Thread: Good morning!

Good luck in your attempts! Sounds like you have some natural abilities that should really help you with your goals. I agree, it is difficult and taxing. I can barely get my brain active enough to remember my dreams at this point. It's a an eye-opener in terms of showing where my mind is at. Mush is where it's at right now. But yeah, focus and dedication, it'll get you there!

I can do this

YES YOU CAN!

Was interesting to read your adventures throughout your life regarding your lucid dreaming practice, sadly life can really get in the way, but when we enjoy it enough, there's always a comeback at some point ^^ I'm sure that after some initial effort you'll be able to keep up the pace without any problems And I'm also a bit envious of you because of your childhood lding

See you around

Thank you both for the well-wishes. My goal here is to post with slightly more confidence than I feel (apologies if that makes me sound too matter-of-fact about things!) because I'm trying to test my idea that confidence and a placebo-like effect will be powerful tools for lucid dreaming. I am hoping that if I can convince myself, then lucid dreaming will be an easier goal.

Also, the childhood LDing was quite cool, but unfortunately due to my age I had no idea what was happening--only that it was amazing. I lacked a high level of dream control MOST of the time, but when it worked, it was great. This was all pre-internet, mind you, so I had no means of investigating or learning more about the dreams. I wonder what would have happened if I'd grown up now rather than in the early nineties.

Originally Posted by Salathor

I'm posting this now as a promise: I am rededicating myself to the art. I hope that by joining this community I'll be able to draw on the support of others and continue to focus on something that is, without a doubt, one of the most difficult and mentally taxing practices I have ever seen. With lucid dreaming, I have found that you simply cannot succeed with half-hearted attempts. In order to dream, you must focus with all of your energy and truly believe that you have the strength to succeed.

It's daunting for me, but that instance of lucidity a few months ago burn in my memory like a promise: I can do this.

That's a great post, Salathor. Welcome back to lucid dreaming.

You're right that gathering your focus can be a challenge, but once you make it past that point, you'll have it all back (and more) in no time. Your awesome-sound 15 minutes lucid dream is testament to that.

I think that once you find yourself slipping back into the patterns of thinking that made you a good lucid dreamer when you were young, it'll become easier and easier to think and play and explore the way that you did when you were a kid. That's what we're all doing here, after all.

I'm looking forward to sharing experiences with you along the way and seeing what this new chapter has in store for you. We'll all be here to help any way we can!

Good luck and welcome.