Intro
Ever woken from a lucid dream wishing such abilities were available to you in waking life?
Imagine the potential of having constant access to a virtual reality that can simulate anything your mind can conceive!
Many people have already achieved this goal; let’s name a few:
"Tones and sound roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes"
~Ludwig van Beethoven
It’s interesting to note that this man became deaf, and yet was able to compose beautiful music. A dreamer can see a world with closed eyes, and so Beethoven could hear with his mind. So in the same way someone lucid can control their dreams, he could use his mind as an instrument.
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
~Michelangelo
He is saying is that he could see the final product he’d imagined through the stone. This would be very useful as a guide to carve around; tracing from the mind’s eye as it projects an image over the medium. This is proof that an idea can be brought out of the mind and made into something real.
“What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen and the never seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce through walls and cause all the planetary Baghdads of his dreams to rise from the dust.”
~Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali spent his career learning the art of communicating in the language of dreams; by combining symbols into a representation of his thoughts he revolutionized surrealism from an abstract art into a language. This is the equivalent of a dreamer attaining lucidity, though he did this while awake!
All these great minds have used the Lucid Day Dream in many masterpieces still appreciated today, and with practice so can you!
What did these people have in common that made their fantasies so vivid? The answer is that they were so familiar with their passions that they could do the art in their mind.
I call this phenomenon the LDD (Lucid Day Dream), it is a similar concept to imagining things, although It covers all the senses as well as sight. Thus you do not have to be asleep, although it is a great way to induce a regular lucid dream if you do it before bed. Some people are naturals, and some need to practice, an advanced LDDer can summon fantasies instantly at their wish. there are a wide variety of experiences that can be emulated or edited, even created. Anything that is possible with Lucid Dreaming is also possible here, as well as some entirely new uses.
There is a simple technique that can help train the mind to use this skill, I call it the “Wishbook”.
For practicing I suggest that people begin with things they would wish for, and become familiar with exactly what it is they want, until the idea is so clear that they can fantasize about it actually occurring. Of course it is not only limited to wishes, but they are often what we are driven to achieve and so it is easier to commit to describing them. When we are able describe something, we experience it in our minds, focus less on the words you use to describe and more on what the words refer to.
I recommend keeping a journal regarding your wishes because it is a way of keeping track of your progress of creating them, be specific in what you write, and that will make the fantasy clearer. Writing is a concise form of thought made into a physical record that can be re-read or given to other people who can assist you in the process.
Writing is not the only way to develop this ability, some other things I use are; reading, make-believe, visual art, music, acting (method/Improv), and magical Illusions.
the trick is to train your mind in all the skills required for regular dreaming, until even with distractions it is still possible to daydream at will. Normally this occurs when we space-out, or are in a calm state such as before sleep or during meditation, but it is possible with these practices to advance the ability to the point where we can access it at will and still be aware of our surroundings.
To the right, beneath my profile info there is an index where you can access an example wishbook I have prepared. The sections are simply my way of organizing the journal when practising this ability myself. Each has a brief description of what they are intended to contain, as well as example entries to illustrate their use. Feel free to use this format for your own practice.
Keep in mind that this method is a general structure that can help you develop the thought process involved in using the LDD. With practice these skills will become automatic and you will be able to use them at any time.
Special thanks to [URL="http://www.dreamviews.com/members/jamal/"]Jamal[/URL] - an old friend of mine who was a superb consultant on this project, as well as everybody back on the [URL="http://www.dreamviews.com/attaining-lucidity/141703-ldd-lucid-day-dream.html"]original thread[/URL] who helped get this thing started, and finally you the reader - my reason for creating this tutorial!
If you have any feedback or questions please post them in the current thread; [URL="http://www.dreamviews.com/attaining-lucidity/144809-lucid-day-dream-tutorial.html"]click here for a link to it.[/URL]
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."
~Albert Einstein
"I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them."
~Pablo Picasso
"The real secret of magic is that the world is made of words, and that if you know the words that the world is made of you can make of it whatever you wish."
~Terrence Mckenna
Imagine the potential of having constant access to a virtual reality that can simulate anything your mind can conceive!
Many people have already achieved this goal; let’s name a few:
"Tones and sound roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes"
~Ludwig van Beethoven
It’s interesting to note that this man became deaf, and yet was able to compose beautiful music. A dreamer can see a world with closed eyes, and so Beethoven could hear with his mind. So in the same way someone lucid can control their dreams, he could use his mind as an instrument.
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
~Michelangelo
He is saying is that he could see the final product he’d imagined through the stone. This would be very useful as a guide to carve around; tracing from the mind’s eye as it projects an image over the medium. This is proof that an idea can be brought out of the mind and made into something real.
“What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen and the never seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce through walls and cause all the planetary Baghdads of his dreams to rise from the dust.”
~Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali spent his career learning the art of communicating in the language of dreams; by combining symbols into a representation of his thoughts he revolutionized surrealism from an abstract art into a language. This is the equivalent of a dreamer attaining lucidity, though he did this while awake!
All these great minds have used the Lucid Day Dream in many masterpieces still appreciated today, and with practice so can you!
What did these people have in common that made their fantasies so vivid? The answer is that they were so familiar with their passions that they could do the art in their mind.
I call this phenomenon the LDD (Lucid Day Dream), it is a similar concept to imagining things, although It covers all the senses as well as sight. Thus you do not have to be asleep, although it is a great way to induce a regular lucid dream if you do it before bed. Some people are naturals, and some need to practice, an advanced LDDer can summon fantasies instantly at their wish. there are a wide variety of experiences that can be emulated or edited, even created. Anything that is possible with Lucid Dreaming is also possible here, as well as some entirely new uses.
There is a simple technique that can help train the mind to use this skill, I call it the “Wishbook”.
For practicing I suggest that people begin with things they would wish for, and become familiar with exactly what it is they want, until the idea is so clear that they can fantasize about it actually occurring. Of course it is not only limited to wishes, but they are often what we are driven to achieve and so it is easier to commit to describing them. When we are able describe something, we experience it in our minds, focus less on the words you use to describe and more on what the words refer to.
I recommend keeping a journal regarding your wishes because it is a way of keeping track of your progress of creating them, be specific in what you write, and that will make the fantasy clearer. Writing is a concise form of thought made into a physical record that can be re-read or given to other people who can assist you in the process.
Writing is not the only way to develop this ability, some other things I use are; reading, make-believe, visual art, music, acting (method/Improv), and magical Illusions.
the trick is to train your mind in all the skills required for regular dreaming, until even with distractions it is still possible to daydream at will. Normally this occurs when we space-out, or are in a calm state such as before sleep or during meditation, but it is possible with these practices to advance the ability to the point where we can access it at will and still be aware of our surroundings.
To the right, beneath my profile info there is an index where you can access an example wishbook I have prepared. The sections are simply my way of organizing the journal when practising this ability myself. Each has a brief description of what they are intended to contain, as well as example entries to illustrate their use. Feel free to use this format for your own practice.
Keep in mind that this method is a general structure that can help you develop the thought process involved in using the LDD. With practice these skills will become automatic and you will be able to use them at any time.
Special thanks to [URL="http://www.dreamviews.com/members/jamal/"]Jamal[/URL] - an old friend of mine who was a superb consultant on this project, as well as everybody back on the [URL="http://www.dreamviews.com/attaining-lucidity/141703-ldd-lucid-day-dream.html"]original thread[/URL] who helped get this thing started, and finally you the reader - my reason for creating this tutorial!
If you have any feedback or questions please post them in the current thread; [URL="http://www.dreamviews.com/attaining-lucidity/144809-lucid-day-dream-tutorial.html"]click here for a link to it.[/URL]
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."
~Albert Einstein
"I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them."
~Pablo Picasso
"The real secret of magic is that the world is made of words, and that if you know the words that the world is made of you can make of it whatever you wish."
~Terrence Mckenna
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