How to have Lucid Dreams: How, How Often, and How Cool!
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Controlling your dreams - secret virtual nightly fantasies?
Can you fly, and give your body the physical sensation of flying?
Can you explore your secret fantasies, as if they were really happening to you, without ever leaving the pillow?
Yes! And it's called Lucid Dreaming :-)
ME and Lucid Dreaming
I discovered lucid dreaming when I was 16, exploring the shelves of my local library. I knew what the word lucid meant, and I knew what the word dream meant.But I was completely unaware of the fabulous world of lucid dreaming which awaited me!
The pocket-sized book I read wasn't huge (maybe 70 pages), but it was enough to give me my first lucid dream. And I was hooked. It was amazing! All I did in my dream was have a conversation with a friend who I hadn't seen for years.
But, Oh! The potential!
I have since fought with a dinosaur, flown to the top of a mountain, walked on water, clapped my hands and had them go right through each other, met Superman, shouted at a school teacher, and competed in the Olympics.
I just did these things whilst my body was asleep, that's all.
My BODY was asleep, but my mind was very much awake.
Welcome to the world of lucid dreaming :-)
What is a lucid dream?
Define Lucid Dreaming
The dictionary defines lucid dreaming as "the conscious perception of one's state while dreaming".Basically, you're dreaming... and you are aware that you're dreaming. And yet, you don't wake up. You are able to observe the dream, with a brain-full of personality, memories, thoughts, and everything else that makes you you. And you are able to influence the dream so you act out your fantasies.
Sounds interesting, doesn't it?
Well if you've never had a lucid dream before, just the act of reading this page right now, or right before you go to bed, is probably enough to give you one.
But first....
Remember your dreams
The key to experiencing a lucid dream is to be aware what and how you dream.For this, you need to be able to remember your dreams.
Afterall, there's little point having a lucid dream, and then forgetting all about it in the morning.
I have written a lens (page like this) on how to effectively remember your dreams.
You can read it by clicking here.
I recommend you read that page first, if you haven't already, then come back to this page when you know some proven ways of remembering your dreams.
Then we'll kick-start the lucidity!
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YOU and lucid dreaming
How to get there
· Learning to recognise your dreams.
· Constantly questioning your state of consciousness.
Some people learn lucid dreaming techniques in a week. Others take months. Reading this page might even cause you to have a lucid dream tonight.
If you practice the techniques listed below, you'll probably experience a lucid dream within the next few nights.
Some lucid dreaming techniques which act as steps toward lucid dreaming are:
- Question your state right now: "Am I Dreaming?" To become lucid you should realise that you are dreaming. The best way to do that is to get into the habit of asking yourself, throughout the day, "Am I dreaming?"
- Set yourself a 'Dream Cue': A dream cue is something you can use as a signal to yourself to let yourself know that you are dreaming. Your dream signal can be whatever works for you. Throughout my day, my watch beeps every hour. Whe i hear the beep, I look at the back of my hands and ask myself "are these my real hands, or am I dreaming?". Because I do it so often, and because my watch still beeps (on the desk next to my head) whilst sleeping, I end up looking at the back of my hands in my dream too. And my lucid dream begins :-)
- Master dream recall: Recording your dreams in a Dream Journal. To become aware of your dreams, you should know what your dreams are like and should be able to recognise them. Spending some time recording your dreams in a journal can do this. Start a dream journal. For more info on why you need a dream journal see my lens on how to remember your dreams. This is the most effective among all lucid dreaming techniques. A reliable effort to remember lucid dreams will help your waking mind to become more friendly with your dreaming awareness and will also allow you to become more aware of your dream content. Lucid dreaming will be more successful when you can recall a dream per night.
- Get up during the night: Morning naps after a period of being awake are more productive and provide the best pay-off. Drinking a glass of water before going to bed will probably help you wake up naturally, before morning, with enough time to go back to sleep, because you'll probably need to go to the toilet at about 5:00 o'clock in the morning!
- Visualisation: This technique is especially effective. Imagine yourself waking up, writing down a fantastic, colourful, lucid dream into your dream journal. Say to yourself as you start getting ready to go to bed "I will have a lucid dream tonight, then I will write it down in my dream journal". And say this many many times to yourself, until you fall asleep.
- Plan a lucid dream activity in advance: Lucid dreams can be planned in advance. If you tell yourself what you want to dream about, and that you want to write it down the next morning, you are far more likely to have a memorable dream about it. You should add to the visualisation technique above by saying to yourself "I will have a lucid dream tonight, and I will fly to the top of a mountain. Then I will write it down in my dream journal".
- Be patient and persistent: Lucid dreaming is a skill that requires time and focus to master; even though many people experience success the first night or during the first couple of weeks.
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Lucid Fantasies
For a lot of people, lucid dreams are more like acting out fantasies and desires.This is probably the reason why you want to experience a lucid dream.
So guess what the most common lucid dream theme is?
That's right.
You will be amazed to discover the most common theme of a lucid dream is sex.
There are plenty of other dream subjects, obviously, but this is most widely reported lucid dream event. Even when you allow for the tendency for people to under-report these types of dreams.
Other regular subjects of lucid dreams include meeting with loved ones (and deceased loved ones), flying, daredevil acts such as running naked down a crowded street, experimenting with the dream by doing things like walk through brick walls, and meeting famous people.
A large number of lucid dreamers who have written about their dreams have stated that certain lucid dreams have been the most enjoyable and satisfying experiences of their lives.
So why are you missing out?!
People who experience lucid dream more often than most claim that they can deliberately conjure up delicious adventures, safe in the knowledge that they will not be held to account the next morning.
Sexual lucid dreams offer the dreamer a source of ultra-realistic, free, harmless virtual-reality pleasure.
Limitations
But Wait!Before you become all hot around the collar at the prospect of starring in your own private pornographic films, or meeting famous people, or flying round the world, there are limitations.
Lucid dreams are relatively infrequent treats. The more you know about them, the more often they are likely to occur. But even for people who are proficient lucid dreamers, or authors of books on the subject, often struggle to experience lucid dreams.
Also, lucid dreamers do not have COMPLETE control over their dreams as if they were directing a film in their own head. Practised lucid dreamers do have some influence over the course of their dream, but they do not have the power to control 100% of their dream.
Every lucid dream has a life of it's own.
The dreamer may try to force their lucid dream in one direction, only to find that it charges of in a different direction.
Lucid dreams are good, but maybe not that good!
The book 'Counting Sheep'
Counting Sheep is an entertaining book containing everything you need to know, and would ever want to know, about sleep and dreams. It is fascinating. It is funny. It is clever. The author, Paul Martin, talks about everything from the history of beds, to the future of virtual reality dreaming.
He even talks about whether flies dream, which wars have been lost due to lack of sleep, and, of course, lucid dreams.
Ever wondered how long you could last without sleep? And would stretching the limits result in death?
Get this book.
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Positive emotions of a lucid dream
Key Fact: Lucid dreams are more enjoyable than ordinary dreams and have a more positive emotional tone.If you're a particularly sad soul, and would take absolutely no pleasure from flying round the world, meeting famous people, fighting dinosaurs, or walking on water, oh yes - and sex, then there is still hope for you!
Another reason for wanting to experience lucid dreams is because on the whole, the predominant emotion exprienced is positive.
Regular dreams, however, are not particularly pleasant. Have you ever had dreams that you were falling? Or being chased or attacked? The predominant emotions of most regular dreams are anxiety, fear, anger, and frustration.
The research scientists who catalogue REM dreams (REM dreams = standard dreams) generally find that around two thirds of them are more unpleasant than pleasant.
Compare this with lucid dreams. Lucid dreams don't often contain any unpleasant sensations or negative emotions. Pain is rare, whilst amazing, pleasurable sensations are common. Lucid dreamers find it near-impossible, to injure or kill themselves in lucid dreams, even if they try incredibly hard to do so!
How do YOU spend one third of your life?
In the dark, swimming in negative emotion?
Oh dear!
If you put the 7 action steps (above) into practice, you should be lucid dreaming in a matter of days.
Yes they are hard to achieve, but the 7 action steps should be your roadmap to a life of living your dreams.
Dream Play
It is not a subliminal cd, which are highly suspicious i think, it is a paraliminal cd. Which means you have one voice talking into one ear, which you naturally focus your attention on, and another softer, quieter voice talking into your other ear. Which your subconscious mind tunes into.
You get your conscious mind out of the way, and you let the cd flirt with your subconscious into giving you amazing dreams.
Get this cd and listen to it until it wears out.
Lucid Feedback
Have you found this lens interesting? Did you learn something? Have you experienced a lucid dream as a result of reading this lens? Do you wish you found out about this years ago?
What are your thoughts?
"Thank you for reading, and good luck getting lucid!"
Nev wrote
Ive had lucid dreams on my own for quite a while, i didnt realize it was something i could just freely provoke it just happens naturally. They happen frequent for me but hopefully this makes them even more so. Thanks
Posted November 04, 2009
Alexx wrote
Ive Always Wanted To Do Iht So I Started A Few Days Not Sure What The Program Is But I Havent Had A Lucid Dream Yet What Is It Like??
And Im Pretty Good AT Dream Recall Ive Gotton Real Good At That.
Posted August 16, 2009
Mil wrote
I'm on my second day of trying. I really hope I get it soon. These are great tips!
Posted August 07, 2009
dc64 wrote...
This is such a cool site. My daughter is a pro at lucid dreaming, and she didn't even know it had a description. Me, not so much, but it is interesting to me, after all, one of my absolute favorite songs is Silent Lucidity by Queensryche. I never had the tools to get the ball rolling, but now I'm so gonna try this!
Posted March 18, 2009
Andrayus wrote
I was able to control my dream completely in every way my first one anyway i was wondering why if there is a reason
Posted March 12, 2009
siete wrote...
this is great! although turning a dream lucid is quite a feat... but I once experienced a nightmare turn to something good.
Posted December 30, 2008
d-artist wrote...
I love dreaming, especially when I know I'm dreaming, it is so much fun...I dream all the time and wish I could remember all my dreams. I had reacuring dreams for 50 years and when I went back to the place I dreamt about, it ended, kind of sad cause I was always a small child in my dream....great lens! 5*
Posted December 30, 2008
DragonSlayer wrote
i have had one really good lucid dream that lasted for a long time,i was just running around being mean to people. it was actually really fun. but i keep on having little blips of lucidity. i have no idea what triggers it lately. i have been trying to learn to become lucid regularly for a few weeks now. i think that it gets easier as you go, and sometimes it comes when you aren't seeking it.
if anybody hasn't heard of WILD (wake induced lucid dreaming), you should really look into it. i hear it is really challenging to do but really amazing.
awesome lens BTW
this was really helpfull and usefull info for my "quest to lucidity" lol
Posted November 18, 2008
stitch wrote
I have had 1 Lucid Dream I remember.
Unfortunately it was that I was in a car going out of control.
I realized I was Dreaming when I looked at the clock and saw weird numbers.
But I got scared and woke my self up. Maybe that was not a Lucid Dream but it is the closest I have gotten.
I do have 1 reoccurring dream. I go in to a public bathroom and it is like the biggest bathroom in the world the problem is there is an endless wall of urinal's
And no stall's and I need to take a crap. I have had that dream over and over and I am always shore it is real. I will say, " oh no its like that dream I am always having but its real.
Posted October 16, 2008
Beas wrote...
Hi Lewis, very interesting topic. want to learn to do it myself. seems fantastic to me. you can do anything you want just as you tell us about. lol at fighting a dinosaur :)
Your lens makes me think about the movie Vanilla Sky which I like very much. And about the Indians, I don't know which specific tribe, that were convinced that their dreams were the real world they lived in and being awake was some kind of dreaming. Interesting thoughts just like your lens
Posted October 09, 2008
Music-Resource wrote...
Hi Lewis: Intriguing Lucid Dreams lens. I have them and similar experiences quite often. The last three nights were about the inside of mansions with a lot of people around. You write about interesting stuff :) ~Music Resource~
Posted October 07, 2008
L.J wrote
i had two lucid dreams before, one was where i was trapped in a maze until i realised i was dreaming , and started flying, the second obne i kicked the crap out of this guy i hate, but ive always wanted to ask someone who knew about these dreams, could you possibly enter someone elses dream, and actually do stuff with them
Posted September 04, 2008
Amanda_Blue wrote...
It would seem that lucid dreams could be used to grapple with and work through problems of various kinds, including psychological ones, and thereby be transformative. I have enjoyed reading this lens. Thank you!
Posted June 21, 2008
tsp8ntball wrote...
Thanks for a great lens. Your "How to remember your dreams" was very helpful, too.
Posted June 08, 2008
Namine wrote
hey lewis! this sounds very well researched. im a big fan of lucid dreaming. im definatly gonna try your techniques...TONIGHT! i really do need to get a pretty dream journal though :) ill post up again if i get any luck!
Posted May 26, 2008
Storyteller wrote
I learned about lucid dreaming in the 80s from Dr. Stephen LeBerge, who has a course of study on it at Stanford University. You are right, it is not easy to learn, but it can be accomplished with patience. Very well done lens. Thank you.
Posted May 02, 2008
fluffypuff84 wrote
I really want to lucid dream
Posted February 25, 2008
poddys wrote...
Smashing lens, really great info. Sometimes my dreams are pretty lucid, very vivid, often with people I know, or at least seem to in my dream, but as soon as I wake the story that has been unfolding now disappears, never to be remembered. It's sad really.
Got to give you 5 ***** for this great lens.
Posted February 11, 2008
rms wrote...
Another interesting lens. Thanks for sharing your knowledge on this subject.
Posted February 07, 2008
mermaid56 wrote...
I taught myself to lucid dream some years ago, and I find it facinating and relaxing!
Posted October 07, 2007
kohuether wrote...
I've done this - do you know the song Silent Lucidity by Queensryche? You should put the itunes clip of it up! It's about lucid dreaming...
Posted October 04, 2007
Andrew Strachan wrote
A great lens on a great subject. The more people that learn about lucid dreaming, the better! Check out my lens for more lucid fun!!
Posted August 13, 2007
Aika wrote...
I really enjoy reading your lens, I learn a lot from you about Lucid dreaming. Thanks for sharing this useful infos. I gonna try it!
I'm giving you 5 stars for a job well done. Pls feel free to visit my lens, thanks
Posted July 04, 2007
Maria_Palma wrote...
I'm putting this to work tonight! Thanks for all the info ;)
Posted June 20, 2007
Coral_Milburn_Curtis wrote...
Another fantastic lens. Well done Lewis.
Best wishes from
Coral
in sunny Oxford
Posted May 06, 2007
hitesh wrote
simply awesom
Posted April 28, 2007
hitesh wrote
simply awesom
Posted April 28, 2007
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Every time i start thinking i know everything, you surprise me. Thanks,......affiliate guy from Make Money Online with Affiliate Programs
Posted April 12, 2007
letevic wrote...
Lewis your lenses are fantastic! I'm a firm believer of paying attention to our dreams for our own benefit. I invite you to read this article that I wrote: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/172886/dreams_and_nightmares_its_all_good.html Hope you enjoy it!
Posted March 29, 2007
tmdblogger wrote...
LOL - you do have sex on you mind even while sleeping :-)
Posted December 29, 2006
TantraBensko wrote...
thanks so much for posting this. when i voted that i have them all the time, which i do, i was surprised. i used to have a dream notebook and started dreaming of it, so i wrote on the cover of it-am i dreaming? next time i dreamed of it, i saw that and became lucid.
Posted December 02, 2006
sanjaysagrawal wrote...
Hello Lewis,
I too find the concept of Lucid Dreaming quite fascinating. You have done quite a lot of research on this subject; it would be insightful to exchange notes with you.
Visit my lens sometime, and tell me how you find it.
Cheers, Sanjay.
Posted October 23, 2006
oniyagi wrote...
Amazing lens Lewis! Such a great topic too. You should read some of Steve Pavlina's lucid dream dream posts. He has a really great personal development blog that covers everything from business to polyphasic sleep.
Posted October 12, 2006
littleliz wrote...
Hey MrLewisSmile this lesnse is a bit different. I have had lucid dreams (not for a long while) but I had no idea that it was possible to sometimes bring them about yourself. Its definately worth a try ^__^
Posted September 29, 2006
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