Lucid Dreaming questions, without using Dream Journal or doing reality check often
Hello, probably you guys don't remember me as I posted about 2x here about ... a half year ago? So I wanted to share my experience, based on these last months. I don't know english very well, but I guess you guys will understand me.
So, as the title says I don't do a dream journal or do daily reality check, but the most accurate would be for me to say I barely do it. Dream Journal? I only wrote down 2 dreams, one months ago and one recent ( mostly because I am that much lazy). Reality check? Yeah, I do sometimes but likely twice a day when I feel like it. So far you guys noticed I am very lazy ... but here comes the most interesting thing: back then when I even created anaccount here I was dedicated on reality checks and such ( well ... the dream journal was mostly skipped ) and I begun to forget dreams. I don't know why, maybe it's because somehow I felt that it wouldn't work? Of course, I was doing reality check and tried dream journal because I wanted to have lucid dreams. Not sure if this is the right word, maybe my subconscious didn't believe much on it.
Still, I have had some lucid dreams that were very short. But the most realistic ( and I had thought I had very realistic dreams before ) was today in the morning ( about 4am), before I went to sleep I really did firm my thoughts "This time I will lucid dream, because this is something that depends on my will and I will make it happen this time", I was really serious. I went to sleep after 10 minutes I had thought about this and then I begun to dream in a place that I couldn't recognize, it was like a hallway with some stairs and I was like "Waaait! Let me calm down, I must be lucid dreaming", I tried taking off the pants ( I know, weird way to reality check ) and I really felt it going off and startled because I thought I was moving my real body, it had never felt so real that I even thought I was just half asleep taking off my pants for real ( :chuckle: ). With this I broke my concentration and awoke, my body was normal so it was just a lucid dream. Is it possible to make lucid dreaming occur just with my own will like I've done? If I am not wrong, most of my lucid dreams did occur when I really thought I could do it. Or just make it more stable by attempting this? Dream Journal and Reality Checking seen to have "reverse" effect on me.
Also, I noticed that about 2:30am to 5am I can have lucid dream with better frequency if I got at least sleep at 10~11pm.
Intent/determination towards lucid dreams is important
Hey Leol, I know exactly what you're talking about. Check this out since it pretty much covers what you're talking about, I read about it only a few days ago and I attained my second lucid dream, http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...nique-rut.html
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Lucid dreaming goes against a lifetime of mental conditioning, you need to build a 'bridge' of neural connections to allow you to bring your consciousness into your dream state. Imagine this 'bridge' as a muscle that can be exercised like any other muscle, and the stronger it is then the stronger your ability to become lucid and control your dreams. Intent/determination/belief are all the same thing in the end, it's like a self-sourced fuel to your desire of being able to lucid dream :sageous:
I found the article above and just went full on with the intent thing, it worked for me so I think there's something to it :). I also think that RC and keeping DJ helps a lot too (keeping a DJ helps dream recall, RC help ground you, etc), everything you do towards lucid dreaming helps