Thread: Respect lucidity!

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Those are all very nice and worthy reasons to lucid dream, indeed. I suggest making a plan ahead of time, so you "need it" (your LD) and don't lose lucidity. Good luck and let us know if we can help with anything.

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Originally Posted by th3rx78

Hello all.
I've been dreaming since I can remember, and thanks to horror movies I could DILD from an early age. Super thankful for that, of course... if I'm having a nightmare or am just plain bored with my dream, I intuitively take control.

I really love dreaming and always have. I have the problem where most of the time, where I realize I'm dreaming, and I won't care, just completely disregard it, because I'm pretty happy with how the dream is going as is. This reaction is to the point of habit, and I've been fine with that for a long time.

But I don't think I ever gave enough thought to the real potential of lucid dreaming. I want to create art in dreams. I want to test out sci-fi worlds for any future tabletop games I may GM. I want to pester my dream characters about what its like to be them - or me as a projection of some character. Practice skills. Try 'extra senses' or just see how much I can master my dream. I usually fly around in my dreams now, regardless of lucidity, so I also wonder what other 'lucid abilities' will bleed over, over time, too.

The art thing is huge though, and what really inspired me to want to lucid dream more often. I'm a big fan of music videos and audiovisual artists. If I'm dreaming and trying to create something... it doesn't work out a lot of the time. But if I'm aiming to watch something from someone I'm familiar with, it genuinely is creative, new and fresh. It's freaking incredible.

I do have a bad problem with dropping my lucid state as fast as I got it, unless I 'need' it. Also, keeping lucid when you're passively paying attention to something novel for a long period of time is very hard. And so is relying on DILD to happen on its own and it not being the end of the dream. So I got a long way to go.

I'll usually be lurking before bed but I hope to be an active member of the community.

Because, if you aren't, we will find you, and make sure you stay... FOREVER!

Welcome, lol.

Sounds like you have some great ideas. I look forward to reading your dream journal. I agree that you should probably make specific plans ahead of each lucid dream, so you won't just fade into a non-lucid dream. Perhaps keep a notebook of ideas. Also - since you're already an experienced lucid dreamer - check our the Task of the Month. That's a fun way of keeping yourself going and also learning new dream control skills.

And of course: Welcome!