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Hi all,

I'm 20 years old and I've been interested in lucid dreaming for about 2 years. At first, I just read articles online but then I bought "Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming" on eBay and I've learned a lot.

Can't say I've had a lucid dream yet, but my dream recall is what I would call almost-excellent. If I sleep well (which isn't often lately) I can remember 2-3, and I'm pretty sure that's all I'm having because of how the time is working out with the REM periods, ya know. I'm still diligently working on it---it fascinates me to no end. Usually I can sometimes say to myself (while dreaming) "this isn't right!" Or, "I know I'm dreaming!" But I still lack the will power to develop that. . . and that is why I'll say I've learned something already. . . I realize more and more that I don't have as much control over my mind as I'd like.

As you may have noticed, the zazen in my name is no coincidence. I would consider myself a Buddhist in theory, but as I've realized with all religions and even philosophies is that there are none that encompass everything an individual can believe, so putting yourself into one category is doing as much a disservice as a service---though it can be helpfel when meeting someone, such as now!

Religion, philosophy, spirituality, UFOs, politics, psychology, all that stuff interests me.

To solve the problem of control over my mind, I've been considering going completely vegan (and to fix this broken foot that won't heal, amond other things). I've also been having this idea of going 4 weeks on raw fruit juice alone and keeping a journal, just to prove my point, but more importantly, staying like that for a long time. Most of these authors that write books promoting a diet of mainly raw juice have lived over 100 years in great health. In fact, one even lived to be 118! That fascinates me. . .

So hello

Hey welcome to the forum, if you have any questions around lucid dreaming feel free to ask

Adam.

zazeNate, I'm glad you decided to join us!

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Welcome to Dream Views!

welcome to dreamviews zaze

Its good you have dream recall down, but do you do reality checks? since you have good dream recall you could try something thats a little different. Wake up at around 5am and take a cold shower. This should increase your chances of having a lucid dream.

I told this to somebody earlier, you may be giving lucid dreaming the illusion of being really difficult when it is in fact easy, or at least easier than you expect. Before you go to bed tonight expect to have a lucid dream, know that you will have one.

Also, I wish my dream recall was as good as yours again.

Thanks everyone, I think I have a pretty good grasp on what to do, just having some difficulty putting it into practice. I usually wake up after every REM and I'm just like, "Man, how did I now know that was a dream?!"

Thanks for the reminder, also, Sugarglider, I need to be more conscientious about doing RC's during the day, and more importantly while dreaming.

Last night I did all the stretches I could remember from HS before I went to bed to try to get in a relaxed physical state easier and it worked, I think.

Off topic, anyone ever tried fresh squeezed carrot juice? Man, this stuff is great!

Welcome and congrats!

offtopic no I haven't