My Introduction

**Digwener** · 11-10-2012 01:43 PM

Hello, people!
I am Anton, a computer programmer from Russia.

I have been studying this subject for some months and made several attempts to attain lucidity during the dream. Some of them were lucky.
I've read Stephen Laberge books, so I am a proponent of scientific approach to LD (no astral, no shared dreams etc), but I think that if some useful techniques are come from esoteric sourses there is no harm to use it.

My first LD was right after the first reading of Laberge's "Lucid Dreaming: The power of being aware and awake in your dreams". May be I was so impressed by the new information and it made me have my lucid at once. It was not very specific, I did not know how to prolong LD or how to do something really useful etc, so I just walked through the street noticing how bright everything is.

After it I began to log my dream diary to improve dream recollection and also tried to develop my prospective memory (by hitting targets) in order to tame the MILD technique . It is kind of hard to hit all the targets but I do my best to do it.

One more LD-related thing I practise is Dual N-back working memory training.
Some sources provide information that Dual N-back can be useful for Lucid Dreamer (supposedly, better dream recall and better critical reasoning)

Nowadays many people are interested in LD, so I decided to find some Internet community to communicate with such people. This resourse is the best for its attendance etc

**~~MasterMind~~** · 11-10-2012 01:57 PM

Welcome to the forum Digwener

I also started out with the Stephen LaBerge book and MILD targets and it is indeed a really powerful method for practising prospective memory.

What is the Dual N- back working memory training though? I've never heard of it. Sounds interesting.

To join a community will give positive effects to your progress, because sharing and reading experiences is both, entertaining, motivating and useful for the practise.
I wish you sweet dreams and enjoy your stay

**Digwener** · 11-10-2012 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by MasterMind

What is the Dual N- back working memory training though? I've never heard of it. Sounds interesting.

Unfortunately, as a new member I can't provide links for a weak, but you can just google the "n-back". And if you google "n-back faq" the very first link would be a comprehensive source about this subject.

Shortly, N-back training is an simple exersize which is supposed to improve your fluid intelligence via increasing Working Memory. There is still ambiguity in the scientific society about the efficacy of this procedure. Some studies and researches proved its efficacy, some others - deny. the FAQ contains full informations about all of those studies and plenty of personal opinions.

**~~MasterMind~~** · 11-10-2012 02:50 PM

Ok I'll check it out thanks for sharing

**gab** · 11-10-2012 08:25 PM

Welcome to Dreamviews!

I invite you to share your experiences in the forums. You will probably find forum Dream control interesting. And if you'd like to finetune your techniques, visit our DV Academy, where you can join a class or just read the material. And you can always post your questions. Happy dreams

**Sivason** · 11-21-2012 10:29 PM

Welcome to Dream Views! This is the place to be for anyone wanting to learn how to lucid dream. There is no quick answer to your question, but the Dream guide team is here to help you navigate the forum and answer questions. We all have 3 green stars above our avatar. Click on our user name and you can then select private message if you have a question, or you can start new threads. Don't worry about starting threads that have been started before, just try it out, if it ends up in the wrong place one of us can move it for you.

One thing you can do in a post is place a link to another thread. I have done this below. You can click on the colored words to see the new thread. Start with this extra basic one, it will help you read the acronyms in other posts, Help With Acronyms For Complete Beginners

After that one the very first thing you should do is check out basic tutorials. This one covers most of the terms you will see members using in much more depth, so start here, http://www.dreamviews.com/f20/beginn...eaming-124786/

Also be sure to check out the DVA Dream Views Acadamy, click on this link to get there, DV Academy.

Matte , our Dream Guide team leader runs a general lucid dreaming class, and you can join in contests where you gain points for dreams you have. General Lucid Dreaming (Matte87)

Gab , another Dream Guide runs a class that is very valuable to beginners on MILD/DILD, which is by far the best method to start with. DILD (Hukif and gab)

Finally as far as the DVA stuff goes, there is a class on introduction to lucid dreaming. This is a great place if you are just starting out and need a little personal help. Intro Class (OpheliaBlue, RareCola, CanisLucidus, Chimpertainment, Xanous)

Now, on the lighter side, you may be excited to learn to fly! Here is a thread where people explain how they went about learning to fly, http://www.dreamviews.com/f14/can-u-...u-learn-40468/

Then just for a laugh here is a thread where people list all the things they want to do in an LD. It is mostly light hearted and supposed to be funny, http://www.dreamviews.com/f11/1000-t...-dream-104556/

Have fun and good luck with your dreaming!