Thread: 6 Easy Lucid Dreaming Tips

Well perhaps a video on variations on CAT

I use some of the elements of this +WBTB +Napping etc and it seems that it is one of the most important components even tho I have never followed any strict CAT method

Also a video on dream stabilization would be good. With many various techniques

with both of these subjects it should be easy to come up with a list of bullet points like your 6 critical tips

Thanks cooleymd,

Good ideas, I'll stick those on the to-do list.

I'm not too worried about bullet point lists - although they do seem to be popular on YouTube. Personally, I'd prefer to make more detailed content, so I guess I'll find a balance between the two.

If you guys can do your bit to share and grow the channel, then I'll get to a point where the focus will be less upon that which is clickable, and I'll be able to throw my attention fully into the more in-depth content. I'll do both anyhow, but it'll be so much easier when the view counts are higher and the impetus is less on growing an audience.

I'll definitely do a CAT based video, as it would be nice to have it available online directly from the horses mouth, or cat's mouth... well something like that.

My variations mostly amount to the following

Since I notice that Most LD are in the last normal cycle, near normal wake time, the first version simply amounts to setting my work alarm a bit late so that I am waking up while still asleep and might score a hit. [the CAT portion of it is to not do this on most nights so as to maintain the normal wake time when the brain is transitioning its chemistry to the wake state]
In an over the weekend version the idea is to not have a work alarm at all, and simply just keep on napping.

The other main technique I use when I find myself not naturally tending to wake after every cycle [except the first one of the night] (without an alarm).
The Cycle Disruption Technique:
I will set an alarm to go off every hour on the hour. Of course this is unlikely to yield lucidity, however it is very effective at causing me to wake after every dream on subsequent nights (without alarm).

In a variation of this, I stop setting the alarm 2 hrs before normal wake time as this is likely to score a hit!

Essentially the main effect of waking 60 minutes or less into every time you fall asleep, is to cause your brain to not enter deep sleep (since it doesn't want to be woken from it), this results in a light sleep with more dreams, and greater awareness in the dreams. This is because your subconscious is trying (when it expects the next alarm) to keep you near to the wake state (in terms of brain chemistry etc) and thus avoid the shock of the expected alarm.