New To The Board!

First of all I would like to say that I am delighted to be a new member here. I have been having lucid dreams on and off for about 15 years now but would love to have more regularity with them. I became interested in lucid dreams through another interest. OBE. I experienced my first (realized) lucid dream by simply being interested in the subject of OBE. Once I had my first lucid dream I have had many since. I never had disciplined myself however and would simply just have lucid dreams by being interested in the subject. I have committed myself recently to actively practicing techniques that should give me even more success.

Thank you to the Admin. for opening my account. I realize from reading here that there have been a few computer issues and appreciate you getting me online as quickly as you did given the problems of late.

I can't wait to share more of my experiences, techniques and also and most importantly learn from all of you so that I may continue to develop my growth in this exciting realm.

Welcome to Dv Don Juan :D I cant wait to hear about you experince with Luc id Dreaming in the forum. If you ever need any help or have any questions, please feel free to PM me, and Ill help you out :)

heya, welcome to the board!!

You might wanna check out this forum. Beyond dreaming

There's a thread in there about lucid dreaming and OBE'ing.

Thank you for the warm welcome!

Hey Don Juan - welcome to the forum :mrgreen:

and I like your avatar, btw - I've never seen that one before. Good one for a dreaming forum :)

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Hey Don Juan - welcome to the forum :mrgreen:

and I like your avatar, btw - I've never seen that one before. Good one for a dreaming forum :)
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Thanks! I picked this avatar because the one common theme that I experience when I go lucid is that I look at my hands in my dreams.

My name is from the supposed fictional shaman Don Juan that Carlos Castenada supposedly learned from. Carlos has been quoted as saying that looking at your hands is a valuable reality check as you always have them with you. I have never read any of Mr. Castenadas works and stumbled upon this piece of trivia by accident. It was very acausal to me also as I always look at my hands during my most lucid experiences.

I have begun looking at my hands from time to time during the day and asking myself if I am dreaming. I had never done this before and am surprised that I haven't thought of it sooner since it is a very common personal theme for my lucid dream experiences.

Thank you for the welcome! :mrgreen:

P.S. I am a cat person too! I have a black male named Mookie and an albino female named Mousie.

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Thanks! I picked this avatar because the one common theme that I experience when I go lucid is that I look at my hands in my dreams.

My name is from the supposed fictional shaman Don Juan that Carlos Castenada supposedly learned from. Carlos has been quoted as saying that looking at your hands is a valuable reality check as you always have them with you. I have never read any of Mr. Castenadas works and stumbled upon this piece of trivia by accident. It was very acausal to me also as I always look at my hands during my most lucid experiences.

I have begun looking at my hands from time to time during the day and asking myself if I am dreaming. I had never done this before and am surprised that I haven't thought of it sooner since it is a very common personal theme for my lucid dream experiences.[/b]

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Yeah, studying your hands as a reality check works really well for some people. I think a lot of people also use it as a stabilization technique once you're lucid - I've done this a few times to stabilize the LD once I realize I'm lucid, and it works quite well!

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P.S. I am a cat person too! I have a black male named Mookie and an albino female named Mousie.[/b]

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Yay! Another cat person! :D You have an albino cat? Does she have the red eyes and everything? I've never seen an albino feline in practice yet - lots of pure white cats, though.

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Yeah, studying your hands as a reality check works really well for some people. I think a lot of people also use it as a stabilization technique once you're lucid - I've done this a few times to stabilize the LD once I realize I'm lucid, and it works quite well!
Yay! Another cat person! :D You have an albino cat? Does she have the red eyes and everything? I've never seen an albino feline in practice yet - lots of pure white cats, though.
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The hands thing for me brings me to full lucidity rather than just stabilizing it. It seems that if I wonder if I am dreaming I do this and it is just an auto response to do so.

My white cat has no pigment except for her eyes which are a mix of pink and (very) pale blue. So not exactly a (true) albino but exhibits more characteristics than any other white cat that I have seen. If you look at them they have specks of both pink and pale blue that make up the color. They luminesce quicker than any cats eyes I have seen yet. They glow a wild pink color in just about any light and just about any angle. What is great is the fact that she is not deaf which as you must know happens with white cats sometimes. :mrgreen:

Hey welcome! We are glad to have you too :)

Welcome to Dream Views! :yumdumdoodledum:

Thanks to all! It seems that there is a wonderfull community of people here! :mrgreen:

Hi and welcome!
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My white cat has no pigment except for her eyes which are a mix of pink and (very) pale blue. So not exactly a (true) albino but exhibits more characteristics than any other white cat that I have seen. If you look at them they have specks of both pink and pale blue that make up the color. They luminesce quicker than any cats eyes I have seen yet. They glow a wild pink color in just about any light and just about any angle. What is great is the fact that she is not deaf which as you must know happens with white cats sometimes. :mrgreen:[/b]

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Wow - she sounds very unique. Maybe you could post a pic of her sometime! :content:

I don't think having blue eyes makes her not an albino, because the color blue is not caused by a pigment, but something about the way the light diffracts (refracts?); it is the same reason the sky is blue. This is the same for blue jays--no blue pigment in their feathers.

Welcome. I have already enjoyed reading some of your other posts.

Thanks! Mousie is pretty unique. I will try and post some pics of her sometime. I am planning on buying a new camera in the next month or so and will try to post some pics of my cats. They are both rescue kittys that I found as strays when they were just kittens. Mookie the black male is a real lap baby. He dosn't take no for an answer either. When I am typing at the computer I usually have no choice but to let him in my lap. He will keep sneaking and jumping into it no matter how many times I set him down. Mousie which is a tiny cat is much more the independent one. Everything has to be on her terms although she is very loving also.

Thank you all for making me feel at home! :)

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Thanks! Mousie is pretty unique. I will try and post some pics of her sometime. I am planning on buying a new camera in the next month or so and will try to post some pics of my cats. They are both rescue kittys that I found as strays when they were just kittens. Mookie the black male is a real lap baby. He dosn't take no for an answer either. When I am typing at the computer I usually have no choice but to let him in my lap. He will keep sneaking and jumping into it no matter how many times I set him down. Mousie which is a tiny cat is much more the independent one. Everything has to be on her terms although she is very loving also.[/b]

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You're gonna fit in real well here, what with all the cat talk. :bigteeth:

I get the same problem with my cat when I'm at the computer. I've worked out that it isn't because he wants to sit on my lap, but because he wants to be near me and watch what I'm doing on the computer. Luckily I have a sort of L-shaped desk, so, I've set up pillows and blankets on the L-part to my left, so he can lie down all comfy and warm and watch what I'm doing. :D

Oh, yeah, and, um, good luck with the dreaming by the way. Heh.

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You're gonna fit in real well here, what with all the cat talk. :bigteeth:[/b]

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Heh, yeah definitely - I like him already! :content: