Is there a way to become lucid every night without having to wake up. Should I buy one of those sleep masks?
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Is there a way to become lucid every night without having to wake up. Should I buy one of those sleep masks?
I don't own the mask, but from what I have heard, they don't get you lucid, they just help you get lucid, if you do your job, that is.
By that I mean, you still need to do your dream journal, RCs, mantras and practice awareness. Otherwise, you'll see the lights, or whatewer signal the mask will give you, but you will most likely not interpret it as a signal, that you are dreaming. You'll just take it as part of the dream and will not question it at all.
But if you practicing MILD already, it just takes little time for it to kick in at full speed for you to have more frequent LDs.
Now, this is just my opinion.
Practice and a lot of time. It's still different for everyone but this remains constant.
I had several lucid dreams last night. The first was a natural DILD. The rest were created from different techniques performed upon awakening from the previous lucid dream. Waking up from a dream provides plenty of opportunities to have another lucid dream. From my own experience and that of others having lucid dreams every night from a sleep mask is highly unlikely. Using a sleep mask still requires some groundwork with regards to reality checks. Lets say your sleep mask has red LED's. It detects the rapid movement of your eyes and begins to flash. A car may appear in your dream with its headlights flashing and you would have to deduce that they are flashing because your dream mask is flashing. You could easily miss the prompts as they will become a part of the dream and you will have to have developed a certain level of awareness to detect the prompts. I have tested a few different unusual methods that aren't on this forum for achieving lucid dreams every night but haven't found a solution - yet. I have three in progress at the moment.
l've tried the novadreamer mask and other methods but just as macwillis says, just because some very bright lights appear in a dream doesn't mean your going to realise your dreaming. lt's that 'Critical Faculty' that has to be developed to become conscious in a dream.
The only method l've used that actually gave me consistent awareness in dreams [don't think it was every night, but definitely more often] was by writing down every hour ' l am dreaming'. lt takes a lot of effort though. But this will definitely come up in your dreams and remind you that your in a dream.
You probably don't want to hear the whole 'just keep practicing and stay confident, then it'll come in time'-story, but I'm afraid that is the exact truth. It is possible (and attained by quite a few people on this forum) to get nightly LD's with only DILD and/or MILD. But it'll take time. Getting them every night can take years. Don't worry too much though, while working to get nightly LD's you will get a lot of them (on a little lower rate, but still) as well. So stay confident and keep practicing.
A little extra tip: because you'll have to stick with your practice for quite a while, it is advisable to choose a technique (or multiple techniques) based on how much they fit you, rather than the succes they have given you on the first few tries.
ADA which stands for all day awareness is a phenomenal technique to practice which if mastered can make every dream a lucid one in fact. Its very easy to implement into your daily schedule and in opinion is the pinnacle of lucid dreaming. I have had a lot of success with it personally so message me if you have any question.
Every night? I wish... or maybe I don't wish. If I became lucid every time I fell asleep I would look for anything that could keep me asleep (i.e. drugs) The lucid dream experience is that good. :cheeky:
I know it is efficacious but I wouldn't say that it is the pinnacle of lucid dreaming. It still requires a great deal of mental effort. If there was a five minute technique that would require only one application ever, that would turn a dreamer into a natural lucid dreamer, then I would call that the pinnacle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chewnie91
What I mean by this is simply if mastered you can achieve endless lucids. Every dream will be a lucid because the dream itself will be your dreamsign. So actually, yes it can be the pinnacle of dreaming if mastered. Yes it requires effort but its very easy to implement into your daily schedule and it actually with practice becomes second nature
My schedule is far too busy to be introducing ADA seriously into my life. I did do it yesterday when I was in the bath for half an hour because I know that it is worthwhile. The rest of the time I am just too busy to even remember to practice it so I completely disagree that it can be the pinnacle of lucid dreaming when it doesn't suit everyone.
Okay well do you not know the definition of pinnacle? It doesnt say "for everyone" anywhere in the definition. It simply means the highest point, the top, final goal. So again, yes it can be the pinnacle if you practice it enough. And you dont pactice at 30 minute intervals if you know the technique whatsoever. You start off small as to not ware your brain out because its very easy with this technique. So if you dont have 5 minutes in the day maybe twice a day to just really sit back and observe things then you must be too bogged down to be on here.
You should have said in your original post that it is the pinnacle of techniques for you personally. You clearly stated that in your opinion ADA it is the pinnacle of techniques universally, which implies to 'everyone' and not just exclusively to yourself or a small number of people. From my viewpoint it isn't because it is too impractical for me and therefore cannot be the the pinnacle of techniques universally. I know that it shouldn't be practiced at 30 minute intervals at odd sporadic times, it is something I experimented with for the first time yesterday as I know it is an efficacious method and I thought I had better aquaint myself with the method. I will keep doing it sporadically when I get the chance because my lifestyle could change at any time and a little experience will be beneficial. Time management is a crucial factor of my life at the moment. And to elaborate just for you, most of my time is taken up by running two businesses single handedly; writing two books and working my way through a pile of books three feet high for research purposes. Add to this all of the necessities of living and you can see that my mind is greatly preoccupied. Most of my awareness is focused on the mammoth tasks of organising my time and my mind. If I had a normal job or was doing a college course or was unemployed ADA would be appealing. I have half an hour before bed I set aside for lucid dream induction techniques. Personally, for inducing lucidity, I am using a combination of pranayama, EFT and Casteneda's instructions from the book, 'Journey to Ixtalan'. This is working well for me and I get a very good reward for the amount of time invested, far more than I would have with the traditional methods on this forum for MILD/DILD. I then use chaining to extend the number of lucid dreams that I can have throughout the night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chewnie91
If you get a chance, would you mind elaborating on your technique? I would love to read about it and try it out:)Quote:
Originally Posted by mcwillis
A perect technique that can get you lucid every single night without fail and you dont even have to practice just won't happen. It's like saying "okay, you've seen people swim before, right? Let's drop you in the water and see if you can do it as good as them." Pretty much anything worth your time requires practice. There's WILD which could potentially be an "every night" technique, but you still have to work on it.
I don't think I could ever be so lucky to have a lucid dream every night. I have been interested in lucid dreaming on and off since the mid 90's. I have tried almost all of the different techniques and I struggle constantly. I have excellent dream recall, especially when I give my DJ a lot of attention. The times I have the most luck with lucid dreaming is when I focus on reality checking throughout my day. I try to avoid just randomly doing a reality check, I prefer to do them only when something actually seems out of the ordinary or if something frightens me or something seems to good to be true. Try to stick with the technique that seems right for you because we are all different but I can't stress enough about focusing deeply on the reality checks. You must constantly be questioning your reality and understand you could be dreaming at any time!
Member Hukif here failed miserably for years but now has several lucid dreams every night. If I remember correctly he said he spent an entire day working with a reality check. Dedication in life is often the key to supreme success.
I just stumbled upon this thread and I couldn't resist to add my two cents :) I agree with you mcwillis on this topic regarding ADA. First of, whether day-time awareness can be carried effectively into dreams is still very much in debate. Let's face it, if by being most observing can get you tons of lucid dreams, then a highly trained spy or detective probably should be a natural lucid dreamer, LOL. Fact is, we are not who we normally are in the dream. We are often just a subset, with partial memories, habits, and even personalities in normal dreams. It is also not uncommon for these attributes be modified beyond recognition -- for example, we may turn out different gender, age, nationality, and sometimes we may not even be human at all! Thus, there is no guarantee that certain habits, which are developed in day-time, will get carried into dreams. By the same token, whether ADA should be an exception is also questionable.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcwillis
On our forum, which has over 60,000 members now, we have yet to see a single successful case of ADA, and that probably means something. Mind you, many of them pursue LDing very aggressively, including extensive practice of ADA, lucid living, or similar techniques that require day-time exercise. I don't want to rule out ADA for being effective, and I want to stress that the subject is still open to academic debate. However, I am certain it is not a method for the mass, and this conclusion is based on both my 20+ years of lucid dreaming research and statistics from a large sample base as mentioned above.
Is ADA effective? Perhaps. Is it the pinnacle? Well, I would hold my reservations.
Like, nonstop, all day long?Quote:
Originally Posted by mcwillis
The dream masks (i got a rem-dreamer), are, from what i experience, kinda shit. They indeed get me lucid every night (but too lucid in waking life so i can't fall asleep with the thing on, if you get what i mean).
ROFL :cheeky:
Practice practice practice. Also, I found this in DreamTube awhile back regarding lucid dream induction devices; food for thought:
Ok, but it would be a long guide as the EFT process would require a lot of explaining, so don't expect anything soon :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gab