Visiting places...

[bobby]

Hello again.. i have maybe a little stuped question , but i wanna know the answer to encourage myself.. can we in the dreams go anywhere we want.. i mean if i see a place on a pic and i want to go there.. can i do it? P.S. if someone have enough experience to do this .. PM me to send you a pic with the place ... it is wonderful.. and im sure it will be your favorite LD

[The Blue Meanie]

Originally posted by bobby Hello again.. i have maybe a little stuped question , but i wanna know the answer to encourage myself.. can we in the dreams go anywhere we want.. i mean if i see a place on a pic and i want to go there.. can i do it? P.S. if someone have enough experience to do this .. PM me to send you a pic with the place ... it is wonderful.. and im sure it will be your favorite LD Okay, I'm a newbie, and haven't had any lucid dreams as of yet, plus my dream recall's pretty bad. BUT I think I can help you with your question nonetheless. Dreams are basically the mind "shelving" and "storing" shit. You often dream of stuff you did during the day. PLUS when asleep, what you were thinking about doing before you slept, and what you tell yourself you'll do, (ie mneumonics) has a big effect, this is why you can "program" yourself to wake after a dream and record it. SO what should you do to have a dream about a particular place??? Here's what I'd do, using Egypt as an example. I want to dream about Egypt, specifically the Pyramids. So, I go to the library thismorning, get out some illustrated books about the pyramids, and photo books about egypt and the pyramids. I carry them around with me, and in my spare time I look at the books and the pictures, and try to absorb as MUCH relevant information about Egypt and the Pyramids as I can. I also spend a lot of time gazing longingly at the pyramids. Whenever I do this, I tell myself "I'm going to dream about this tonight, I know I am, I'm going to dream about Egypt and the Pyramids!" and say this in my head as I look at the pictures and read the information. So, later that night before I go to sleep, I spend an hour in bed reviewing all the stuff asbout egypt and looking at the pictures, telling myself that that's what I'm going to dream about. You've gotta BELIEVE that this is what you will dream about, not just tell yourself. But belief isn't a problem, cos if you believe, you actually WILL dream about egypt... circular reasoning, I know, but it works! Then, as you close your eyes, have your cup of hot chocolate, and drift off to sleep, you repeat to yourself in your head (or aloud, if you want!) that you're going to dream about the Pyramids, and after you dreram, you're gonna wake up and remember it... THIS should work. SHOULD, cos I don't know, haven't tried it. But I reckon it'd work. Absorb enough information, and think about something enough during the day, your brain will likely try to "sort it out" in a dream. If you tell yourself you'll dream about it, that can only help... I hope I've been helpful!

[bobby]

Afcorse you've helped.. even that you've tryed to help me its enough.. but i meaned when im in the dream and i am lucid.. is it possible to go to desired place The Blue Meanie 10x for the help again

[The Blue Meanie]

Originally posted by bobby Afcorse you've helped.. even that you've tryed to help me its enough.. but i meaned when im in the dream and i am lucid.. is it possible to go to desired place The Blue Meanie 10x for the help again Oh... sorry, I thought you were talking about non-lucids... in the case of non-lucids, what I've outlined should work. It's something I intend on trying myself, and have thought about for a couple of days now ever since my dream recall's improving. As for lucid dreams, I'm not entirely sure, I haven't had any yet (but I'm tryin') so I can't be of MUCH help. I would still use the technique I've outlined above, to provide your mind with "fuel" for the lucid dream, stuff you can subconsciously draw on. As for a lucid, there are number of things you could use to "get" to egypt (or wherever else you wanna go). Most of them would probably involve believing that when you do something, you'll be in egypt. Like, opening a door and knowing that beyond it is egypt. Or "Dream-spinning" I think could work, but I don't know much about that technique...

[Dust Mote]

Yes bobby, in a Lucid Dream you can go anywhere you like. You may not be able to do it the first time, but eventually. And The Blue Meanie gave you two good techniques to get there; spinning and opening a door with the expectation that you will see what you want to see.

[Amethyst Star]

I'd just like to add some techniques I've heard as well. The two that were already mentioned may be the most effective, but if they don't work there are a couple other things you might try. I'll continue with the Egypt example. You could imagine that Egypt is right behind you and when you turn around you will be there. Also, you could even take a very short flight there and get off the plain near the pyramids or something. You could close your eyes and when you open them you'll be where you want to be. Really, just use your imagination. Anything is possible if you are confident that it will happen. Also, just keep in mind that wherever you go, it's just a projection from your mind. So whatever you see, it may not be entirely accurate, though it may be partially due to the pictures that you've seen. But that doesn't mean it wouldn't be fun! It'd be interesting to see what the mind can come up with. -Amé