Thread: Redefining Success

That is truly inspiring that the process has created real and positive physical changes for you! Very nice! For me, working on awareness makes it more apparent when I am thinking negative thoughts which helps me to dismiss, change or act on them.

Yup, lucid dreaming has some positives that most of us don't think about in the first place when starting out.

One of the best posts I have ever read.

It's a game of give and take.

I once heard someone say that "if you are changing your habits for LDing, then you are doing it wrong", but if you are changing your bad habits and making good ones, then i would say you are doing it right.

I have seen lots of good things come from LDing in my case as well. I am glad you have such a positive experience now!

Cool! Even though LDing is the goal, there are many positive paths to travel down in reaching that goal. Exploring dreams and expanding your horizons is always good. Even the simple knowledge that LDing is possible is self-development!

All the best.

Originally Posted by BrandonBoss

I once heard someone say that "if you are changing your habits for LDing, then you are doing it wrong", but if you are changing your bad habits and making good ones, then i would say you are doing it right.

I have seen lots of good things come from LDing in my case as well. I am glad you have such a positive experience now!

I couldn't possibly imagine pursuing lucid dreaming without changing my habits. What chance did I have of achieving LDs when I was still a stressed out unaware forgetful negative thinking me? And once I became more self-aware how could I help but change some of the stuff I saw and didn't like? One of the things I love about dreaming is how intricately it is connected to everything else. I can keep an aquarium without changing my life drastically, and I can crochet without too much impact, but how could I dream and pay attention to dreams and not let it affect everything - to me that's impossible, and doing it wrong frankly.

Originally Posted by JoannaB

I couldn't possibly imagine pursuing lucid dreaming without changing my habits. What chance did I have of achieving LDs when I was still a stressed out unaware forgetful negative thinking me? And once I became more self-aware how could I help but change some of the stuff I saw and didn't like? One of the things I love about dreaming is how intricately it is connected to everything else. I can keep an aquarium without changing my life drastically, and I can crochet without too much impact, but how could I dream and pay attention to dreams and not let it affect everything - to me that's impossible, and doing it wrong frankly.

Well... It really only effected my sleep schedule and a few other small things (purposefully), I never have been inclined to stress, and I have always daydreamed most of the day long. So it just changed what I daydreamed about and. from the outside looking in, I just seem a little more awake to everyone, and nothing else. I can see how you could want it to effect ya though if you are stressed out in the first place.

Ok, you are right LD does not have to affect everything in one's life for everyone. Maybe that is one of the beauties of this hobby: it can be a catalyst for profound changes, or it can have very little impact on some people's lives, depending on what one wants and needs. When I said that it would be doing it wrong without fundamental changes, I meant for me, not for you.

So right on.

I feel there needs to be a strong redefining of success in the lucid dream world. So many of us have a laser focus only on a certain type of lucid dream as defining whether we are successful or not.

There are so many steps along the way, and so many other ways to define success.