Fifth Time is the Charm! Awesome Lucid!

[Ender_]

This is really long, so you don't have to read the whole thing (you can if you want to!). It would be helpful ,though, for more words of encouragement so I can continue to improve! I finally got a great LD last night. My first four last no longer than 15-30 seconds, and were crazy. I had just about no control, including not being able to keep my eyes open. Plus my mind was jumping around like I was very distracted. My fifth one was awesome though! I have no clue how long it lasted, it but it felt like several hours! I know it wasn't that long, I estimate it was anywhere from 7 to 15 minutes. The way things flowed, though, it felt much longer. I was in my room, and I think there was some kind of party downstairs. I don't remember how, but I became lucid and confirmed it with a RC. I started out sort of like my first four, but not as bad. I finally got the control to spin, and things were great from there! I got distracted a few times though, but I got a pretty good amount of things in. First, I tried my first goal. This is to, in my dream, find a computer that displays my mind. There, I would type in "I will lucid dream every night that I choose, and completely remember it." I wasn't in full control, so I started writing on a piece of paper instead, and I wrote some other things than I wanted to. I can't remember what I wrote exactly, though. Hopefully thinking about it in my dream will help enough. If not, it is ok. I am willing to earn the ability to LD! While still in my room, I tried flying across the room. I did, then I tried flying through the wall. It didn't work. I decided that was too advanced for now, and I will go in the back to try it out in the open. As I walked out of my room, I noticed that things weren't as vivid as real life, so I thought something like "Increase clarity" and "Be more vivid". My sight did increase dramatically, comparable to reality. My other senses though were still poor as usual. I will make sure that will improve with practice! Sometime around here, may have been before or after what I just explained, I went to my bathroom (didn't want to, but didn't have full control), and thought of someone that I wanted in my dream. I started to go back to my room and thought the person would be there. None of my efforts could bring the person, but as I continue to practice I will get better! I then continued down and into my backyard. There was some kind of tour going on, as if my house were some historical landmark. I ran and jumped to fly, floated up for a bit, but came back down. I ran forward and reached a steep hill, so I dove down, then soared up. This did the trick! I flew up, maybe 25 feet in the air. None of the DC's took notice, but that didn't matter. I flew! When I reached that 25 though. I didn't have much control. I felt like I was being stopped by something holding me around the waist. The flight was realistic, requiring a downward dive to get momentum to go up and foward. I want to improve this so I can go in any direction at any time, without having to worry about diving down to get motion. Even so, I am very happy with my progress! I don't remember how, but I ended up on either a train or bus. I think the scene just randomly changed without me noticing right away. One of friends was in front of me. Just for laughs, I told him that this was a dream, just to see if this would make a connection for a shared ream. It didn't. He just gave me a blank, empty stare that let me know that he was just made by my mind. I turned, and to my right was Hagrid. I proceeded to try what I just tried with my friend (altough it would probably be hard to share a dream with a character from a book, but I didn't have full control). I noticed a scene change again, after it happened. I didn't know exactly where it was, because things were becoming less vivid. It seemed like a shelter or room with stone brick walls, and there may have been a river flowing through. I don't exactly remember. Hagrid was still there, and a few of my relatives. One of them started to talk, and I forgot that I was dreaming, then woke up (I tried an RC to make sure it wasn't a FA). I was so excited during the lucid, and I was doing the nose RC almost every 10 seconds to stay lucid! The LD turned out very well! I am pumped, and now I think it will be able to finally WILD, or at least DILD more often! I will strongly encourage others to practice and keep trying, too!

[Vegan]

Great job! Your first seriously long lucid dream is always a great experience. One thing with control, I don't know if you've looked into passive control, but it increases realness of dreams exponentially. Instead of having the mindset "I can fly because this is a dream" Have the mindset "Oh, remember that book I read that told me how to fly" Come up with a reason for why you can fly. Billybob had a great tutorial on this, http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...assive+control Hope I could be of some help.

[Vegan]

By the way I love freerice! It's such a great way to help out with hunger and to expand your vocabulary.

[aceboy]

nice! sounds like a great LD, i yet to come to a dream like this but im getting close.

[Jetu]

Thats nice! Its been a week for me since I found out about LD, I'm gonna hit the nail sometime and then do a victory dance lol I'm still constantly thinking "I am dreaming" while awake ( And doing RC's at those dreamsigns ), im hoping it will carry on to my sleep someday all the time :]

[Ender_]

nice! sounds like a great LD, i yet to come to a dream like this but im getting close. Thats nice! Its been a week for me since I found out about LD, I'm gonna hit the nail sometime and then do a victory dance lol I'm still constantly thinking "I am dreaming" while awake ( And doing RC's at those dreamsigns ), im hoping it will carry on to my sleep someday all the time :] Keep trying and you will get it! It is good to do RC's. They really help once you make a habit of it, or at least start to become more aware of everything around you. Some of my LD's came when I was actually taking a day off from trying, so maybe you can try that some day when you are too busy. Also, I find that before going to sleep, autosuggestion such as thinking, "I will question everything I see" will help your chances of RCing in a dream. You really have to think of it with meaning though, and also try to think about it without thinking words. These are just suggestions, and I am sure any way with effort will give results! You will get it eventually!