SUCCESS!!!!

[Canman]

Hey people, Ive been keeping a dream journal for over a month now and have experienced some awesome dreams along the way. Last night i got lucid! I dreamt my house wasnt rennovated and it was how it used to be a few years ago and i thought "what the hell! this isnt right this is all different now" and then i remembered to do the hand check so i looked at my hand and it was very detailed and i pulled it away and moved it back and it was different and looked like it was behind a mirrage and so i started jumping with joy in my lucid dream and i was jumping around 3-4 feet in the air with little effort and i was yelling and so forth and i woke up not much later. Now that ive had that LD where do i go from here? do i keep my journal and keep dong Reality checks? Cheers people

[ilovefrootloopz]

First you have to try and stay lucid. Like avoid false awakenings and revive your dream if it's fading and you're about to wake up. And then you can try dream controll to your heart's content.

[adamhill87]

Dream stabilisation is an important factor, but what you should focus on, or what i found, was you should try having as many LD's as possible using induction techniques (such as the full proof MILD) in an attempt to gain experience, as i found that both stabilisation and dream control only come with experience, and it may not be till your 10th LD that you actually do something cool like fly...so persistance and effort will get you on your way

[SunShadow]

Congratulations I had my first wanted stable LD some nights ago (before that I had some, but I didn't even know about LD), so I'm not the best person to give hints, but I'll do my best. All you have to do to remain in the dream is to remain calm. If for any reason the dreams starts to fade, use a stabilization technique like spinning, rubbing your hands or watching around (I tried spinning and it worked, but the dream faded when I tried just to watch around). The scene will probably change while doing stabilization (especially with spinning), and I must say that's quite annoying if you're trying to do something... but at least you'll continue dreaming! I already have some dream control (I flew a lot in my first LDs, for example), but my dreams fade away too fast for now. I'm still trying to have more stable LDs, then I'll start trying to control the world more... I'm still keeping a dream journal, since my dream recall has had a downfall lately (normally I remember about 2-3 dreams per night, sometimes 4; but for about a week I didn't remember any so I started writing in my dream journal again). Keep it up!

[adamhill87]

I think you'll find more often as you have LDs that stabilisation is harder than it seems, and often if the dreams is gonna end, it will, often if it fades and you control it, its more a case of retaining lucidness, unfortunately the dream itself is dicated by the REM cycles, and stabilisation should be more a case of becoming more conscious so that you can manipulate wats around you