Hello everyone,

I am new to the group but I have been having success with a method of lucid dreaming induction called The Mendez Effect.

It works on the premise of association. It also requires some discipline but if you are willing to commit to practicing these steps, you will get lucid.

I developed this "effect" as I call it because it incorporates so many forms of "lucidity by association" that there is a definite effect people experience. It is described as a "dropping in" to the lucid dream. This is self explanatory as you read the steps that follow.

1. Get a tennis ball. Bounce the ball on the ground and on the wall. Throw it up the air and catch it too.
Periodically, stop and ask yourself if you are dreaming. You can do this anywhere but it is best to do it in an area that you are familiar with
such as your neighborhood or your apartment. If you have a location that is frequent in your dreams as a dream sign, practice bouncing the ball there if it is a physical
location you can go to do this.

2. For example, If you have dream signs that are your apartment and you always hear music in your dreams, practice bouncing the ball in your apartment with music playing.
If you can bounce the ball on tile floors or concrete it is even better which will be explained in a following step. Likewise, bounce the ball in an area where a light is present such as a lamp, a streetlight or overhead lighting. This is another method of association that is explained in a following step.

3. The longer you can do this before going to bed the better, but most achieve lucidity if this practice is done 15-30 minutes before going to bed or laying down to induce lucidity. Remember as you are bouncing the ball to frequently ask yourself if you are dreaming. As you do this, look around. You hear music? That is a dream sign. You are in your apartment. That is a dream sign. Are you dreaming?

4. Now you lay down to go to sleep or induce the lucid dream. Keep the tennis ball in your hand. You can tape the ball in your hand with duct tape if you have trouble with it falling out. The idea is to keep the ball in your hand all night or throughout the sleep experience.

5. Fall asleep normally. Your subsconscious mind will always feel the tennis ball in your hand throughout the night. At some point, it will induce lucidity as you feel the ball.

6. This is the step explaining why you bounce the ball on tile or concrete and why you bounce the ball in the vicinity of a light. This step is optional and it is another method of association for people who use light devices and binaural beats.

If you use a light device like the Nova Dreamer, chances are one of the flashes of light will become associated with the light source where you were bouncing the ball. So as you are sleeping, your Nova Dreamer flashes, you think of the light source where you were bouncing the ball, you feel the ball and your mind asks if you are dreaming.

Likewise, if you use binaural beats, these beats sound alot like the "tic, toc" monotonous noise of bouncing the tennis ball.

Again, step 6 is optional.

I would like to hear if anyone tries this "effect" as we call it and achieves lucidity. You will notice the "effect" is a pulling or dropping into the lucid state due to the fact that it incorporates so many different levels of association. It causes the consciousness to be fully directed to the lucid state once you realize you are dreaming.

Good luck,
Juan