Hi, I'm new! And, questions about 'goals'.

**Un1corn** · 04-27-2011 05:52 AM

New kid just wants to say hi.... Hi!

Quick self-introduction:
I used to have lucid dreams very often. The last one I can remember was about 7ish years ago. This is a concept that I slowly forgot about, mostly as a result of the stress resulting from trying to get good grades, stay on my parents' good side, and eventually trying to stay off the streets.
Watched a movie that sparked a memory, and one google search later, here I am! Been lurking for a few days, and I love this site. (Yes, I lurk a lot online. Takes me a while to get the feel of a new community. If you post often, chances are I already know you a little bit. Just sayin'. Okay, that was creepy... Swiftly moving onwards!...)

I've been trying to start lucid dreaming again regularly. Why?
Because life is mundane at times, frightening at times, and always a little bit more complex than it needs to be... because I don't live in the world- I live in my mind. I think dreams are powerful, and have a few things I'd like to accomplish:
-Use my dreams to try and learn things about myself. Figure out what I should be doing instead of kissing ass for minimum wage and drifting around.
-Add spice to my life, without polluting my body. If I could get the release in my dreams that I've been using other things for, I could save a lot of money, and add years to my life. I want to try to dream in another dimension consistently. I'm not kidding. This is something I'm intensely interested in. I don't just want to mess with anti-gravity or whatnot. I mean laws about fluid mechanics, force, mass, and inertia, conservation of energy, quantum mechanics. Time, obviously. Decisions.
-Face my fears. (There's evidence that this is one of the purposes of dreams in general, yes?) Eventually, eliminate my anxiety disorder.

I understand that these are quite ambitious. So, question: Does anybody have an experience to share that would help me with setting for short-term goals?

**zebrah** · 04-27-2011 06:54 AM

Hey welcome to the forums. Nice to meet you even though you may all ready know me.....

All of your goals seem possible but one in particular may be impractical. Wanting to learn more about yourself is really a subjective aspect of dreams. I never tend to find meaning in dreams but if you do then go for it and discover what you want to do with your life.

Good luck lucid dreaming!

**Oreo** · 04-27-2011 03:57 PM

I'm not sure about facing your fears being a general purpose for dreams, but I know it can be used to face fears. Like if you're an arachnophobic, you could summon a giant spider in your dream and make friends with it. Or you could just light it on fire and go LOL. I'm not too sure about using dreams to learn about yourself. Unless you're into dream interpretation, you could try talking to your subconscience (assuming it would talk back), or you could clone yourself and study it. If I understood you right, the WILD technique and dream stabilization techniques would probly help you dream consistently. Good short-term goals could be find a dream guide, master different levels of dream control, or do your first WILD.

I lurk a lot too, but I'm just gonna hope I wasn't being watched anyways.

**Typho** · 04-28-2011 10:36 PM

Your first goals should be simple, straight forward, and not impossible to reach. Take my first set of LDing goals I made about a week ago, and am hoping to have them done by June 1st
-Lucid 3 Times
-Fly
-Meet Dream guide.
Then, for next month, I'll set some more ambitious goals.
-Fire beams
-Lucid 5 times
-Controlling weather
-Dream spin
-Kill a nightmare
At least these are the goals I am thinking of making for myself for june.

**dakotahnok** · 04-29-2011 03:31 AM

Originally Posted by Typho

Your first goals should be simple, straight forward, and not impossible to reach. Take my first set of LDing goals I made about a week ago, and am hoping to have them done by June 1st
-Lucid 3 Times
-Fly
-Meet Dream guide.
Then, for next month, I'll set some more ambitious goals.
-Fire beams
-Lucid 5 times
-Controlling weather
-Dream spin
-Kill a nightmare
At least these are the goals I am thinking of making for myself for june.

They say that they already lucid dream. So I don't think that they will have a problem making these goals.

I think that all of your goals are possible!!