Thread: Some Tips guys?

Heyy blazingnyancat!

Its very nice to hear that you didnt quit and youa re continuing to try, but by the looks of it you are rushing thins a lot.

Its a good thing to have your intentions set about lucid dreams.

You may have a lot of reality checks, but you should stick to 1 or 2 that really suits you

Anyway I wish you the best of luck in your next lucid expirience!

Hi,

That's a lot of reality checks
To me you seem to be doing quite fine with daily practices
As long as you do frequent n' regular reality checks, they will eventually bleed into your dreams
It takes some time for reality checks to appear in dreams though

It might take for one person few days and for another person few weeks or maybe month i guess?
Yet don't worry and don't feel down about this load of time.
If your doing lots of reality checks aswell as staying mindful and frequent then reward will be quite tasty

I can give you a few tips:
- Be mindful when doing reality checks (Don't let them become mindless habit.)
- When doing them dont' feel forced or unhappy (Doing something that you don't want or doing it while feeling forced to do it might make them less frequent in dreams or just delay time before they appear.)
- Have confidence in them (It's kinda MILD Stuff which might boost your chances to do them in dreams)
- Maybe try WBTB? (With WBTB our awareness is raised and this might result in doing reality check while having little slice of our waking awareness)
- When doing reality check like breathing through nose then be confident that you can breathe through it

Stephen LaBerge mentions two approaches in his book "Exploring The World of Lucid Dreaming" (awesome book by the way, you should totally get yourself a copy of it) that he calls "Effortful Intention" and "Effortless Suggestion" - I believe the first one means that you are very serious and practically demand a lucid dream as soon as possible, whereas the other approach means that you look forward to having a lucid dream in the near future.
It sounds like your attitude is an Effortful Intention, but I personally I think that Effortless Suggestion is better, because it causes less stress and makes lucid dreaming more fun and playful, rather than serious and important.

I think you should start with simply recording your ordinary dreams and being fascinated by them, and save the attempts to become lucid for later.
Try spending about 5-6 weeks exclusively on practicing your dream recall and practicing reality checks, without demanding any instant results.
You should also learn some relaxation techniques (again, those are mentioned in many places in Stephen LaBerge's book), because this will make you more calm when you fall asleep and ths make it easier for you to pay more attention to your dreams.

It could also be a very good idea to practice dream incubation.
One dream scene that I am planning to start practicing is when I find myself being able to do "underwater jumps" on land.
If you have ever tried jumping while standing in chest-deep water then you know that your jumps are very similar to the jumps the Apollo astronauts did on the moon - now try imagining that you can jump that way in your house or some other place on dry land, and keep imagining that as vividly as you can every time you fall asleep (it is actually very easy to imagine jumping that way, since you can directly experience it while standing in water, so you have a very intuitive feel for it).
Sooner or later you will dream about that particular scene, and remember that this was what you were practicing in order to try to become lucid.
I consider this a great dream incubation scene, because it works as an extremely reliable reality check and is also easy to imagine, and very simple.

@Chance7hope
Yeah I mostly do Mirror, Nose Plug, and Hands when I wake up but the others ones I do sometimes when I see something wierd. One day I saw a Huge Plane like a Vtol warship or something but turns out I was awake wierd.
@MisakeMikoto
Yeah no Kidding lol, I do the MantraILD sometimes. I may think of WBTB (Wake Back to Bed) I'll think about that but I'll do it on weekends becuase my Freshmen year is comming in September.
@Laurelindo
Yeah...i'm jeeeellly of you guys though so I want to do it.
How I found about Lucid Dreaming:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2KRe2m9JtU

If you haven't had lucid dreams before then it is totally natural to be very eager to have them - but you shouldn't stress out too much over it.
Instead, try to look forward to them and be excited about the fact that you will have them at any time.
You could even have them tonight if you are lucky, your next possible opportunity for having lucid dreams is never further than a night away.

Just make sure that you sleep well during the nights - it is much easier to have lucid dreams after 5-6 hours into the night, since your REM periods are much longer at that point and also occur more often, with shorter breaks.
Check out this chart to get an idea of when lucid dreams are easiest to get.
REM periods are individual, of course, but that chart is fairly accurate for most people.

Also, have some clear, concrete goals;
you should be able to answer the question "what do I want to do in my next lucid dream?".
There are several great reasons for why this is so important:
first of all, it gives you something to feel excited about, and second, there is a chance that you will actually start dreaming about that just because you wish for it - and also, it prevents decision anxiety, and makes it much easier for you to actually decide what to do in the dream in the first place.

Originally Posted by blazingnyancat

@Chance7hope
Yeah I mostly do Mirror, Nose Plug, and Hands when I wake up but the others ones I do sometimes when I see something wierd. One day I saw a Huge Plane like a Vtol warship or something but turns out I was awake wierd.
@MisakeMikoto
Yeah no Kidding lol, I do the MantraILD sometimes. I may think of WBTB (Wake Back to Bed) I'll think about that but I'll do it on weekends becuase my Freshmen year is comming in September.
@Laurelindo
Yeah...i'm jeeeellly of you guys though so I want to do it.
How I found about Lucid Dreaming:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2KRe2m9JtU

Laurelindo is correct; don't stress out about lucidity. Just continue your day practice, continue giving yourself suggestions at night, and view every night of sustained dream practice (whether or not you achieved lucidity) as a success: you completed the practice! Once you've had a lucid dream (and it will happen) your mind will have a much better idea of what it is looking for while you sleep. Sort of like riding a bicycle for the first time.

One thing to mention about reality checks: make sure you are doing them mindfully (actually experiencing what you are doing, and seriously asking whether or not you are dreaming) and falling asleep with a strong intention to continue your day practice into the night. Eventually you will find a technique that works for you.

My first induced LD was induced using the Tibetan Buddhist "21 affirmations," which I still currently use It is in the Stephen LaBerge book Laurelindo mentioned. Good luck and keep us all updated.

@Laurelindo
It's like Glued in my head like a Mantra I don't know why....I'm trying to focus on other stuff like Cartoons, Sicoms, Dragon Ball Big Viz Volume 1, and COD I need my KD up so I can stop stressing about it. I don't know I think it may be monkey chatter, I get that alot random thoughts in my head.
@Threecat
I do agree he is right.
Nice Avatar Threecat I think it means you have Three Cats and, that's one of your cats as a human type animal.

I didn't have my first lucid dream until about a month after I joined Dreamviews and started trying, so don't get discouraged over one week. Keep doing RCs but add some mindfulness and self awareness to them. Examine what's around you but then examine yourself and try to see how you're affecting the world around you. Try doing some WBTB as well

Originally Posted by blazingnyancat

@Laurelindo
It's like Glued in my head like a Mantra I don't know why....I'm trying to focus on other stuff like Cartoons, Sicoms, Dragon Ball Big Viz Volume 1, and COD I need my KD up so I can stop stressing about it. I don't know I think it may be monkey chatter, I get that alot random thoughts in my head.
@Threecat
I do agree he is right.
Nice Avatar Threecat I think it means you have Three Cats and, that's one of your cats as a human type animal.

Thanks blazing, the avatar is actually the Baron from Whisper of the Heart and The Cat Returns

I didn't get a Lucid last night but I will keep you guys Updated