Thread: Hello I'm new and Eager to learn to LD

Originally posted by Waluigi
When I first read about Lucid Dreaming I was very excited to try it, but I realized it was going to take some time and patience to learn. I had a few questions that I had on my mind for a while. Lucid Dreamers please answer these:

1. When you are Lucid Dreaming, does it really feel so real that you resort to a reality test?

2. I heard that you can do ANYTHING while Lucid Dreaming. Does that include like for example a Lion is about to eat you, can you put skates on him so it has trouble running?

3. Is it like controlling your own fantasy world?

4. How long does it feel like? Does it feel like 30 minutes when in real life its been 7 hours?

5. How long did it take you to learn? Was it simple?

Thank You, and nice to meet you all.

Hi, welcome to DV!
let me try and answer your questions for you.
1.I had a lucid dream just recently, and i knew i was dreaming, i didn't need to do a reality check. Sometimes you need them, sometimes you don't. Very often, i find the realisation that i'm dreaming is enough. I find that if i stick around to do a reality check, that's when i lose it.
2.Yes, you can do anything in a lucid dream. The only limit is your imagination. In my last lucid dream, i looked up to the sky and it was about to rain, so i switched it for blue sky and sunshine!
I was also walking along a very dreary street, so i decided that when i turned a corner, i'd be on the beach!
3. hm...fantasy world...i guess it is in a way, and it's fine as long as you don't get so involved in it you forget about real life too...lucid dreaming can be used for many things, to solve problems that may be occuring in real life, to prepare for an interview. Sometimes as a form of escapism...it's useful if you are in great pain and need something else to focus on!

4. length of time depends on the person...my last lucid dream was about five minutes i think...but i've heard some people say they have lucid dreams that last for days. Not literally, but in dreamtime they've gone through whole days in a couple of hours...

5.How long did it take me to learn? Not that long actually, because i'd already had a couple...it was just finding a method that worked. My problem is actually calming myself down enough to actually carry out my personal method which is visualisation. Meaning i have to lie still and relax!
Different people will tell you how long it took them to learn, some faster than others. And one method won't work for everyone, you have to play around a bit.
my trick is to find myself in a 'scene' going about my business, and then look for a 'repeat' of something i know has already happened.

There, i hope that helps.
I've also sent you a welcome PM with a few links that could be useful to you. Don't hesitate to PM me if you have any more questions, i'll be happy to help.

Hey, and welcome to the forum. Irishcream gave some great answers for your questions. Lucid dreaming is a skill that really makes it possible for us to go above and beyond our scopes of reality. I hope you have fun learning more about it. Oh and if you need help, us Dream Guides are more than happy to help.

Hey Waluigi!

In dreams you tend to go along with anything that is in the dream, wether it is vivd or realistic. You find the most stupid things perfectly normal in a dream, so a reality check is a good way of finding out if you are dreaming or not.

The laws of phisics and reality don't apply in lucid dreams, so it is possible to do anything you can think of. Some people are able to create entire landscapes and worlds in lucid dreams, but it can take a while to develop enough dream control to be able to do so.

As for how much time passes in an LD compared to reality, studies have found that in most cases dream time is almost identical to real time, but as irishcream said, it is possible to spend days inside an hour or two of real time.

As for the learning proccess, it is on going. I have had four lucid dreams in the 3 months I have known about them, but I have only really started to try to do it acively in the past month or so. I should expect it will take a good number of years before I can have regular lucid dreams.

Good luck Lucid Dreaming!

Welcome to Dream Views

1. When you are Lucid Dreaming, does it really feel so real that you resort to a reality test?[/b]

Yes it does, most of my LDs seem so very lfie like. Its quite cool.

2. I heard that you can do ANYTHING while Lucid Dreaming. Does that include like for example a Lion is about to eat you, can you put skates on him so it has trouble running?[/b]

hahaa, If thats what you wanted to do then you can do it. It takes a while to gain a full level of contorl, btu its doable.

3. Is it like controlling your own fantasy world?[/b]

Yup.

4. How long does it feel like? Does it feel like 30 minutes when in real life its been 7 hours?
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It usually feels the same length as your REM cycle.

5. How long did it take you to learn? Was it simple?[/b]

I always had LDs on and off throughout my childhood, but It took me a few months to start having them when I wanted.

Thank You, and nice to meet you all.[/b]

Nice meeting you too, and if you ever need any help or have questions, dont hesitate to PM me.

Thank You all for answering my questions.