Belief alone wont do you much good cause there's always doubt. In my LDs I use three ideas when I want to manifest something: Belief, Visualization and Willpower combined with some simple ritual (like a hand gesture). |
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so when youre lucid, on of the key points to control is having the 100% belief that something will happen, and then it will. |
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Belief alone wont do you much good cause there's always doubt. In my LDs I use three ideas when I want to manifest something: Belief, Visualization and Willpower combined with some simple ritual (like a hand gesture). |
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Sheer willpower does it for me. If you can focus and hone your will, then you probably can do anything. If I have a huge boar charging at me, and I need a spear to defend myself, I essentially think "Goddammit, I better get my spear, because if I don't..." I usually never finish because by then I have my spear. |
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Definately practice self-hypnosis or at least autosuggestion. It's like WILD, except you do it during the day and don't fall asleep. It incorporates belief and visualization. You can paralyze your limbs or eyes, have them moved by visualization; you can also reduce pain to zero if you're good (do to your arm and test by pinching). Another thing is feeling intense differences in temperature. It goes on and on but the most important thing is that you practice during the day when you have full concentration... This will easily increase your skill in LDs. |
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My opinion is practice makes perfect. Even if you believe you can do it, you won't always succeed as there is that nagging doubt in the back of your mind, but willpower can overcome at least some of the doubt, so if you know it is possible to fly in a dream, but you doubt you can you use willpower to lift yourself up off the ground, and float there. Next time you LD you know you can float, there is no doubt on that, so you float, and then use willpower to move, and everytime you LD, you do something greater, eliminating more doubt, getting you closer to total control. Note that I am still at the beginning part (in general, not flying, that's just an example, if I actually stabilized I don't think I would have any trouble flying as I know I can do it, as I did it once in an LD, before I knew what Lucidity was). |
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Just wanted to toss in my two and a half cents and say I agree that gestures probably help :3 I also had trouble at the beginning of my LD with doing impossible things, because I think I was still a little skeptical, but toward the middle of my dream, I started parting water and stuff, and that was pretty cool. |
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It's mainly a case of continuing trying, and trying to assure yourself that you can do it. It's a bit of a catch-22: you can't get away from the idea that it might not work until you've done it, and you can't do it until you've got away from the idea that it might not work. |
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UNBAN LEO!
Adopted by Anelior.
I had my first lucid 2 nights ago, and the first thing that hit my head. Hey, i'm dreaming. This is my world i am the ruler. I created this world in my mind and i'm in charge of whats going on. |
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Lucid, my way of life.
Same as others, pure willpower / Knowledge. |
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