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Heys guys, ive been a pretty big fan of this site for awhile and have been reading the tutorial section alot and trying some stuff out. Ive become lucid only a few times (with a very large span apart), and i woke up shortly after each. I never had complete control obviously and i know it takes alot of practise and patience to get there. The problem is my dreams have some sort of "plot" you could say, like with the main character, and certain set, certain ppl along with a certain idea. Its like im following a storyline or something and im the villain or a side character that just gets killed of. Some of the time i can realize its all a dream and i can do whatever i want but it still refuses to let me become lucid. First question is are all dreams like this, or just yourself standing in like an open field or something lol. This makes it exceptionaly hard for me to become lucid. Next question im asking is if there are any type of mind training methods i can use during the day to help me during the night, to become lucid more often and maybe stay dreaming a little while longer. I realize there are tutorials and posts on this as well but i thought if i made a post asking for help from the public, personal ideas will come in. Thanks in advance |
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Here are some standard answers: |
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LD Counter (as of 07.25.07) = 5 (2 WILDs)
Short-term goal: Recall three full dreams a night for a full week.
Long-term goal: Have three LDs per week for one month.
Longer-term goal: Have one six-hour LD every night! (Shooting too high? We'll see.)
Waking life goal: Round up some NPSG equipment to study my own sleep patterns.
thank guys, yea i started a dream journal awhile ago actually and its filling up nicely. When you talk about a RC, you mean just out of the blue..as in right now on this chair like pinch myself or breathe threw the noise? I used to say This is only a dream 20 times throughout the day, i heard it worked. Is that pretty much the same thing as what your saying? |
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Basically, yes. If you get into a habit of doing a reality check every time you look in a mirror, or everytime you see a car drive by, or just every 30 minutes, eventually it will become more-or-less subconscious. Then, hopefully, that behavior will carry over into your sleepy time, and you'll do a reality check during a dream. The idea is that your RC will fail in the dream, and it will signal you that you're dreaming. |
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LD Counter (as of 07.25.07) = 5 (2 WILDs)
Short-term goal: Recall three full dreams a night for a full week.
Long-term goal: Have three LDs per week for one month.
Longer-term goal: Have one six-hour LD every night! (Shooting too high? We'll see.)
Waking life goal: Round up some NPSG equipment to study my own sleep patterns.
awesome, ill start the RCing asap then. So this will help me become lucid more often, and becoming lucid more often will slowly help me become more and more controlling of my dream? |
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The intent of the RC regimen is to increase your chances of realizing your dreaming, which makes the dream a lucid dream. More time spent lucid in your dreams will give you more practice in exercising your will within them. So, I guess the short answer is, yes, exactly. |
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LD Counter (as of 07.25.07) = 5 (2 WILDs)
Short-term goal: Recall three full dreams a night for a full week.
Long-term goal: Have three LDs per week for one month.
Longer-term goal: Have one six-hour LD every night! (Shooting too high? We'll see.)
Waking life goal: Round up some NPSG equipment to study my own sleep patterns.
thanks, and yea that brings up another good point. My dreams tend to be a little blurry you could say, they lack detail. Is it possible to improve the vision and make it more reality like? And if so would it be more of a challenge becoming lucid since it seems more real? |
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As I understand it, you shouldn't be limited by the realism of a dream as far as attaining lucidity is involved. I mean, your blurry dreams probably seem real when you're in the dream, and you still don't normally question whether it's a dream or not (unless you're one of us, anyway). I don't think it's an issue of having more trouble becoming lucid, but still a matter of being in the habit of doing RCs a lot, or else just "knowing" you're dreaming. |
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LD Counter (as of 07.25.07) = 5 (2 WILDs)
Short-term goal: Recall three full dreams a night for a full week.
Long-term goal: Have three LDs per week for one month.
Longer-term goal: Have one six-hour LD every night! (Shooting too high? We'll see.)
Waking life goal: Round up some NPSG equipment to study my own sleep patterns.
ahh never thought of it like that (the recall is fuzzy). allright thanks a million, ill do some forum browsin |
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Good sharp detail and realism is always the most satisfying, but it's possible to be completely lucid with very little detail. I once had a lucid dream where I was temporarily almost blind... I could only see very vague shapes in a monochrome reddish orange. |
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yea mine tend to be somewhat like that as well, i only realize until the morning though lol. now that i think about it.. like i dont even understand how i get from place to place alot of the time hahah |
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