Dream Guide Help

[Ashling]

A week or two ago I had an awesome lucid dream where I summoned my Dream Guide. (Most amazing experience I've ever had in a dream.) I have had 4 or 5 lucid dreams since then and in everyone I try to summon him again but it never works. Each time it gets worse. 1st attempt: Sky became cloudy and down came my dream guide. 2nd attempt: Sky turned cloudy then stopped and nothing happened. 3rd attempt: Sky turned grey, nothing happened and I felt so stupid that I lost lucidity because I thought it was real life. 4th attempt: Nothing..... Does anyone know why this is happening and how to solve this problem?

[rockinred]

Maybe since you're expecting it not to appear it's not happening. For example, I can NEVER fly in my dreams because as much as I want too, I know that it's impossible. So next time don't think about it too much. Try and summon your DG and if it doesn't appear no biggie. Try again in a little bit with as little negativity as possible. Dreams are silly- whatever we don't want to happen usually happens, go figure.

[kr3wskater]

If it doesn't work try to find him instead of having him find you. Try spinning to a place where you know he'll be.

[spockman]

Good suggestions so far. I second them. Try to be more expectant about it by giving it less thought, and try a new technique to find your DG. Remember that your DG is there to help you get better at lucid dreaming and so he/she shouldn't be a tool of discouragement. Perhaps you could ask a DC where your DG is? Or use auto-suggestion by saying, "Enterprise, beam one dream guide directly to my co-ordinates. Energize." Something fun like that may work!

[Ashling]

I'll definitely try some of these tonight. They are pretty good suggestions.

[Abra]

If this mental block continues, let's say, for three more attempts, then I suggest you drop this goal for a while and move temporarily to something different (ideally, comething you *know* you can manipulate easily. This will boost your confidence.).

[Mzzkc]

Perhaps you could ask a DC where your DG is? I'll second this. I remember, back when I didn't fail so much at LDing, having a lot of trouble locating my dream guide. Finally, in one LD, I asked a DC where she was. He obliged and pointed me in the right direction. Of course, when I got there, I had to threaten to blow the whole house up in order to get her to come out, but come out she did. The conversation we had was. . . revealing, to say the least.