Thread: How to Lucid Dream

Wow! Thanks so much for this! I look forward to trying all of those out.

I've had one random DILD, which was pretty amazing, and have been keeping a Dream Journal and doing Reality Checks. Hope this will help me even more. I can see WBTB's helping me a lot. So, for a WILD, just concentrate on one thing right? Doesn't have to be breathing? Could I, for instance, just count down from 1,000?

You should have a poll for this post for people to vote if the tutorial made them lucid

This was amazing!! Best guide on LDing I have read thus far.

k, so something i dont understand is that when ur in a dream, and u see something odd and choose to do an RC, wouldnt u already be lucid by making that decision to do an RC alone?

so what if u have a problem even comprehending something is out of the ordinary and dont think to do an RC. how will you ever be able to? are there and tips or techniques that will help you know to do an RC?

Originally Posted by LittleBuddy

k, so something i dont understand is that when ur in a dream, and u see something odd and choose to do an RC, wouldnt u already be lucid by making that decision to do an RC alone?

so what if u have a problem even comprehending something is out of the ordinary and dont think to do an RC. how will you ever be able to? are there and tips or techniques that will help you know to do an RC?

When doing a RC it makes you think when you see something odd. like normally if you came in and couldn't find your cell phone you would just pass it on. So if you start to realize these things and get into a habbit of doing it, in dreams you will do it too. Also in dreams everything seems normal, even if you saw a yellow panda in your room, you would just accept it. But if you RC normally you would think 'hmmm how did a yellow panda get into my house...

WOW this is great, cleared things up about FILD and WILD for me.

UPDATE: To anyone who is skeptical, his schedule gave me 2 DILDs on Day 1! That is absolutely AMAZING for me, I haven't had an LD in months!

Again, I bow down to BillyBob.

A common misconception is that your supposed to do reality checks so often that eventually you'll do one at random in a dream. Thats false, I've never once done a reality check at random in a dream. The only time I do reality checks in dreams is when I notice something in the environment that looks odd or dreamy.

You should reality check only as often as you notice things around you that seem out of place. Theres no set amount of reality checks that should be performed daily .

so you are saying only to reality check when something odd happens. i read this last night and today i saw something odd and i did a reality check but that was only once. will one reality check be enough? there may be more "odd" things happening but not all the time.

i didnt need to post what i did up above.i found out you already answered this question

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As I said in the tutorial, though its fine to just reality check that one time during the day, its also ok to begin to look for more things to reality check about in your day to day life (become more aware of your environment and you will begin to see more "odd" things about it).


An example I like to use is the paper clip.
Lets say I walk into my room and see a paper clip on my dresser. I don't remember putting that paper clip there, so I reality check just to make sure I'm not having a dream.

You can look at even the smallest odd happenings as cues of being in the dreamworld.

good points and ill try your method

I RC because every 20-30 minutes I feel a weird sensation, like "wait, what if this is a dream?" and this sensation is not forced, is like being in a dream...so I RC..

Superb tutorial, as always. I like how you refrain from including many personalized examples "WILD should feel like this, and if it doesn't then do this." Many other techniques are so specific that they only work well for the author! This isn't one of those techniques.

The schedule you gave is interesting enough. Though I doubt it's to be followed to a T. This schedule is probably meant for people to find what technique they are best at...

Nice layout, BillyBob. You allow for the reader to find his own groove while laying out the key elements and concepts in a plain manner. Good job.

I almost quoted that guide. That would have been really long
Excellent guide! Really great work there, it should be put on the Tutorials page or something!

I've done my very first WBTB today. I stayed up for 15 minutes, doing some RCs, but basically trying to stay awake. When I went back to bed I lay awake for about 2 and a half hours (I know this because my clock beeps once per hour). Horrible.

When I awoke from a dream today, I was so tired that I just couldn't write it into my DJ. Then I fell asleep again and had a dream, but this time I tried to DEILD. Problem was, I DID keep my eyes closed, but I had already moved and turned around and such, so I just lay there still for 10 or 15 minutes till I gave up, and had forgotten the dream. (Also, my house is near a street, and lots of cars drove by, my sister woke up and walked through my room etc. Failure predestined.)

:/

I'll stick to the schedule though! Wish me better luck this night...

Well, since i started my dream journal (about 4, 5 days ago) I've only been able to fully remember around 4 dreams, and most only lasting about 4 - 5 seconds (or i could only remember that much).

Last night was Day 1 of the week schedule that billybob asked us to follow and I have now 6 more Lengthly, Detailed Dreams in my DJ . Can't wait for tonight.

Thanks BillyBob. This tutorial kicks Ash!

Thanks Dude!!! This is a bit late, cause I tried your WBTB 2 nights ago...

I got lucid for the first time!

I tried it again last night, but it didn't work for some reason. I plan on giving it another go tonight.

Wow-all I can say is wow. Thanks to you, I've gotten 4 lucid dreams in 4 nights, and I guess I've found "my technique." It's sort of a lazy version of WBTB; I just get up after 5 hours of sleep, shut my alarm clock off, walk around for a few seconds and go back to sleep. I "discovered" it after a failed WBTB attempt-I was tired and didn't feel like doing anything so I just went back to bed.

Then I had a lucid. I figured "Hey, it worked the first time, I'm gonna try it again to make sure I didn't get lucky..." it worked again, and 3 times after it. I'm still going to follow your schedule though, because I don't think Lucid Dreaming isthat easy.

The sad part about all of this success is that I can only call my Lucid Dreams "lucid" dreams. What I mean by that, is that my environment is intact, I can control my movements as I would in real life, but it doesn't feel vivid at all. It doesn't seem like a lot of people have described (feels even more real than real life, etc.) at all. I've tried grounding myself by looking at my surroundings, feeling things, etc but another huge problem for me is that whenever I "lucid" dream, the first thing that comes to mind is sex-however that's not what I what I want to do in my dreams; at least until they become more vivid.

Anyway, what I wanted to know is do the more vivid dreams come along as you ld more? (also when I ld what I should do to improve clarity) I was also curious as to what other things besides lding more to improve the quality...

Anyway, I've been pestering you guys enough-if you want to ld, this guide is fundamental in being successful/more successful than you already were. ;D

Day 6 of the schedule for me. No luck in the 5 previous nights yet. BUT I'm staying optimistic

Hey thanks very much for your words.... I definitely needed something like that. In fact I printed off your weekly guide and am now using it. Tonight is my wild. Monday when i was going for WBTB i woke up before the alarm and went for a fild. It worked but I got distracted unfortunately... Would you add me as a friend? I need a friend who would help to guide me. Anywho get back to me and thanks again.

This worked really well for me and I am planning on starting the weekly schedule tonight. I got a lucid on day one. ( that would be the lucid in my dream journal )

Me Too! Lucid Day 1!! First two proper Lucids ever. Talked to you earlier BillyBob but thanks again. Will stay on the schedule tonight.

quick question... it wouldnt hurt in any way to do WILD and WBTB at the same time right? I mean it doubles your chances if you think about it...

Originally Posted by Shamrox

quick question... it wouldnt hurt in any way to do WILD and WBTB at the same time right? I mean it doubles your chances if you think about it...

No. Actually, that's the "right" way to do either in many people's opinion. If you ask me, I'll you that WBTB should always be paired with WILD. Well, I do say it pretty often around here.

Originally Posted by Oneironaught

No. Actually, that's the "right" way to do either in many people's opinion. If you ask me, I'll you that WBTB should always be paired with WILD. Well, I do say it pretty often around here.

Thank you, thats what i assumed

i never see any thing unusual or unordinary so i cant do RC's, the only RC i can do is RC every 30 min and my RC would be holding my nose and trying to breathe. how can i notice things that are unusual?