I shall not Lurk any further...

[Kailden Jera]

Greetings. My name is Kailden Jera and I have been Lurking this forums over the past couple of months. I used to be an avid follower of the mantra "if it exists, it can thus be explained" and I generally dismissed everything people said or believed unless science proved it. I even went down to point of once saying that dreams were "pointless and futile" and that "I didn't had them". After someone like me "brews" the building blocks of life in a test tube, people tend to become very skeptical when it comes to unexplained new things. This was until I found this site... Because my view on how things work change long before I made this first post. While I was absorbing random knowledge form the Wikipedia, I found an interesting article about Dreams, and a link to another article mentioning Lucid Dreaming. After reading the article, I was intrigued by the scientific breakthroughs made by the man called Stephen LaBerge and his scientific effort and the community supporting him (this site for instance). I was immediately attracted by his discoveries and decided to make experiments based on that data. At first all my efforts were in vain, as my dreams (or lack of them) were still the same black seams of darkness I have ever had in all my life. And then, as I quited my attempts to dream lucidly, I had a dream and I was able to recall it after I wake up. To my shock and surprise, this was the "first real dream" I had after 16 years of dreamless nights (taking into account I can't remember anything before I was 4). At first the dreams were short, unclear and colorless. But as I insisted on my attempts they became more vivid, colorful and elaborate. I started my own dream journal in which I place all the significant dreams I have (though it's a bit sloppy and unorganized) as several times suggested on this site. Though so far any grasp of lucidity or dream control is non-existent, I still believe that practice makes perfect. Now I want to achieve the "next level" as someone here said, and as such I wish to join this community and learn from it. More than I would ever be able than just Lurking around. My goals now, as I write this message, is to broad by knowledge about dreams and achieve spontaneous lucidity in them even though I don't know if it's even possible. And that's basically it.

[ninja9578]

You've been dreaming all that time, you just haven't been able to recall it, many people are like that. If you have trouble remembering your dreams just lay in bed perfectly still for a few minutes and the dream centre of the brain will kick back on and you'll remember your last dream as it has not been overwritten yet. Read the tutorials if you haven't already about reality checks and recognizing dream signs. That should bring you to the next level of your dream journey.

[Clairity]

Kailden Jera, I'm glad you decided to come out of "lurk mode" and join us! You probably have already looked over these forums but in case you haven't. You might want to review the Newbie Zone Guide for helpful information about this site: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=36723 You may also want to check out the Tutorials forum which contains information on the various lucid dreaming techniques and other helpful information: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...splay.php?f=25. If you should have any questions, please ask and we'll do our best to get you answers. Welcome to Dream Views!

[Grod]

Hey Kailden, that was a pretty interesting first post. You may want to take off the lurk title now that you're officially out of lurk mode. Have fun, I'll see you around DV.

[Twoshadows]

Welcome to Dreamviews, Kailden Jera. I'm glad you decided to join and not lurk. It took me a month of reading to post here, so I can relate. But joining and becoming part of this community helped me have lucid dreaming more on my mind, and I feel that has really helped me have more LDs. That's great that you have been able to develop some dream recall. And I really believe keeping a dream journal helps. I'm sure it will keep improving. Sounds like you are doing great. Let us know how it goes. And I hope you keep sharing your experiences with us.

[Vex Kitten]

Welcome to Dream Views. I lurked around this place for about a year or so before becoming a member. Once I did I found that interacting on the site and talking with members really helped to drive the dreaming info f home. My ecall kicked up and I learned to WILD with the personal help and attention of some of the great members here. Hopefully the same will be true for you and you'll have a lucid dream soon. Good luck lucid dreaming and see you around.