This is a very simple method for inducing a lucid dream and remembering a task you want to do in a lucid dream. This is a self suggestion method, however the verbal self suggestion method never worked for me! As simple as it is. If you have had no luck using a verbal self suggestion for a lucid dream, try out this method! Apologies if someone else has posted something like this
Get ready for sleep, but before you do, grab a notebook and pen. Sit down on your bed and write over and over again two simple sentances. The first should be a given, "I will remember that I am dreaming." The second sentance is what you want to do in a dream. Just one sentance. Be specific! If its one of the monthly lucid tasks here and it has several steps, call it by its name. Don't write down the steps for the task. Simply write "Advanced Lucid Task" or "Dreamviews Task" ect. Think about for a moment what those words mean. KNOW what they stand for.
Write down sentance 1 and 2 at least three times. And really read it as you write it, and say it softly to yourself.
Go to sleep :D Dont worry if you have to stand up to turn off the light. You dont have to think about what you wrote. You can forget it, let your thoughts wander or try a different technique.
I've had mostly hits with this technique. My misses were when I didn't keep it simple and wrote a whole paragraph about what I wanted to do. My other miss was when I gave myself a task I didn't even want to do. Even when I wrote it I was telling myself "Meh..I dont want to do this". If you dont really want to do the task you have given yourself, you won't do it. Well at least in my experience, your subconscious will just pretend you never wrote anything. :banana: And my last miss was when I didnt even fall asleep for that night.........
So make sure whatever the task is, its something you do want to do that night. I lay down in my bed and ask myself what do I feel like doing in a dream tonight. Swimming with sharks? Transforming? The lucid task? Whatever it is I feel like doing that night, thats what I write.
In my experience this written method only kicks in during the last major dream of the night! And only the last one. Why I don't know. It kicks in during the middle of the dream too. I just suddenly become aware I am dreaming, for no good reason at all. And I instantly remember what it is I want to do. And there you have it!
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This is not the best method for extreme lucidity or extreme dream control. But it is a very simple method and a good way to try out something new in a dream.
Please post here if you have tried it and let me know your results!
