Thread: What do you LD for?

By this question, I mean: Why do you lucid dream? What attracted it to you in the first place? What do you want to get out of it, since it takes so much practice? Why the motivation?

I want to lucid dream so that I can do things that I can't possibly do in real life. I also want to LD so that I can eventually move on to OBE and see if they are real or not (and not just an LD).

So, why do you LD?

I had no choice, they come naturally to me...

Same reason as you: I want to do things that i wouldn't normally do in real life.

I also want to be able to interpret my dreams.

Is all the hard work necessary to have an LD worth it?

Are you all glad that you went through all of the dissapointment before you actually had an LD?

What's next for you who have had an LD?

Personal development or just having fun while exploring the unknown?

Well for me, there has been no real hard work; but saying that I have increased frequency by creating my own technique which works perfectly for me.

Lucid dreams are definately worth it, for sure! It's something you really should try.

Next for me, I have a number of personal goals, in my signature, but I als need to do the tasks set out by DreamViews.

Originally Posted by hapkidoman

Is all the hard work necessary to have an LD worth it?

Are you all glad that you went through all of the dissapointment before you actually had an LD?

What's next for you who have had an LD?

Personal development or just having fun while exploring the unknown?

You will never know if it was worth it, unless you have it.

Material irony is bizzare.

Originally Posted by ClouD

You will never know if it was worth it, unless you have it.

Material irony is bizzare.

Very true, thank you. I guess I'm just looking for motivation and encouragement.

Originally Posted by hapkidoman

Very true, thank you. I guess I'm just looking for motivation and encouragement.

/me motivates and encourages.

Might as well do something while we're alive.

Or dead.. depending on what sleep actually is... meh.

/me wishes luck, again in 3rd person.

Just read some of the dream journals and the task of the month threads to read about the amazing things people do in lucid dreams, and if that is not motivation enough nothing will be

Happy to offer a helping hand if you need guidance along the way.

Originally Posted by Adam

Happy to offer a helping hand if you need guidance along the way.

Thank you very much. I will check out the dream journals, thanks for mentioning them. Also, everyone is very helpful on this forum, I'm glad that I came here.

Thanks again, Adam.

I originally got into it for the "mind over matter" appeal - bridging the gap between conscious and unconscious and mind and body, so that I could have more of a sense of power and control internally.

Also, it's fun to be able to fly, walk through walls, and hit on random people without consequence. There are no inhibitions in dreams except those that I expect to exist.

And a lot of real life inhibitions are probably just expectations too. So I'm now thinking that if I refamiliarize myself with the nature of dreams, and develop dream control, I'll be able to use similar principles to work around the whims of my subconscious in real life too.

I also got back into it because I wanted a good solitary hobby.

I lucid dream for the adventure mostly, but also to learn things about myself.

It's cheaper than taking a vacation and MUCH cheaper than a psychiatrist!

Had anyone gotten interested in LDing for the pure fact of trying to heal themselves (physically). The power of the mind is astonishing and I was wondering if there is any sort of mind over matter (in terms of your own physical body) that any of you have tried.

Originally Posted by hapkidoman

Thank you very much. I will check out the dream journals, thanks for mentioning them. Also, everyone is very helpful on this forum, I'm glad that I came here.

Thanks again, Adam.

No problem

Originally Posted by hapkidoman

Had anyone gotten interested in LDing for the pure fact of trying to heal themselves (physically). The power of the mind is astonishing and I was wondering if there is any sort of mind over matter (in terms of your own physical body) that any of you have tried.

I have mentally - not physically. Again my experiences in my dream journal.

Originally Posted by hapkidoman

Had anyone gotten interested in LDing for the pure fact of trying to heal themselves (physically). The power of the mind is astonishing and I was wondering if there is any sort of mind over matter (in terms of your own physical body) that any of you have tried.

hapkidoman, my "healing" post can be found here:

http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ity#post119494

Other posts about LDing and healing can be found in these threads:

http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ead.php?t=9383

http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...hlight=healing

world peace

Thank you for taking the time to find those links. I find the idea of LDing very interesting, as I can assume you all do .

However, how do you go about healing yourself while in a lucid dream? Does it depend upon the person and what works for you or is there something more concrete, a technique perhaps?

Self discovery, it seems now, is what I want to get out of LD's. Does anyone here have any experiences they would like to share about?

I love the idea of being able to astral project from a lucid dream...and mastering astral projection to the degree where it can be done every night.