Thread: Some questions on how far along I am in the process and what the best way to continue is

Originally Posted by BobBlusoe

Cool thanks! Yeah I'm going to try it tonight. I read a lot of the link you gave me besides the technique and was wondering a quick thing. A lot of people say that once they know they are dreaming it's just black. some say to spin and change locations, some say to visualize the room you fell asleep in, and somebody said to think of the place you wanted to go while doing the finger thing. What do you do? And does it work (and do these other techniques work as well?)

Also I worry that as soon as I get into the dream I will become so excited I will just get out of it again.

Ya, really forgot to mention the black start. Well, the two times i've done this technique - and worked awesomely - (and I'm trying again, but I need to adjust my alarm correctly or just wake up on the right time), it starts black, but I just try to stand up (the dream with FILD, for me, always starts on my bedroom, and I'm laying on my bed), my bedroom will, eventualy, appear. I always rub my hands together as soon the reality check works, even if it's all black, it make the scene apears faster. I don't know if it happens becouse I just expect to be in my bedroom, I've never tried to visualize another scene, I just leave by my bedroom's door or fly through the window, hehe. But it's important to try to stabilize at the time your reality check worked - rub your hands, spin, etc ; there are other ways too, if you want check the "Dream Control" section on the forums.

You probably will wake up at some point, since you are a beginner at inducing just like me. But focus on the dreamscene, stabilize with a technique that suits for you (mine is rubing my hands and sometimes shouting words). That's it, try to focus and you'll do a very fine lucid dream for the first time - don't panic.