Thread: Ask me anything, but not why I haven't.

Ask me a question regarding lucid dreaming. Ask me anything. Ask me why you're dreams aren't vivid. Ask me what chemicals enhance your neurological synapses that could increase your dreaming experience. Ask me what side of the brain deals with consciousness and where thoughts from your day are stored in memory that might or might not make their way into your dream. Ask me the four types of dream signs. Ask me how to WILD. Ask me how to DILD. Ask me what 61 Point Relaxation is. Ask me what HI is or SP. Ask me what they feel like and what happens to your body. Ask me to tell you anything about the lucid dreaming experience and I can pull it out of a hat. If I don't know it, I'll look it up, tell you, and then know it forever.

And I still have yet to have a lucid dream by my own will.

Every time I get into the "Lucid Experiences" thread, I see at least seven messages saying "w00t w00t I did it!" or "My first lucid" or "Citizen is a D-bag because he hasn't been able to make himself lucid yet!"...

K not that last one.

But you get what I mean.

And I'm not asking for any one's help or any encouragement because I know exactly why I haven't been able to lucid yet. I can say "why haven't I been lucid" but I can answer that. If someone else was just like me, I'd be able to tell them what to do.

"Persevere. Wait it out. Keep recording in your dream journal and working on your recall. If you can't eventually get into a WILD, chances are you dream recall, dream signs, and reality checks will pay off and you'll find yourself DILDing as much as you want."

So that's what I'm going to do.

Notice the title: Ask me anything, but not why I haven't.

It's not why I can't.

Hey there,

I won't ask you anything, but if I can offer a small suggestion.

Dreaming is not an exact science. There are no wrong or right answers, because what is true for one person isn't necessarily true for another.

What does that mean? It means that knowledge about dreams and lucid dreaming is all good and well, but what you really want is knowledge about YOUR dreams and YOUR lucid dreaming.

The way I see it the road to lucid dreaming is a very introspective road. It's not about soaking up as much knowledge as you can and then lucid dreams will come. It's about looking inward, figuring out a part of yourself. How do you sleep, when do you sleep, how do you dream, when do you remember dreams. It's a very subjective kind of knowledge that you're after, something that deals with you and you alone.

In my opinion, the essence of lucidity and lucid dreaming is becoming more aware of a side of you that you've never given attention to. And that's something all the knowledge in the world won't give you. All the things we say here on these forums can hopefully help guide you in your exploration a bit, but in the end, it's still you who has to go exploring

I feel as though i'm repeating myself at this point. But to finish up though. Forget about all the things others (the forum, the books, the theories, etc) say for a while, and just spend some time paying attention to your own sleep and your own dreams. Chances are you'll have much swifter succes

(Incidentally, be careful of this trap: it's very easy to get so focused on theorycrafting about dreams, that your focus isn't actually on your dreams anymore. It's an insidious little thing that can creep up on you before you good and well know it

Here's to having wonderful dreams!

-Redrivertears-

Originally Posted by Citizen

And I'm not asking for any one's help or any encouragement because I know exactly why I haven't been able to lucid yet. I can say "why haven't I been lucid" but I can answer that. If someone else was just like me, I'd be able to tell them what to do.

"Persevere. Wait it out. Keep recording in your dream journal and working on your recall. If you can't eventually get into a WILD, chances are you dream recall, dream signs, and reality checks will pay off and you'll find yourself DILDing as much as you want."

So that's what I'm going to do.

Notice the title: Ask me anything, but not why I haven't.

It's not why I can't.

Wow.. what a refreshing attitude!

I wish you lucidity very soon Citizen!

Well, I'm 13 and today in Science we only just got told the tiniest bit about neurological synapses (accelerated science lol) and this phrase stuck out to me so I thought I'd ask:
What chemicals enhance your neurological synapses that could increase your dreaming experience?

Originally Posted by wet?dreamer

Well, I'm 13 and today in Science we only just got told the tiniest bit about neurological synapses (accelerated science lol)

Are you even old enough to be on the forums? lol I don't want to get wetdreamer in to trouble or anything because I totally advocate him or anyone else being here but... yeah lol...

I wasn't told in the registration to put my age and if I did, I got on fine. I have been told that 12 is the minimum but I'm not sure.

So could anyone answer the question?

Meh it's no big deal don't worry about it... i was just wondering

I haven't succeeded because i haven't wanted to. my mind even knows it can't fool me, so it has to creep me out. i could be lucid AT ALL TIMES, i just have never wanted to really.

Its not a challenge for me, its just whenever i want to do it i will. the only thing that stops me, is that im lazy. there is only one thing to lucid dreaming, we all have it but it can't be taught or learned.

The one thing you need is the right personality. There is nothing else needed plain and simple. i'm going to start tonight myself. i could help others with advice, but they would have to learn themselves.

Clairity is right. I've never seen someone so wonderfully optimistic, especially who has gone for what they believe is a long time without an LD. If I had a hat, I would certainly tip it to you.

Actually, you remind me very, VERY strongly of me. I haven't had many LDs at all (only about 5ish, and none very long) but I did know virtually everything about LDing long before my first LD.

As a bit of advice, you might want to tone it down, just for a little while. Keep recording your dreams, and don't worry about Lucidity for the time being. Take a vacation for a week or two and relax. Chances are, you're trying too hard, I know I did.

Good luck, my friend. I guarantee you, once you start, you'll be motivated for life. For me it was my second LD, when I finally (and to date, the only time) I flew. That experience is the single biggest motivator in my LDing career.

Keep on truckin'. Have you been trying WBTBs? Just five minutes of lucid focus will help a lot in getting a DILD.

We believe in you, man. The dawn of Citizen's lucidity is nigh!

Originally Posted by Abra

Keep on truckin'. Have you been trying WBTBs? Just five minutes of lucid focus will help a lot in getting a DILD.

We believe in you, man. The dawn of Citizen's lucidity is nigh!

Absolutely true. The majority of my LDs have come from accidental WBTBs where I wake up and go UGHHHH WHY DID I WAKE UP but end up making the best of it and ending up with a DILD.

Well, it took me two years to have my first lucid. I remember telling my brother about lucid dreaming and he had one in 3 nights. I told a good friend of mind about it and he had 4 in a row for the next four nights.

Sorry dude, its our mentality. But I found that after 2 years I just kept doubting myself. Maybe we take "dont get too exciting about it or you wont lucid" and turn it into "dont count on it because you'll be disappointed."

Im starting to realized that its all about motivation. At some point I even thought that LDs werent even real. All the information in the world will not make it happen, its only going to be your perception.

Let me ask this: When you walk around through your day, do you pay attention to your surroundings? I found that I dont. I accept my surroundings too much, I never question it. I read BillyBob's post about Dream Yoga, and through practicing that, found myself observing things around me. And not long after, I had a DILD.

Anyway, persitance is key. Depression will kill any chance for it, just keep a positive attitude that it WILL happen, because it WILL. Thats not me being encouraging, thats fact. Its going to happen, sooner or later, whether your expecting it or not.

Tell me why I should take what you say to me?