Thread: NEW STUDENTS START HERE: Beginner's Intro to Lucid Dreaming - LESSONS I - IV

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Lesson IV. - Dream Stabilization & Control

This forth and final lesson is an augmentation of the importance of sleep with respect to the induction methods you all have already chosen, as well as including a more in depth look at dream stabilization.

A. Dream stabilization

Stabilization Phase I: If you find yourself losing control in your lucid dream, losing lucidity, or feeling like you may wake up from excitement, there are a couple things you can do:

- Remain Calm - too much excitement can raise your heartrate enough to wake you up.
- Positive Thinking - having a positive mind, and believing you can stay in the dream and not lose lucidity are your greatest allies.

Stabilization Phase II: Next thing is to stabilize the dream through a chosen activity

- Visual - view your hands for a minute or so, turning them, wiggling your fingers etc.
- Tactile - touch an object you see in your dream, and focus on the texture
- Vocal - If the dream starts to get hazy, you can shout out commands. "More Lucidity" "More Light" "More Clarity" are among the most popular.


B. Dream Control : Bringing your conscious mind into lucidity (which is more effective after the onset of a waking transition technique, such as WILD or DEILD)

- Simple Mathematics - mentally attempt a simple equasion, like 1+1, or 4x4
- Expectation - expect, imagine, and believe what you want to accomplish in the dream, will manifest itself
- Schemas - use basic shapes and forms to mould the world around around you. For ex: making a red blob in your hand which you use to form into a fire hydrant and then build a street around the fire hydrant.


C. Dream Sustaining

Stop and Stabilize (see part A.) When:
- you are in a lucid dream and you feel like you might wake up
- if the dream get blurry, hazy, dark, or unclear in any way, immediately stop what you're doing
- if you sense you are getting too wrapped up and the dream may turn to nonlucid


Your Homework For Lesson IV is:

1. When inside of a lucid dream, practice the dream control techniques. Post your results in your workbook.
2. If you have a lucid dream and find yourself losing it, practice the stabilisation techniques listed here. Post your results in your workbook.
   
   Optional:
3. Recall your favourite quote inside a dream and say it out loud. What were your experiences?
4. Visit somewhere you know from waking life, take note of all its surroundings, are there any subtle differences?
5. Swim underwater and attempt to breathe, were you able to?