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