Thread: Lucid Dreaming Takes Dedication

I dont know how many times ive come to the site to find many threads made by people stating that they've been trying to lucid dream for a couple weeks, or a couple months with no results and are on the brink of giving up entirely.

PEOPLE! Lucid dreaming takes time and dedication its not going to happen over night. in some cases it does but thats not the case for most people.

So im just here to tell you do not give up! All the time and hard work will pay off in the end. Just keep at it, I personally don't think it should even be a problem of how long it can take to master lucid dreaming considering in the end you can be the god of your own world! And who wouldn't want that!

A problem i think some of you have is your trying to hard. And I think that when you try to hard and get no results it it makes you frustrated and increases your chance of giving up. So I suggest you take a more laid back approach. All I do is keep my dream journal, do various reality checks throughout the day, and frequently visit Dream Views. When i wake up in the morning and didn't have a lucid dream i don't dwell on the fact that i didn't become lucid cause that could just discourage you, I don't even really think about the fact that i didn't become lucid, i just go about my day knowing that ill being going to sleep again at the end of the day and have another chance to become lucid. Every night is a new chance to become lucid!

So in the end im telling you not to give up! It will all be worth it in the end.

Good luck everybody and Happy dreaming!

right on. personal evolution is a gradual process.

yeah people need encouragement, it does get tougher the more you "fail" but I never see it as failing, at least even when I dont LD I at least still have cooler dreams now

True that. I've heard of people trying without results for over a year but they kept at it and now they LD all the time. Like you said it pays off in the end.

Very true. Too often have I focused all my willpower on lucid dreaming for a day, had no results, and felt so compelled not too give up, but to not continue at such a pace.

I've been at it for nearly a year already, but I finally had a very amazing dream (still no full-lucids) about a month ago, and I know I'm definitely not giving up.

yeah i've been at it for for a while now with no sucess but my dreams are becoming more vivid so i think im almost there.

Everything you said is so true! I tottally agree with it, that being said:

after a while, if you have a small handfull of lucids, you can stop practically all work and still get some (you start to get to know your dream world, and will sometimes just know). You may not get as much, but if you've already had a few and your sick of the work, you can still count on becoming lucid every once in a while (I do practically nothing, and do get lots). Plus, even if you do NOTHING, coming on DV can get you thinking about dreaming and LD, and that could help as well. I realize that this is geared towards newbs, but newbs usually will eventually get a couple of lucids and reach this point.