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Hello dreamviews forum I have been using this forum for about 2 weeks now I think and I decided to make an account so I can ask questions about lucidity and dreaming. I've been trying to have a lucid dream for about two weeks now also, but no luck :? But I'm gonna keep trying my best :) by the way , this forum is awesome ^_^
welcome to DV!! ^^ hope you enjoy
cuz i am XD
Welcome LucidMonogatari :)
In the beggining you start out by looking at lucidity and ask yourself the question, what kind of actions or methods is it that brings you forward and make you lucid?
This kind of reasoning is perfectly normal, although in my eyes this it's not the best approach to go with, because how can you know what makes you lucid as a beginner when you never have had a such an experience?
Philosophers once asked and was puzzled by the question of what kept objects in motion. By what mechanism for example, does a cannon-ball remain in flight once it has been fired? Galileo's revolutionary answer was to say that this was the wrong question.
We should assume that objects will continue to travel at a constant motion and direction until acted on by another force.
What's needs to explain is not why things keeps going, but why they change direction and why they stop.
Lucidity will come naturally and should not be your primary focus. Instead you should focus on the smaller goals that will bring you lucidity.
One of these things are Dream Recall. Before you can score a soccer goal you need to learn how to kick, when the kick is mastered the goal will come more easily and naturally.
Dream recall is that kick. And it's easy to practise, just wake up and see what you can remember, if you don't remember anything write down what you did last night that might have stopped your recall, like late bedtimes, amount of stress as you went to sleep, pillow, temperature of the room, anything that you consider relevant.
Then when you remember a bunch of dreams or atleast more than usual, you can now look at what you had changed, but then the night when you don't remember your dreams again, here is your oppurunity to learn something. Now you can compare that attempt to the successful night and observe what caused the lack of recall.
And at the same time you will know what you need to do in order to remember your dreams.
When they realized that gravity was the force that pulled objects back to the ground, they had something to work from.
This is the kind of mindset that I use when I try a new method or tool for lucid dreaming.
Instead of getting frustrated of the fact that something didn't worked, I learn what my opposite force was and keep that in mind for my future attempts.
For example, if I go to bed very late and I don't get good recall, I don't get discouraged, because I know that a later bedtime means less REM which means less vivid dreams to remember. Of course I can use this to my advantage and adjust my bedtime to a regular and normal time and increase my chances of good dream recall.
But my point of this post is that it's very important to learn from what seems to be a failure, but actually just is an oppurtunity of learning if you allow it to.
And of course always ask if you need help, but trust your own experience first and foremost because that is your true knowledge.
Sweet dreams! ;)
Wow! Thanks a lot, I totally agree with what you said and I'll work towards dream recall in the mean time ^_^
Welcome to Dream Views! This is the place to be for anyone wanting to learn how to lucid dream. 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, The Beginner's Guide to Lucid Dreaming
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)
I hope to save you some time by giving you a link to a thread we all put together on the topic Sleep Paralysis. There has been so much misinformation and confusion on this topic, that after a few days on the sight, you would surely run into confusing statements refering to SP. Save yourself some frustration and read this post if you want to know about SP, Sleep Paralysis Explained
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, Can U Fly/ How Did You Learn?
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, 1000 things to do in a lucid dream!!!
Have fun and good luck with your dreaming!
Welcome! ^_^
Feel free to send me a PM with any questions you have. Look forward to seeing you around! Good luck with your lucid dreaming journey :offtobed: