Thread: first beginning?

when you first arise in a lucid dream, is it always the same setting you are currently sleeping in then you can morph the setting to something else, or can you start your lucid dream say in a forest?

As someone learns to master the lucid dreaming state you can to chose to travel & explore anywhere. Once you realize that you are, in fact, dreaming you can will yourself to different places.

The most likely time to become conscious of dreaming is near the end of the sleep cycle - near morning.
The amount of dreaming by your mind is at it's maximum. (an excuse to sleep-in)
- keep a dream journal going and beat that memory barrier.
These will help you create the steps necessary to begin to consciously dream.

I've always assumed there are two kinds of reality checks.

The first type are the ones you do whenever you see a dreamsign. For example, if you have identified "family members" as a dream sign, you should RC every time you see or talk to a family member. If "Driving" is a dreamsign, you do them every time you get in the car, or see a red light, ect.

The second type, are just used to increase your awareness. You do them randomly throughout the day just to get in the habit of being more aware of your state. Be sure to really question your state and actually do the RC, with these. You don't want to enforce the habit of just saying, "Am I dreaming? No, obviously not." You want to assume you always are dreaming.

Hello newblade! Yes, lucid dreaming is MUCH more exciting in my opinion than normal dreaming! There is no evidence that I've seen that shows that lucid dreaming gets worse as you age. Of course, if you stop remembering your dreams and don't bother to do reality checks, your chances of getting lucidity are significantly hampered.

Anyway, see you around the forum!

I have heard that you dream less as you grow older. When you are a teenager, you sleep for rediculous amounts of time with long REM periods, while old people sometimes only sleep 4 hours a night and wake up frequently.