Thread: Hello.

Originally Posted by Folles

Hello everyone, I'm new here and also new to the lucid dreaming subject.
A couple of months ago, a friend of mine told me about lucid dreaming, until then, I didn't really know that it was possible to induce and have control over dreams in such a way. I did a research and realized that I had already had some dreams with a low level of lucidity, and they were awesome, even though one of them ended up becoming a nightmare, but regardless of that, I decided to dig more into the subject to find out how to induce these dreams. After doing a bit of research, I stopped looking for information about it.

Recently I had some dreams that brought up my curiosity about lucid dreaming again, and after searching a bit, I ended up in this community. I think it'd be great to hear the experiences from other people who have already had these dreams. I'm really looking foward to learning how to induce lucid dreams this time.

to dreamviews read through all of the information on the home page there are several different methods to LD(lucid dream) like WILD DILD RC WBTB and many others feels free to ask any questions you may have

Hello, and welcome to DV!

You might want to check out the Lucid Experiences section to hear other people's lucid dreaming experiences. Also a great place to post your first one, when that happens.

If you need some starting tips, this start guide is what you're looking for: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ead.php?t=1518

Feel free to ask any questions you might have.

Hey Folles.



So you've been doing research? Well, I'd like to give you some basics anyway, starting with the dream journal.

Do you have one? Because if you don't, I think you should get one or just simply make one which is the easiest way. This increases what's called dream recall, it allows you to remember more of your dreams whether they are lucid or not. Some people don't keep a dream journal, but despite that fact, it's a very good way to help lucidity and dreaming, and it's really easy to do as well. Just start a normal journal in your writing pad or note pad or whatever you use for writing or typing, and begin writing or typing your dreams every single morning. We have a dream journal section on this forum if you're interested. Take a look - Click

There's also a term called reality checking which is used for when you're checking your reality. A good reality check and a reasonable description for why it works is known to me as "The hand reality check", this is done by looking at your hands and checking if they're real. When you focus on your hands, it's obvious that you're going to see something impossible on your hand itself or a manipulation in the atmosphere. For example, when I looked at my hands in a dream once, I was instantly blinded by plain colour, like a television had just been switched off. Or another time was when I looked at my hands and my vision went funny like a broken camera lens or something. This is because the brain cannot generate hands properly in dreams, so it forces something wrong in your hands, hence it's an easy reality check and most likely to come into use. Find out more like this if you're interested, here - Click

A good way to train for reality checks are to do them daily when you do certain events, like walking through out the room, or using the toilet. But the most popular one is when you detect a dream sign. Now, a dream sign is when you see something that is mostly what exists in your dreams, not that it can't be in real life. But for example, I sometimes dream I'm in school or college, this is when I, or when I should do a reality check. Obviously I can't do reality checks in reality when I'm at school, because I've left school, but I can always imagine or do some other method or whatever. But when I'm at college, I can check then. Other than that, you can work on them throughout the day at random times, the aim here is to get your mind used to questioning your reality so hopefully you will know you're in a dream by certain. Look at step 2 on this thread or take a read of the whole thread, here - Click

Lastly, just read stuff on this forum, you'll be experienced quicker and inspired quicker if you read on people's experiences. This will make your mind recognize information so you will subconsciously remember it for when you next dream, hopefully enough.

Welcome to the forum! If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Thank you all for the tips! I'm impressed, this seems to be a great community, I wasn't expecting such a nice reception. I'm glad I found this place!
@reesespieces:
Thanks, I'm reading the main page right now...I hope I'll get used to all these acronyms!
@Luminous:
Thanks! That guide seems like a good place to start. Hopefully I'll be posting my experiences on that section soon.
@Jdeadevil:
I've read about the dream journal before, but I've never made one. I guess I'll start writing down my dreams from now on. I never remember about the reality checks when I'm dreaming, but I'll also start training them today. Thank you for the introduction by the way.

Originally Posted by Folles

Thank you all for the tips! I'm impressed, this seems to be a great community, I wasn't expecting such a nice reception. I'm glad I found this place!
@reesespieces:
Thanks, I'm reading the main page right now...I hope I'll get used to all these acronyms!
@Luminous:
Thanks! That guide seems like a good place to start. Hopefully I'll be posting my experiences on that section soon.
@Jdeadevil:
I've read about the dream journal before, but I've never made one. I guess I'll start writing down my dreams from now on. I never remember about the reality checks when I'm dreaming, but I'll also start training them today. Thank you for the introduction by the way.

you are welcome... i like to welcome everyone because when i joined this forum nobody said anything and i was confused so just ask any more questions that you have! i still am not familiar with all of the acronyms. good luck if you have any questions just ask