Lucid Dreaming

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Hey,

Does anyone else have Lucid Dreams?

When I was a little younger I used to be able to control my dreams. One in particular I used to love was dreaming about my brother chasing me down the stairs of my old house, it used to be more of a nightmare than a dream, scared me shitless at the time lol, until on one occasion I became aware that I was actually dreaming, I told myself "Kristy, it's ok, it's only a dream, there is no need to be scared" at this point instead of letting him chase me, me being scared witless, and waking up in a curled up ball at the bottom of my stairs I actually knew I was dreaming and could make myself do what I wanted, it was sooooo cool! I would turn around to my brother as he was chasing me and push him down the stairs instead or jump down the stairs myself from top to bottom and before I hit the bottom I would take off and make myself fly. I could control most of my dreams like this from that point, I knew I was dreaming and could make myself do whatever, and if it was a really bad nightmare I would make myself wake up just by say "This is too scary, wake-up NOW" and hey presto I would The only downside was I used to suffer from Night Terrors too but I could never control them, but that's a different story all together.

Anyway, since I've got a little older I haven't been able to control my dreams like I used to. I dream lots of different dreams each night and normally remember all of them, in fact I usually wake-up after each dream, this is kinda cool because it gives me the chance to write my dreams down in my BOS.
I really want to be able to control my dreams again because I've been trying to have an OBE and AP for ages now, I've come very close while meditating at the point just before I actually fall asleep, but never quite got there, and I now know that it's really easy to AP when you're having a Lucid Dream, I didn't know this when I was younger or I would of tried when I was Lucid.

How can I gain the control back in my dreams now and become Lucid? Please, any suggestions would be really appreciated!

Blessings!

[Sobek]

the most common and basic method ive come across is that every now and then throughout ones day you consciously tell yourself you will have a lucid dream and you will be in full control. alternately during the day you remind yourself you are awake by looking at something and looking away and looking back to see if its exactly the same, then during a dream if you look at something look away and look back and its different you mind will become aware you are sort of inbetween and that allows you control. give them a go.

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Thanks Sobek

I've been trying the one where throughout the day and before I drop off to sleep at night tell myself to become Lucid and have full control. I've been doing it for the last four days now, still no luck but gosh, it makes the dreams more vivid and interesting Hopefully if I carry on with this method for a good month or two I'll programme myself to wake-up in my dreams and have full control.

I'll try the second method too, haven't heard about that one so I'll give it a shot. Thanks, I'll let you know how it goes.....

Blessings!

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I've read Mugwort is good for inducing Lucid dreams, does anyone know if this is true? Or any others? I'm not too keen on actually taking this stuff orally though

Thanks,

[Sobek]

depending on finances jade is excellent for use with dream work.

i had a thoery a while back that lucid dreaming was a state of half sleep where the body is asleep but the mind is still somewhat active and these levels of consciousness arent flowing properly and intermingle, it makes a certain kind of sense because like you and i have both acknowledged its programming the mind. but i think it does take time its that whole "it wont happen over night but it will happen" philosohpy.

[Sercee]

Here's another suggestion for lucid dreaming (though the ones given also help!): Choose a symbol for yourself, and 'assign' it to mean that if you see it in a dream it will remind you that you are dreaming but not wake you up. Meditate or concentrate on it regularily before you go to sleep. When you are dreaming and you find yourself in some kind of situation it the symbol should appear to you and you will become aware and remember to take control. The main problem I find is definately the awareness that I'm dreaming.

[kittiekat93]

omg i used to be abel to lucid dream,, hot damn!! i didnt know what lucid dreaming was until i read this... i was actually talking to my friend about how we could control our dreams a little while ago...

[[Enlightenment]]

depending on finances jade is excellent for use with dream work.

i had a thoery a while back that lucid dreaming was a state of half sleep where the body is asleep but the mind is still somewhat active and these levels of consciousness arent flowing properly and intermingle, it makes a certain kind of sense because like you and i have both acknowledged its programming the mind. but i think it does take time its that whole "it wont happen over night but it will happen" philosohpy.

Your theory is correct IMO. As with conscious OBE's and AP it's a mind awake, body asleep state. You have to get to this state to achieve an OBE. It's the same when you become Lucid in a dream, you've reached this state. You've been dreaming and suddenly your mind becomes awake but your body is still asleep, this is why it's so easy to go OBE or AP when you're Lucid. You're totally correct Sobek

[[Enlightenment]]

Here's another suggestion for lucid dreaming (though the ones given also help!): Choose a symbol for yourself, and 'assign' it to mean that if you see it in a dream it will remind you that you are dreaming but not wake you up. Meditate or concentrate on it regularily before you go to sleep. When you are dreaming and you find yourself in some kind of situation it the symbol should appear to you and you will become aware and remember to take control. The main problem I find is definately the awareness that I'm dreaming.

Thanks for that Sercee I will give that a shot, sounds like a great idea to me

[jcrowfoot]

1. The mundane mysteries of shopping

When I was shopping at my local mega mart, I would sometimes see people out of the corner of my eye, look at them directly, and they'd get this astonished look on their face for a split second, then disappear.
They were never fully photorealistic, but definitely there.
So I started asking myself why this was happening. .

Then, at some undefined point after this, I'd OBE; I’d always wind up in grocery stores on the other side of the earth. Why, out of the entire Multiverse of possibilities, would I wind up at grocery store in Australia or Japan? I once watched someone's baby set on a serving counter while a young married couple was arguing in Japanese in the isle with rice flour. I was even able to get the mother's attention when the baby decided to try crawling.

Too bad the Babel fish hasn't been invented yet, but fortunately I didn't need to speak Japanese to get her attention.

These dreams (or OBEs as I think of them) are peculiar, in that no one can see me. Watching people who are completely unaware of you and whose speech you cannot understand shop is dead boring. Well, at least I'm asleep.

2. The boyfriend

The first time I'd had an OBE as an adult was when I started floating around my boyfriend’s apartment ceiling. I was floating and I couldn't get down. It was scary... otherwise it would have been hilarious. The difficulty was that my dreaming self didn't know I didn't need to breathe, and my face was stuck to the ceiling. It was like swimming in space.
I only was snapped out of it when I realized that my boyfriend was awake and staring right at me stuck to the ceiling above him. I disappeared... and woke up in my own bed. Then, just as I was staring at my clock, realizing that I'd seen a similar time on his clock in my "dream", my boyfriend called and said he'd seen me. We talked about it for about 20 minutes.
And yes, it was about 2:30 AM.

This is how I know my totem animal is a trickster.

I *will* have to try some of these ideas...

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Jcrowfoot ~ Do you think of your OBE's as dreams or OBE's? I'm just wondering as in this statement "These dreams (or OBEs as I think of them) are peculiar, in that no one can see me. Watching people who are completely unaware of you and whose speech you cannot understand shop is dead boring. Well, at least I'm asleep." you mentioned the word dream and asleep?

In my opinion OBE's are just that, an OBE NOT a dream. When you're OOB your body is asleep but your mind is awake, the same as when you're Lucid dreaming.
When we're in a normal dream we're asleep, hence why these dreams are usually very weird and all mixed-up, hard to make sense of. When we're Lucid we can control the dream because we have become conscious, our mind is awake.

Do you think these have been Lucid dreams and not OBE's?

Many people think that OBE's are just a kind of dream. I don't think they're at all. When I had my first OBE it was the realist thing ever. It was not a dream or a Lucid dream. I was in real time, everything was the same as in real life and I was "there" as in real life. Not a dream at all.

Just thought I'd ask you because I can't seem to see if you think they are real or just a sort of dream.

Happy Travels