What does it take (to LD)?

In addition to fundamentals of building greatly heightened awareness, training dream recall to very high levels, and learning and performing the various night-time practices (WBTB, MILD/WILD, intention, noticing wakings), it takes "the 3 D's":

  • dedication
  • determination
  • desire (very very very strong: it must be a "need")


How long does it take? As long as it takes! That is not a flippant answer -- the lucid dreaming discipline is a life-long journey of self-discovery concerning awareness, dreaming, and sleeping. If you start to think of it that way, as a journey rather than a destination, then your head will start to get in the right place.

Summary: work hard/diligently, practice regularly, and never quit.