Newbie here

[davej]

Hey everyone, I had no idea there was even something called a lucid dream until about 30 minutes ago. I work 3rd shift and have access to the internet all night so naturally I'll come across interesting stuff and tonight I stumbled on this. I have already wikipediaed lucid dreams and became very interested so I had to find a forum. So I usually dream. I can usually remember my dreams and most of the time I know I am dreaming. Like the other night, I was dreaming about chaseing a dog. Nothing else just chaseing a dog. I knew i was dreaming because I kept asking myself why am i dreaming about chaseing this dog. It was kind of strange. A few nights before that, I was dreaming about a gerbal. I was holding and petting it. I remember thinking this is only a dream but I wasn't really controling my actions. Can you tell I have really really really been wanting a pet lately Anyhow, is this a form of lucid dreaming? how can i start to control what goes on in my dreams?

[Shift]

Yup, if you know you're dreaming you're lucid dreaming, and if you are lucid dreaming, you should be much more able to control your dreams. Check out the tutorials and dream control section. I find the best way to control my dreams is to keep the mindframe and understanding, while lucid, that everything around me is just a hallucination and not real, so it should bend to my every whim. There aren't any rules or laws, no gravity, so nothing should hold you back. It's your dream, so you can easily take charge. Good luck.

[Zhaylin]

I just wanted to welcome you to Dreamviews. I've seen several of your posts and enjoyed them. Please know that my questions to you in the religious forums is me trying to understand your views. I'm not intentionally trying to give you a hard time or anything. It's very cool that you realize you're dreaming so easily. It's just a matter of practice before you're fully controlling your lucids if that's what you really want. (I used to always want lucid dreams, but now that I know how and catch myself lucid at times, I enjoy the randomness of dreams so much that I shake off lucidity.)