New to Lucid Dreaming, I've got a couple questions.

This is my third night trying to have a lucid dream. My question is what is the best method for a newbie? If SP is involved in that method, how easy is it to skip the scary hallucinations?

Sleep paralysis being scary is a common misconception in this forum. The hallucinations you see are only based on what you expect to see. If you think you will see a monster than you will. If you expect to see flowers than you will. The best thing you can do to skip the "scary" hallucinations is to have a positive mindset and know it is all in your head and that it cannot harm you at all. Sleep paralysis happens to you every night, though you are not aware of it. It is actually a good thing because it prevents you from acting out your dreams. I actually find sleep paralysis quite fun. Just get over the hallucinations and that will be the first step to using some of the best lucid dreaming methods out there :)

As for what method is best for a newbie, i would suggest a combination of the MILD, DILD, and ADA(All Day Awareness). Using that combination constantly will be sure to bring positive results, but it varies for everyone. Another great method for Newbies is the DEILD technique. This is probably the fastest and most reliable way to lucid dream, tho it may be fairy difficult at first. The DEILD method does involve sleep paralysis, but this method is so fast that you might feel paralysis for as little as ten seconds, and an upwards of 60 seconds maximum, than off to a lucid dream! If you really want to get lucid dreams fast than i would use all four techniques. Hope this helps!

I would try MILD, DEILD or, if you don't have problems with the possibility of an OBE, try SSILD.

For new members it helps to link them to the material you are suggesting they read.

http://www.dreamviews.com/f49/all-da...gyoshi-113253/

DEILD Tutorial - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

DILD Tutorial - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

MILD Tutorial - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

http://www.dreamviews.com/f12/senses...-ssild-129734/


I never personally had issues with SP but so many of my lucid dreams over the last year occurred while I was sitting in my living room chair in a semi-upright position and I think that really helped.

Reading I've done suggests the experience of sleep paralysis (SP) is different from REM Atonia, the paralysis that occurs while we are in REM sleep to prevent us from acting out our dreams. The reading I found suggests SP occurs in NREM sleep and is a temporary paralysis that someone experiences while falling asleep or waking up from sleep.

If you have any further questions please feel free to ask. :)

I never knew about REM Atonia before. So the only difference between that and sleep paralysis is that REM Atonia happens when were asleep and in REM, and SP occurs when we are awake and not in REM?

Well, I wouldn't call it awake. NREM is a set of sleep stages that we go through before and after a REM state.

Technically SP occurs while the body is asleep. What seems to differentiate the experience is your awareness.

ah, i get now, thanks!