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[Castles]

Hi Brandon! To answer your question -- Here's a bit of what I do to 'spark' a lucid dream. In the mornings when I wake up for school, I notice that my alarm clock is incorporated into my dreams for a few seconds. A few weeks ago, I was dreaming of sitting in class (shitty right) and the teachers phone started ringing. He walked over to it, looked at me and told me I was dreaming. I woke up. The ring on the phone was my alarm clock. So I decided to download a soft melody or something to play after a certain amount of time. Luckily there is an android application that has helped me achieve this =) So whenever that plays I know I'm dreaming. Another thing you could do before bed is listen to lucid dream induction videos on youtube. They will play relaxing beats (or creepy. Which helps better strangely) with different variations of a voice saying "You are dreaming" "Are you dreaming" "Tonight I am going to have a lucid dream" basically hypnotic. They're strange but they work as well =). If you need any further assistance feel free to send me a private message. Edit: I'm sorry I just noticed you said without using outside sources =( Edit Edit: I think I have found your problem. You are trying to lucid dream when you go to bed at night. This is probably the worst time to lucid dream and not a lot of people can do this. Go to bed as normal. Set your alarm clock for 5 or 6 hours later. When you wake up, stay awake for 25-30 minutes and then go back to bed. Focus on your breathing. You will begin to auditory/visually hialucinate. If you've reached these, youi've slipped into sleep paralysis. Don't worry. It's harmless. Your body will be numb feeling and YAY YOU CAN'T MOVE. If you see a "demon" holding you down like I do.. don't worry. He's a hallucination. Focus on the images and keep in mind you are about to lucid dream. Make sure to not get excited and keep your mind clear.