Thread: Hello All!

Good morning all!

Having recently stumbled upon the concept of LD, I thought I might do some further research and get a feel for the community revolving around it.
I have been trying for the past 3 days which has not yet yielded a LD, but rest assured knowing that it can take weeks.

For the record, below are the techniques I am trying to employ:

- Dream journal (Only have been able to recall two short dreams in it so far).
- Reality checks (scrutinizing my hands and phone) every time i see the letter L I drew on the back of my hand.
- Meditation in the form of daily 15minute self awareness sessions, and listening to binaural beats before bed.
- Continual reinforcement of the idea 'I will remember my dreams' before sleeping.
- Sporadic but sparing use of Calea Z tea.
- Discussing the idea of it with mates and sharing on this forum to help incubate the idea of LD.

I also had quite a profound experience with the Calea Z tea, as this yielded my only memorable dreams since committing to the pursuit of a LD.

I ended up dreaming of myself in a fire breathing battle with an owl over a floating island in outer-space. This was followed by a dream in which I self assembled out of blue and white lego pieces, there happened to be excess so I demanded it create a spare leg for me, which subsequently got consumed by a sea of grey lego pieces. I was rather amused when I woke up :) although i do not believe it was lucid.

The only time I can ever recall making a conscious decision in a dream would be when I was a lot younger. The occasional nightmare where I was running from a dinosaur or a river of lava would culminate in my decision to allow myself to just get eaten or fall into the lava as I knew that would end the dream - which it did. Prior to that, I would not have recognized it as a dream though so I would not consider that lucid either.

Regardless, I am fascinated with this phenomenon and hope to contribute to the discussion as I progress.

Thankyou for reading!