You mean this happens to other people too ?!?!?

Hello all, I am new to this forum. As I said, I thought I was the only one.
I've had LD's since I was very young. Not so much in my teens, but early in my twenties I started having them again. Then, as time went by, I learned that I could manipulate & yes, even control certain aspects of my dreams.

I began to think, & thought "I wonder if anyone else has experienced this"
I did a simple web search (control dreams) & I found this site. Imagine my excitement to learn that, not only, am I not alone, but there are people out there who find this as unbelievably cool I do.

I am 37 & have been, what I called "dreamscaping", for several years now. I never heard the term "LD" before a few days ago. I have already gathered a lot of useful information from here. For instance, staying calm, I always got so excited after becoming lucid. that I would wake up. Only once in a while would I be able to stay in the dream & for more than a few minutes.

Besides, staying calm, dream spinning, & verbalization. I'd like to hear other opinions on how to stay in the dream.

Also, favorable conditions for inducing LD's. I've always have the most success during an afternoon nap, after a good nights sleep. If I have the T.V. on it helps me to dream about being at home.

Looking forward to talking with all of you.


Peace,
The Cutter

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Originally Posted by Cutter

I'd like to hear other opinions on how to stay in the dream.

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Spinning, or rubbing hands are some methods to stay lucid.

You might find answers to any questions you may have in the tutorial section:

http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...splay.php?f=25

Welcome to the forum. :)

Woa, nice you are a natural.

Well, yes, anyone can do this, but not many people are naturals at it.

But, you just need to learn how to control your dream better. You said "certain aspects". Well, all you need to know, for the basic knowledge, is that you can in fact control all aspects of the dream. You can do what ever the hell you want. Just so long as you realise that it is YOUR DREAM, it is all in your own head and you can control anything which you do or what happens.

Welcome to Dreamviews! For stabilization/remaining in the dream, I like to do a few things. Focusing your attention on a single object, and keeping your vision still as you imagine that object becoming clearer and clearer usually clears my dreamscape/keeps me within the dream nicely. Other things you can try include, looking at your own feet for a few moments then slowly raising your head up, rubbing your hands together, feeling textures/objects around you, shouting "Increase Clarity Now" (or something similar), close your "dream eyes" and expect to have outstanding clarity when you open them once again, stretching your hand out in front of you and wiping away the fuzzy/unclear "film" that covers your environment, etc. Just try a bunch of different ones and see which works best for you. If all else fails and the dream begins to fade, you can always perform a DEILD and try to chain some lucids. Here is the tutorial: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=62769 Good Luck to you!

I am really grateful to everyone who has replied to my post. To be able to discuss this with another person, let alone with multiple people, who have actually experienced this for themselves. Is just overwhelming. Most everyone else just looks at me like I'm crazy.

I've learned so much from here already & I can't wait for my next LD. So I can try out all this new knowledge.

So, thanks Flashdance, Yoshi, & Slash. As well as everyone else on the forum.

Keep dreaming,

Peace,
The Cutter

Got a chance to try a few new things. Someone here suggested carrying a little textured ball around with you in the dream to stay lucid. Well, this must have stuck with me, because after I became lucid, there was the little textured ball sitting on my kitchen table as if someone had left it there for me.

Had a couple of problems, after exploring my living room for a while I decided to go outside, but, I couldn't get out of my apartment. I opened my front door which, for some reason, led into my bathroom. Easily enough fixed, though, I just closed the door and opened it again and I was out.

Once outside I headed across the street to my neighborhood bar. The place was completely empty, no bar, no stools, just a couple of guys sitting at a table working at adding machines. (??) I just excused myself and left. I was having a lot of trouble walking, like I was walking against the wind. I found bounding or floating to be a more effective form of locomotion.

I bounded down to where I work to visit a friend of mine who, just last night, I was talking about LD's with. I told him I was having one right now.
He was very happy for me, but wondered what I was doing there. I simply told him "Well, I had to tell somebody."

This was, by no means, my most exciting experience. But it was definitely my longest. Which was exactly what I was going for, using the techniques I learned here. I found reading to be very effective. It doesn't matter what, a sign, a label, the printing on the side of a pencil, as long as I focused on the words.

Thanks again, everyone.

Peace,
The Cutter