Quote Originally Posted by Redrivertears View Post
Hey there,

For myself, I've found one of the mistakes I've often made when grounding my dream is to focus 'on grounding/stabilizing the dream', rather then 'on the dream itself'.

The division seems small, but is actually a world of difference. I've noticed a tendency in my dreams for attention/expectation to shape the dream itself. What I give attention to becomes more prominent in the dream. What I expect to happen, often will happen. Therefore, focusing on 'not having the dream black out' or 'preventing the dream from ending' is actually the wrong way to go, as it puts the attention on the 'blacking out/ending' part. Instead, I've found that if I just relax, take a moment to try and take in the dream scene around me and wonder about the sights, the sounds, the feel of things, the dream will quickly stabilize and I can go explore.

Hoping that helps (and that my description is actually clear enough),

-Redrivertears-
Thank you, I will definitely try this when I become lucid in a dream again. I think that definitely could be the problem and I didn't realize that I feel rushed to make it stable as soon as possible.

How would one get into a dream world though if they black out, and keep their eyes closed?