How to stay in the dream when we are awaking?

**DreamHighlander** · 04-02-2013 11:21 AM

There was some tips here about how to prolong a lucid dream. But what I want to know is what do you do when you are about to wake up but want to stay in the dream.
I say this because in some lucid dreams i have, i begin to wake up unexpectedly. I see the whole environment in my dream disappearing, becoming invisible little by little. I concentrate on staying in the dream, i focus on it, say loudly that i do not want to wake up, that i want to stay, but it has not worked. I wake up.
Has this happened to you? What do you do? Have you got any tips for this moment when we are in the half dreaming, half awaking?

**Squilli0** · 04-02-2013 11:38 AM

It happens to everyone unfortunately. Try spinning around slowly and concentrating on your environment. That works for me

**Box77** · 04-02-2013 11:43 AM

If the dream vanishes without apparent reason, I stay calm and quiet on the bed, and try to re-enter through a DEILD.

**Scionox** · 04-02-2013 07:20 PM

I once managed to reset dream into false awakening by 'grabbing' into it when it was fading out. Stabilization techniques also could work. And in case you already woke up, give DEILD a try, though be sure that you have memorized recall.

**DreamHighlander** · 04-02-2013 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Checker666

And in case you already woke up, give DEILD a try, though be sure that you have memorized recall.

I have good dream recall. I have many dreams daily and all day i can remember them. One time i tryed DEILD (not knowing that this was the name) but i guess the thing i did wrong is look at the time. So, dind0nt work. When i wake up i use to look at the time. I guess this breaks the DEILD. I'll try better next time.

**Box77** · 04-03-2013 11:42 AM

I was able to DEILD a couple of times right after I turned on the bed, so don't worry if you have moved anyway. For me, it's important not to lose focus on what I see (black at the beginning) and stop thinking too much.
Good luck!

**DreamHighlander** · 04-05-2013 10:38 AM

Damn, today i was so close to accomplish that. I had another lucid dream and when it began to fade i tryed several things, some of your suggestions. I remembered most of them in my dream.
It was getting dark and the environment was fading. I rubbed my hands, concentrated on counting the fingers of the hand (i had 6), counted again (had 7), spinned for about 10 seconds... it still was dark.
Got back to rubbing the hands and counting fingers (this time 8). I then said out loud:
- "Clarity now!!. I want to see objects, I want things to appear in front of me!"
But it had no results. I wake up. I then tryed to not open my eyes and focus on returning to dream. I stayed that way for about 3 minutes. It did not work.
I was closer to do it than the previous ones. I believe with more practice i can do it.

**Box77** · 04-05-2013 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by DreamHighlander

Damn, today i was so close to accomplish that. I had another lucid dream and when it began to fade i tryed several things, some of your suggestions. I remembered most of them in my dream.
It was getting dark and the environment was fading. I rubbed my hands, concentrated on counting the fingers of the hand (i had 6), counted again (had 7), spinned for about 10 seconds... it still was dark.
Got back to rubbing the hands and counting fingers (this time 8). I then said out loud:
- "Clarity now!!. I want to see objects, I want things to appear in front of me!"
But it had no results. I wake up. I then tryed to not open my eyes and focus on returning to dream. I stayed that way for about 3 minutes. It did not work.
I was closer to do it than the previous ones. I believe with more practice i can do it.

If I were you, I wouldn't do any to stay in the dream. Normally I let it go, then I would try to DEILD without thinking about the time, that I'm awake, etc. I would just think about the place I was when the dream faded out, and it usually works for me.