Thread: Dream control for beginners theory

I read in a thread here that people that are beginners to lucid dreaming will not have good control of them right away. I've been thinking about what I want to do when I finaly have a lucid dream and how to get good control. I think I might have a way to sort of get it and I'm wondering if this would work:

What I want to do is, when lucid, go to a room with just a bunch of doors in it. Since it might be hard for the first time to just instantly appear in a new place, if I go to one of the doors and convince myself that beyond that door is where I want to be next then when I open it I'll be able to go through to that place.

Likewise, with objects, if I convince myself that the object's purpose is what I want it to be then it will do what I want it to do.

Any ideas on how well this would work?

This is a very common way of transporting yourself to different settings, however its harder than its sounds. Walking through a door into a new world only worked once for me. On most occasions, the door will lead to blackness or won't open.
Object creation is far easier. Always spawn or expect an object to be in a place that you can't see. Like in a cupboard, around a corner, or behind your back. Some get DCs to give them items.

This is basically what I like to refer to as "shifting the responsibility from the dreamer to the dream". Rather than depend on your powers and control, you let the dream, its world, and its characters do things for you.

I think that that thing about "you will not control your dream very well if you are beginner" is a myth.
every people is different, so some will have less difficulty at controlling the dream.
it always work as expectation. If you really think you are going to control the dream easily(but you must be convinced) then you are going to do it without problems, what thing doesn't let you doing it the first time you become lucid?
nothing.
go ahead and control as much as you want.

Originally Posted by Mariano

I think that that thing about "you will not control your dream very well if you are beginner" is a myth.

I disagree. Its unlikely someone new to lucid dreaming will have perfect control first time around. Same way someone who is knew to playing the piano is probably not going to be able to play Mozart flawlessly on their first day.

I'm a bit surprised that the door technique doesn't work for you, Loaf! It's always worked for me. Maybe it's because we're different people.

Originally Posted by Demara

I'm a bit surprised that the door technique doesn't work for you, Loaf! It's always worked for me. Maybe it's because we're different people.

I have serious issues teleporting to different places. Portals don't work, mirrors don't work, doors don't work. I have to manually get there. Or I have to close my eyes and use every ounce of thought power.