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

Right after I read this, I broke a nearly 2 year long dry spell. You can understand I'm a little thankful for this awsomeness

My friend your technique Definitly works.

Originally Posted by What??Me??

Right after I read this, I broke a nearly 2 year long dry spell. You can understand I'm a little thankful for this awsomeness

Awesome, im so glad I could help you as well!!!!

Originally Posted by LucidDreamer15

My friend your technique Definitly works.

Absolutely glad to hear it! I vote we move it to the tutorial section lol

No problem. I was wandering why my LD's got a little short because I was always worried about waking up. But now I have my mind off that and focusing on my dream .

ive been meaning to do this in an LD, but every time i become lucid i act fast and fly or something. next lucid im gunna definitely have to remember to do this technique

Originally Posted by JamesLD

ive been meaning to do this in an LD, but every time i become lucid i act fast and fly or something. next lucid im gunna definitely have to remember to do this technique

Definitely try it and get back to us.. so far it seems to have a great success rate

Originally Posted by atkins513

Definitely try it and get back to us.. so far it seems to have a great success rate

The problem is remembering to DO it.

At least I seem to naturally not think much about what I wanna do, and just naturally do one of a few things, because they're often what I do.

The problem is remembering to do it in the dream . I mean, I've had 12 LD's so far this month...I didn't even THINK to do this in any one of them.

Thank you so much for this! I took a nap around noon to try a WILD. I succeeded into a false awakening. I reality checked and stuff like that and jumped down my stairs. This caused my dream to fade so I tried to rub my hands together but they retracted like how a positive and another positive magnet push away from each other. I thought I was screwed for another crappy lucid that lasts only 20 seconds. Suddenly I remember I had read your thread an hour prior to napping. I am getting weaker in my dream so that I can't even get up and fall to the ground. I notice the wall behind me as I force my hands to go there as the area turns to blurry colors. Suddenly I feel the wall with the realistic bumps from the paint being put on them. Slowly the area becomes clear as I notice my cat down the hall and then the chairs in my kitchen and so on. Soon the place is more clear than any lucid dream before this one and turned out to be my longest lucid dream (around 10 minutes). I also ate cake and it tasted creamy and awesome only making the dream scene look better. Well thanks again!

P.S. The dream would have lasted longer if I hadn't wished my cat to turn into a huge monster thing. I wished myself out of it and I woke up.

Just to add to the amazing successes with this technique...I had about 3 lucid dreams this morning! They were all really long aswell and I made sure I engaged all the senses (usually if I do anything it's just touch or sight) and I was even thinking in one of the dreams "I have to tell that guy on Dream views how great his tutorial is!" These are about the longest and most vivid dreams I've had. I kept focusing on the senses throughout. I still have to perfect it a little bit more though and spend more time looking at the dream scene instead of just going off and doing stuff.

Only problem is I forgot half of the dreams because I didn't bother writing down the first two I had! (stupid I know). I just remember that they were really vivid and long at the time.

Sounds and feels and tastes etc. very logical method.

Just got an idea. Should there be RCs for different senses? Counting fingers and pushing a finger through your palm covers sight and touch, but how one does a 'smell RC' for example? Carrying a small bottle of parfume and sniffing it every now and then and if it smells different than it used to, then you're dreaming!?!

Although concentrating on the senses is kind of RC in itself.

I havent figured out how to use multi-quotes yet so to Jules and CW, im really glad my technique worked for you guys... Im glad that this is really working so well for everyone as it does me.. Don't feel bad LucidDreamSavy half the time I forget myself but it works excellent when I do remember..

Originally Posted by LucidDreamer15

No problem. I was wandering why my LD's got a little short because I was always worried about waking up. But now I have my mind off that and focusing on my dream .

Yea, that usually works for me too dude. Because if you think about being in bed then you have a more likely chance of waking up.

Thanks a lot for this tutorial.

I have use these techniques, but for a different purpose. I used the ones about being comfortable, and blocking out light and sound in order just to sleep better, which of course gives you longer better dreams. I haven't done it for a long time, but last night I used earplugs and a blindfold, and I slept a lot better!

Also, I have walked around in a lucid dream touching things in order to increase my sense of dream-touch.

Stopping, taking it all in, in order to extend lucid dream time makes perfect sense.

Next lucid dream, I am going to walk around very slowly, touching things, smelling things, and taking it all in. I used to stay in one place which works very well, but for some reason it was always a specific place (a temple). It never occurred to me to stay in the one place I happen to find myself in upon becoming lucid.

I hope you post your DJ online. I would love to read it. Thanks again for giving me new perspective.

I actually think this tutorial is more of a tip than a full-fledged tutorial, but last night I had one of my longest lucid dreams because I thought about your tutorial and took an entire minute to 'prepare' for the dream, and it seemed way more stable than my lucid dreams usually are...

It really helped me, and it actually worked! Seeing how many people thanked you for it, I say this tutorial should clearly go in the tutorial section!

Thanks atkins.

I think I used this technique for my second ld. I looked at the dream curtains, felt the floorboards, admired the garden outside. However I didn't hear or smell anything. Afterwards tho a dc told me it was all real and I lost lucidity .

I've been away for a moment, but it seems that since I had left even more of you found success using my tutorial. I am back now and looking forward to many more Lucid Dreaming experiences....

I like how you talk about external stimuli here. It's not something you see discussed often. Still, I'm as surprised as ever to find out this bit of information you've shared isn't already common knowledge. I've been doing this, albeit to a slightly lesser degree (I'm lazy even in my LDs), for a long time now with consistent results. I thought for sure everyone knew how important engaging sensory details is when it comes to prolonging an LD. Yet again, I've been proven wrong.

Good on you for bringing this to everyone's attention.

I've suddenly seen a spike in people asking for methods to increase dream time. I'm sure due to the awesome movie inception lol, This technique should work for most although it is not a time dilation tech. Let me know if anyone else has luck using this...

That process sounds genius! Thanks! I've had about 8 5 seconds lucid dreams I. 2 months since I got distracted from dv so I've decided to try make them longer
Thanks!

The tutorial makes sense man, I'm getting into the habit of doing reality checks now (I'm a noob), so I'll see if I get a clearer dream, mabye even become lucid!

This has alot of positive responses. I'm practically required to try it. if i have an LD tonight. Which i will.

Thanks for this Atkins. i came across this 2 nights ago and i had the longest LD i've ever had that night. sadly my longest ever was only about 20 seconds, but every time ive become lucid before that i woke myself up almost instantly, so its encouraging i was able to hold it for that long.
last night i didnt become lucid but i had one of the most vivid dreams ive had, including feeling this weird sensation i hadn't felt before thats kinda hard to explain.
i think reading this before i go to bed is helping me remain in my dream body and not feel my real body as much

This should definitely help me with vividness. I tried teleporting in my LD last night. The method of teleportation was good. Going through a cupboard in a kitchen. It's just when I did everything went black, but I could still hear and I woke up in my LD. It ended up being an LD in an LD. So I tried again. Not only did it not work but I lost lucidity. I love your tutorial. It sounds like an excellent technique and I'll try it tonight hopefully.