Choose What You Dream About?

**legit** · 11-10-2008 02:43 AM

Hey. I read that either

a) writing what you want to dream about down before sleeping or
b) using auto suggestion and a mantra to tell your subconscious what you want to dream about

will actually cause you to have a dream about whatever you wanted. Is this true? Has it worked for anyone? If so, this can definitely be used to gain lucidity easily

**Licity** · 11-10-2008 03:01 AM

Remember the old story where you could choose what you dream about by writing what you wanted to dream about down and putting it under your pillow?

Yeah, it works sometimes. Not guaranteed, but I have had results using them in combination.

**seeker28** · 11-10-2008 06:16 AM

I've had a lot of success with using DEILD to dream about what I want. You do it just like a normal DEILD, but as you re-enter the dream you vividly imagine your chosen dream. If I keep focused and imagine vividly enough it works almost every time. The problem is it can be hard to keep focused (for me at least) and since DEILD depends on very short awakenings during the night it isn't always easy to remember what you had planned.

**Ivi942** · 11-15-2008 12:23 AM

When I was little my parents would tell me, that if I have a book I like, I can put it under my pillow and the next night I would dream about it.
Never worked for me though

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**Idolfan** · 11-15-2008 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by seeker28

I've had a lot of success with using DEILD to dream about what I want. You do it just like a normal DEILD, but as you re-enter the dream you vividly imagine your chosen dream. If I keep focused and imagine vividly enough it works almost every time. The problem is it can be hard to keep focused (for me at least) and since DEILD depends on very short awakenings during the night it isn't always easy to remember what you had planned.

I know I should probably know this already but I don't think I've heard of a 'DEILD'. It sounds interesting, could anyone tell me what it is please?

**Ryuinfinity** · 11-15-2008 11:55 PM

See tutorials.

**oniman7** · 11-16-2008 03:15 AM

I remember reading a book once where there was an oasis in the middle of the desert. If you drank water from the oasis, you would dream about whatever you were thinking at the time. I wish we had some of that.

**Serenity Dragon** · 11-16-2008 03:41 AM

Sometimes, when I play around with the images and start thinking of a story, it'll become a dream through my thoughts/images. It doesn't happen often for me. They usually stay as images or short clips.

**nifter45** · 11-16-2008 05:32 AM

when you wake up in the middle of the night, instead of re entering the dream you just had, you can change the method slightly and either re enter a dream you had years ago or you can immagine one, even you can re enter one you had last night

**PSPSoldier534** · 11-16-2008 06:27 AM

Originally Posted by Serenity Dragon

Sometimes, when I play around with the images and start thinking of a story, it'll become a dream through my thoughts/images. It doesn't happen often for me. They usually stay as images or short clips.

I smell a VILD

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**seeker28** · 11-16-2008 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by nifter45

when you wake up in the middle of the night, instead of re entering the dream you just had, you can change the method slightly and either re enter a dream you had years ago or you can immagine one, even you can re enter one you had last night

Yeah! I do this with DEILD, too. I love using it to choose my dreams.

**oniman7** · 11-16-2008 03:33 PM

Before coming across this site, I could never do more than a DILD. In it though, I could make whatever happened that I wanted.

EDIT: sorry for grammar

**kierany1** · 11-25-2009 06:18 PM

Hey is this hard? Can anything go wrong with doing this? Anyway I just really need to know as I'm trying to choose which Dreams I have and now I have found a site and I might try it. I just hope this isn't dangerous

**quicksilver girl.** · 11-25-2009 06:55 PM

zacharyquintozacharyquintozacharyquinto zzzz...

**Lucid_Guy.exe** · 11-25-2009 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by fleur de lune

zacharyquintozacharyquintozacharyquinto zzzz...

What?

**quicksilver girl.** · 11-25-2009 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by Lucid_Guy.exe

What?

what what?

**James2302** · 11-25-2009 07:31 PM

lol the guy from heroes?

**Noodles** · 11-25-2009 07:39 PM

Sylar!?

**quicksilver girl.** · 11-25-2009 09:40 PM

indeed.

**Conkt** · 11-25-2009 11:08 PM

Just don't think guyfromheroesguyfromheroesguyfromheroes or Masi Oka might show up, as Asians are very common in dreams.

**quicksilver girl.** · 11-26-2009 12:11 AM

i've never had any asians in my dreams, that i know of. sylar's been there a few times though.

lolz.

**Conkt** · 11-26-2009 01:18 AM

I was actually referencing a thread that was popular last month(?) dedicated to the frequency of Asians in dreams.

**Xedan** · 11-27-2009 06:52 AM

^I must find that thread for the mere mention made me lulz. And these techniques sound kind of interesting. Must try them sometime.

**jcwarrior91** · 11-27-2009 04:03 PM

I tried staring at a picture of Yosemite last night while listening to music and relaxing right before bedtime hoping that I would dream about that location. I tried to take in every detail of the picture and visualize myself in the picture, but alas, my dreams were in completely different locations. I'm going to continue trying, though.