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While I was on holiday, for some reason or another, I did something which I wouldnt normally think of in a dream because it's very simple, I closed 1 ''eye''.

The amazing thing is, it made my vision in the dream alot clearer. Then it lead me to realise that maybe my lucid dreams go blurry because my ''eyes'' are trying to focus on something...when obviously I'm not using my eye's to see.

When I was a kid in a sweet shop I would close one eye and point at the sweet's I wanted because with both eye's open my finger seemed a little blurred.

It seems strange when I try to explain it but it makes alot of sense to me. I just wanted to see if anyone here would try it and give feedback on whether it works for them or not.

Task: Close one eye

May 12, 2011
Lucid Dream 232: Disappearances
Series: Sexcapades, Episode 9
DILD



I was walking around Virginia Tech's campus with a girl I know, "NC." I can't remember what we were doing, but I started to suspect I was dreaming for no apparent reason. I didn't bother performing a RC, after a few moments thought, I knew I was dreaming. I told her to, "Watch this!" I took two momentum boosting steps and dove into flight. I flew across the drill field and spotted a target. It was some asian guy with glasses and a backpack. I leaned my body forward and gained some speed just before I slammed my shoulder into him. After spearing him, I turned to find my next victim. I noticed a couple was walking and holding hands. I took flight again and slammed into the back of them. They both toppled over and their books scattered across the sidewalk. I flew back over to NC and she looked angry. She said, "Why are you such an asshole?" I laughed and said, "This is my dream. I'll do whatever I want."

I grabbed NC around the waste and flew straight up into the air. We hovered around the clouds for a moment and I started kissing her neck. She suddenly disappeared completely. I chalked this up to a stabilization issue. Even though my dream looked perfect, I stabilized a bit. I was now in a completely different area of VT's campus. I flew over to one of the dorm rooms and entered. I looked around until i found a group of females in one of the rooms. I walked in and said, "Am I late?" One of the girls shook her head no. I walked up to her and began kissing her. The girls started stripping and I said, "Ok, everyone get super pornstar material with this, so we can send it in and win the cash!"

There were now more girls in the room than when I had first entered. A group of about five of them were doing their thing on the bed. I was tending to three over by the computer desk. I suddenly noticed some weird looking guy with glasses walking around the room. He had the butterball physique and was wearing glasses that made his eyes look huge. I just laughed and continued proceeded to place myself within one of the females. Suddenly, all of the girls disappeared instantly. The dream didn't fade or anything, but I found myself standing there with my pants down. The weird butterball guy was still in the room. He looked directly at my junk, started laughing, and then ran out of the room. I took off running after him, but he was nowhere to be found.

I flew around campus for a bit and thought, "This is one of the few times I have actually dreamed about being on campus." I spotted an incredibly attractive asian chick and flew toward her. I just started kissing her and she began rubbing on my crotch. Suddenly, she disappeared as well. I heard laughing behind me and I turned around. The weird butterball guy was holding a TV remote and trying his best to suppress his hysterical laughter. I thought, "What is with this guy?" I took flight toward him as he attempted to run away. I grabbed the back of his shirt and flew high into the air. He was still laughing when I let go of him. He laughed hysterically the whole time he was falling and then he splattered on the pavement below. It was quite gruesome to be honest. I was flying around campus looking for some more hot females when I awoke from the dream.

Series Details
Class is thrown out the window in the dream series, "Sexcapades." Not unlike your favorite porn video, I unleash my inner "Ron Jeremy" and give those DCs what they are looking for ! Stay tuned for more entries to the series!


May 15, 2011
Lucid Dream 233: Theft of the Commander in Chief
Series: 108 Stars of Destiny, Episode 9
DILD



I was at a meeting with a group of very wealthy and important people. Everyone was wearing suites and smoking cigarettes from those long, thin, fancy holders. I was in some sort of secret group and these rich people were going to fund our mission. We were planning on abducting the President of the United States. Actress, Diane Kruger and Nicolas Cage were going with me. This fancy party/meeting was taking place on the roof of a building. The building that the president was currently in could be seen in the background. The dream skipped ahead.

We were in a van and were pulling up to the back of this building. There had been some sort of important get together and the President was making his exit through the back. I became lucid as we were waiting for the president to come out of the building.

I decided this plot was really cool, so I just kept going along with it. Soon, a group of people stepped out into the parking lot we were in. I said, "Time to move!" Diane stayed at the wheel of the van as me and Nicolas Cage opened the doors and took off running toward the president. I thought to myself, "I hope we get him before the soviets get here!" Suddenly, the large concrete wall that surrounded the parking lot and building cracked. There was a loud boom as several mech units (large robots) busted through the wall. I took flight and kicked the president's body guards in the face. The president was the same one from the movie "National Treasure." I grabbed the president's arm and pulled him along as we ran back toward the van.

I looked back and noticed that the robots had one gun arm and the other arm was holding a light saber. One of the robots shot Nicolas Cage and then stomped him into the ground. I opened the door to the van and threw the president inside head first. I told Diane to get out of here and I'll fight off the robots. She took off and left the area. I turned back and saw that a new robot had joined the party. It was a robot in the form of a giant lizard.

I jumped into the air and landed on one of the standing mech units. I ripped of his robot gun arm and began shooting the other robots as I walked backwards away from the scene. I was in a shootout with the mech units for a bit before taking all three of them out. The only thing left was the lizard robot. I shot it up, but the bullets just bounced off. I took off running around the corner of the building. I spotted a trash can laying on the ground and said out loud, "Nice! I forget she planted a bomb for me in here!" I opened the lid of the trashcan and pulled out this weird looking device. I tossed it around the corner of the building and waited. The lizard walked around the corner and the bomb-thing was in its mouth. I shot the bomb with the gun arm and it blew the lizard mech to pieces. Suddenly, about 20 more robots jumped over the wall and were running toward me. I shouted, "Back-up!" Not really knowing what would happen. About ten or so swat members came running around the corner and started shooting at the robots. One of them looked at me and said, "Do you know a way out of here?" I responded, "Yeah, there is a cave system around here somewhere!" The guy said, "I know where it is, follow me!" I noticed the guy looked familiar. I followed hima round the parking lot for a bit and we finally found the opening to the cave.

We entered the cave and the guy took his helmet off. It was Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). I told him to show me his claws and he popped them out of his knuckles. I said, "I could definitely use those claws of yours in our army." He asked what my army did and I responded, "Well, all you would have to do is drink some beer and kick some ass." He smiled and held out his hand. I shook it and said, "Welcome aboard." He replied, "I can sing too." I told him that I heard him sing at the Oscars and he started talking about Broadway and about how magical it is to be on stage. I just ignored him as he rambled on about nonsense. I was having fun jumping over large pits and climbing around in the caves. We finally came to a ladder and I started climbing up out of the cave. Before I reached the top, the dream started to fade. I stopped and tried to stabilize. I managed to hold on for a few more moments, but it soon fizzled completely out.

Series Details
Welcome to the epic dream series known as, "The 108 Stars of Destiny." Follow me as I build the most powerful army the dream world has ever seen. Along with the help of 108 key recruits, I take on the dream world and elevate to god-like status! Will anyone stand in my way? Stay tuned for more entries to the series!

108 Stars of Destiny
NEW 14 - Wolverine - The Death Claw Star


May 18, 2011
Lucid Dream 234: The Choice
Series: The End of Days, Episode 2
DILD



I was with a group of people partying at a pond. There were several small wooden boats floating on the edges of the pond and it seemed to be evening time. Mike B and P was there with me, along with several other people. They started talking secretively about something and I overheard them. I asked what they were talking about and they tried to play it off. I said, "Look, I already know what its about, just tell me what you said." They started talking to me about having the "potential." The conversation suddenly felt very dark. Mike started talking about using certain powers to manipulate people and work our way to the top. He talked about us becoming the strongest and ruling the world. I suddenly became lucid.

I looked at Mike and P and said, "I am dreaming right now." P said, "Of course you are. This is the only way to talk to you about this." I was interested in what was going on so I played along with everything. Mike said all we have to do is take in the powers of the Yokai. I looked at them and said, "You two already have...haven't you?" They shook their head and said they had. I looked at them and said, "If I do this, I am doing it big. I will become the most powerful being in existence. My goal WILL be the world at my hands." Mike said, "Yeah, I can imagine being the most powerful." I looked at him and said, "No, no, you won't be the most powerful. I will be the leader and grow the most powerful...but every King needs his entourage. I will take you guys with me to the top." I started thinking about it and said, "Man, this is such a dark, dark path to take."

The sky began to get darker and darker and darker until it was pitch black. There were several fires around the pond, so i could still see around me. Mike said, "Yeah, and there is a lot of competition out there. Some class 5's even." I looked at them and said, "So what class are you guys?" They told me they were class 3's. I asked what class I would be and they said I would start out as a class 4. I would be the highest starting out of anyone in history. Mike started talking about how the world was ending soon and there were so many people who have already turned. Red lights that resembled stars starting showing up along the horizon. He said, "Each red light represents someone who has taken in the Yokai." I asked who the most powerful was and they pointed to the light. I said, "That is where we will go first." Suddenly, a set of stairs started to form on the nearby hill. Red neon lights began lighting the stairs. Two beautiful, but deadly looking women took each arm and started walking with me up the stairs.

I had only took a few steps up when I thought of my family. I began to wonder if this was actually happening. I wondered if maybe I was actually about to cross over into darkness. I looked at the top of the stairs and I could see a large flaming archway. Suddenly I heard a country song start playing in the background. It was Rodney Atkins, "If your going through hell, keep on going. Don't slow down, if you're scared don't show it. You might get out before the devil even knows your name..." I pulled my arms free from the girls who know looked very demonic. I stepped back into the water and started slowly drifting away from the steps. P and Mike looked shocked and said, "What do you think you are doing?" I told them that I had to think about it. Mike looked at P and said fearfully, "We can't tell "him" what happened." P said, "Well, we can't tell him it happened like this." Some girl was also in the water as I drifted passed her. She said, "You understand this is evil don't you. We are evil." I said, "Yeah, of course I do." I drifted and swam slowly to the other end of the pond and got out. I seriously felt like I had just dodged a bullet. Mike called out, "Think about it." I suddenly found myself awake in my bed. It was weird because I didn't even notice I had woke up. I performed a nose pinch, but I was indeed awake. I thought, "Well, that was definitely a weird one."

Series Details
In the dream series, "The End of Days," the world is coming to a close. With the hype surrounding 2012, many of these doomsday dreams have been popping up. See the events of the apocalypse unfold with more entries to the series.

so ive been wearing a watch that beeps every hour recently and every time it beeps i do a RC and i feel it is very helpfull as it puts the thought of dreams in your head more often than just thinking of them when you remember to. and the beeps continue through the night even when your sleeping.

as soon as i can remember my dream start i think to myself time to do a RC (i think my watch beeped just as the dream started) im at the top of my stairs in my house and i do the finger RC then i run towards a window and climb out and jump down the roof and onto a car, when i get to the ground the dream either ended or i just cant remember it.

almost forgot about this when i woke up, i find it had to sit still and remember what went on during the night.

My Tutorial for extending Lucid Dream Time. Hours of LD.

This is a common question, but I don't mean, just prolong them from 20 seconds to 20 minutes by rubbing your hands (as you have heard 100 times). I will tell you how to actually intentionally increase lucid time compared to waking time. For instance, You may sleep 30 minutes but have a full on 3-4 hours worth of experience in the LD. Not just skipping minutes here and there either, but actually 4 hours of minute by minute lucid experience. Some people speak of dreaming for days and weeks, but it seems that obviously involves time skipping and such as the mind is known to do..

This is my personal technique and my thoughts on what I believe to work flawlessly.

The longest LD periods come from later REM cycles because these are longer. Any method for having longer LD's will always work better later in the REM cycles, such as WBTB (my personal favorite).

First, and the most important thing I believe is to guard all 5 senses as much as possible. The only senses you should be experiencing are from within.

*1. Be sure to keep external light from entering your room as much as possible by closing blinds, using curtains, blind fold, ect.
*2. Keep the sounds around you to a low roar lol. Remove all possible sound that you can from your surroundings. If you sleep with a fan, fine, (I do) but for this, turn it off or at-least turn it down and away from being directly on your face. You might even consider using ear plugs.
*3. Try to keep the aromas down around your immediate body. The night before this attempt, unplug the air freshener, change the cat litter, ect.
*4. Lock out the animals or anything else that may cause movement in the room, such as turning the fan so it is not directly blowing on you is a good example.
*5. Take off any watches, wrist bands, necklaces, uncomfortable clothing, or anything that has a physical presence you are aware of on the body.

This was the first step. You may wonder if any of this really matters, or you may question step 3, or step 5. You may say, well I wear my watch or necklace in waking life, so it wont affect my LD at all. I believe this to be wrong. When you are in your Lucid Dream, You have 10 senses. 5 of the physical body, and 5 of the dream body. Experienced Lucid dreamers can even switch senses, feeling some of the body, and some of the dream body at the same time.. this is why this step matters. Because your mind always has an awareness of all of this. ESPECIALLY your conscious waking mind. For instance, What happens if you lose your watch in your LD, yet you still feel it strongly on your arm? or you feel the watch on your dream arm, but you also feel the one on your real life arm. It brings you back to the watch on your arm in your bed.. and you start thinking about the body in your bed.. suddenly your awake, back in your body.. in the bed... with either a failed LD, or a false awakening, but either way, its a set back in most cases. The same can apply to all 5 of the natural senses. This is why you want to eliminate the physical senses before the LD so there is nothing to pull you back prematurely. Don't question it before trying it. But there is more to this technique.

Upon entering the LD: Don't just take off flying, or run around doing what you have wanted to do, or want to experience. A weak start will just end up in an average LD, but we can correct this with about 30 seconds of dream time.
Upon entering the LD:
* Immediately take note of all the senses as mentioned earlier.
1. Take a good look around you, all the bright vivid detail, take in the full sight of everything around you. The more you look at the detail, the brighter and more vivid it will become.
2. Listen to the sounds around you... really take in and appreciate all the different sounds you hear. If you heard none at first, you were listening with the wrong ears... (the ones in bed)... the more you listen to the sounds and look around you the more the sounds will correspond with the things you see..
3. Take a nice slow whiff of everything around you... Smell that? Smell the things you are seeing around you.. take a slow whiff though.. you do not want to interrupt your sleep breathing... but smell all the different things around you and really take note of all the variety of smells..
4. Now, as you walk, feel how amazingly real it feels to move your legs as you walk. Lift your arms up and down a few times, feel the weight of them? Its amazing how that feels..
5. Rub your hands together, feel the sensation of what that feels like.. feel the walls around you or pick up a rock and feel the sensation and weight of holding it....

Now, combine all these sense. Intentionally, pick something up, feel the weight of it in your hand, the sensation of holding it and touching it, the vivid detail of it, smell it.. drop it, listen to it thud, or shatter on the floor..
Now, re-affirm to yourself that you are going to have a nice long awesome lucid experience. Just say this to yourself.. Re-enforce the idea to yourself that you will have a really long Lucid Experience. A

Now that you have engaged the senses deeply.. and only taken maybe 30 seconds to do so, you have fully engaged your dream senses.. over-riding any remaining connection to the body senses removing the chances of being pulled back into the body... but do not think of the body, do not think about yourself laying in the bed, or how cool it is that you dont feel your waking body anymore.. the entire purpose of all this is to remove yourself from thinking about that body anymore.. thinking about it will pull your toward it, and out of the LD. ALSO, remember, do not get lost in the dream plot of the experience.. Some people find themselves in a situation where they lose lucidity altogether and continue the dream without control if they get too far into the plot of whats going on, conversations with DC, ect.

Now. Enjoy your LD. You are conscious and fully aware but remind yourself regularly that you are conscious and aware. Don't think about the body, or the bed, or that you are sleeping in the bed, but just remember that you are dreaming and that anything is possible. Every so often, re-engage the senses in one way or another.. make sure to engage the senses around you often. Remind yourself that you are going to have a very long experience and you will find that the experience will remain very vivid, detailed, and extended.

If you find yourself lost in the experience of having a great time, remember the 5 senses and to continue reminding yourself that this is going to be an awesome and very long experience. keep smelling the things around you and watching the details, if you notice senses are fading, re-engage them by paying attention to them.. This is how you have long lucid experiences. Also, Never lay down or put yourself in the sleeping position. Laying down, or putting yourself in a position similar to sleeping is a very common way to bring yourself back to the waking life body... thus, ruining the attempt, or cutting the LD short.

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Now in Contrast. I want to tell you how to have very
short failed lucid experiences. In other words, Don't try
this at home. lol.

* Do not think about the waking life body being in the bed.
* Do not lie down or put yourself in the position of sleeping.
* Do not ever think about sounds, sights or any of the senses, Just run around doing whatever you want and forgetting to pay attention to these things lol.
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The reason this works for having very long lucid experiences should be somewhat obvious. But first of all (and this is controversial) dream time is longer minute to minute than real waking life time. So your REM periods are important but not as much as you may think. Secondly, it seems in studies that the brain can interpret periods of time as it sees worthy to complete the entire scenario it is playing out for you when dreaming. But during Lucid dreaming, you are in control of the things happening, so as long as stick to the guide, the brain will not have a reason to close the session early because it will still have plenty of stimulation. Have you ever noticed in a Non Lucid dream, how you wake up right after you save the girl. Your just holding her close with your eyes closed.. the stimulation has stopped.. and so does the dream period. Another Idea while lucid, is to keep a small hand massage ball with you, and play with it in your hand anytime that you are not doing anything very stimulating in the LD. This will keep the brain active creating stimulation while you walk around and explore, helping to keep you LD'ing.

If you want to extend your LD experiences. This will work for you.
Have faith, engage all the senses regularly, and remember to always remind yourself that you will have a long exciting fulfilling experience.

Please let me know your thoughts of my tutorial and keep us posted with your experiences here so that we can see how well this works for everyone.

Thanks, Gary

- Goodnight to all, and to all, a goodnight. -

There's been a few threads about drinking some liquid before you go to bed so that you naturally wake up about eight hours after. But here is my simply put guide on how to do it, I've tested it five times and it makes me wake up 8 hours on the dot each time. If you would like to wake up earlier just drink it an hour or two hours before bed instead of right before bed.



WBTB w/ BathroomBTB Technique:

1.) When you are about to go to sleep empty your bladder (Or wait for yourself to have to go to the bathroom) This is to prevent you from waking up too early.

2.) Drink about 1 1/2 glasses of water, don't drink sugary stuff it will keep you up all night.

3.) Watch both videos on this free lucid dreaming website, it has subliminal messages to make you lucid dream and increase vividness in dreams.
Free Lucid Dreaming Subliminal Video

4.) Go to sleep, you'll probably wake up naturally about 6-8 hours after you go to bed. It usually interrupts a dream for me.

5.) Go to the bathroom, clear your throat, drink a little water to hydrate yourself, and start saying some mantras out loud. 'I will lucid dream when I go back to sleep' 'I'll have a lucid' whatever you want really.

6.) Go back into your room, if it's too hot open a window/ turn on a fan. Fix your blankets and pillows to make sure you are comfortable and then lay down again. This is very important, if you aren't comfortable you probably wont lucid. (Also make sure you are laying on your back with your hands to your side)

7.) Now that you are laying down and comfy say about 2 different mantras in your head this time, 'The next time my eyes open I'll be lucid' 'The next time I'm conscious I'll be in a dream' 'When my eyes open I'll do a RC' Say two of any mantra that you like at least 5 times each.

8.) Finally let your mind slip into the void, let all thoughts pass through your head with no notice. Also do NOT make any comments in your head, what I mean by that is don't talk to yourself especially during SP.

9.) You'll feel yourself slip into the different sleep stages fairly quickly, if it doesn't happen within 15 mins you probably won't have a lucid that day but try again some other time. Also SP only hits me for about 5 seconds then I go into a dream.



Sleep Paralysis: Stay calm, ignore all sensations, don't talk to yourself in your head, get more and more relaxed just let your muscles 'drop' Sometimes it helps for me to think that I'm sinking into the bed. Make sure to never open your eyes unless you are sure you are in a dream, usually a dream scene will form in front of you so you wont even have to do anything. I've had SP kick in within 30 seconds of me going back to bed and I went straight into a lucid.

When in a Lucid: Reality check to make sure (Nose plug works best for me), stabalize with hand rubbing or feeling textures around you, stabilize your vision by saying 'Increase Clarity' 'Focus' I use 'Resolve' posted in the lucid dream spell section Scream it as loud as you can, from there you can choose where to go



I feel like waking up naturally is 5x better than waking up with an alarm, I don't know why but the only times I've had lucid dreams were from waking up naturally. I wrote a little more than I wanted so it's not too simple anymore but all of these methods are just daily routine, and a lot of people do them already so it shouldn't be a problem. I would say stay awake for 10 minutes MAX.

Thank you for reading, any questions? Just ask here

I was at school, and I needed to go to a classroom,. On my way there, I saw some people crowding around a bench. Girl from other dreams was on that bench. I didn't care much about that so I went to class, and saw that there was a different teacher, so I came to the conclusion that my teacher wasn't in that day. I decided to wash my hands, because I needed to. I opened the door and there was a whole new room in it's place, and there was my normal teacher. At this moment I became lucid. I was confused and left that room and decided to ask a DC what was up with that room, so I asked a teacher, they said that the school needed more facilities. I decided to go into that room, spoke to the teacher, and noticed that there was peoples bags at all of the tables, but no people. The only other person in that class was another student. I sat down then woke up.

Ok obviously there is no device to share dreams and get into the dream lucid immediately. Not yet anyway ^^
But there is something that can make you have a DILD every night, read my blog if you want to see how it has worked out for me
But anyway the concept of this "technique" is to not focus on how to get lucid, it's rather WHEN to get lucid. I used to wake up from a 6 hour alarm only to fail time after time and I actually had a dryspell for 6 weeks.
Then I started to use an app on my Iphone that is called Smart Alarm Clock, which is designed to registrate my movement and noises during sleep, to calculate in what sleep phase I am in. Then the best part, the alarm wakes me up in the rem-phase because this was apparently the best phase to wake up to feel rested.
However, if I fall asleep again I start dreaming immediatelly and the dream is soo vivid that I sooner or later become lucid! This is just a DILD and the dream is vivid enough to make me lucid. But if I use this alarm or app combined with a DEILD (I use the School of out of body experience method) the dream becomes HYPER LUCID as I like to call it. Now the dream feels like more than reality!

I hope that all of the smart phone users who want a lucid dream, reads this!
Because this was the way that I ended my dryspell and got on a streak!
On every attempt so far since I started using this, I have got atleast one lucid dream!
I am currently pracctising on stabilizing the dream when it's a DILD, because that is the easiest way, but if that don't work to get the hyper feeling then I will start with DEILD, because that realistic feeling is the best in the world!

And if you wonder what alarmsound I use the answer is none.
I use the vibbrate sound on my desk and that is enough to wake me up in rem apparently.

This is as I said before obviously not a device that works like the one in the Inception movie, but if you think about it, what happens if you can find the perfect time to wake up in the rem-phase? it's easier to WILD, DILD, DEILD, FILD, MILD and what ever technique you may want to use

That was all and I hope you get as much success that I did.

Sweet dreams!

Chris.

Foreword:

Greetings fellow oneironauts. I'd like to thank you for taking the time to read through this guide to dream stabilization; it's been a work in progress for a few months now, but I think it's finally done. Before we begin, however, I would like to add a disclaimer that the conclusions and premises of the guide (namely concerning the formation of dreams) assume that the dreamer incurs no outside interference and are based primarily on my personal experiences and observations. Thanks again. . .

Introduction

Stabilization remains a big topic in dream control, for, without stabilization, it'd be difficult to get anything done whilst lucid. This being the case, the field is, admittedly, well-traversed; the numerous methods, developed over the years, to help achieve this feat are proof of that. Still, what's been sorely missing is a plunge into the theory dwelling beneath the turbulent waters of these seemingly random techniques. That's not to say this guide won't have practical applications (I assure you, it will), but to master stabilization it helps to have a strong grasp on how it works, and why.

The Underlying Mechanic

To understand stabilization, you must first understand how dreams are formed.

Associations are the key to unlocking this mystery.

Specifically, dreams form around the schematic associations we attribute to whatever has our attention.

Or, put simply, your dream is like a tree. Rooted by the events that occur throughout your waking life, it grows, takes shape, continuously branching out at new junctures. In the context of a dream, those junctures, branches from the trunk, symbolize the paths your dream could follow based on where you're focused. The focus is what lets the branches and offshoots come about, but it's what you're focused on that determines the shape each of them will take.

Put really simply: What you focus on will determine the path your dream takes.

The crucial thing is that you recognize the importance your attention has when it comes to forming dreams. Which brings us to our next section.

What is Dream Stabilization?

Seems pretty straightforward, right? Well, then it shouldn't be too hard for you to come up with a solid definition (that doesn't use the word “stabilize”) right here, right now, yeah?

Go ahead.

I'll wait. . .



Not as easy as it sound, is it?

The only DV tutorial on the subject defines Dream Stabilization as “attempting to stabilize the lucid dream.”

But what use is that, to define something with its inherent meaning? The definition above is exactly the same as saying Internet Trolling is “attempting to troll on the Internet.” It tells us nothing we didn't already know, and, so, we cannot learn from it.

We need to go deeper.

• Dream: “a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep”
• Stabilization: “the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable”
• Stabilize: “become stable or more stable”
• Stable: “maintaining equilibrium”
• Equilibrium: “balance: equality of distribution”

I think we've got something workable here.

Stabilization then, I propose, is the act of becoming balanced or maintaining balance.

But how does this relate to dreams? What could possibly require balancing in “a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep”?

The easy answer is: “Everything.” The conventional way of thinking about dreams leads most to believe that Dream Stabilization means facilitating those mental images and keeping those pesky emotions in check. But the true answer is more subtle than that.

Focus and attention, foundations on which dreams, those “mental images and emotions,” are formed, constantly shifting, constantly deciding the flow, the stability, of a dream.

So, what is Dream Stabilization, really?

My proposition: Dream Stabilization is the act of balancing attention within a dream.

The astute among you will ask, “Balancing attention? Between what? You've only given me one side: the dream, images and emotions.” And you're right, there is another side. But it's one that appears almost exclusively during lucid dreams.

The Other Side

On one side we have the dream, that's a given, but what's on the other end that's shifting our attention away from the dream?

First, let me ask you another related question: why is it that normal dreams rarely, if ever, require stabilization?

To answer this, think about the differences between a lucid dream and a non-lucid one. Realize, in a lucid dream, one is aware the environment around them is a dream, that one is in bed, fast asleep, while in a non-lucid one is not aware of these things.

The difference between the two, then, is this profound realization and everything that comes with it. And what accompanies it, you ask? The ability to reason, to think logically, internal processes that require a fair bit of attention.

And there's your answer. Thoughts, rational ideas outside the scope of your current surroundings, all shift the balance of your focus.

Bringing it all Together

To stabilize a lucid dream, you must create a proper balance between the dream and your conscious, thinking, self. If you pour too much of yourself into the dream, you'll lose your consciousness, your lucidity. Not enough, and the dream will fade entirely, leaving you with nothing but your thoughts as everything fades to black.

Luckily, striking that balance is a path well-worn by the onieronauts before us.

Common Stabilization Methods

All Stabilization methods have one thing in common: they work to place attention on the dream world. Obviously, like all things concerning LDing, you'll be keen to experiment to see what well works for you, as some methods achieve this balancing feat better than others

A brief list of the very basics:

• Hand Rubbing – Good for a quick burst of tactile sensation, puts focus on the dream body.
• Spinning – Brings your attention not only to the spinning world around you as it blurs about, but to your dream body as well.
• Shouting for Clarity – Works on multiple levels, from hearing the sound of your own voice, to looking toward your surroundings for a change in vividness.

And that's just start of it.

From there comes sensory stimulation, proven time and again to be a reliable, powerful tool in redirecting attention toward the dreamworld.

• Sight – Studying the detail in an ornate archway, the colorful shops and stalls in the marketplace, or each distinct grain of sand.
• Sound – Noticing the wind as it blows past your ears mid-flight, the chattering of nearby DCs, or even your own voice.
• Touch – Focusing on the texture of a nearby wall, the cool grass beneath your bare feet, or the wet water pouring from a fountain.
• Smell – Taking in the scent of fresh baked bread or cookies, the fresh morning air, or even burning rubber.
• Taste – Fill your mouth with amazing sensations from anything you can find, be it tasty desserts or a cheap sandal.

All of these are sure to help placate your thoughts and turn your attentions to the dreamworld. The more of them you can engage, the better. Personally, I like taking big bites out of trees, as eating a tree evokes so many different senses at once. From the rough, intricate, crunchy bark, to the wet, leafy taste, and fresh smell, it all assaults the senses, making it impossible to ignore the dreamworld.

Uncommon Stabilization Methods

Beyond the conventional lies the unconventional, or methods that don't follow the standard sensory formula. Most prominent among these are raw shifts of awareness to your surroundings. *There are many ways to go about doing this, but it's something that simply needs to be experienced to be understood at all.

Those who practice lucid living and all day awareness are more likely to be familiar with pouring attention into their surroundings. In fact, it's likely these people do this automatically whilst lucid, making traditional stabilization almost unnecessary for them. Still, there are ways to actively force focus on your surroundings. Everyone's method will be different depending on their experience with attention shifting, but I'll explain my method below so you'll have something to work with, at the very least.

I came up with this method in particular after reading a bit of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. The idea comes from the battle/meditation technique the main character is taught early on: to create a flame in his mind's eye and focus on it completely, deflecting all outside thoughts.

I start by taking in the world around me, but not just what I can see; I use everything I can sense, making it my proverbial flame, making it all important, pouring my focus into it so that everything around me is complete and free from my conscious thoughts.

And just like that, the dream becomes stable, whilst I retain my lucidity. What's amazing is that this process doesn't take more than a moment and can be used at almost any time; I've lost count of the number of lucids this little trick has kept me from losing.

Conclusion

I hope this guide to stabilization fundamentals proved at the very least, interesting to you. If it was helpful, that's even better. =)

If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or flames, I'll be more than happy to address them.

Cheers!

-(T)zzkc

52 Ways to Have Lucid DreamsStart a dream journal and write down at least one dream every morning.

Do a dozen reality checks each day - such as trying to push your hand through a wall and asking "Am I dreaming?"

Perform a daily 10-minute breathing meditation and examine your self-awareness as you become sensitive to your surroundings.

Listen to scientifically proven forms of brainwave entrainment before sleep.

Learn to interpret your dreams and record key recurring themes.

Supercharge your dream intensity and dream recall with lucid dream supplements like Galantamine or Choline.

Experiment with a dream herb like Calea Z for vivid and memorable dreams.

Perform Dr Stephen LaBerge's Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (MILD) before you go to sleep tonight.

Practice the Wake Induced Lucid Dreams technique whenever you can.

Observe your own hypnagogic hallucinations as you drift off to sleep.

Make a dream pillow filled with aromas that promote relaxation while you sleep.

Rid yourself of any sleep disorders which disturb your quality of REM sleep.

Listen to a self-hypnosis MP3 as you go to sleep to place targeted auto-suggestions in your subconscious mind.

Listen to subliminal messages for lucid dream induction.

Watch our free subliminal lucid dreaming video before bed.

Figure out your best sleep posture for lucid dreaming (usually on your back for WILDs, although you may be different).

Try the Wake Back to Bed method by waking early for 30 minutes.

Get a comfortable mattress - not too firm, not too soft - so you always get a good night's sleep.

Experiment with the OBE Exit Technique, a fun visualization technique, as taught by Nick Newport of Lucidology.

Use aromatherapy to induce specific memories and associations while you sleep - also known as a Smell Induced Lucid Dream (SILD).

Eat cheese before bed to increase your dream intensity ("cheese dreams").

While lucid, ask the dream to help you become lucid more easily in future.

Incubate lucid dreams by reading short stories about lucid dreaming.

Allow yourself to daydream - any time - pushing your conscious awareness into a range of different realities.

Practice having Out of Body Experiences (OBEs) which is a phenomenon closely connected with lucid dreaming (as well as Astral Projection).

Wear a digital watch and perform a reality check every time it chimes on the hour (the sound may also filter through into your dreams).

Learn about the ancient art of Dream Yoga from Tibetan Buddhism.

Encourage false awakenings when you sleep in different locations or anticipate an unusual event when you wake up in the morning.

Deliberately induce sleep paralysis -- and relax.

Set an alarm every 90 minutes of sleep to wake you during your most likely period of Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep to boost your dream recall.

Practice polyphasic sleep, which involves taking lots of naps throughout the day and night, instead of sleeping in one big chunk.

If you can't fit polyphasic sleep into your schedule, take afternoon naps.

Allow yourself more lie-ins and practice lucid dreaming techniques.

Don't smoke weed or drink alcohol as this inhibits REM sleep.

Don't be afraid of lucid dreaming; there is nothing to fear inside your own mind.

Aim to get at least 7-8 hours of sleep per night - or more if you need it.

Perform the Cycle Adjustment Technique by alternating your wake up times.

Visualize your next lucid dream in advance; how you will become lucid, what it will feel and look like, and what you'll do first.

Try a Finger Induced Lucid Dream (FILD) when you wake up in the night: lie still and minutely wiggle your index and middle finger till you fall asleep lucidly.

As you fall asleep, lie perfectly relaxed, melt your awareness into the mattress, and repeat the phrase: "The next scene will be a dream."

Listen to meditation music as you fall asleep.

Expect to have spontaneous lucid dreams, also known as Dream Induced Lucid Dreams (DILDs) where you become lucid through a flash of logic.

Use a lucid dream mask such as the NovaDreamer, created by Dr Stephen LaBerge, also known as an Electrically Induced Lucid Dream (EILD).

Play first-person video games like Prototype or Left 4 Dead to stimulate the proven phenomenon of Game Induced Lucid Dreams (GILDs).

Go to bed thirsty and place a glass of water in the bedroom, far enough away so you have to get out of bed to reach it. Your dream body can separate in a false awakening and fetch the drink.

Conversely, perform reality checks every time you use the bathroom, then go to bed with a semi-full bladder and dream urination can induce lucidity.

Sharpen your visualization skills: lay in bed with your eyes closed and visualize the room in vivid detail. Visualize outdoor scenes as well.

Imagine kinaesthetic sensations like riding a bike, floating on a cloud, or running through a field as you fall asleep.

Take a Vitamin B6 supplement which converts tryptophan (found in cheese, chicken, salmon, eggs and milk) into serotonin, for more vivid dreams.

Set at least three clear lucid dream intentions before you go to sleep.

Learn as much as you can about lucid dreaming from books - I recommend the classic Exploring The World of Lucid Dreaming by Dr Stephen LaBerge.

i dont remember much , but my derams were awesome...

so what i remember is there was concerts everywhere or so,and in 1 moment i saw 2Pac
i was like woot...
and he jumping in the scene and started with "Come with me ... Hailiy mary like run quicksy" ....
i moved and i rapp too i dontk now it was cool , i though first he is 2pac but he wasnt but voice was same...

i had more dreams but hard to remember i sleept alot..
then what i remember is being with friends in cyprus and doing fun playing football etc ...
i was in school and i was thinking all the time about Ganja and the kids too ... i mean everyone who was playing football and so i was around and thinking they will do something with ganja etc .. ;D

too bad i ddint writted alot when i woke up .. but coool dreamz

I remember i was sitting in perhaps a subway tunnel with my mother, and there were homeless asking for money. We gave some quarters to a woman, and next thing i know we are being arrested by some animal pound. We ended up in this wierd cell with people who seemed to be doing experiments on us. We had tp keep washing the ceiling and floor or they would punish us. One time we tried to escape but they dropped panels in the floor and some people fell to thier death. Another time some of the people in the cells on the side dropped down and tried to pop out of the walls to scare our captor. At some points we seemed human, other points we were dogs or other animals. There was also a mobster with me who i befriended. He was talking about how he used to run guns, and he had hidden them in my trunk and that's why i was arrested.

I am having those strong ass feelings again. Like a magnetic pull, I know what it is. I just don't understand who it is. this guy keeps coming into my dreams. I can't help being drawn to him. I feel deep down inside that I should know him, very well! He is trying to explain things to me, why I feel the things that I do. what he says makes perfect sense to me, I can not REMEMBER what he tells me after I wake up. However, I feel part of me does remember. Almost like when I am asleep...I'm still me but I am surrounded by people my soul knows, I can't recall them after waking. The whole ordeal makes me feel incredibly homesick. I am getting frustrated...I don't understand why I am feeling so homesick when I am at home! Hopefully I can make some sense of all of this soon. peace

Wow another headache induced dream - 1.5 hours sleep (a lot of dreams for such a short period)
I had prepared some calea tea earlier in the day.
At about 7 in the evening I started coming down really sick. I had a headache and felt like vomiting and a bit of a fever, cold sweats etc. I thought I must of been comeing down with the flu.
I lasted about 1 hour more and vomited up my dinner. I felt much better after that, the left over pizza in the fridge must have been given me food poisoning or something. Still had a headache though.
So I decided not to drink the tea, went straight to bed and started a healing meditation. I fell asleep pretty quickly.

Now for the dream.
I'm not really sure how lucid this was and its very fragmented but some interesting events transpired.

This has got to have been the most dramatic and strange entries into a dream. I was floating in the void spinning, concious of this it was like a whirlpool I started getting sucked down the middle. I thought I would enter a dream as this has happened before so I went down.
I ended up in another void this one was like a tight box I tried to push through it I just bounced off the walls. I was kind of afraid I would be trapped here I thought about trying to wake up, then I managed to push my face into the wall and it was stretching like plastic over my face and becoming translucent I could see the room. I managed to break out and hatched my self out of this thing. I remember thinking I had to stay in the void untill the dream had finished 'loading'. I think The room was a bedroom in my childhood house, the room I slepted in from maybe 13-16. I wakeup in that bed lots in dreams.

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Me and a group of primary school friends are walking in the park over the road from my childhood house, I tell them about a dream I had about my house. ( this was a real dream I had, I have never told someone about a real dream I had in a dream, and I consciously lied about the dream on purpose for some reason...) then looked at the house and it was taking up the entire block, I was thinking the new owners must be ritch. Apparently we didn't live there anymore. We headed to my friends house at the end of the street We see his sister 'all grown up' the guys are trying to remember her name, as she walks past I say her name, she turns and we start talking. She seems really innocent and shy. Everyone surrounds her and starts teasing her

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I am in an apartment or something my brother and a bunch of other guys, for some reason we get up a run out side. There is a pile of cows legs, like the entire leg from the hip down. I start preparing the meat using telekinesis but its not 'warmed up' and I am having trouble. some reason I am stitching the meat up I am kind of melting it and moulding it into shape I finish the first one I can see the cut really clearly ... its very strange.. I burn some hairs off the meat.

so I now feel perfect no headache so I drank the tea hope more dreams will come - they didn't but I had a good sleep.

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6-16-11


Key:
My words in blue
Other peoples in green


I had another dream mentioning a country, Russia.

Type: Regular Dream.
Lucidity: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Vividness: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Gonna start using this, I think I got it from Puffin, great idea.

I was working for a charity at a carnival and we were selling carnival food (popcorn, cotton candy, etc) for our charity which was some kind of help for little children who are sick. I was the one out in the crowd trying to convince people to donate. A couple came up to me the woman was in a white fuax fur coat and she had platinum hair. She said "Hello" in a thick Russian accent and the man behind her said also in a thick Russian accent, something like "I have a check for you." I looked at it and could clearly make out the numbers 15,000 and then saw the bank stamp mark on it which lets you know the moneys in the bank, I was happy to get such a good donation.

I yelled back at our helpers and a few of the customers getting stuff at our stand, "Hey everybody I got a check for fifteen thousand dollars!"
They all cheered!

(So much for not being able to read small numbers in a dream, that could have given me a clue.)



6-17-11
Type: Regular Dream.
Lucidity: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Vividness: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

I was walking around an outdoor market and saw an old man running, I felt he was running in a marathon. I knew I could beat him and started running too right through the market! I blew past gramps and still had no tiredness at all, it was like I wasn't even running! I thought, with no tiredness, I have real potential in this sport! I came to a rest stop station which was a tall food cart with all kinds of water bottles and stuff for the runners it was on a corner of stalls in this outdoor market. The guy watching over the cart and working for the race promoters, gave me a water bottle.

"Thanks" I said and took a sip.

He nodded his head and thought that was all I should get.
I asked 'why' in my thoughts and his thoughts told me 'You need to sign the clip board.'

I took the clipboard and looked at it and asked in my thoughts what this did?

"You sign for the items you want to see at the next rest station."

I was not sure what this was all about so I just signed my name and started running. Just then the old dude walked up seemingly not in any rush at all.

I ran till I was near a pond and saw another food cart. The guy minding the cart handed me the bottle of water and a white towel. His thoughts indicated that I had signed for these things at the last station, I played along but found I was not tired at all nor thirsty! I dabbed my head with the towel a bit and put the stuff back on the rack.

Then I walked over to look into the pond which had a lot of dead brown vegetation in it sticking way up out of the water and koi were in the water swimming around. It was like a lake in a desert.

"I'm not interested in this race, maybe I'll finish running it some other time."

Woke up for the day.

(that was an odd marathon but still the organizing of the things you got are actually better than anything I have ever seen in waking life!)

1. I wrote 'comic books' in my DJ, but now I don't remember that dream at all.

2. The second dream I remember a little better. I was riding in a canoe with some people, including my mom. We were riding through canals in the middle of the city. You could take a tour through the residential or business side of town. We passed some kids who were smoking marijuana in the canal (?). I looked in the canoe ahead of us (there were a bunch of canoes all lined up in a row, kind of like water rides at an amusement park) and was looking at the people in it. No one was wearing anything colorful except these two ladies. One had a purple swimsuit, and the other one was wearing a blue swimsuit. I then realized that their swimsuits were the exact same design. Then my mom put her hands over her eyes like goggles and started looking around through her imaginary binoculars. For some reason I thought that she was doing that to cover up her eyes because they had turned into mushy charcoal-stuff.