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[prepsi]

Hello everyone! I've been lurking in the shadows of this forum for a while and finally decided to sign up as a member. I've only had one "true" lucid dream in my life, at least one that I can remember. I was only 8 then and I still remember it because it was so brilliant (I could fly across the lawn in our garden and it felt so real!). I didn't know about lucid dreaming until recently and I've only explored my dreams for three months or so. But I've already filled loads of pages in my journal with dreams and I remember more and more with each night. I've also made a habit of waking up in the middle of the night to write down dreams (which is a miracle because I'm a heavy sleeper). A nice side effect is that I get much more sleep and feel overall calmer and relaxed when I'm awake, and going to sleep is so much more exciting now. I hope to have lucid dreams on a regular basis and really start to explore the dream world, and I think this forum will be a great help on achieving this!

[MasterMind]

Welcome prepsi Greetings from Sweden! Keep recalling your dreams and the lucidity will come naturally, although feel free to use some interesting induction methods when you want to. I hope that this forum helps you achieve your dreams (literally) and if you need any help don't be afraid to ask! Sweet dreams to you and enjoy your stay!

[CNGB]

Like you, I had a lucid dream at an early age. Unfortunately, mine was a lucid nightmare and was made worse from the fact that I knew that I was dreaming, but could do nothing about it. Seems a bit silly now, almost a decade later, that I've started lucid dreaming. Anyway, when you're ready to start attempting lucid dreams, I hope that everything works out for the best. It probably will, because you seem like you're taking your time with practicing and doing a lot of "right" thins to get you started. Best of luck!

[paigeyemps]

Welcome, prepsi! Feel free to start up an online dream journal on DreamViews, if you'd like to share some of your experiences and dreams with us. If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask! Seeya

[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!