Thread: Is there anyone out there that has a lucid dream every night?

I do lucid dream occasionally, but not as much as I used to. Lately my dreams have just been flat our weird rather than lucid.

Yeah. I know what you mean by the fingers thing. I tried the checks before and none of them work, for me; Writing is consistent, numbers are numbers, lights go off when I want them to, and I can feel things. It's pretty annoying! But one thing that does work for me is noticing how my thoughts control my environment, that never happens in real life. I once had a dream where I looked directly into the sun and noticed that it didn't hurt. that tipped me off...

Originally Posted by Daniel33

Forgotten Dream:

Yeah, I don't know exactly how it came to be that I suddenly started having Lucid Dreams every night, but I can tell you that I was studying Zen Philosophy and Taoism pretty heavily during that time period, as well as visiting Zen monks and engaging in coversation with them. I know that mentioning Zen brings forth all kinds of responses and junk, but basically what the philosophy has taught me is to pay attention to my surroundings, and because of that I think I began to have these experiences in my sleep.

All in all, I questioned whether or not I was awake in my waking life for a while, as an exercise to induce Lucid Dreaming by habit of reality checking. This isn't difficult, but it isn't to be taken lightly either; It's easy to just tell yourself "okay, I'm checking to see if I'm awake now, yep I'm awake, duh, hope to have a Lucid Dream tonight". But in order for this to work you really have to question reality, because not only will the habit carry over into your dreams but the attitude will as well. And if you just accept that you're awake without really bothering to examine it in detail to yourself - putting aside a moment of your time to dedicate to it until you're absolutely sure, as silly as it seems - then you'll accept that everything you are experiencing in your dream state is normal too, and no lucidity will come of it.

So question your reality throughout the day, make an effort, make a habit.

Great post! You explained exactly why it is so important to really question and pay attention duirng RCs -- better than I've ever managed to explain it!

my first 3 LDs were in a week. theyve slowed down drastically though.

I think you're just trying to make yourself feel better for not being able to LD every night (or any at all, for that matter -- referring to your sig)

Lol, I know somebody who LD's really easily, and tells me he prefers real dreams because he doesn't like to have so much control....that bastard.....I'm not talking about O'nus

i have them everynight...i guess i'm used to them because i don't really see the appeal but a lot of people like to learn how to. i like to help.