Thread: A Compendium of Dream Stabilization Techniques.

Just to throw out something interesting, I read this book by Carlos Castaneda where he learns that pressing against the roof of your mouth with the tip of your tongue greatly increases the vividness of your dreams... just wondering if anyone has anything interesting to say/add to this.

Originally Posted by Kane

Just to throw out something interesting, I read this book by Carlos Castaneda where he learns that pressing against the roof of your mouth with the tip of your tongue greatly increases the vividness of your dreams... just wondering if anyone has anything interesting to say/add to this.

I'd never heard this before.. but it's certainly easy and would be an interesting thing to try!

That would be awesome Clairity, I keep forgetting to try that out when Im lucid... but then I've also been having a dry spell lately.

Originally Posted by Adam

I have asked DCs how to become better at lucid dreaming, and how to make my dreams more vivid and this one DC advised me when I was spinning to inrease clarity I was spinning anti-clockwise rather than clockwise, which is why I was not having much success with it. So with this I tried it and it worked a treat, and had one of the longest lucid dreams as a result

Just got that off another thread ... interesting. I never really thought about which direction I've been spinning. Hmm... I should check this out as soon as I can.

Re-entry Technique

Technique
When the dream starts to fade away immediately stop moving and close your eyes. Keep the image of the last scene fresh in your mind. Within a few seconds the dream scene should re-materialize.

Rationalization
You are still in REM brain waves until you move. If you don't move a muscle the REM continues and the body thinks that you are asleep and shuts itself down again like a super-accelerated WILD. This is the DEILD technique if you weren't lucid before, otherwise it's known as chaining lucids together.

Comments
I like this technique the best because it's (in my experiences) foolproof if done correctly. While the other technique may stabilize the dream momentarily, the brain still wants to wake up for one reason or another so it will fade away again quickly. This allows you to wake up and not loose the dream, makes the second part of the dream much longer. I've used this technique many times.

I was searching and found the thread on dream stabilization and wanted to revive it cause its a great idea so....

Convincing yourself you are god

Technique
When entering a dream, it helps to shout with conviction something along the lines of 'I AM GOD'. If you do this with conviction your capabilities within your lucid dream should be limitless and you can do or achieve anything.

Rationalization
In your dream world everything that occurs is a product of your imagination. Since this is the case, you are the god of your lucid dreams its just a matter of actually realizing it.

Comments
The majority of my lucid dreams have come from false awakenings and the lights are usually off. Saying 'Lights on' didn't work for the longest time because I didn't believe it would actually work. Once I realized I was the god of my dreams, well... it works
Also a note of caution, the first time I did it and realized what was going on the excitement was overwhelming and I woke up =\

Originally Posted by Sniper991122

When entering a dream, it helps to shout with conviction something along the lines of 'I AM GOD'.

Haha, i really like this one, i may try it out