Results after 2 hours?!

hi guys!

I just 'discovered' this site last night, and decided to try forcing myself into having a lucid dream after reading about LD's for a couple of hours.......

The method I used, was basically just to fall asleep thinking about lucid dreaming, willing myself to have one, and I also set an alarm for a couple of hours into the night as I read you're more likely to have an LD after just waking up.

The result of this was *almost* an LD - I've only ever had one LD, about 10 years ago, and to be honest was pretty surprised I could get such a result in one night, as I very rarely dream at all (or recall dreaming at least).

I dreamt I was lying on a sofa, playing a bassline that I know on an acoustic guitar (around the world by RHCP if anyones interested :lol: ). I explained to my mum who was stood next to me that I was trying to make myself have a lucid dream about playing bass, and that I thought if I fell asleep playing an instrument, it would increase the chance of this happening.

Then things started to change until I could just see the fretboard of the acoustic guitar, me still playing it somehow, but the sound started to become more 'bass' like and really intensify, I'm a bit of a bass guitar nut and am always yearning after that 'perfect' tone, and I think thats what caused this 'sensation'. The clarity of the sound I heard was inexplicable, I've never heard such a clear, intense, vivid sound in my life, nor anything which comes close. I had a dream more vivid than anything I've experienced in 18 years of reality... Weird huh?

p.s sorry for this mammoth of a post...

EDIT- I'd like to hear of anyone else who's had a similar experience :)

Weird - no one has replied yet. :(

Anyway, welcome to the forum - that sounds like a really cool experience. Definitely one to write down in your trusty dream journal. Keep practicing your technique and I think you'll have good results, seeing as you've already had a really vivid dream result from it. Keep us posted!

What were your time intervals upon setting your alarm? Just thinking about having one and waking at the right time in the night could have been the trick. I really believe that the more determined you are about having a lucid dream the better chance you have. You must have been pretty determined. :)
It's awesome that you had such quick results.

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Weird - no one has replied yet.
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Thanks :)

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What were your time intervals upon setting your alarm?[/b]

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I set my alarm about 3 hours after I fell asleep....unfortunately though I couldn't tell you whether I had the dream before or after the alarm went off, it remember it going off but it barely woke me up at all :?
After it went off once I didn't reset it

I think it's the whole LD idea was just lodged in my mind, and I was thinking it over quite alot. I'm not really the type to be content with just knowing that something works, I always need to know how it works, so when I come across something like LD it really makes me think. If it wasn't for the one LD I've had I wouldn't really have believed LD was possible, and I'm still sceptical as to the extent it's possible to train yourself to have LD's, but I'm gonna pursue it and see where it leads me. I'll keep posted any other 'experiences' I have :)