Thread: Am i on the right track to lucid dreaming?

Well, I can't say you were lucid. Maybe you were hallucinating? If you were, then I think you're on the right track.

To become lucid, look at some of the guides around the main website and the forum. It tells you all about how to help you become lucid, dream control, etc. I'm sure you'll find it helpful.

But the trick I usually do to become lucid is to start remembering your dreams (dream recall). I have good memory and can remember most of my dreams clearly without needing a journal, but I'd suggest writing down your dreams in a journal to help you remember them. It helps with LD's.

I hope this helps you.

The weird shapes and colors might be the start of hypnagognic imagery- the random images and patterns that appear in your mind as you enter the first stage of sleep. This is a normal part of sleep. But some people use hypnagognic imagery as a sign post on the way to lucid dreaming. Some WILD (Wake-Induced Lucid Dream) techniques call for conscious focus on hypnagognic imagery as you drift off to sleep, thus allowing you to keep part of your brain conscious and active as you enter the dream state and, theoretically, a lucid dream.

But that is only one technique. There are a plethora of others available here and in published texts (Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by LaBerge seems to be the definitive one).

All true, but the general consensus on this site is that focusing on the effects and waiting for the different processes will impede your WILDing.
In other words its ok to see them happening, but don't focus on them or get excited.