Thread: Hi there

Recently I have just had my first LD where I was able to control some of my surroundings. I have been interested in LDing for the last, oh, about three years now (thanks to the movie Waking Life), with varied success. I have had a handful of dreams where I realized I was dreaming, but either soon woke up or had no success in dream control. My first LD I was in a car with three of my friends, I simply realized i was dreaming, told my friends I was dreaming, and they convinced me I was not. lol.

However, recently I have been training myself to ask on a regular basis if I am dreaming. No real method but to just look around and see if stuff makes sense. About a week or so ago, It turned out that one of the times I asked myself this question I was dreaming. I was in some sort of pool hall/mining site. I thought this can't be right and I realized I was dreaming. While in the pool hall I wanted to try and control my dream. Being a Star Wars fan I began with trying to lift a pool cue via the force. I struggled at the beginning but eventually had moderate success. My best attempt was lifting a pool cue, moving it to a table about 15 ft away and attempting to make, i believe it was the one ball. I got the cue to the table but before I could make the shot Someone walked in front of me and I got distracted. After this I thought it would be cool to turn one of the pool cues into a light saber. I was unsuccessful after a few attempts, though I did swing the pool cue into another one and i cut it in half like a light sabe, lol. I eventually woke up and was happy with the progress, but have been discouraged with the lack of any LD since.

Anyway, I am interested in hearing other peoples tips on how to train for lucid dreams, as well as wanted to share my little success story.