How/Where do i go from here?...
Hi everyone, i'm new to this forum and would like to know if anyone has some advice they could give me...
I've been lucid dreaming on and off for a while now (half a year or so) and have got to the stage where i'm pretty confident of having at least one lucid dream in the morning, if i get chance to have a period of about 20 mins of wakefullness after 6 or so hours of sleep. I've also improved my dream recall to at least 3 dreams per night by keeping a dream journal. But i've found that i've hit a rut and i don't know how to improve from here.
My problem is that although i am confident of having lucid dreams i can't seem to have any high level lucid dreams. I've read that lucid dreamers can experience consciousness levels equivalent to, or greater than, that of waking awareness but no matter what i try i can't seem to improve my awareness in dreams much. I have tried reciting my name and address - this helps a little usually, i've tried rubbing my hands, focussing on the floor, finding something to read, spinning and using verbal commands like "increase lucidity level" or "full consciousness now!".
The verbal commands usually help a bit actually, my vision kind of pulsates and goes in and out of focus, but i've only ever been able to achieve partial consciousness, never full awareness. Usually after a while trying to improve a lucid dream i'll give up and have a half-lucid dream, which is fun but is unsatisfying. Is it a case of perserverence? Maybe i'm concentrating on the wrong areas?
Thanks to anyone who actually reads all this :happygolucky: , Please Help!!...