Thread: Do you make plans for your lucid

Originally Posted by Vex Kitten

And yes, I do plan. I like accomplishing the monthly lucid tasks.

Same here.

Well, it depends on what you are trying to accomplish in your lucid dreams. If you are trying to complete lucid goals or monthly tasks, then plan your lucid dreams. However, I remember Stephen LaBerge illustrating a study in EWLD that involved transcendental dreaming. Those who sought divine experiences were generally less likely to have them than those who just "let go" and allowed the experience to find them. Of course, whether these experiences were actually dinvine would be up for interpretation by the dreamer. I personally don't plan my lucid dreams, but I might start doing so for a change of pace.

I plan my dreams. Perhaps it has something to do with my nature. Perhaps I want to see how lucid I really was. Whatever the case, it helps me improve, and adds clarity and purpose to my lucid dreams.

I don't stress about it if I don't follow the plan. Lucids like that can be fun, but much less interesting to an audience. That's why I only post lucids that follow my "plot," and not fun-random flying excursions.

I've actually recently resolved to try and set intentions each night before I sleep, to try and keep some scenario in mind that I am going to accomplish if I become lucid.

I can think of two or three different times when this has happened, although admittedly the actual lucid dreams usually came two or three days (sometimes a week) after setting that intention, and maybe once did I fall asleep with an intention and fulfill it that same night in a lucid.

Unfortunately this past year hasn't really been productive as far as attaining lucidity in sleep, so hopefully 2008 will give me plenty of opportunities to experiment in lucid dreams.

I go back and forth between planning and not planning for my LDs. If I haven't been thinking about LDing through the day it can increase the number of LDs I have. However, if I have thought a lot about LDing during the day, I don't need to do it as a "lucid aid," but I still might do it if I have a specific goal in mind. I keep my plans/goals pretty general, so I will be able to do them no matter what dream I find myself in.

When I don't plan my LDs I end up having more random dreams. Sometimes I end up having amazing experiences, but often I end up having almost pointless LDs.

I do agree that it is best to not stress over LD plans. One of the main points of LDing for me is to deal with and minimize stress.

I usually have some long term goals because if I become lucid and don't know what to do, it just fades and I wake up but often I just have these spur of the moment crazy impulses, like flying a bookstore