People keep asking me to prove shared dreaming. No. It's not that I refuse, it's that I cannot.

Please understand, that on my own, behind the scenes, without telling everyone on DV, I have contacted every scientist in the U.S. that studies dreams. No one is interested in shared dreaming experiments. They are probably afraid of studying the "paranormal" because they are afraid it will ruin their reputation.

All shared dreaming experiments over the internet will always be flawed because it's impossible to keep the dreamers from contacting each other.

The only way to prove shared dreaming scientifically is to isolate the dreamers in sleep labs.

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So many people want to be convinced. This I do not understand. "Convince me, then I'll try it," seems to be a pervasive attitude. Why? What have you got to lose by trying shared dreaming? You are asleep anyway for chrissakes.

I cannot prove shared dreaming is real. You cannot prove it is not real. If you think it might be, and are interested, I may relate to you my experiences with the phenomenon. If you don't believe it, why are you wasting your time trying to convince people that it's not real? Why don't you instead spend that energy doing research on how to become lucid more often, for example? Or, ask your Dream Guide about shared dreaming? If you haven't met your Dream Guide, I strongly suggest you do.

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Another thing that a lot of people fail to realize, is that a lot of people that can do shared dreaming regularly are advanced lucid dreamers. My point in saying that is that regular shared dreaming is an advanced skill that must be built up to. Rome was not built in a day.

I have been having lucid dreams ever since I was a child. I have been controlling my dreams for about twenty years. My first confirmed shared dream was six years ago.

Raven Knight did shared dreaming repeatedly for years, around ten I think, before we met.

It does take effort, practice and intent. Please do not be discouraged because you do not get it on a few tries. Raven and I got it on the first try, true, but both of us had already had confirmed shared dreams.

WORK

You must research different methods of Recall and Lucidity.

You must be open-minded.

You must tenaciously persist.

You must really put your intent into it.

You must be patient with yourself.

Shared Dreaming is not easy, but it is rewarding.