Thread: Will this be enough?

Lucid dreams will come. With some people, it happens very quickly, like within a day or so, it seems just knowing about them is enough. Others take time, maybe months.

Just keep on doing what you are doing, and try to identify some dreamsigns from your journal. Recognizing dreamsigns is still the best way for me to become lucid.

You can practice induction techniques, in fact, you probably should, it will increase your chances, but you do not have to use them to have a lucid dream.

Hi Seeker,

Again, thanks for your answer. These dream patterns, what should I really do about them? For example last night, I saw one of my friends with a black hair and pink shoes, which I know he would never wear/do. Should I make reality chekcs from these patterns? For example each time I see something yellow I do a reality check? I dont really understand how these can help you to achieve lucidity.

I think they're supposed to create a habit of questioning you reality, and then that habit will pass on to your dreams. At least that's what I've read about it.

yeah, basically if you see something that could be considered 'odd' in your real life, you have to automatically ask yourself if you're dreaming.
For example, a clock not showing the right time. You ask yourself if you're dreaming. No, because you're awake.
This could transfer into your dream, and you'd see a clock with the wrong time. Again, you ask yourself if you're dreaming. And you find that you are. Which means that you become lucid.
If you do reality checks frequently during the day, you will eventually do them in your dreams.
I hope that helps.

I was sort of wondering what I should do on my everyday basis to become lucid at nights. I have never experienced a lucid dream before, but I have a perfect dream recall, and I have been writing a journal for my past few days, covering about 3 dreams each night. The two last days now I have been doing many reality checks during the day. In total today I might have done about 80. So lets say I go to sleep one night, could all this be enough to enduce a lucid dream? Or would I have to go on like this for many months until I see results.[/b]

a Reality Check isn't only choosing certain times- for example, when you see\"something yellow\"- to ask yourself if you are dreaming or not.
you also have to do a test- try doing something that you can only do in dreams, such as flying or walking through walls. another common test is trying to read, if you something once and then go back and try to read it again, the words usually distort or maybe even say something else completely. (same with looking at a clock.)

if, while doing Reality Checks through-out the day, you simply ask yourself if you're dreaming and nothing more, you might say \"well of course I'm awake\". if you continue to do so, you might also do that when you're actually dreaming. it's essential that you preform a test. (I'm sure you already knew all that, I just want to make everything perfectly clear)

dreams often consist of things that are currently on your mind. problems, thoughts, etc...so, by doing Reality Checks often, they can eventually enter your dreams.

it really shouldn't take several months, most people have a lucid dream within a month of trying. a very important thing is to keep a good attitude about it, believe you can do it, you can't do anything if you don't first believe you can. experiment with different techniqes and find out what works for you, but don't get stressed if you don't have them immediately, getting stressed out can actually reduce your chances of having one.

Another thing which I have been wondering about, will lucid dreams come by itself on a normal days night if I go to sleep at night and tell myself I want to dream and be aware of it, and just go to sleep, without doing anything other fancy or using other techniques, like waking up after 6 hours and so on. I have been trying to take some afternoon naps as well these last few days, but with no results. [/b]

it's possible to have lucid dreams without the use of any techniques at all, some people can have them and all they do is keep a journal. techniques can however speed up the process, and make it easier to have them at will- though they certainly aren't required.
it's important though to find techniques that work best for you, some may work for some people and others may not...everyone is different.

Actually, one things I have experienced is that I might wake up 2 times each night, where I hope that I have woken up in bed lucidly. For the past time of which I can remember, I dont recognize that I have woken up one single time, unless I've been ill. What could this mean? I did many reality checks and made it clrealy sure that I wasn't dreaming.[/b]

people actually wake up several times every night, you usually don't remember it. so it's perfectly normal to find yourself awake a few times...and it's great that you do plenty of checks, in case of a false awakening.