Hi everyone, im new here as you can obviously tell and im super interested about lucid dreaming. Ive known what it was for a while and now i really want to dive in a try to experience some lucid dreaming. |
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Hi everyone, im new here as you can obviously tell and im super interested about lucid dreaming. Ive known what it was for a while and now i really want to dive in a try to experience some lucid dreaming. |
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Welcome to DreamViews, KillbillyKing! The good news is that you are not the first person asking the question on where to start, and thus there is a special place on our forum called "Where to Start" - you can find it here: http://www.dreamviews.com/welcome/14...ere-start.html the best technique for a beginner is probably DILD/MILD. Also have you read the book "Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming" by Stephen LaBerge? I recommend it as a good guidebook. Please feel free to ask as many questions as you like, and we will be glad to try to help. Best, Joanna |
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You may say I'm a dreamer.
But I'm not the only one - John Lennon
Thanks for the help Joanna! After reading more about DILD, i would just like to clarify with you something. So let me get this straight, in order to do the DILD method which is recommended for beginners, one has to start using reality checks throughout the day constantly so that once your asleep eventually your mind will remember these reality checks and you will eventually perform these checks while your asleep which will lead to a lucid dream? |
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Kind of. Except that few people actually get lucid from reality checks themselves. the reality checks are just a tool. The main thing is that you become more aware, and start to question reality. Think of the reality checks as opportunities to question reality, and habit forming, so that you get into the habit of seriously questioning whether you could be dreaming right now. Think about it seriously for a moment. Is this a dream? How would you know? Do you remember how you got to where you are? If you expect to be able to do something that would be impossible during waking life, can you actually do it - in dreams if you expect to be able to be able to push your thumb through your hand, and you really believe you can, in dreams you will be able to do it, whereas in waking life no matter how much you expect to do that, you won't. It's not the pushing of the thumb through the palm that makes you lucid, it's actually the expectations and the questioning of reality. Most of us just assume we are awake all the time, and so then we do not recognize dreams. If you change that mindset and start expecting that you are dreaming and regularly checking whether you are, ultimately this changed mindset will seep into dreams, and you will at some point question reality when dreaming. Does that make sense? |
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You may say I'm a dreamer.
But I'm not the only one - John Lennon
Ok thanks, i understand it a little better now. So multiple times during the day i question myself if im really dreaming at that moment to conciously think about if i am awake or not. |
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Hello and welcome |
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Last edited by benni; 08-16-2013 at 09:35 PM.
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Thanks Benni, your right when you say it is alot of information Im deffintly going to pick up the book by Stephen Laberge. I already got myself a dream journal to write down all the things i can remember from my dreams. So right now im going to try and stick with the DILD method for a little while, atleast until i get my hands on "Exploring the world of Lucid dreaming".. |
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Sounds like a good idea. I will probably stick with DILDs for a lot longer because personally I find them really intriguing and interesting I want to get really good at them before I start anything else like WILD or DEILD. Just a personal choice though. As long as you are happy with what you chose to do then it will be all good |
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Saying there is no alien life in the universe is like dipping a cup in the ocean and saying there are no whales.
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