No longer driven...

**JenMarie** · 10-21-2007 12:05 AM

Lately I've found myself no longer driven to attain lucidity. I've only ever managed the feat once, and it wasn't even that good of one. Even this morning, I had a vivid dream. I didn't bother writing it down in my dream journal, as I feel like its not getting me anywhere. (I've forgotten completely what the dream was now btw...)

So can anyone help me to a better lucid, and having the drive to get there?

**Xyn** · 10-21-2007 12:07 AM

Maby it is time to take a break. Everyone says its easier on a break.

**Mrs. Jones** · 10-21-2007 12:45 AM

practice, guess. after the first one i got too confident and had a dry streak.

**james-25:22pm** · 10-21-2007 12:59 AM

a) switch methods (may help you find confidence)

b) work out all the things you really want to try in dreams

your last sentence is a little confusing

"So can anyone help me to a better lucid, and having the drive to get there?"

you want help...so evidently you must want to LD....so therefore you already have the drive!

have a few days off, get some good recall up and then try something new!

**ThePhobiaViewed** · 10-21-2007 01:02 AM

Don't worry too much about getting LD's, some days you'll want one, other days you have more important things. DILDs aren't something that you have to worry about until you're sleeping, or at least in bed. Just take a few seconds and think about LDs just to get the idea in your head and then forget about it. LDs happen on their own so don't worry about them. On the upside, if you don't care then if you get one you won't get excited which usually causes you to wake up, so you'll have better LDs.

**Spamtek** · 10-21-2007 02:23 AM

If you wake up remembering a fantastic dream but choose to ignore it because it's not "getting you anywhere," then you're right in saying that you're on the wrong track. When any part of the dreaming process stops being a pleasure in its own right to do, to have, and to reflect upon, when it becomes some hollow means to another hypothetical end you don't have yet, then you've lost the game. If you stop stressing out and choose to cherish every little bit of every little dream you have, lucid or nonlucid, vivid or nonvivid, consequential or not, chances are your deeper self will take notice and start giving you more of the same, more often and with better clarity. And even if it doesn't, appreciating what you can get, however trifling, is still better by far than disregarding anything that fails to meet your expectations.

**TaNK** · 10-21-2007 04:09 AM

If you are giving up after having a single LD, you certainly need to reassess your goals.

Write down everything you want to accomplish in an LD. Not necessarily a single one, but a master list for future ones too. Flight, telekinesis, write it all down, priotitize. Figure out just what you'll be doing tonight.

After that, take a week off. Do RCs or not, your choice. You can either write them down or not, but at least try to recall your dreams. In a week, start back with full DJing and everything.

Happy Lucidity, my friend.

**Caradon** · 10-21-2007 04:27 AM

very true Spamtek!

Maybe look through the dream Journals for some really fun Lucids to inspire you as well.

**DreaminNow** · 10-21-2007 04:33 AM

I would say try GalantaMind or a similar product with galantamine. (I think Dreamamins and some others have the same active ingredient.) It has worked like a charm for me. It may bring you lucidity where other methods have failed.

**Mman19** · 10-21-2007 04:46 AM

My best advice would be to try different methods, and try more than one in a night.

Or read through the lucid experiences section, thats's what made me want to have one.