The Power of Playing Pretend

The purpose of this technique is to increase and prolong dream control, and incubate new powers.

The idea is to literally play pretend in waking life, as you did when you were a child.

There are two basic paths of doing this.

Play Session

1. Go somewhere private (outdoors seems to work better as its kind of more "neutral" than an indoor setting like your bedroom).

2. Pretend you are dreaming.

3. Do a Reality Check. Pretend that you are now lucid. Pretend you are very excited about having a lucid dream, and you remain calm.

4. Now pretend you want to do a dream task, for example: shoot fireballs out of your hands.
In this example, what you would do is something like this: Rub your hands together until they become warm. Slowly move your hands apart, and imagine a fireball forming between your hands. Shoot the imaginary fireball at a target by extending your arm, and shouting, 'FIREBALL!" Imagine the smell of sulfur and smoke. Pretend there is a crackling sound to the fireball. Visualize the target getting hit, and bursting into flame. Pump your fist and say, "Yes! I rock! I love shooting fireballs in my lucid dreams!"

5. Involve as much emotion, excitement, and adrenaline as you can, because this will make the play more memorable in your sub-c.

6. To increase the adrenaline, excitement, emotion, here are some ideas: you may shout at the top of your lungs, run down a steep hill, blast some loud music, or anything that involves your body moving.

Your play session may last as long or as short as you wish.

We learn the fastest by doing. Of course, we probably can't shoot fireballs in waking life, but we can practice shooting dream fireballs in waking life.

This is a dream incubation technique which can be used to perform specific dream tasks, give yourself new powers, or practice the powers that you already have.

To further push your play deeper into your subconscious mind, and really stamp it on there, you want to involve as many senses as you can.

Instant Power Play

You can do this anywhere, including in public.

The Instant Power Play works like this:

You are walking down the street, and something reminds you of lucid dreaming. You do an RC, and it fails. You pretend you are dreaming anyway. You quickly thrust out your arm toward a target, pretending to shoot a fireball at it. Visualize the fireball, smell it, feel it. Laugh triumphantly.

I have been using this second tech to work on my Heads-Up-Display I have in my dreams, and it's been working pretty well.

Enjoy!

Lol, I was actually doing this today with my lightning generation technique.

I go around the house, looking at the metal doorknobs that are on most of the doors in my house, and "shock" them. I just imagine if someone else was on the other side... :evil:

It's thorough Reflection-Intention. I bet you stole it from my dream kata thread :P

You NEVER accuse WakingNomad of stealing ANYTHING. You hear?

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That's what I thought.

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Originally Posted by SinisterDezz

You NEVER accuse WakingNomad of stealing ANYTHING. You hear?

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That's what I thought.

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Haha! I already did! Not acusing him, but suspicous...hmmmm.... But it's not my idea either, so he didn't actually steal it, but maybe my thread inspired him. I am a blessing!

Dezz, you're from antarctica?

I am now O____O

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Originally Posted by LouaiB

It's thorough Reflection-Intention. I bet you stole it from my dream kata thread :P

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Yes, I agree you think that, and I've been doing this shit since around 1976, so probably not. In my opinion, whether you put a colon with a letter p at the end of a statement, or not, accusing me of stealing is pretty fuckin' rude.

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Originally Posted by LouaiB

It's thorough Reflection-Intention. I bet you stole it from my dream kata thread :P

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Originally Posted by SinisterDezz

You NEVER accuse WakingNomad of stealing ANYTHING. You hear?

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That's what I thought.

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Originally Posted by LouaiB

Haha! I already did! Not acusing him, but suspicous...hmmmm.... But it's not my idea either, so he didn't actually steal it, but maybe my thread inspired him. I am a blessing!

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So, first you accuse me of stealing, then you admit to it, then you deny it, then you say you're suspicious, then you say it's not your idea, then you call yourself a blessing?

Seriously, what the fuck? Are you done cyberstalking me across dreamviews yet?

Warning: Please stay on topic and play nice!

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Originally Posted by WakingNomad

The purpose of this technique is to increase and prolong dream control, and incubate new powers.

The idea is to literally play pretend in waking life, as you did when you were a child.

There are two basic paths of doing this.

Play Session

1. Go somewhere private (outdoors seems to work better as its kind of more "neutral" than an indoor setting like your bedroom).

2. Pretend you are dreaming.

3. Do a Reality Check. Pretend that you are now lucid. Pretend you are very excited about having a lucid dream, and you remain calm.

4. Now pretend you want to do a dream task, for example: shoot fireballs out of your hands.
In this example, what you would do is something like this: Rub your hands together until they become warm. Slowly move your hands apart, and imagine a fireball forming between your hands. Shoot the imaginary fireball at a target by extending your arm, and shouting, 'FIREBALL!" Imagine the smell of sulfur and smoke. Pretend there is a crackling sound to the fireball. Visualize the target getting hit, and bursting into flame. Pump your fist and say, "Yes! I rock! I love shooting fireballs in my lucid dreams!"

5. Involve as much emotion, excitement, and adrenaline as you can, because this will make the play more memorable in your sub-c.

6. To increase the adrenaline, excitement, emotion, here are some ideas: you may shout at the top of your lungs, run down a steep hill, blast some loud music, or anything that involves your body moving.

Your play session may last as long or as short as you wish.

We learn the fastest by doing. Of course, we probably can't shoot fireballs in waking life, but we can practice shooting dream fireballs in waking life.

This is a dream incubation technique which can be used to perform specific dream tasks, give yourself new powers, or practice the powers that you already have.

To further push your play deeper into your subconscious mind, and really stamp it on there, you want to involve as many senses as you can.

Instant Power Play

You can do this anywhere, including in public.

The Instant Power Play works like this:

You are walking down the street, and something reminds you of lucid dreaming. You do an RC, and it fails. You pretend you are dreaming anyway. You quickly thrust out your arm toward a target, pretending to shoot a fireball at it. Visualize the fireball, smell it, feel it. Laugh triumphantly.

I have been using this second tech to work on my Heads-Up-Display I have in my dreams, and it's been working pretty well.

Enjoy!

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Ok

Back on topic

I like this ... whoever idea it is.

:goodidea::goodidea::goodidea:

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Originally Posted by havago

Ok

Back on topic

I like this ... whoever idea it is.

:goodidea::goodidea::goodidea:

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That would be the person you just quoted.

Stop playing mean. :-(

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Originally Posted by SinisterDezz

Stop playing mean. :-(

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Hey, look, the Topic!:

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Originally Posted by WakingNomad

The purpose of this technique is to increase and prolong dream control, and incubate new powers.

The idea is to literally play pretend in waking life, as you did when you were a child.

There are two basic paths of doing this.

Play Session

1. Go somewhere private (outdoors seems to work better as its kind of more "neutral" than an indoor setting like your bedroom).

2. Pretend you are dreaming.

3. Do a Reality Check. Pretend that you are now lucid. Pretend you are very excited about having a lucid dream, and you remain calm.

4. Now pretend you want to do a dream task, for example: shoot fireballs out of your hands.
In this example, what you would do is something like this: Rub your hands together until they become warm. Slowly move your hands apart, and imagine a fireball forming between your hands. Shoot the imaginary fireball at a target by extending your arm, and shouting, 'FIREBALL!" Imagine the smell of sulfur and smoke. Pretend there is a crackling sound to the fireball. Visualize the target getting hit, and bursting into flame. Pump your fist and say, "Yes! I rock! I love shooting fireballs in my lucid dreams!"

5. Involve as much emotion, excitement, and adrenaline as you can, because this will make the play more memorable in your sub-c.

6. To increase the adrenaline, excitement, emotion, here are some ideas: you may shout at the top of your lungs, run down a steep hill, blast some loud music, or anything that involves your body moving.

Your play session may last as long or as short as you wish.

We learn the fastest by doing. Of course, we probably can't shoot fireballs in waking life, but we can practice shooting dream fireballs in waking life.

This is a dream incubation technique which can be used to perform specific dream tasks, give yourself new powers, or practice the powers that you already have.

To further push your play deeper into your subconscious mind, and really stamp it on there, you want to involve as many senses as you can.

Instant Power Play

You can do this anywhere, including in public.

The Instant Power Play works like this:

You are walking down the street, and something reminds you of lucid dreaming. You do an RC, and it fails. You pretend you are dreaming anyway. You quickly thrust out your arm toward a target, pretending to shoot a fireball at it. Visualize the fireball, smell it, feel it. Laugh triumphantly.

I have been using this second tech to work on my Heads-Up-Display I have in my dreams, and it's been working pretty well.

Enjoy!

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Originally Posted by SinisterDezz

Stop playing mean. :-(

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It's ok. Maybe he didn't realize I was only joking. I'm sorry if I seemed rude(even though he was ruder).

I like the tech never the less. I will add it to my RI :)

This thread is in serious danger of having bunch of off-topic posts deleted.

On another note:

it's not ok to accuse someone of stealing ideas. Not in one, but in two posts. It's a serious matter and we don't take it lightly.

This is a great idea, I do this when taking walks, when I was doing this a lot the powers did start showing up in both Lucius and non-lucids. It's a great way to build solid expectation.

Lol. I'll do this :D
It seems fun even though its pretend! :D

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Lol. I'll do this :D
It seems fun even though its pretend! :D

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The expectation you build will be real, and will show up in dreams if you do it consistently!

Good advice!

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Originally Posted by WakingNomad

Of course, we probably can't shoot fireballs in waking life, but we can practice shooting dream fireballs in waking life.

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Speak for yourself! I'm not willing to write off that possibility. I still suspect if you reverse the advice in your opening post, and practice shooting fireballs in a dream, just maybe...

It's funny. After I practiced I had my second LD

I tried this while I was in the car with my sister and she seriously thought that I had lost my mind, but it was so much fun I didn't care. I even developed a new power technique in dreams for blowing shit up where I just snap my fingers and a person will explode and their blood and guts will fly everywhere. I tried it in a dream and it worked :) great idea wakingnomad.

I'd actually turn the whole method around, and instead play along in the dream itself. It'd probably be easier to exert dream control if 'the plot demands it', so to speak.

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I'd actually turn the whole method around, and instead play along in the dream itself. It'd probably be easier to exert dream control if 'the plot demands it', so to speak.

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Go for it! Please post your results.

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I tried this while I was in the car with my sister and she seriously thought that I had lost my mind, but it was so much fun I didn't care. I even developed a new power technique in dreams for blowing shit up where I just snap my fingers and a person will explode and their blood and guts will fly everywhere. I tried it in a dream and it worked :) great idea wakingnomad.

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Yes mine is walking down the street/driving/whatever and imagining that with a thought/gesture I can make any person/object/building/mountains shoot quickly up into the air and into space and out of the dream. Also imagine mentally blowing stuff up, and also that I have infinitely variable length infinitly powered beams of energy that shoot out of my fingers (sort of like lightsabers emitting from my fingertips) that can cut even the largest monster/army to shreds in just a second by waving my hand back and forth a bit. Also fireballs. I once did shoot a stream of fire while lucid to scorch some nasty dream spiders that got me lucid through their freakiness (how's that for a thank you!?). Have yet to do this in a lucid but in non-lucids I have shot colored beams of energy and I try to shoot lightning (just did this last night while flying, fighting the evil flying attackers).

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Yes mine is walking down the street/driving/whatever and imagining that with a thought/gesture I can make any person/object/building/mountains shoot quickly up into the air and into space and out of the dream. Also imagine mentally blowing stuff up, and also that I have infinitely variable length infinitly powered beams of energy that shoot out of my fingers (sort of like lightsabers emitting from my fingertips) that can cut even the largest monster/army to shreds in just a second by waving my hand back and forth a bit. Also fireballs. I once did shoot a stream of fire while lucid to scorch some nasty dream spiders that got me lucid through their freakiness (how's that for a thank you!?). Have yet to do this in a lucid but in non-lucids I have shot colored beams of energy and I try to shoot lightning (just did this last night while flying, fighting the evil flying attackers).

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I have found that sometimes I actually have more power in non-lucids than lucid dreams. I think in lucid dreams sometimes I think too much of my waking life, which makes me feel limited. I like to incubate dreams and dream power without concern of lucidity.

I've been thinking a lot about the power of playing pretend lately. I started to incorporate it into doing random things in my daily life and I have noticed that by playing pretend, I can get better at doing things in waking life as well as in dreams.

As an example, I was trying to play a difficult song on the piano (Fantasie Impromptu) and I was having a difficult time. I know all the muscle movements and the timings but for some reason it can be very difficult for me when playing at a high tempo. While doing this I wondered if I was dreaming right then and I realized that I wasn't, but I decided to pretend I was anyways. I imagined that my hands turned into super robot hands with master precision and almost immediately I was able to play the piece beautifully. Honestly, I was shocked that it worked that well.

Another instance was when my back was all messed up, so I pretended that it was a dream and I imagined my back straightening out and the muscles all relaxing. After a couple minutes, my back made a huge series of pops all the way up and down and it felt all better, amazing. I wonder what other cool stuff I can use waking-life-lucid-dream-control to do.

^^I like this twist on the idea anotherdreamer! I tried it with a skill that I already have and with one that I don't have and it definitely had an improvement on my performance on a skill that I already had (like your piano playing). Your second example I can at least imagine relaxing tensed muscles and finding some moderate relief for pains including headaches. It is like an amped up visualization session. On the OP/original angle, I absolutely agree that it is beneficial to dream control and have also used this type of practice to work on new (to me) dream control aspects in LDs and also found some showing up in regular dreams.

Ah, to be able to play Fantasie Impromptu....wonderful, how long have you been playing piano?

Funny thing is I've been doing this for a while already, but I've been doing it to combat real life hallucinations than for lucid dreaming.

What I do is always repeat to myself, whatever I see it is in my head, and so is my weapon that I am using to kill it, so the weapon WILL work if I believe in it. Also I say to myself that the object will do what ever damage I want it to because I am applying strength to it through my mind and using my mind to kill the hallucination, and not the actual object.



Another kind of similar thing I do a lot is closing my eyes and trying to completely forget what room I am in, then remake it to whatever I imagine it to be. I honestly never used the method in a lucid dream, but I can't imagine it not working since it should be a lot easier to do in a dream then in real life, even if it doesn't work it still makes for an interesting exercise.

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Funny thing is I've been doing this for a while already, but I've been doing it to combat real life hallucinations than for lucid dreaming.

What I do is always repeat to myself, whatever I see it is in my head, and so is my weapon that I am using to kill it, so the weapon WILL work if I believe in it. Also I say to myself that the object will do what ever damage I want it to because I am applying strength to it through my mind and using my mind to kill the hallucination, and not the actual object.



Another kind of similar thing I do a lot is closing my eyes and trying to completely forget what room I am in, then remake it to whatever I imagine it to be. I honestly never used the method in a lucid dream, but I can't imagine it not working since it should be a lot easier to do in a dream then in real life, even if it doesn't work it still makes for an interesting exercise.

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Can you control your hallucinations and see what you want to? How vivid are they?

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Can you control your hallucinations and see what you want to? How vivid are they?

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I was doing it when I was really little, and had no control over the hallucinations. They were pretty vivid for me, a person who had the rest of the world blurry from bad eyesight and bad quality from heavy visual snow.

Banged my head today trying this :D. But actually it is really effective for concentration as well!