YES finally my first LUCID DREAM!

**enix7** · 05-22-2007 02:28 AM

First some history.
-I have been trying to become lucid for months, seriously, its been a long time. I have tried many methods, lots of meditating, hypnosis, doing reality checks during the day, improving my dream recall, and alothough i could remeber dreams better, I never could become lucid, that is until now!

Basically about 30 minutes ago I woke up from the best 2 hours of my life. I didnt get much sleep last night so i decided to take a nap at 4 and I became lucid! heres what happened.

-I was in the same bedroom that I had fallen asleep in, I started to walk downstairs, I thought I was awake. My mom started to talk to me, and I had a hard time getting words out, and my mom was in a wierd place, levitating above the stairs. I started to kind of get confused, and she asked me if I was on drugs, I said no, and then it somewhat occured to me that i might be dreaming. To check if I really was I started walking back to my bedroom to see if my body was still sleeping in my bed. It was. I started walking near myself and I finally realized yes this is a dream, then this incredible sensation took over my body i as started to try and lie on my body. I woke up, but I actually was still dreaming. This time I walked downstairs and went to school. I dont know how I got there, but I was talking to my friends outside the science room. I knew I was dreaming so i decided I was gonna have some fun. I was trying to listen to my friend talk to me, but it was really really hard to talk and listen, he then proceeded to ask, "dude max, are you high?". I got scared and forgot it was a dream for a while, and said no and started going to class. I thought this is school, and that im not dreaming, until i saw my friend running through the halls screaming. I decided this would test if im dreaming, and I beat him up, and we threw eachother against the walls. Suddenely three teachers ran up to us, and asked what was going on? they were amazed when they found that only two people created such a ruckus. Again I was scared and told myslef "you idiot this isnt a dream, don't do such stupid things". Somehow though and im not sure how, but I just knew that my body was still napping and everything would be fine, I could do whatever I wanted. So now that I was sure I was dreaming, totally sure, the dream took a dirty turn. I'll keep it pg, and just say i hung out with a lot of cheerleaders. After that, I watched a powerline concert "from a goofy movie" and then I woke up!

It was really amazing, I now see why people try so hard to become lucid. I just hope now that I have had one Ill be able to do some more. And to everyone who is still trying to get one, KEEP TRYING... IT really is worth it, it is awesome.

I did have one problem though, even though I did have some control over the environment, and where i was, it was limited. The whole rest of the dream was in school, because I could not figure out how to leave. I was able to run away from teacher though, and get to different parts of the building.

**Oneironaut Zero** · 05-22-2007 03:29 AM

Congratulations, man.

One thing you might want to try (make sure you can remember to do it) is looking at your hands. What this does for me is make the dream much more solid. You can stop and take this time to gather yourself, and realize that this is your dream, and you can do whatever you want. Visually, the dream will probably become much more detailed, around you, and - if you have any doubt in your mind about being omnipotent - the physics could be tough to control, and it could feel like waking life.
Just take the time to relax, and remove the doubt from your mind, that you can do anything. Then, (relating to the situation you were in, being locked in school) just run (or fly) in any direction, phase through the walls and end up outside.

**Gwendolyn** · 05-22-2007 04:13 AM

Great job on your first lucid. It's like x-mas when it finally happens. As O said, looking at your hands really does the trick. I always use this technique, and it rarely fails. Good luck to you in your future LD endeavors.

**enix7** · 05-22-2007 04:30 AM

Ah ok that sounds good, thanks a lot for the advice =), it wasnt an extremely vivid world that's definently true, but it was much more vivid then a normal dream. I probably would have checked my hands, but the wierd thing is, I tried to do lucid dreaming starting in october for about 3 months until I gave up hope. I had pretty much stopped thinking about it for about a month now, and I finally have one. Its kinda strange, but does that mean I should try to pursue lucid dreaming in the same techniques I had been trying, now that I know what a lucid dream is really like?