Easy tricks?

[Aurata]

Does anyone know of any easy/good tricks to do whilst in a lucid dream? Something I could try as a beginner. I don't really know how difficult certain tasks would be. I imagine the more supernatural and unrealistic, the more difficult to perform if you don't yet have good dream control, correct? So what are some easy things to do?... what are some difficult things to do?

[are446]

I usually just do something very quickly and it stabalizes me for a good amount of time

[mcwillis]

I had a lot of fun walking through walls with my first few lucid dreams.

[AscendedSleeper]

It is a bit of a fallacy that you need to be able to do "simple" tasks before "advanced" tasks in lucid dreams. These things are extremely subjective. People tend to find certain tasks more difficult than others, but that certainly doesn't imply that a beginner is in any way incapable of performing tasks which are considered to be difficult. My point in stating this is simply to inform you that you should try whatever you want to try without worrying about "difficulty". If you don't believe that you can do something while lucid you will almost definitely not be able to do it. With that being said I find your request for easy tricks to be a wise one. Doing something simple but impossible has often helped me to realize that the only rules of the dreamworld are ones which I create (consciously or otherwise). As general advice, I suggest that if you find yourself unable to do something, you simply move on and find something else which you can do. Each successive failure only validates the thought that you cannot do whatever you are attempting. Try to remember that everything that you want to do is, in fact, possible regardless of what mental barriers you may have. Here are some tasks which are relatively easy for me. They may or may not be as easy for you. Ultimately it will take first-hand experimentation for you to discover what you are personally good at: -light a finger on fire like a match or lighter. If you have trouble, try to feel the heat and imagine what the flame looks like. This is a good thing to practice if you have trouble throwing fireballs or manipulating heat in general. -Jump super high. I'm not sure how many other people experience this, but I always seem to be able to jump high in dreams without any effort whatsoever. Most people don't seem to have too much of a problem with jumping high because everyone can have a pretty good idea of what it feels like to jump, as opposed to things like shapeshifting which we have very little experience in real life to draw from. These are just examples of things which I would be consider to be objectively "easy". Most common lucid activities, such as flying, summoning people or items, changing the scene, walking through walls, fighting, running fast, eating food, or having sex could be considered difficulty neutral. Some people have trouble. Others don't. For those who can't perform desired tasks at first there is a wide range of advice and strategies available to help. As I touched on earlier, most of the things people consider to be difficult are difficult to visualize or imagine. What is it like to have 360 degree vision or take the shape of a fluid? Those are much more difficult things to conceptualize than flying or making a fire. Hence, people tend to have more difficulty when attempting such tasks. I hope this has been helpful.

[Aurata]

Thank you for the very informative reply, AscendedSleeper. You have answered my question in such good detail, and in respectable tone. Yes, what you say makes more sense. It did cross my mind that tasks should be equally difficult, considering that imagination is limitless. Although, naturally inconceivable tasks (such as 360 degree vision!) should logically be more difficult to imagine, which you also addressed. I find it coincidental that you mention jumping super high. The only impossible thing that I have done in a lucid dream is exactly that, jump super high. I jumped super high in a failed attempt to fly, probably due to the reality that I have never flown before, where as, I have jumped before (as you mentioned). I had trouble accepting that I was flying and found it easier to fall to the ground, seeing as that is the natural consequence of being in the air. Attempting something inconceivable would be an extremely odd experience. Something that I would eventually like to try, if possible. Again, thank you. You have been very helpful.

[RebelSeven]

Everyone everywhere seems to forget that you can also believe something will not work, and then it does. Keep that in mind too. The more of a beginner you are the more beneficial it is to stabilize the dream. Sit, look around in wonder, touch things, understand that you are the dream and the dream is you. Then blow stuff up with you mind But even as an advanced dreamer, I have found that talking to DC's (including animals!) is one of the most fun enlightening fascinating things you can do. A short list of other possibilities: Eat something non-edible free fall from anything high Find an Art Gallery and go look at the paintings Walk on the surface of water Go into a mirror Use drugs Try to kill yourself Call someone on a telephone And I'm a sucker for any kind of fighting

[yuppie11975]

Exactly, things are only as hard as you make them. Why is flying so easy? Everyone does it, so everyone knows how easy it is, they tell people that it's easy, therefore you think it's easier than other stuff, so it IS. However, it's good to get the basic bending skills down pat, for fights. Earth, fire, wind, air. Learn to fly, because it's always useful. And then finally summoning/making things happen is a MUST pretty much everything revolves around this. It's dark outside. Make it light. You want to eat some really nice cake. Summon it. You want to fire a gun. Summon it. You get the picture, also, rather than making it appear from thin air, turn around expecting it to be there. Works better for most people.

[paulahandlon]

I like trying to fly or putting hands in front of me....feels weird doing most things but those are the easiest ones for me.

[Mzzkc]

Archetype Control is a very beginner friendly control method, if you don't worry about the details and just focus on activation/emulation. Possible applications are only as limited as your already developed schema, so you can be pulling off bad-ass matrix moves or avatar-style element control without issue if you've got those experiences backing you up. Flying on the other-hand is a very personal thing you'll have to figure out on your own. Mancon has quite a few suggestions on his guide, but to be a truly successful flier you need to do some introspection and figure out what experiences and schema you can leverage to help you fly in dreams. tl;dr The ease of dream control can heavily depend on the style/form of control you use. AT Control is a great method for beginners because you can do cool things with it right away with minimal work. Links to referenced material: http://www.dreamviews.com/f14/archet...t-tool-104409/ http://www.dreamviews.com/f14/mancon...niques-118384/

[WuChi]

all says U need to believe know U can do it without smallest uncertainty in your soul so true like I guesses There is no basic or advance everything is simple just like real live

[CallmeSkarr]

In my ONLY 2 lucid dreams i have unlocked another ability in each, first was flight and second was electricity! i think i had electricity because its something thats always fascinated me and and an ability i have always wanted so that could be somethign you could factor in? so like if your favourite element was fire it would be probaby easier to have fire abilities. (just a theory from my experiences)