recognizing that you are dreaming. That way you can imagine yourself recognizing the dream, and becoming lucid, and reality checking. Or maybe, "I am lucid and aware of myself and my surroundings." That way you don't limit it to only in dreams.

**dreamcatcher81** · 06-01-2011 03:02 AM

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

"My dreams are lucid" is a little vague. Unless you really have a firm grip on what "lucid" means, you might want something more direct. I really like the first part about knowing if you are dreaming. Maybe something about recognizing that you are dreaming. That way you can imagine yourself recognizing the dream, and becoming lucid, and reality checking. Or maybe, "I am lucid and aware of myself and my surroundings." That way you don't limit it to only in dreams.

Visualizing becoming lucid in a dream before hand sounds like a great plan of action.

**Univorsus** · 06-01-2011 07:58 AM

Thank you for your comments!

My second attempt is as follows (yeah, you'll notice more ambition this time

):

"I am always fully aware of me and my surroundings. When I enter a dream I immediately realize that I am dreaming. All my dreams are lucid. They are incredibly vivid and very stable. They are a great source of wisdom and self-knowledge. When I wake up I perfectly remember all my dreams from the past night."

And what about saying it two times a day? One in the morning, before starting the day (this way your subconscious will work about it during the day), and the other before falling asleep.

thanks!

**44CalibreSunlight** · 06-04-2011 08:15 PM

I've been getting back into meditation lately, usually before bed, and last night while 10 minutes in or so, I started giving myself very clear affirmations with regard to lucid dreaming, though if I had read this and thought to use absolute terms in the present tense I think they would have had more of impact.

**Avalanche** · 06-04-2011 10:53 PM

Auto-suggestion eh? It's a proven method, people have gotten lucid by this. However it is a simple method, don't just go on it exclusively. Maybe couple this with whatever other method you are doing. Although if you want test if it works or not, obviously do it by itself.

My ADA hasn't shown any results yet for me, after 2 weeks. Hope is waining. I may try this as it is so simple.