Hi,

I've been lucid dreaming for a long time and have had hundreds and hundreds of them. When I really wanted to have, I'd do this certain method which has worked for me almost 100 percent of the time. And even if it failed I usually got a really cool vivid dream out of it.

Here's what I did:

1. Stay up all night.
Say, you usally go to bed at midnight. Stay up til about 6 am. You should be extremely tired and might even be having some REM eye twitches while awake.

2. If you are going to bed at 6 am, set your alarm for 7 am.

3. Go to bed. It shouldn't be hard cause you are so over-tired. I always tend to sleep on my back with my arms and legs not touching my body or each other.

4. Stay with it. Now as you fall asleep, you got to stay conscious. This is called a WILD if I remember correctly. You should go directly into a dream because your REM is going off.

5. Lucid. Once your dreamscape forms, do a reality test if you want, and enjoy the LD.

That's it. It's pretty simple and has worked for me countless times as a young LDer. Also, do this sober for best results.

Good luck, tell me if this works for any of you trying really hard to have their first LD!