Thread: Instant lucidity possible?

You'll have to define what you mean here. Do you mean learning how to do it instantly, or achieving it the moment you fall asleep?

In general, instant lucidity is the ability to have a lucid dream whenever you want. If I wanted one right now I could have one right now. As for the orginal question I was asking if this is possible for anyone. I guess the question about whether this ability can be learned or not is another good question too.

Assuming we're talking about doing this while we're asleep and already dreaming, then I'd have to say yes, it's possible. I'm pretty sure that many people are pretty close to that ideal already.

If you have enough experience you should be able to have lucid dreams at will. I'm reading Stephen LaBerge's book "Exploring the world of lucid dreaming" and he mentions that he can have lucid dreams whenever he wants

Originally Posted by thafrenchman

If you have enough experience you should be able to have lucid dreams at will. I'm reading Stephen LaBerge's book "Exploring the world of lucid dreaming" and he mentions that he can have lucid dreams whenever he wants

I've never read his book, but does the book mention what technique the author uses to have a lucid dream? Generally speaking, I have one lucid dream per night . It is my goal to find a technique to have a lucid dream at will. Any suggestions?

I guess if you center your life around lucid dreaming, you'll be able to have them whenever you want. Besides, I bet all those buddhist monks or the tibetan dream yogists can do it. I really don't see a reason for it to be impossible.

Originally Posted by Bonsay

I guess if you center your life around lucid dreaming, you'll be able to have them whenever you want. Besides, I bet all those buddhist monks or the tibetan dream yogists can do it. I really don't see a reason for it to be impossible.

It's possible you just have to have a lot of practice in order to be able to do it. Don't expect to be able to have a Lucid Dream whenever you want after practicing for a short amount of time.

I have been through times when I could become Lucid at will. At least pretty much any night I wanted. And maybe four to five Times in a night. I think it's more about motivation than technigue. I am working on getting back to that point now. I was almost there before a situation came up in my life that caused a dry spell. Then the last week in may I started getting Lucid again, But I ended up getting sick in the first week of june. And it sent me back into another dry spell, because I was losing sleep.

I would suggest finding a good technique that works for you. Then if you work hard enough at it, and bring enough energy into it. you will start having more and more. Until it gets to the point, where you get used to the feeling of being in a dream. And you just start to know that your dreaming, without hardly any effort. It is possible, And I think if I have been able to do it anyone can. Because I have to work Damn hard to get that first Lucid in, after a long time of not doing it.

I actualy got pretty Lucky with my first lucid dream when I was a teenager.
I decided that I was going to learn to know I was dreaming. And I got so excited and determined to do it, that I induced my first Lucid dream within a couple of hours of deciding to do it. If thats not becoming Lucid instantly I don't know what is. It just goes to show how powerful a technigue, pure motivation can be.

I really think success breeds success on all things in life, and LDing is no exception. That initial hurdle of getting one or two LDs might seem insurmountable at first, but once that barrier is broken... I can picture one day thinking "Oh, I remember my noob LD days when I though one LD was hard! lol" Hell, at one point I truly questioned whether LDing itself was real!

It's definitely possible to LD at will, as long as you keep dreaming!

I'm glad to hear what people have to say on this matter. Lucid dreaming is just absolutley fascinating for myself and I'm sure for many others, so why hasn't there been ground breaking research on this topic? I'm sure if more people began to learn about lucid dreaming, more and more studies would be done in this area of research. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I keep on thinking there is an easy "trick" to lucid dreaming that no one has found yet. With this "trick" anyone could have lucid dreams at will. Anyone else have the same thoughts as me?

Originally Posted by DCK7

I'm glad to hear what people have to say on this matter. Lucid dreaming is just absolutley fascinating for myself and I'm sure for many others, so why hasn't there been ground breaking research on this topic? I'm sure if more people began to learn about lucid dreaming, more and more studies would be done in this area of research. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I keep on thinking there is an easy "trick" to lucid dreaming that no one has found yet. With this "trick" anyone could have lucid dreams at will. Anyone else have the same thoughts as me?

I doubt there will ever be an easy "trick" to achieving lucidity, unless someone invents some magic pill or something. Considering it's all in the mind, and how complex and different everyone's minds are... I saw someone mention LaBerge's Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming in the replies. It's an excellent book. The author talks about numerous techniques that have been used and perfected by Tibetan monks, experienced oneironauts, and himself.

The author claims that after enough vigorous practice, just about anyone can achieve a state where he/she can lucid dream at will using no more effort than casually thinking, "I could go for a lucid tonight."

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

I doubt there will ever be an easy "trick" to achieving lucidity, unless someone invents some magic pill or something. Considering it's all in the mind, and how complex and different everyone's minds are... I saw someone mention LaBerge's Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming in the replies. It's an excellent book. The author talks about numerous techniques that have been used and perfected by Tibetan monks, experienced oneironauts, and himself.

The author claims that after enough vigorous practice, just about anyone can achieve a state where he/she can lucid dream at will using no more effort than casually thinking, "I could go for a lucid tonight."

Yes, everyone's mind is different and unique. However, I still believe that there is something out there about lucid dreaming that no one has discovered yet. Look at how new this area of research is. I'm sure there will be great advancements in this field over time as more and more scientists start studying this topic. The advancments may be in form of a pill, device, etc. Basically, no one thinks this will happen besides me?

No I definitely wouldn't rule out an invention of some sort of pill or device, but at the same time I don't think that will happen any time soon. Just think how many people still look at you like you're crazy if you mention lucid dreaming to them. So... I suppose my main point is that we might as well stick to the techniques we have now and not put off our hopes of LDing, waiting for some trick to come along. I doubt it will be in our lifetimes.

It's really tough to wrap your minds around it, but LDing isn't hard if you believe it's easy. Take it from me; it took me a couple years to get to it but I can LD whenever I want to. Now, there are tons of people who are confident and believe in themselves 100% who fail. The simple reason for this is because on some level they know that they're forcing this confidence and it is therefore fake. In order to LD on will, you have to be much more casual about it. You have to let your mind do it for you rather than trying to force it to. Let your mind find that feeling of LDs being natural to you, as if you'd done them your entire life. Hopefully that didn't seem preachy. Yes, everyone's minds are different, but I think that will work for just about everyone with varying levels of work toward it.

Originally Posted by DCK7

I'm glad to hear what people have to say on this matter. Lucid dreaming is just absolutley fascinating for myself and I'm sure for many others, so why hasn't there been ground breaking research on this topic? I'm sure if more people began to learn about lucid dreaming, more and more studies would be done in this area of research. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I keep on thinking there is an easy "trick" to lucid dreaming that no one has found yet. With this "trick" anyone could have lucid dreams at will. Anyone else have the same thoughts as me?

I think the best easy trick, will come in the form of evolution. As long as more and more people keep learning it, it will be just like anything else. It will get easier with every generation. Until Like laberge says in his book, some day It could be as easy as falling asleep.