Thread: No luck!

Originally Posted by suichi

I have tried to DILD and have been even practicing RCs for about a week now. The best i got was i remembered three dreams one night. Any suggestions? Oh and i also tried to DILD with the WBTB method and that has not worked.

Do you write down your dreams? Lucid dreaming is all about recall.

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

Do you write down your dreams? Lucid dreaming is all about recall.

I did on the night i had those three dreams i remembered. But i havent had any to write down.

How long have you been trying to DILD? And a week of RCs isn't enough; you have to practice longer than that.

Only a week? Keep at it because a week is not long to learn to lucid dream. For most it takes up to a month to lucid dream. Only the lucky few could learn to LD within a week. Keep trying and don't give up. Take me for example. I've been here for about a month now, and only one very very short lucid dream. It takes practice and dedication.

As for recall, what method do you use to recall your dreams? I suggest to lay there once you wake up, with your eyes still closed, and backtrack through your dreams. Start with the very last thing that happened, and then ask yourself, "What happened before that?" "Where was I before that?" Once you got the dream firmly into your mind, you can then get up and write it down.

Hope that helps!

Try being more aware about the world around you; more observant. Constantly look at things to see if they're wierd-looking, or out of place. This is more important than just doing 'routine RCs', in my opinion. If you get used to doing RCs as a simple routine, then you'll do them in your dream without much thought as to why you are doing them, and the reason. I'm extremely observant and critical about what things look like, taste like, and smell like, being an artist, you know? Maybe this is why I've had so many LDs in being here only a month. It can take a while to develop this skeptisism but I think it really, really helps. Good luck.

I just remembered a dream and wrote it down this morning. So thats good. I have a journal next to my bed and when i remember a dream i turn over and grab the journal and write it down. I think your right about doing routine rcs and they would just become routine and would not be effective. Ill try to be more aware all the time.

Originally Posted by suichi

I just remembered a dream and wrote it down this morning. So thats good. I have a journal next to my bed and when i remember a dream i turn over and grab the journal and write it down. I think your right about doing routine rcs and they would just become routine and would not be effective. Ill try to be more aware all the time.

It seems like the only reason RCs would become routine is if you don't really question reality. RCs work along with constant awareness. That's how RC's are suppose to performed.

Originally Posted by Snowy Egypt

It seems like the only reason RCs would become routine is if you don't really question reality. RCs work along with constant awareness. That's how RC's are suppose to performed.

Not meaning to hijack the thread or anything but for a beginner do you think quantity of RC's are more important or perhaps just doing them when something seems out of the ordinairy? And doing them well ofc.

So basically if i only do rcs in the real world when something strange happens then it will become second nature. But how would that make my dream lucid if i do a rc?

Originally Posted by suichi

So basically if i only do rcs in the real world when something strange happens then it will become second nature. But how would that make my dream lucid if i do a rc?

Because hopefully if you perform a rc in your dream, it will lead you to realize that you are dreaming and that means your still dreaming, but aware that you are. Hence the term 'lucid'

I LD about once a week, only recall 1 dream a night and don't RC and anyway 3 dreams a night is really good. Try a mantra if you want

I tried mantras. I think that helps with my dream recall. I remembered all my dream last night.