Going back into bed last night, I just went to sleep normally and started drifting off...Hypnogogic Imagery (please do a search if you are not familiar with this) started to kick in and I soon realized that I was flying around the Statue of Liberty in NY and was pushing myself harder and harder to fly faster and faster.

I woke up with the most amazing realization which I want to share with the new ones to LD'ing:

Focusing on "methods" and techniques will make it harder to Lucid Dream. I say that because your focus becomes the method, not the actual Lucid Dreaming which is our birth right that we are all reclaiming as we speak. This is something that is as natural as breathing, we have only forgotten this due to the distractions that surround us in our waking life.... Focusing on methods will yield frustration and that will push away your dream abilities. I'm not saying that techniques and methods are wrong, on the contrary, you need to practice riding a bike before you can actually do it..... but it is very very important to recognize how natural it is to be aware in your dream state, it is nothing new or strange, again, it is as natural as breathing, we just forgot. Do you guys know how lucky we are to realize that Lucid Dreaming actually exists? Just to be on this forum and to be in the presence of such magnificent oneironauts (dream travelers) is one of the highlights of my life. And as Spirit of the Wolf told me once, just to DREAM is a magnificent gift.

Relax into the knowledge that where you are right now, wanting to achieve a higher reality and know your abilities more and more, is absolutely perfect and is exactly where you want to be. And it will get better. The KEY which I have found to be the primary step to Lucid Dreaming is: If you believe that you can Dream Lucidly, then know that you will achieve it. There is not time to when. I know it is frustrating cause it is too wonderful and you want it now. But it could take a day, it could take a year. Realize that YOUR JOURNEY IS YOUR REWARD. Once you have let go of "wanting" or "demanding" and just accept that it is a process then you will get it I promise you. The steps to achieving it can be magnificent...if you allow it and not push it away with anger, you will learn so much about yourself. And instead of being mad at yourself for not being able to achieve it, just accept that you are mad and realize that its ok, you are feeling that because you are an amazing student and want to get somewhere quick. Accept your anger, frustration, and anxiousness for they are alos steps in the process.

I send you all my Energy and my love and know that we are all connected somehow, just registering on this site, if you never ever posted, we are all connected. So lets help each other by loving where we are and loving the amazing things we have been given in this life in the form of realization and perception.

Love, an oneironaut