Thread: Introduction

G'day Pen, and

I'm wondering, does anyone know if it is possible to dream about Lucid dreaming? I mean if you follow that train of thought, how does anyone ever know if they are truly in control of a dream?[/b]

You can dream about anything. If you've ever seen the movie Waking Life the whole movie is pretty much a dream about lucid dreaming. In one particular scene the main character is having a discussion about lucid dreaming itself. One thing to remember, though, is that lucid dreaming doesn't necessarily include dream control. It is very common to be lucid in a dream but still not have control of the envirnonment (at least not to the degree you'd expect). Lucidity is simply knowing you're dreaming. Controling the dream is alltogether different.

Regarding your friend that can "sequence" his dreams: it sounds to me like he's practicing dream incubation - which is being able to control the content or subject matter of what you will dream of when you go to sleep. This is actually how I ended up finding out about lucid dreaming (before then I assumed knowing you were dreaming would only wake you up). I was merely looking to see if it was possible to control what I dreamed about. Your friend seems to have developed quite a skill in this and should be able to induce a lucid dream with little effort via the MILD technique.

Welcome Penatus

Sounds like you had a lucid dream, no matter how low your lucidity is. In any case, it is not natural for one to acheive perfect reality checks when you're a beginner. I mean, you're dreaming! You're not supposed to question anything. Noticing at least that little bit puts you more on the way to become fully lucid.

Don't worry about your recall, I know they say that recall is the most important thing, but my recall is pretty much non-existant if I don't try hard and wake myself up and MILD and WBTB etc. Don't worry, things will keep getting better if you keep practicing!

i've sequenced 3 dreams togetehr once, i cant remember how, but i remember all of them very specifically and it was like an anime movie 3 parter lol, i looked forward to number 4 but it never came out, like every other good film XD

Originally Posted by Tornado

One thing to remember, though, is that lucid dreaming doesn't necessarily include dream control. [/b]

Mmm, good point, thanks Tornado Joe. So how does one get better at controlling a LD? Just practice?

Originally Posted by Tornado

Regarding your friend that can "sequence" his dreams: it sounds to me like he's practicing dream incubation - which is being able to control the content or subject matter of what you will dream of when you go to sleep. This is actually how I ended up finding out about lucid dreaming (before then I assumed knowing you were dreaming would only wake you up). I was merely looking to see if it was possible to control what I dreamed about. Your friend seems to have developed quite a skill in this and should be able to induce a lucid dream with little effort via the MILD technique.
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Lucky. So is this something that people can learn to do, and how is it done?

Also, another general question (last one, I promise!) Is it worth keeping a dream journal on the site? I mean I will write them down in my paper journal regardless, but is there any advantage to transcribing them onto the internet for others to read? I don't feel a particular desire to regale others with my dreams unless it will benefit me or them in some way...

Thanks to everyone for the replies, its great to feel so welcome!

Hi welcome to DV. The other's have all made great posts to your questions.
As for lucidity, yes, it's just practise...control takes practise too.

As for the dreamjournal, you don't have to use the site feature of the dreamjournal to write down your dreams, putting them down on paper alone is just fine...

The dream journal feature on here is good for people that want to read each other's DJ's and leave comments on them, it can help some people to lucidity.

If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask.

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So how does one get better at controlling a LD? Just practice?[/b]

Well, while I&#39;ve had a number of lucid dreams, I have not yet really had the ability to have full control of them. I&#39;ve never been able to simply summon someone nor change my environment. But, I have hear that the key to control in dreams is the confidence and belief that you are really have the power to change anything. You essentially are the creator of everything you come across in the dream.

Originally Posted by Penatus

I found out about Lucid Dreaming from, strangely enough, an episode of Star Trek: Voyager where one of the characters induced a Lucid Dream to communicate with non-corporeal aliens who were terrorizing the crew with nightmares and not letting them wake up. [/b]

first of all welcome, and second of all, thats not strange... the waking life episode is how a lot of people first learn about lucid dreaming... good stuff, good stuff. they even have a wikipedia page just for that episode... but then, what dont they have a wikipedia page for?