Originally Posted by
FryingMan
Rave: I had an epic LD last night (in my DJ). I work hard on LD practice, dream recall, etc., and it still feels like the great dreams are too few, too far apart. FryingMan's "3 D's" of lucid dreaming: diligence, determination, dedication. It's like becoming skilled at anything: it takes thousands of hours of practice, skills build up slowly over the months and years. You have to stick through the dry spells (hard, very hard, doing steady day-long practice for 4 weeks with no lucids, and still maintaining a positive attitude?...hard!).
Lucid dreaming is perhaps the most challenging of all disciplines: it's entirely inside your head, and you're totally alone. Sure, you can get advice, but it's never direct advice, it's always running through the filter of your interpretation of what's going on. Boy oh boy, wouldn't I *love* to do a WILD dive with Sageous there inside my head with me, correcting my unproductive responses, nudging me this way and that, saying "this is *exactly* what you need to do: a, b, c, etc., "Hey, there that's the dream, now follow me and enter it like this!"
Yeah, alcohol and from what I read, weed really mess with dreaming. You must decide what you want more. I basically gave up all drinking (I was only a light social drinker to start with, but I starting saying "no" to my wife's "let's have a little night cap" suggestion on vacation, too (I've since started saying "yes" more, but always keeping the amounts low).
The first step in having great, frequent LDs is making the decision that you want it, and if you do, doing whatever it takes for as long as it takes (note: it's a lifelong journey!). Like ThreeCat quotes in his signature:
So if you're serious about wanting it, come on over to the DVA DILD class, open up a workbook thread, and fogelbise and I will do our best to guide you to help you maximize your dreaming potential.