tips I've learned - lotsa lucids

Hi,
Ive been trying this lucid dreaming for about 3-4 months now and wanted to share some tips I've learned:
1) sleeping in really late is the best way to learn. Ive had 10 lucid dreams when sleeping till 11am and 3 or so when sleeping in till 9:30 or so. I find I'm able to practice Wilding easier too, and have even successfully did the twin bodies technique, and hynogogic imagery technique.
2)WBTB is the best. I get up and get the kids ready and take them to school, and go back to bed when possible(about once or twice a week). The longer I sleep - the more lucids I'll have.
3)using a jet pack or hang glider wings will get you higher when flying. Sometimes its hard to get super high when flying so I found this really does the trick. Try and relax and enjoy the sites but dont get to excited. Just imagine you have a jet pack and use your thumb control button to fire it up.
4) when you start to wake up fast from a dream you just became lucid in - spin like crazy. Even if you lose your visuals walk around with no visuals for a while and they will come back. It's like walking around in the dark. I usually hold up my hands and make a little circle and what I see through the circle is the last of the dream. Dont let it go. Then you can eventually remove your hands/tunnel vision and the dream WILL come back.
5) why be afraid of the sleep paralysis. I think it feels good, and you know your on your way when you feel it. It feels like your body is numb and sometimes I've even felt my legs floating up and down, like waves are hitting them gently.
6) For WILD. - Put your self in a corner of your brain and stand there like and observer. In this corner your wide awake - but dont touch anything, just watch. Once you learn where this corner is you can go back there anytime. This also works well if you can get to sleep. Just find your corner - which may even feel like its next to your body, no in it.
7) when I'm really tired I wont have any lucid dreams. If you exercise then the harder you exercise, then the less amount of lucids you will have.
8) Ive heard alot of people say Wilding is tough. I think it hasnt been tough. Its just like learning anything. Dont think its hard or this may prevent you from doing it. Again - sleeping in late is a great way to practice all the different wilding techniques.


Also I got a question. - How long before the reality checks become a regular part of your dreams. They seem to be a part of your dreams when there something new that your doing. Like anything new you do shows up in your dreams, but then go away.
Maybe thats why beginners luck works so well - anything new you do shows up in your dreams right away...

Maybe doing something new/different from week to week is the way to go?


Thanks,
John:banana:

Great thread! :D I'm sure it will help some people. Interesting thought on the reality checks as well, though it's very individual when it comes to how long it takes to do it regularely in dreams. I won't even guess there.

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Originally Posted by RunflaCruiser

6) For WILD. - Put your self in a corner of your brain and stand there like and observer. In this corner your wide awake - but dont touch anything, just watch. Once you learn where this corner is you can go back there anytime. This also works well if you can get to sleep. Just find your corner - which may even feel like its next to your body, no in it.
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8) Ive heard alot of people say Wilding is tough. I think it hasnt been tough. Its just like learning anything. Dont think its hard or this may prevent you from doing it. Again - sleeping in late is a great way to practice all the different wilding techniques.

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Wow. I'd sure like to hear more about how you found that "corner", if you can.

As far as the reality checks thing goes, it is different for different people. It happened very quickly for me, but then sort of faded back. Some here have had results the first night of trying, others not for months.

Hi,
Sure...
I had trouble sleeping for a while after I would try recalling dreams in the middle of the night. I would end up staying awake for hours and couldnt get back to sleep.

(atleast I would usually have a LD after I finally got to sleep, but was usually time to wake up soon)

I found what worked would be to picture myself lying next myself watching my restless body. Almost as if I had 2 bodies. It then became a place I could go and wouldnt touch anything, just watch...then I could fall asleep easier.

Hi,
That two body thing is quite interesting. I've tried something similar before. I used to imagine being somewhere else, like on a beach. That's harder, since you have to imagine yourself and a totaly different place (sounds and everything). That wouldn't be a problem if I imagined myself in the room though. Good idea.
Does it work all the time or do you lose consciousness often?
Thanks!

Hi,
I wouldnt say it works all the time. Its almost as if the moment picks the method for me. Sometimes if I try to hard it blows everything. But for the most part it seemed to help me get though my insomnia period and worked a few times for wilding. I mostly have good luck with wilding after sleeping in alot though.