Thread: Dream control tips??

As far as expectations go, you need to not just know that anything can happen in a dream, but you really need to believe it.
Use associative thinking—it will carry you far. Think along the lines of, "If I do this, think this, or feel that, then this should happen." Here are three levels of this type of thinking

Level One: Prelearned Control
You can do anything you normally do while awake, like walking, talking, or rubbing your hands together. You'll feel the sensations associated with these actions just as you would in real life.

Level Two: Mix Prelearned Control with Sensations
Try combining simple actions with persistent sensations. For example, if you jump and keep feeling the sensation of rising, you'll find yourself flying.
Add acceleration in the mix and now you're zooming in what ever direction the feeling is coming from.

Level Three: Active Imagination
For more complex controls, you'll need to actively imagine what doing things could look like in a dream. This type of thinking is necessary for actions like summoning a person. I often daydream about any new control I might want in a dream, like imagining holding my hand out and a ball forming.

Think about playing video games or using VR, or even watching movies to help plant the seeds of expectation. It's important to enter a dream with an experimental mindset. The more you're open to possibilities, the better you can control your experiences. Success won't always happen right away, so keep trying.

Originally Posted by hilxl

how can i make myself expect things to happen in an LD

Teleportation with portals is unreliable, flying is more reliable but can also fail.

Flying can make you go blank and appear in an entirely different sort of space so you should still try it.

If flying fails you can try free-falling to the ground from a standing position and imagining the place you want to go to beforehand.

If you're trying to shapeshift, try convincing yourself that you are already, in some way, the entity that you want to shapeshift into, or imitate it.

Try exploring for your desired object if you can't manifest it.

I think the easiest kind of dream control is to do things that are also "normal" in waking life. Like, asking a dream character to hand you something that you want, is probably the easiest kind of dream control for summoning objects, as well as reaching for it in your pocket, or taking it off of your "utility belt".

"Pretend memories" are very helpful for changing the scene. Suddenly "remember" that something you want to happen is supposed to be going on right now. "Oh, yeah, the party I'd planned is going on now, just in the next room!"

Also "pretend success" in dream control works well: if you want something to happen, pretend that it already has happened, even if you don't see it yet. Often, if you keep believing that you see it, it will suddenly appear.