Thread: Convincing friends to learn to LD

Has anybody tried to assimilate a friend or two into the LD community? I was able to do this for one of my friends. He's pretty crazy, just like me XD. What about you guys? Also, I wasn't sure where to post this so I won't be shocked if this post is moved.

tell them that they are wasting.. what was it? 1/3 of their life?

yes 8/24

they can do whatever they want in a LD

Yeah, I've got one friend who I just got into lucid dreaming. He's sitting beside me right now!

ya ive tried twice but after i told them about it they kinda didnt seem to like it much they probably thought it was too much work well sucks for them

I've gotten a friend or two a little interested in it quite a few years back, but I'm sure they're not anymore.

Don't bother to convince. Just tell them what it is, tell the facts and see if they are interested. Otherwise you will seem to them like an over-eager pious missioner.

No one likes those.

Originally Posted by -Blakren-

Has anybody tried to assimilate a friend or two into the LD community? I was able to do this for one of my friends. He's pretty crazy, just like me XD. What about you guys? Also, I wasn't sure where to post this so I won't be shocked if this post is moved.

I've tried to rope friends and family into the LD'ing community, but alas...no amount of significant interest was exuded on their part.

Yes. I talk to everyone that I can (who won't think it's freaky) about lucid dreaming. After explaining the concept and making sure they understand, I assure them that at some point they WILL have a lucid dream in the future. At first my sister was thrilled by the endless possibilites and then she let it fall to the wayside. It didn't really interest her anymore and she wasn't really willing to put any work into it. Sure enough though, we had a conversation and she told me about her creepy nightmare. The more she talked I said 'you had your first lucid dream.' She was unaware of this because she thought lucids didn't include nightmares. At some point in her nightmare she said, 'man this dream is boring. I'm ready to do something different', and proceeded to find a way to carry out her wish, besides being freaked out by creepy things.

My other friend is quite interested in the concept of lucid dreaming. We even thought about having a sleep over and practicing WBTB and WILD techniques together to see if we could have lucid dreams at the same time. NO, I'm not referring to shared dreaming. Anyway, I can't really say what he's doing inregard to his lucid dreaming because I haven't spoken to him about it in a while.

My other friend revealed that he has had lucid dreams, though he didn't know that's what they were. I guess I can see what he's doing with his as well.

But to answer your question more quickly: Yes, I've convinced people to join in the fun of lucid dreaming.