Dreaming Awake - Creating the Bridge

**LucidOne** · 04-16-2004 12:28 AM

In order to stay conscious between waking and sleeping realities, one must create a bridge.

Choose any object in your room. Something without a lot of meaning is best. Focus on this object before you go to sleep for about ten minutes. Look at it in detail. Memorize it in from all angles until you can visualize it fairly easily in your mind.

Now return to bed and focus on the object. It will be your bridge, your path from waking to sleeping realities. While you are focusing your mind on the object you will go through stages. Be sure your bladder is empty and your stomach content, but not overly full.

1) Take a comfortable position in your bed. Sink into it. Reassure your body that you will not fall, that you cannot be harmed.

2) Relax your muscles. Focus primarily on the calves, shoulders, hands, and jaw muscles. Let them go, even if this means letting your mouth hang open. This leads into #3.

3) Focus on your breathing. Breath lightly, making little to no noise, but breath deeply so that your stomach moves, and not your cheast. Allow the breath to enter both the nose and your mouth, which should be slightly open if your jaw is relaxed completely. Relax and resist the urge to swallow. Your mouth may get dry, but that's what happens when you sleep. Do not worry. No harm will come to your mouth or throat.

4) Allow your tounge to lay comfortably in your mouth. Reassure your body that your tounge will not obstruct your airway during sleep.

5) Your perception will now fade off in the following order:

1st - Body
2nd - Breathing
3rd - Heartbeat

At this point you should still be retaining the image of your bridge. Follow it until you reach the state of Dreaming Awake.

~LucidOne

**Howie** · 04-16-2004 01:17 AM

WELCOME LUCID ONE

I have never heard of that technique. Quite interesting. I will have to try it out. First I will print it out so I have it there in front of me because my memory isn't for *^##*!>.

**Umbrasquall** · 04-16-2004 03:22 AM

Welcome to the forums!

That bridge is an intriguing technique. It seems like a mix of MILD and WILD. But more solid.

**LucidOne** · 04-16-2004 04:20 AM

Greetings. Thank you for the kind welcome. I enjoy helping other explorers of consciousness and have much to share, and learn as well. Thanks again for the warm welcome.

~LucidOne

**Lucky27** · 04-19-2004 03:43 AM

My friend told me to do something like that, except it's not as technical... you concentrate on an object for about 5-10mins and go to sleep, then if you see the object in a dream do a Reality Test and you might go lucid...

**:: astounded ::** · 04-20-2004 07:44 AM

tried this the other night, didn't work... i don't think i was following all the directions to par though. Going to try again tonight.

**Seeker** · 04-20-2004 12:51 PM

Welcome LucidOne!! It's always good to learn new techniques.

What is the quality level of the LD's you get from using this technique?

Can you use this technique in the early morning yours to induce WILD easier?

**YULAW** · 04-20-2004 03:17 PM

Welcome LucidOne, very interesting techniques. It's really good to have someone introduce new ideas and ways of attaining Lucidity, and that my friend is what it's all about. I welcome you. See ya around.

**LucidOne** · 04-20-2004 03:24 PM

The quality of lucid dream does not depend on technique used to reach the state, but on the individual's personal power and level of awareness.

This technique can be used anytime. I would start out using it at any time during your sleep cycle first, and then after you have had a measure of success with it, during the day from a waking state.

~LucidOne