Thread: Controlling dreams to...

Is it possible to control a dream so that you can make certain people appear?
Um, from what I've heard it is possible to, although it may not work all the time as dreams can be rather stubborn to manipulate sometimes.

And if so, does the subconscious have to know what these people look like before hand, or can it make something up from scratch from the way you picture it in your mind?
If you wish to summon someone they would PROBABLY look like what you assume they look like but sometimes they may appear different as your subconscious can ignore you sometimes.

And is it possible to force yourself to have reoccurring dreams?
Maybe, I think the easiest way to force yourself into having a certain dream reoccur is probably using dream incubation or whenever you become lucid you could try and change the dream into that dream but I don't think that would be defined as reoccurring.

Any who, I hope I helped in my own newbie way..

ooooh and happy birthday 4 tomorrow as well lol

Shrimpster!

In short, it is possible to make people you've never met or seen appear in your dreams. Usually this takes some time to build up the skill, but sometimes dreamers get lucky on their first try.

It is also possible to cause recurring dreams. Using dream incubation as Shrimpster suggested is one way. Another way is to use MILD (which is dream incubation with a tutorial, basically). Or you could use DEILD. I often "make" myself return to a recent dream using one (or more) of these techniques.

However, causing a dream to happen again and again over a series of nights usually takes a little more work and skill than making it recur on the same night it first happened.

Happy Birthday!

it's all in your head. yr dream is what you are thinking and what you want it to be.

I'm not a very experienced Lucid Dreamer however, I did once make my cat appear in a lucid dream. I just imagined that when I went into my bedroom she would be there and sure enough she strolled out past me. Hope that's of some help.