Hello!

My name is Aaron Marlowe, and yesterday I saw a TV news program on lucid dreaming.
I've ALWAYS wanted to be in control of my dreams, and I've been highly facinated of them.

Unfortunately, I don't have them often and I'm rarely in control , so that's why I'm here

I browsed this site for information last night, and I went to bed saying the following mantras: "I will have a lucid dream tonight.", "I will remember by Dream.", "I am Lucid, the World is Vivid."
While repeating these lines in my head, I tried my best to relax. My body became numb numerous times, and sometimes my vision (eyes closed) lit up with bright colors and my breathing become shallowed.

Unfortunately, I got too excited when these things happened, and they quickly dissipated.

So I continued to subconsciously repeat my mantras. It seems like it took me FOREVER to go to sleep, but I tried to be patient none-the-less.

I eventually went to sleep, and I woke up at about 5:50 (went to bed at about 11:30)

I remembered having a dream in some kind of Bakery...however; it was extremely fuzzy and in THIRD PERSON

Which is another problem I have, most of my dreams seem to be in Third Person and not First Person. Is there any way to change this?

Now I'm preparing for tonight. I'm repeating my mantras occasionally to myself and deciding what RC's I will have (pinch nose, my dog will appear in my dream, etc)
I'm also going to do a little meditation.

Anyways, I'm glad to be here, and I'm open to any advice/suggestions