My First Proper Ld

[Sparrower]

Hey fellow dreamers. Yesterday was my first day without dope since i started LDing. I had previously had only a few short LDs, last night was different... The dream started as a ND, i was being chased by 3 ppl with guns. I soon recognised it to be a LD, since fear and being chased are my two dreamsigns. I wont bore you with all details, but basically this is what i achieved: Discovered/refined skills: Freezing DC's in time, telekenesis, teleportation, mind control (a bit) Fun things i did: Skated like a pro (always wanted to do that), teleported to my old school, dive through the floor (felt really strange), made out with my first crush (and a few other people), summoned people. It was a hella long LD (felt like hours), so most of the time i was just going with the flow. Anyway, if you got this far, thanks for reading. Peace.

[Moonbeam]

Congratulations! I'm jealous, I never had an LD that good!

[fleeee1]

jesus, that's pretty incredible. i've definitely never had one that long or that good. god, i'm super jealous now. ha. i don't really have anything else to say, i guess. i hope i can have a lucid like that at some point.

[Klace]

Congratulations! I'm sort of jealous of you for doing all that awesome stuff, I heard it was hard to do telekineses and Mind Control in a dream without waking up, maybe you're just good at it or something. It's only up from here so you're LD's should just keep getting better

[wasup]

i hate when people say its hard to do something in a dream... its NOT "hard" to do anything in a lucid dream. IF you think its gonna be hard... it will be hard. Because lucid dreaming is all mental... If you expect to wake up when doing something, you will.

[odds]

Nice, my friend! I've only had a 5-second long LD... but I'm still workin'! Keep it up!

[Moonbeam]

i hate when people say its hard to do something in a dream... its NOT "hard" to do anything in a lucid dream. IF you think its gonna be hard... it will be hard. Because lucid dreaming is all mental... If you expect to wake up when doing something, you will. [/b] What's hard for me is remembering what I want to do. Actually, I have trouble doing things I think of a lot of times too. I don't know why it is hard, but it is. Things that I want to do, just don't happen a lot of times. Sometimes I wonder if my control is ever going to get any better. I have tried to find out if people get more control over time, but no one has really ever answered me, so I don't know if I can expect to improve or not, and how long it may take.

[wasup]

Well you have to change your mindset. You are thinking its hard to do something in a lucid dream, and its not. Btw, I mean have dream control, not remembering to do something. That is a different thing I think.

[Moonbeam]

I have problems with both. Did you always have good control, or did it get better with time? In one of my last lucids, some people were fighting and I tried to levitate a weapon to one, and nothing. Then I flew into a tree (flying is one of the few things I seem to be able to do consistently) and I tried to blow smoke out of my mouth, and nothing. When it doesn't work, I just don't know what to do and I give up. I feel like everybody else has a lot better control than me. I wonder if mine is going to get better. I think it was a tiny step in the right direction that I thought of three things to do, and accomplished one, altho like I said flying is not usually a problem, altho sometimes it is as well. I seemed to get trapped in rooms, behind the bed, or just in a boring place a lot too. Oh well I am always excited by every lucid. I would like to think there is hope for me with control tho.

[Sparrower]

I feel like everybody else has a lot better control than me. I wonder if mine is going to get better. [/b] My first few LDs my control was really poor. Here are the steps i have taken to improve it: a) have your goals for the next LD set out clearly before you go to sleep. b) in the LD, voice your intention, ie "[object] + [action]". eg: "car levitate... car up, left, etc etc...". I also associate each action with a different hand movement (eg telekenesis with open palm or something... that way, next time you do the action, your SC knows your intention) c) use an enchanted object, such as a wand, to help you set your intention more clearly. Eventually you wont need this either. d) the "when i turn around xyz (object/person) will be there" command works really well for me. Also try the same thing with a door or going around a corner. Umm thats all i can think of now, hope it helps.

[Moonbeam]

Thanks, I like the suggestion about voicing my intentions, I haven't tried that. I don't think I could conjure up a wand to use!