Thread: Comparison to dreams and reality

I think that that's a very amazing realization to come to. Bravo good fellow/lady.

I think it's really important not to stress out about having lucid dreams, also. If you take a short break, say, from trying to have them... not worrying about having them, etc. Sometimes that can help you have them because the importance of it all has been lifted from your shoulders. I don't think that anyone should get themselves really worked up about having lucid dreams. They should just work towards having them, have them, and not stress about it ever.

I hope all goes well

When I first started dreaming, I made a similar connection to the one you make. I would often fail to have a Lucid Dream because in my dreams I would justify to myself that my dream was actually rational. I'd miss obvious dream signs because I'd think to myself, "Oh, I must have been mistaken when I read that paper three seconds ago - words don't just rearrange themselves on a page, that's silly." Or even simple things like, "Arg, this light switch isn't working, the bulb must be burned out."

It made me wonder how much I was missing in real life because I made faulty assumptions, or failed to question something wrong when I should have.

Anyway, I agree with Cacophony - don't stress out over lucid dreaming. If you do, you'll probably end up spoiling the lucid dreams you have because you'll get too excited and wake yourself up. You're going to dream every single night for the rest of your life - there's no rush.

Thank you Cacophony and Hiro for the input. In response to Cacophony I am a 15 year old guy trying to make some changes in my life.Ive been down a rough path to where i am now, but feel that things are starting to look a little bit brighter for me. I feel ive been led to this lucid dreaming for a reason bigger then I undersstand and hope to master the practice by the time im outta highschool. In response to Hiro you were just like i am right now, my dreams are always very similar to real life and it is tough for me to make the distintion right now. At this point im just glad i can recall my dreams. I will take the advice both of you gave me and take it easy for a wihle on the dreaming. thanks again for the help

That's really great, Whitedreams! It sounds like you're well on your way!

I was reading a book on lucid dreaming earlier this morning and in it it said of lucid dreaming, "you can't write poetry until you learn the alphabet." The same is true of lucid dreaming, and if you keep in mind that there is so much to learn about it, it'll be easier not to stress yourself out about it. If lucid dreaming was easy we wouldn't have so many induction tutorials, threads, about how to do it, etc.

Keep on dreamin' those dreams!