Hello everyone

[nrose5]

Hey there. My name is Nathanael. I decided to join this forum today because I wanted to have a place where I could share my experiences, without having to explain myself, convince others, or feel like I was crazy. I have been having lucid dreams going on about 3 1/2 years. They began happening following a certain experience that took place, one that is, even within this group, difficult to understand. Let alone accepted. I had a night where, in the end, I lost my emotions. I lost my connection, strong and real, with God. I'm SURE that many here don't want to hear the "G" word, but understand I NEVER EVER EVER wanted to end up on a sight discussing lucid dreams, astral projection and all of that. But it turns out that this may very well be the only place I can get the feedback I'm looking for. I mean no offense by that, but I have been a Christian a long time, and even continue to after seeing in my dreams demons that tell me that God is done with me. It's a really crappy place to be. That being said, I wanted to introduce myself, and hopefully get acquainted with a few of you that could help me along this strange journey I've found myself. My dreams have varied in length, strength and lucidity. Though recently, it has become a very controlled experience. Again, I never sought out lucid dreaming, but I'm not going to off myself, so I figured I had better make some good of it. I've already posted my first dream journal from last night, and plan on posting every day. I will also reach back and post from the start of this nightmare, and look forward to becoming acquainted with you along the way.

[paigeyemps]

Hello Nathanael, welcome to DreamViews If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask!

[MasterMind]

Welcome Nathanael I have a belief that isn't very Christian (even though my name is Christian...). I can quote the bible though and make you ponder the meaning yourself and see that the path to God is more connected to your dreams than you think "The kingdom of God is within you, even the least among of you can do what I have done and greater" - Jesus Understanding yourself is the first step for understanding it all. Sweet dreams to you!

[nrose5]

Thank you both for your kind replies. You got half of that verse right Mastermind, but Jesus never claims that we have the Kingdom within us. John 14:12 says "12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father." That being said, I have written a dream journal from a dream I had several nights ago. I believe that in our lucid state, we are able to travel to, or at least observe other realms of existence. To a certain, or possibly even great degree. blogs/nrose5/several-nights-ago-40922/

[MasterMind]

OK we seem to agree but I just want to clearify my source Jesus was once asked - When will the kingdom of God come? and he answered. “Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:21)

[nrose5]

You are correct Mastermind. Very true indeed. Alludes to great mysteries of my faith. Furthermore, last night's dreams SUCKED as I was being chased, persecuted, attacked, it sucked. I don't even want to do a DJ on it.

[Sivason]

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!