Hey Dreamviews,

A little background information:

In my very first lucid dream, I ran out and tried to fly (as most novices do ). When that failed however, I shouted out to my dream "Show me something amazing!" At that moment, I felt the urge to look up at the sky; sure enough, the sky was filled with vivid stars and galaxies. This might have been the most amazing thing I've seen in my entire life.

In later lucid dreams, I communicated with my dream by shouting commands and/or queries, and it usually responded by creating glowing blue textual responses on my front door (since most of my dreams occur outside my house). However, this trend was broken about a week ago when I had a lucid dream, and my dream actually spoke to me.

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From analyzing mine and others' experiences, it is safe to conclude that our conscious selves don't purposely manipulate every aspect and detail of our dreaming realm. If that was the case, every lucid dream we would have would fall under the category 'hyper lucid' in terms of clarity and control. Therefore, I can assume that our subconscious is responsible for the base load of the dream. If that is the case, why not let our subconscious, which is the essence of our dreams, be our guide?

Most dreamers set off on these elaborate adventures in quest for their dream guides, sometimes only to find DCs posing as their dream guide. Why go searching for something when your true guide surrounds you at all times during your dreams?

Next time you're in a lucid dream, I suggest the following:

1. Shout out to your dream to manifest into a consistent form before you (asking for its true form wouldn't do much, for I speculate that your subconscious's true form is the dream environment around you).

2. Ask for it's name (I'm really interested in this, could it be that your subconscious shares the same name as it's dreamer, or could it provide a name that may have some significance with the dreamer?)

3. Ask your subconscious, once manifested, to appear in it's form and guide you every time you're in a lucid dream (or maybe even ask it to help you become lucid if you're in a regular dream!)

I feel that once you've established a connection w/ your subconscious, you can truly unlock the hidden potentials of lucid dreaming. The next lucid dream I have, I'll post back on my experiences with this. I'm also interested in hearing your feedback on this.

Happy dreaming