Thread: Just saying hello

Just wanted to say hello and thanks for such an informative site to learn
to lucid dream. I myself have never had a lucid dream but I am extremely wanting to
have my first. I have been working on dreaming for several months and keep a dream journal
but I have a very hard time recalling my dreams. I am trying several methods from this site that has helped
me get close but just not quite there. Through WILD I have gotten to the stage where I see flashing lights in my eyelids and have gotten vibrations throughout my body and even the other night got to the point where I felt like I was floating
but it just stops there and I cannot go Lucid. SO I also now this week am trying several dream enhancing herb tinctures in
tea to help and will inform the board if any of my herbal tea tinctures help induce a Lucid.

Hey DreamVR, welcome to DV!

It's great that you're starting to see progress - those hypnagogic hallucinations (the flashing lights, vibrations, and floating feeling) mean you're getting pretty close. I'd say keep it up, you're well on you're way, it's only a matter of time.

Let us know if you have any questions, and feel free to swing by the IRC chat if you wanna talk.

Spellbee2 once I got to the part where I felt like I was floating what should I have done?
I tried RC Nose pinch but nothing happened. Or when I get to the flashing lights in my eye lids
what is the trick from there?

Thanks again

Welcome to the forum!

Thanks guys. I have experimented with Mugwort, Calea Z, Damiana, Ashwagandha, Passion Flower,
Chamomile, Valerian, Catnip.

So far my best dreams I can remember are on Calea Z mixed with passion flower. However, when I mix these 2
I end up having my heart race which is not a good thing.

Looking over my dream journal every time I have mixed Calea Z with something I ended up remembering some dreams.
But still none of them Lucid and not the most vivid.

I will keep experimenting and see if anything else helps me dream.

Welcome to the forum!

It seems to me these herbs have a bit of a sedative effect and might possibly have a negative effect on recall.

Perhaps try green tea combined with a wbtb, or a small amount of B6 ?

Originally Posted by NyxCC

Welcome to the forum!

It seems to me these herbs have a bit of a sedative effect and might possibly have a negative effect on recall.

Perhaps try green tea combined with a wbtb, or a small amount of B6 ?

The herbs have been a blessing because at least I am dreaming when I take them. I am someone that if they did dream would never remember their dreams. With particular herbs it seems I am dreaming a lot more and also I can remember the dream enough to write them down the next day. I have tried the herbs with Green Tea instead of Passion Flower and with Green Tea I can't sleep so the Passion Flower seems to be working for me. But I have to be careful because the Passion Flower makes whatever I use with it to be stronger.

I tried last night the Passion Flower Tea with Damiana and Calea Z extracts and had some nice dreams and was able to write them down again. I will continue messing with herbs to find the right mix but things look promising.

B6 I am going to try that as well...

Ok, I might be on to something here for me at least. Before I started taking herbal extracts I hardly ever could remember dreaming.
Since I have been taking herbs I dream and remember my dream almost every night now. Last night I tried a new TEA
called Relaxing Tea that I bought from Whole Foods. It has Valerian, Passion Flower, Chamomile, and other herbs in it.
I added my Calea Z extract and Damiana extract and I had 5 dreams last night that I could remember. It felt like every time
I woke up and went back to sleep I went into another dream and another. Unfortunately still none of them were Lucid or put me
into a reality check but hopefully some day soon I will get there. But being able to dream and remember my dreams regularly is a big
start and looking back at my dream journal so far Calea Z has been my best dream producing herb.

Hi DreamVR, welcome to DreamViews! \( ^_^)/

The VR in your name wouldn't happen to be short for Virtual Reality, would it? And I second spellbee about the chat, it's a great place to talk about LDing or just hangout and chat about anything.

Good luck on your lucid progress, I'll be seeing you around the forum!

Originally Posted by Mismagius

Hi DreamVR, welcome to DreamViews! \( ^_^)/

The VR in your name wouldn't happen to be short for Virtual Reality, would it? And I second spellbee about the chat, it's a great place to talk about LDing or just hangout and chat about anything.

Good luck on your lucid progress, I'll be seeing you around the forum!

Thanks Mismagius yes VR is for Virtual Reality which is my other addiction!
Ill be happy to join the forum when I get some time.

Originally Posted by DreamVR

Thanks Mismagius yes VR is for Virtual Reality which is my other addiction!
Ill be happy to join the forum when I get some time.

Nice! I have a rift myself, so awesome. I think VR could be used to help induce lucid dreams in a way, as you're in a artificial world like dreams and you really have that presence. I actually did have a LD one night right after playing a VR game.

Originally Posted by Mismagius

Nice! I have a rift myself, so awesome. I think VR could be used to help induce lucid dreams in a way, as you're in a artificial world like dreams and you really have that presence. I actually did have a LD one night right after playing a VR game.

Cool!