Thread: Greetings

I've been lurking here for a few weeks, and have finally gotten around to registering so I can participate in the community.

I've been diligently working at my dream recall as well as doing scheduled and spontaneous RCs at least thirty times a day. I have yet to achieve a LD since I started just under a month ago, but I feel I'm getting very close. I've had a few LDs when I was growing up so I know what to expect when my work finally begins to pay dividends.

The recent death of my wife has left an impossibly huge rift in my life, so I'm trying to help fill in the gaps with lucid dreaming. It gives me something to fixate on that requires discipline as well as experimentation; two of my favorite things.

I'm very sorry about your wife, I wish you the best.

Mass RCs isn't always the best approach. I find it best to do them only if I think I might be dreaming. This leads to the questioning of reality, which helps with attaining lucidity. This guide explains things the best:

http://dreamviews.com/community/showthread.php?t=55740

Good luck, I hope your first lucid is very soon!

I've been checking at regularly scheduled intervals to get myself in the habit of checking even when nothing appears abnormal. My wife is obviously my most prominent dream sign, as she appears in my dreams every 2-3 nights, so I do a spontaneous RC every time I think of her or encounter something related to her (such as a picture or other memento).

I am sorry to hear about your wife

In regards to LDing, it sounds like you are on a good track. I'd recommend just working on your recall, and doing RCs like you said you are. Try to do a couple of different RCs every time you check, in case one fails. And when you do them, try to stop, look around, and say, "How can I prove to myself that this isn't a dream." You're lucky you know what to expect, also! Good luck!

Welcome Mercen, I'm so sorry to hear about the passing of your wife. It is wonderful that you are able to contact her in your dreams.

It is wonderful that you are able to contact her in your dreams.

Indeed it is, and I'm be remiss if I denied that seeing my wife (in one form or another) is one of the driving forces behind my getting into lucid dreaming. I made two separate half hearted attempts over the last decade, but this is the first time I've found myself emotionally invested to the point where I can keep at it.

If nothing else, it's nice to be able to remember some of my dreams on a nightly basis

welcome to dreamviews mercen

wow 30 rcs a day you should be having lds in no time

After you get the first one the next ones will come quickly. Keep working on it and check out the dream sign tutorial to help you find dream signs.