Hi! new member here

[nsquared]

Just wanted to introduce myself to everyone! I tried practicing lucid dreaming about 9 years ago after a friend loaned me his Nova Dreamer and wanted me to try it. I was proficient at keeping a dream journal (I consider myself a light sleeper, so I had no problems waking myself up using auto-suggestion. I kept the diary for about a month and had one lucid dream; I was able to incorporate the flashing red lights as dream signs. Of course I was totally intrigued after that. I believe the wearing of the mask threw me off, because most mornings I would wake and it was off of my face, often covering my mouth! I read Stephen LaBerge's book from cover to cover and tried to incorporate the routines into my life. But, gradually I fell out of practice, and all but forgot about it. I was a few years into my advertising career and was getting busier and busier in waking life and forgot about it. Fast forward to today. I'm 33, and am well along in my job and my life. For some reason, I was thinking about that dream and decided that I would get back into it. I started a dream journal again, and I have excellent dream recall most mornings, and most days I record 2 dreams. After 1 week of dream recall, doing reality checks during the day, and a MILD, I had a lucid dream. So I've been back in the swing for about 3 weeks. I'm eager to learn techniques that work for others. I sometimes feel that I'm not doing things correctly, and that there are better ways to do the techniques. I have a feeling I'll be reading these boards often! I'm not sure what the adoption system involves but if anyone wants to adopt me you can!

[Andromeda]

hello and welcome! whats a nova dreamer like? does it work well? its cool that u have had lucid experiences and have already found a dreamsign! if u need any help dont hesitate to PM me, see u around the forums!

[nsquared]

A Nova Dreamer is an expensive mask you wear on your face. It is electronic and detects when you are in REM sleep (by sensing your eye movements). It then flashes short bursts of red light on your eyelids, and with luck, you'll see something red flashing in your dream. In my case I would see the entire sky in my dream flash red. I would realize it was the mask and then you become lucid. It took me about a week for it to work, and I didn't keep it up long after that to become lucid again. They are quite expensive (about us$450) so that prevented me from buying one of my own. BUT, since I had a lucid dream my first week after getting back into it, I know that I can train myself to do it without the 'Dreamer'. Of course, the dreamsign of the flashing lights is no longer an option for me. According to my dream journal, I dream about the people I work with EVERY night. So I guess I'm gonna have to realize that as a sign when I'm dreaming. I'm workin' on it.

[GoldenSlumbers]

Hey nsquared! Sounds like you've got some experience with LDing ^_^ That Nova Dreamer sounds awesome! *checks ebay for sales* Hope to hear from you more!

[Andromeda]

yeah ebay is so good! well, i hope you stick oround! it sounds like you know what youre doing, so go for it! sweet dreams!

[nightowl]

hey that sounds cool. I will never buy the novadreamer because i sleep on my face and the same thing will happen to me what happened to you. itll be off my face. anyway, welcome to the forum and i love your username...its very original anyway, i hope you like it here. note to self: i use anyway to much

[Howie]

Good to have you around. Welcome Is it worth it? the nova dreamer?

[nsquared]

I believe if you can afford it, it will trigger lucidity in people without much effort. The problem is that you might not learn to do it on your own because you'll always have to wear the mask. But, it is very fun to use when you can keep it on your face the whole night! You can read about them here... http://www.lucidity.com/novadreamer.html