I feel really frustrated right now.

**WILDinitall** · 06-27-2008 11:13 PM

i was playing four-square, yadah, yadah, when i thought : i wish this line would shorten! and it shortened until there where only four people. Then i was in A and i thought: you know, i bet this is a dream. But my dream was fading, so i focused on the camera in my hands (this is a dream, and my objective mind was not open!) and it still faded! Why?????

**Grandius** · 06-29-2008 12:23 AM

Sometimes, you just need to try to prolong the dream before you're aware that you're slipping back into a conscious, awakened state. Try to use prolongation techniques even when everything is running smooth.

**Abra** · 06-30-2008 03:06 AM

Maybe you had reached the end of your REM period? It's no coincidence that one becomes lucid just before a natural awakening, because that's when the waking mind activates!

Practice and time will allow you to become lucid earlier in the dream.