Thread: I JUST had my first ever lucid dream!

Yippie!

I have a few questions:

1) I had my earplugs in and couldn't hear anything in my dream despite trying —*is there a relation? I would have thought my mind could just make up sounds...

2) There was a time when I felt like I was aware of both my real body and my dream body — but then just relaxed and went back into my dream state fully —*is this a normal experience?

3) Does anyone else here practice meditation? If so, does it help with lucid dreaming at all? I'd never had a lucid dream before, but I meditated last night before I went to bed so I'm wondering if there is a correlation?

It was strange — flying had never been big on my list of things to do in a dream, and it was the first thing I did. The dream wasn't very... vivid but I was conscious throughout it and could sense things.

i'm excited to have another one of these!

Congratulations on your first lucid! I also just had my first a couple days ago.

Earplugs could have for some reason been why you didn't hear, but I've dreamt with earplugs and I could hear. So maybe it was just a freak occurence.

Yes, many people do feel both bodies sometimes. Maybe you should try to ground yourself by feeling things and concentrating on the texture and feel of the objects or by spinning like you did.

I do meditate on and off. I'm starting to meditate more though because I am starting to do dream yoga. Meditation can help you to lucid dream my making you more aware and by helping you to control your mind better. You should check out dream yoga here. Dream Yoga

nice one

Originally Posted by Lucretius

I just had my first-ever lucid dream about one hour ago, and I got so excited I realized I had to tell everyone. I haven't been on this forum in a while, I got somewhat discouraged at my lack of success about a year ago but now — I started trying it again, along with some meditation practices that I have picked up just a week ago but I've been trying everyday. I FINALLY had a lucid dream so I thought I would share it with you all!

Okay, so, I was having trouble sleeping because my roommate was snoring (we're still in reality), I put in my earplugs and laid in bed picturing things in my head. All of a sudden, I was like.. hmm, what time is it, and I awoke in a dark room. My unconscious mind thought, "oh what the hell, I'll perform a reality test" so I tried breathing through my plugged nose and... I could?!

All of a sudden I sort of lifted up off the ground and flew into this huge living room, and my entire family was just sitting there hanging out. I got so excited I almost got out of the dream but I tried that spinning technique I remembered reading about and it worked! I couldn't hear anything though (could this have been due to the earplugs I had in in real life?) I even tried to sit there and say something, but no words would come out. Not letting that stop me I flew around the room and tapped my little sister on the shoulder and... I actually felt something! Like she was real or something! So... I then proceeded to fly through a wall, into the open air (do you normally feel the air brushing by you? I didn't.) Anyways, I conjured a friend of mine into a car that was driving by and swooped down and grabbed them. As I was going to try and fly up into a mountain the dream faded and I woke up and was WAY too excited to go back to sleep.

I tried the reality test just in case

Wow, there were times before when I thought... hmm.. maybe I had a lucid dream. Now I know —*they weren't even close! I'm definitely going to stick with that meditation stuff too now, I did it for 12 minutes or so before I went to bed last night, just nice and calming, maybe it helped me.

Again, wow. I just started a dream journal for myself this morning too. I feel like a kid in a candy store!

what meditation technique did you use? i need to try that

Originally Posted by FooFightersKid

what meditation technique did you use? i need to try that

Oh, I had learned (ever so briefly) some simple vipassana (sp?) meditation. All I was taught to do was focus on my breath and try to accept all other thoughts without making judgements upon them and try to let them pass. I also try to analyze things after meditation and make objective statements about them (no opinions allowed).

I find it really relaxing, especially if there are no people around and no fear of people disturbing you while you meditate! I meditated for 20 minutes just a few minutes ago —*let's hope it leads to another lucid dream. I've been doing it every day for about a week (15 minute chunks before I go to bed, and a few brief times during the day.)

I am actually going back to the meditation class tomorrow. I will let you know if I learn anything new!