Thread: Skeptical Newb

If you are skeptical, read Exploring the Wolrd of Lucid Dreaming, by stephen laberge, LDing is a proven fact. Though be warned, first few times, a lot of people wake up fast and complain about it not being as great as they were told <.<

Originally Posted by Hukif

If you are skeptical, read Exploring the Wolrd of Lucid Dreaming, by stephen laberge, LDing is a proven fact. Though be warned, first few times, a lot of people wake up fast and complain about it not being as great as they were told <.<

I am not closed to trying it. I actually have a few questions.

1) I have a tattoo on my arm. Could I use that in some way to recognize that I'm dreaming? Like, if I'm dreaming, will it be distorted in any way or anything?
2) Why do you wake up as soon as you realize you're dreaming if you're inexperienced?

Yes, it's never going to be as good as you're told it is unless you stick with it long-term. If you do though, there's really no limit to what you can do. EWOLD is the best book on the subject. Gives a great explanation of how cognative functions work and how dreams are built.

Also, when you're new to lucid dreaming, and you become lucid, it tends to be easy to become very excited, which usually leads to a loss of lucidity or awakening. That gets less with practive though.

Everyone can learn to lucid dream. It's just a question of time. Some get lucky and have their first in a couple days, but for others, it can take months. If you stick with it long-term, you'll get lucid far more frequently, and have longer and better dreams.

There is nothing to be skeptical about. Lucid dreaming has been proven. Specifically, when you're dreaming, and you move your eyes, your eyes move in real life too. They've proven lucid dreaming by telling supposed lucid dreamers to move their eyes in a specific way once they become lucid. They then detect that the person is dreaming, and that his or her eyes are moving in the predesignated way.

Unless it happens to come very easily to you, lucid dreaming is something you'll have to dedicate time to, and for reasons others have said, you'll need to go beyond having 'a couple' lucid dreams to experience fully how amazing they can be. I personally have yet to do this. I used to lucid dream a lot, but I could never stay in one for more than a few seconds. I've now been trying for about 3 weeks and have only succeeded in having 2 very short and vague ones so far. If you're expecting immediate gratification, I imagine you might get bored after a few days and forget about it.

Ok, I guess skeptical would be the wrong word choice. I am more worried that I won't be able to achieve lucidity even with a lot of time and effort.

But, does anyone have the answers to my two questions that I posted?

supernova answered question number 2 and for number one, it could nothing is 100% reliable

Originally Posted by dyeagers

supernova answered question number 2 and for number one, it could nothing is 100% reliable

O yea. My bad. I was just meaning to ask about number one.

Well, as dye said, nothing is 100% reliable. I would recommend a battery of reality checks...but perform them only if you suspect you may be dreaming. In other words, as you go through your day, try to be more aware. If you see something unusual -- something that doesn't ordinarily happen -- do a couple reality checks. You don't have to be 100% alert at every moment, but try to improve your "flashes" of awareness.