Hi Everyone,
I stumbled across this community while researching a link between melatonin use and vivid dreams. I was finding that the melatonin I take a few times a week increases rem sleep and decreases the period between rem sleep and waking. This is allowing me to better recall my dreams. Then I began reading about lucidity and skimming over some of the journals here. Lucid dreaming interests me, because most of my dreams are either odd or bad, but not usually of nightmare intensity.

So now I've registered as a member, I want to attempt to take control of my dreams. I practice Zen meditation, so I believe I have a grasp of the relationship between my mind and the world and that this will help.

I've already begun writing down what I remember from last night (although it was only two things), and I'll be studying some tutorials to get started. If anyone has any helpful advice, I'd like to hear it.

Wish me luck,
-Joe