Thread: My Tutorial for extending Lucid Dream Time. Hours of LD.

If the staff feels this is worthy of the tutorial section, You have my permission to use it

This is a very well written tutorial .

It does seem to make sense that you shouldn't focus on your real body, but...at least in my experience, I never have even THOUGHT about my real body before in a LD. Has anyone? Have YOU? Sorry, just saying that I never have, so at least for me, it shouldn't be an issue.

I didn't even realize that you COULD feel your real body in your LD...I never have! Maybe it's because I've never even thought about it...hmm...

I really like your suggestion of trying to use all of your dream senses during the dream to keep it extended. For me, I often try to stare at something or feel something to stay engaged in the LD...but, usually it doesn't work FOR THAT LONG- but it does work a bit . Maybe that's just me with my thinkin...

All and all, I will try my best to use my dream senses more often in my LD's. I'll see how that goes. I have thought about just sittin back and seein how the LD just goes and slow down to see things and such before...I've just never put it into practice, because I'm really bad at remembering my goals (except to complete the TOTM ).

LoL, Ya, i read your TOTM's.. You just go straight for them lol.. but it looks like you do a good job.. I think the problem is that most people engage a sense, such as touch, to prolong the dream when they notice it fading, however, the real trick is to engage all senses as often as possible..

Also, During a Lucid, If i start to think about my physical body, or my body being in bed... I feel myself being pulled there... whatever I think about in LD, comes into fruition... So if I start focusing on the bed, being in bed, or what have you.. I end up there, either in a FA, or for real. This is why i say its very important to remove the senses from the physical body by blocking light, sound, and so on...

This is also why I say to focus on all 5 senses regularly. To continually over-ride the senses coming from the body. The senses of the physical body will pull you back to it. For instance, your running around having a great time in your LD and your alarm goes off... what happens, your sucked back into your body from the sense of sound.. I find it rare that I am able to hear the sound and understand its coming from the physical body and continue on.. I think some people may be able to, but even if you have this ability, its going to shorten your LD in my opinion. I would love to hear other's opinions on this as well, and i would really love to see how it works for many of you. I have found it flawless in my experience.

excellent tutorial, gary, thanks
i like the idea of a hand massage ball just to keep my senses engaged in those moments when i feel the lucidity slipping
your other suggestions could come in handy when want to increase the vividness too.

Originally Posted by beachgirl

excellent tutorial, gary, thanks
i like the idea of a hand massage ball just to keep my senses engaged in those moments when i feel the lucidity slipping
your other suggestions could come in handy when want to increase the vividness too.

Thank You. I hope this helps people and i would love to see people implement it and report back

Best Technique for me is to look at your hands every few sec no matter what you do during every action.

Good tutorial. The only thing I'd add is Don't get pulled into the dream plot. Stay detached.

Originally Posted by lucidreamsavy

This is a very well written tutorial .

It does seem to make sense that you shouldn't focus on your real body, but...at least in my experience, I never have even THOUGHT about my real body before in a LD. Has anyone? Have YOU? Sorry, just saying that I never have, so at least for me, it shouldn't be an issue.

I didn't even realize that you COULD feel your real body in your LD...I never have! Maybe it's because I've never even thought about it...hmm...

I really like your suggestion of trying to use all of your dream senses during the dream to keep it extended. For me, I often try to stare at something or feel something to stay engaged in the LD...but, usually it doesn't work FOR THAT LONG- but it does work a bit . Maybe that's just me with my thinkin...

All and all, I will try my best to use my dream senses more often in my LD's. I'll see how that goes. I have thought about just sittin back and seein how the LD just goes and slow down to see things and such before...I've just never put it into practice, because I'm really bad at remembering my goals (except to complete the TOTM ).

I have, this last morning in a LD, I was walking in the supermarket and I thought about my real body, so I was like "This is crazyyyy, hahaha". I'm walking around in the supermarket but I'm actually laying in bed. It was really funny when I thought about it. I didn't wake up or lose lucidity but probably would've if I thought too long about it.

Also, I think staring at something isn't a good idea in a LD, atleast not for long. The best way is just to look around and stare at something not longer than a couple seconds because you may forget about all your surroundings. Look around left and right as much as you can.