How to have Lucid Dreams: How, How Often, and How Cool!

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Controlling your dreams - secret virtual nightly fantasies?

Can you control your dreams, and do anything your heart desires?

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

There are essentially two aspects of getting yourself into a lucid dream:

· 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:
  1. 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?"
  2. 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 :-)
  3. 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.
  4. 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!
  5. 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.
  6. 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".
  7. 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!

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Whenever anybody says to me "Have you got any good books I can borrow?" I only ever name two books. One is called Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, and the other is called 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.

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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.

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You get your conscious mind out of the way, and you let the cd flirt with your subconscious into giving you amazing dreams.

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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!"

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    number 1 Dec 29, 2011 @ 8:28 am | delete
    The esiest way to have a lucid dream is to say (while you are dreaming) what you want to happen like yesterday I wanted to be 18 in my dream so that I kan go into a stripklub and I just said I am 18 yers old and the next thing I knew I was sitting with a stripper between my legs
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    Julianna Dec 26, 2011 @ 2:25 pm | delete
    I had a lucid dream two night ago, but I could not control the whole dream, just intentions and thoughts, at first I thought it was a REM dream, i appeared on a bridge in some weird country, then I saw my crush talking to someone. I was just about to walk past him like I usually do but then I thought, "what the hell its just a dream" and I made myself walk over to him and hug him from behind. It was the closest I've ever gotten to him in real life or in a dream. I find it super easy to realise when Im dreaming as my dreaming world is never like the real world, only the people are things I know.
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    julezz Dec 22, 2011 @ 11:22 pm | delete
    I've had 3 lucid dreams and I just turned 20..they've. Happened within this year...I got into th how the brain works...and I was just fascinated by dreams...and I love dreaming...my dreams feel soo real...to the point I have to ask myself constintly if I'm dreamingor not....and I remebermy dreams clearly...so when I'm dreaming..ill tell myself "thi is a dream" twice....and happiness comes over me....I try and stay calm..but I know I'm super excited...but I just play it off...but I instantly think of sex lol and then I do..but like2 sec. Later ill wake up..I just wish I can find a way to make the dream last
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    Austin Auen Dec 21, 2011 @ 10:48 am | delete
    i had my first lucid dream two days ago. i was out back of a school with my mom and sister in a car. two armed men approached the car i told them i wasn't opening the door. he stated its a gun it shoots through glass. this was a very good point so i slammed the door open into him grabbed the gun and wrestled it from him. . once I got the gun both men and my mom and sister disappeared. i was still in the car at this point and i began to shoot the gun, it was an airsoft gun but i play professional airsoft so this triggered in my mind that i was dreaming. i had the feeling that if i left the car i would leave my dream but i knew about lucid dreaming and wanted to give it a shot so i stood up. i will say that it is nothing like i have ever felt. just the ability to look around where ever you want in a dream is amazing enough but i began to run around jumping over planter and things. i decided i was really going to test it and i was going to try and fly. i couldn't. so then i closed my eyes pictured myself in the clouds flying but when i opened my eyes i was laying on the ground. my dream ended shortly after. i plan to exercise this ability.
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    Austin Auen. Dec 21, 2011 @ 10:32 am | delete
    i had my first lucid dream two days ago. i was out back of a school with my mom and sister in a car. two armed men approached the car i told them i wasn't opening the door. he stated its a gun it shoots through glass. this was a very good point so i slammed the door open into him grabbed the gun and wrestled it from him. . once I got the gun both men and my mom and sister disappeared. i was still in the car at this point and i began to shoot the gun, it was an airsoft gun but i play professional airsoft so this triggered in my mind that i was dreaming. i had the feeling that if i left the car i would leave my dream but i knew about lucid dreaming and wanted to give it a shot so i stood up. i will say that it is nothing like i have ever felt. just the ability to look around where ever you want in a dream is amazing enough but i began to run around jumping over planter and things. i decided i was really going to test it and i was going to try and fly. i couldn't. so then i closed my eyes pictured myself in the clouds flying but when i opened my eyes i was laying on the ground. my dream ended shortly after. i plan to exercise this ability.
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    jadehorseshoe Dec 20, 2011 @ 5:50 pm | delete
    I enjoyed the lens. The "simple" method I have used for YEARS: Simply tell yourself what you will dream. Almost always works, for me.
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    Chillin_ Dec 11, 2011 @ 3:16 pm | delete
    Great lens. Problems for me r getting lucid and staying deep enough inside the dream to not wake up because of excitement T_T. Hope u have an answer for that and feel free to check out my lenses.
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    rauspitz Dec 4, 2011 @ 10:54 pm | delete
    Fascinating concept, something I should work on.
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    squidshe Dec 1, 2011 @ 9:23 pm | delete
    I would love to know more about lucid dreaming.
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    A very avid dreamer Nov 28, 2011 @ 12:13 am | delete
    One time I WAS superman. And I have skydived without a parachute, landed safely, and killed zombies with paintball guns. All of my own free will.
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    A very Avid dre Nov 28, 2011 @ 12:09 am | delete
    One time I WAS superman.
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    Ciroki Mustaphartoning Nov 24, 2011 @ 1:29 pm | delete
    Today i had a dream that i was going in class.I was about to get ready for class.When i opened my backpack i saw a long plastic box similar to those where new toothbrushes are.It looked familiar to me.I looked at my clock to see the date.It was something like 21._ _._ _. - i don't remember if there was month and/or year.After that i asked my classmates whats the date.They said it was 13th or a date that was before my clock's date.And i was like "So,i'm time travelling or something?" and after a moment i was like "I'M DREAMING!"...That's how i started lucid dreaming.This is my 5 lucid dream.I'm 13 and the other dreams were when i was 9 or 10 years old...So yeah...That's how it happened.
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    URL Nov 24, 2011 @ 5:27 am | delete
    I will now start an experiment if lucid dreaming is right for me...
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    bobba the little alpaca Nov 23, 2011 @ 10:12 pm | delete
    wellll lucid dreaming is lucid dreaming. barrk imma dog! also like my post if you like my post if you agree wiff my post if you like my post if you like lucid dreaming if you like my post. also my friend tried lucid dreaming twice and it didn't work for him at all. he felt the weight on his chest and his arm got stiff but when he opened his eyes nothing happened and everything stopped.
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    BLEEBLOOP Nov 17, 2011 @ 12:19 pm | delete
    i've had a lot of lucid dreams before but i kind of hated it because when ever i wished for something this old chinese guy that looked like confushis says " ehyya! you must do zee spinaroone first."
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    doorknobcarpet Nov 7, 2011 @ 10:51 pm | delete
    A couple of weeks ago I realized I was dreaming but a lucid dream didn't start...
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    camillio Nov 3, 2011 @ 4:24 pm | delete
    coolio
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    Tobbe Oct 27, 2011 @ 10:31 am | delete
    >:C i have ben trying to get a lucid dream in like a month... or maybe 3 days.. but still, i DONT REMEMBER :C i am writing a dream jurnal, and the first day i remembered 2 dreams trough the night but last night i tried really hard getting a lucid dream (Self hypnosis, telling myself that i am dreaming and that i will have control AND i watched the 60frp video that is supposed to increase the chance of getting a lucid dream) but i didnt remember anything, not even a usual dream :( what am i doing wrong???
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    Spencer the EPIC Oct 26, 2011 @ 7:49 pm | delete
    im almost 12 and ive had mutiple lucid dreams basicly i do what i want when i want but theyend too soon but i dont normally remember my dreams sadly.
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    Tobbe Oct 26, 2011 @ 9:50 am | delete
    I started my first Dream journal yesterday, and i had two really freaky dreams witch included me being drunk and watching a goldfish... so how often do you get lucid dreams? and is it just like being awake? or do you wake up one morning with memories of flying?
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    SkilletRocks Oct 21, 2011 @ 11:25 pm | delete
    "Every lucid dream has a life of it's own...
    Lucid dreams are good, but maybe not that good!"
    I think the lucid dream would be more fun if you didn't have complete control over it. If you had complete control over it, would there be much of a difference between lucid dreams and sitting around imagining things?
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    lucidalan Oct 13, 2011 @ 8:14 pm | delete
    i had 2 lucid dreams before and i had 100% control? bad weird or good?
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    Lily Oct 29, 2011 @ 6:05 pm | delete
    I had one of those three days ago. I don't think there's anything bad about it. It's pretty cool you get that amount of control, actually. I think the only reason they say you don't have 100% control in the article because it would be a promise they couldn't keep. I believe they just put it as "unlikely" because they can't guarantee it.
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    Sir Nino The Big Oct 5, 2011 @ 6:44 am | delete
    Met some ignorant people today when I told them about this. They said its not possible and its needs to be observed. I just replied that you don't have proof its not possible because you never observed it.
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    joeybarn Sep 21, 2011 @ 4:26 pm | delete
    Awesome lens, i will be coming back to try this out.
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    Kim Sep 18, 2011 @ 5:44 pm | delete
    I've noticed my dreams are not "I can do anything" but they are not nightmares and I wake up feeling more refreshed, relaxed, and I enjoy sleeping again.
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    Hailey Sep 15, 2011 @ 6:13 am | delete
    Wow great lens I started today's ago but the fist day didn't work out also last night I had a dream looked at the back of my hands and tried to fly but I couldn't then I forgot I was in a dream well I half knew
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    emmalarkins Sep 14, 2011 @ 10:18 am | delete
    Great subject to explore. I love lucid dreams! Blessed!
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    Rachel Sep 11, 2011 @ 7:34 pm | delete
    Mmm I had dreams about having sex with strangers the past two days, I loved it! It wasn't a lucid dream but it sure was pleasuring
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    Allie Sep 10, 2011 @ 2:11 am | delete
    last night i think i had a lucid dream. i woke up right after this guy i really like grabbed me and kissed me, it felt real and magical.
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    paulnprov Sep 4, 2011 @ 2:21 pm | delete
    I just did a lens on this subject. One of my favorite subjects. I'm an avid lucid dreamer and I'm hoping to turn those into OBE's! I agree, it's very hard to control them 100%. I can control my actions, but not scenery. I'm up to 76 lucids!
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    Vic Aug 31, 2011 @ 12:20 am | delete
    Usually when i sleep and wake up i cant recall my dream/dont even know if i dreamt or not, but when i see my dream when im sleeping i can instinctively jump right into the dream and make it my own fantasy
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    KevinAnthony Aug 16, 2011 @ 7:37 pm | delete
    Great lenz Mr. Smile... in more ways than you know-but then again maybe not. Thanks for a great page of info!
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    anaamhussain Jul 31, 2011 @ 2:11 pm | delete
    Again this is an amazingly incredible lens!. I am so going to try this from today!
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    Euan Jul 27, 2011 @ 1:59 pm | delete
    Amazing! I can't wait to sleep. Starting my first dream journal tonight ;]
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    BiggNate Jul 25, 2011 @ 12:43 am | delete
    the past few years i have not been having any dreams i havent really tryed to but reading this i want to have a lucid dream wish me luck
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    Ryan Jul 20, 2011 @ 2:47 am | delete
    Just read the guide today, hopefully I will have a lucid dream, and i will tell you about it tomorrow
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    Sam Jul 13, 2011 @ 3:10 pm | delete
    I'm 14 teen and wonder is it harder for teenagers to have lucid dreams butt you where 16 teen . But is the easiest way to lucid dream coz teenagers really forget how to check if they dreaming or not coz of a busy live ?
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    Maya Jul 29, 2011 @ 4:24 pm | delete
    Actually, it's easier for teens to get lucid dreams then for adults. The younger you are, the easier it is. So no worries.
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    Lily Oct 29, 2011 @ 6:06 pm | delete
    Really? Awesome! I'm thirteen and I've been worried. YAY!
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    Prezewalski Jul 12, 2011 @ 10:41 am | delete
    A rare lens! I did have fighting with anacondas and a dinosaur carnival in my dreams! :)
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    H2theO Jul 10, 2011 @ 5:16 am | delete
    i had a lucid dream today! but whwn i died, i woke up( i dont know why but that always happens.) alright, so this is what happened in my dream--

    I woke up on the MW2 map called Favela (still not sure why.) and my brother and i were just fooling around and then i realized it was a dream- figured out they were called lucid dreams after my dream. and since i knew it was a dream, i snapped my fingers and a wand appeared in my hand, granting my wish. i zap my brother to bits, with a quick Harry Potter spell. and i trip and fall off the top of the map- next to the bombsite ( i think its B) just before i hit the ground, i appeared in my bed and i got up and walked around to make sure i wasnt still in a dream. and now here i am going for another dream. wish me luck!!
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    AliGator1928 Jul 8, 2011 @ 8:16 pm | delete
    Amazing lens! Ive been having nightmares lately but last night i actually had a good dream. Today i researched about dreams. (by the way im only 12! :) I wanted to kno how i could stop having night mares and have good dreams instead. And i found this! Its amazing!! I cant wait to fall asleep tonight. I read everything on this website. I started my first dream journal. I wrote about my last good dream and how i felt. Am i of to a good start? Usually i dont want to sleep cuz im scared im gonna have a bad dream. Are there anymore tips on having lucid dreams? I wanto control them and have adventures and have fun. I want to escape into my dream world. Is it possible?
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    Dreamer Jun 15, 2011 @ 2:05 pm | delete
    I had a dream about Harry Potter that I hated, so I tried to wake up by pinching myself, but then I wound up @ MagiQuest (A really fun game, btw @ MOA it's closed now tho :()
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    Duuude Jun 1, 2011 @ 2:33 am | delete
    I can only recall one lucid dream I had when I was pretty young (maybe age 8-10?). I didn't know that it was called a "lucid dream" until a few months ago. But I remember that in the dream I was in a room with a Mario and Luigi and I realized that I was dreaming. So, I managed to make myself levitate above the ground and I spent the rest of the dream hovering around the room. Pretty cool that I can still remember that dream to this day; probably because it was so vivid and awesome. But I haven't had a lucid dream since... Though, I haven't actually tried yet, either. I haven't been getting much sleep in the last few months because I've been so busy with school. But that will be over really soon and I plan to start training to have lucid dreams as soon as it's over. Remembering how fun it was last time, plus reading this lens, really makes me want to have one again!!
    I look forward to meeting Steven Tyler xD
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    Person May 15, 2011 @ 4:47 pm | delete
    Good job man i bet it will be great
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    Apr 9, 2011 @ 7:34 am | delete
    Its fun to experience lucid dreams. I love to see what you know is not real.
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    zues24 Apr 3, 2011 @ 11:56 pm | delete
    I've always wanted to be an explorer like indiana jones, and I use Lucid dreaming to accomplish that until I can actually become one. Also, I can control most of my dreams, so I don't know what you mean by you can't control 100% of your dream. I have a good deal of control.
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    GabrielaFargasch Mar 30, 2011 @ 7:15 pm | delete
    I fly almost every night... Even though I know I am dreaming and therefore I fly because I enjoy it so much, I always have to have some bad guy chasing me... Lol But it is a lot of fun!
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    driveuwild Mar 26, 2011 @ 4:47 pm | delete
    Hi all I experience lucid dreams quite regularly. I don't have a particular trigger and I haven't done any training to enhance the liklihood of a lucid dream. Contrary to the text above I find that when I become lucid I am able to control 100% of the dream situation for as long as I stay asleep. The problem is that as soon as I start to control my dream I make it less interesting and this usually results in me waking up as it literally becomes too boring like watching a bad film. So now I have tried actively not to control my dreams but instead when I realise I'm dreaming just go 'oh that's nice' and continue to let the dream take me instead. The most useful adaptation of lucid dreaming I find is when I'm about to be killed or hurt or have an accident (which seems to happen frequently). In these cases I can turn it around to give me the power or even switch to an entirely different dream 'background' to get out of the situation. Or if all else fails I just tell myself to wake up. In response to Sean's question about his attacks not having any weight there are two issues here. If you are lucid dreaming you can make them take effect by striking and then dreaming what happens to that person after you strike. If you are not lucid dreaming then I find it depends on your current state of mind. For example sometimes I can't run in dreams then other times I am running faster than is humanly possible and can even fly. I put this down to how my self esteem is at the time. In this way dreams are a good way of bringing your subconcious to the forefront highlighting problems in your life or emotions you may be supressing. Listen to your dreams, analyse them and learn from them. When you are a wake in the morning think about your dream and ask yourself what if i'd have done this in that dream or what if this had happened, what would I have done then? Forewarned is forearmed and you never know when your dream (the more normal ones) may turn into a reality!
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    sean Mar 13, 2011 @ 6:42 pm | delete
    Who likes to fight in their dreams? I know I do! But the problem is is that sometimes, my attacks or punches dont have much of an effect. Like when im fighting my friend for fun (Since this is a dream, my friend doesnt really get hurt), my punches, uppercuts, and kicks dont effect him much. This one time, i punched my friend in the jaw to stun him, i tackled him down and punched him continuiously. He gets up and shakes it off as if it were nothing. Can someone tell me what im doing wrong and how to fix this? Please respond back!
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    driveuwild Mar 26, 2011 @ 4:49 pm | delete
    Hi sean I have posted a comment and have tried to answer your question at the same time. Have a look out for it - hopefully it will be approved for posting and appear on the lens soon. If it doesn't then get back toy me and I'll re-write it for you.
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    Caden Mar 5, 2011 @ 12:16 am | delete
    I had one a couple years ago... I was in Science class, and I jumped out of a window. Everything went slow-motion and I was spinning around in mid-air really fast... When it seemed like I was going to hit the ground, though, I went straight through and started falling with the background of going back in time from Majora's Mask... Eventually I hit the ground, and the shock of it woke me up. Man, that was exciting.
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    Violet Feb 28, 2011 @ 11:30 pm | delete
    I think i had a lucid dream the other night. You know in Harry Potter when they get attacked by the Nagini? Well, instead of Harry, it was me. I was running through the house trying to get away from it, and i locked myself in a closet. I could hear the snake outside of the door, and i knew it knew i was there, but i just said to myself, "Well, I'm only dreaming. If it attacks me I won't really die."
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    vfggafu Apr 11, 2011 @ 4:03 pm | delete
    notthe best u can i made myself slip threw a flooor and picked up a baskettbball goal and threw it
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    suss Feb 18, 2011 @ 9:38 pm | delete
    sometimes i think im lucid dreaming in my dream, but i wake up and realize i wasn't really, i just thought i was lucid dreaming
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    suss Feb 18, 2011 @ 9:37 pm | delete
    when i get high, i sometimes think i am dreaming, and last time i began to lucid dream, i thought i was dreaming, and then i told myself i was high, i thought i was in real life, just high
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    Bunbun Jun 18, 2011 @ 9:05 pm | delete
    Mind = Blown
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    Yes_Girl Feb 18, 2011 @ 4:19 pm | delete
    It's funny; I wish I had lucid dreaming much more often, and I realized I had one just last night. A muscular man(fully clothed) was flying, but he didn't have wings, and I was holding onto him. He said something, which I don't remember, something that made me chuckle, and then go, "....WHAT?!" Suddenly he dropped me, and I landed with my legs weak onto a small island. The grass was the greenest you could imagine, and a clear view of the ocean all around. But the paradise didn't last for long, because what he also dropped along with me were two large rats, bodies the size of a football. One was black and the other was a dark brown. They both had beating red eyes, and ran toward me trying to eat me. Their heads were cut off, yet they were still attached to their necks, which I can't quite explain how or why. I used a giant cleaver in my hand to cut them off the rest of the way, but I looked away, for I didn't want to watch the beheading of animals. I looked back and the rats were dead, with detached heads, yet the insides (where I had cut) just looked like a raw ham!
    I've had a lot of weird dreams lately, although none were lucid. They were all the result of using a stick of cellanite(hope I spelled that right). For those of you who don't know what that is, it's a stick of a clear rock that is specially for remembering your dreams. I put it under my pillow or right next to my head before I go to bed, and it helps a lot! I have never had a lucid dream before, except for one 3 years back, when I knew it was a dream and tried to stop time, but it didn't work. And that was the end. I really want to have more and am eager to try it tonight!!
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    Yes_Girl Feb 18, 2011 @ 4:10 pm | delete
    It's funny; I wish I had lucid dreaming much more often, and I realized I had one just last night (except I wasn't in control, so call it a vivid dream instead, I guess). A muscular man(fully clothed) was flying, but he didn't have wings, and I was holding onto him. He said something, which I don't remember, something that made me chuckle, and then go, "....WHAT?!" Suddenly he dropped me, and I landed with my legs weak onto a small island. The grass was the greenest you could imagine, and a clear view of the ocean all around. But the paradise didn't last for long, because what he also dropped along with me were two large rats, bodies the size of a football. One was black and the other was a dark brown. They both had beating red eyes, and ran toward me trying to eat me. Their heads were cut off, yet they were still attached to their necks, which I can't quite explain how or why. I used a giant cleaver in my hand to cut them off the rest of the way, but I looked away, for I didn't want to watch the beheading of animals. I looked back and the rats were dead, with detached heads, yet the insides (where I had cut) just looked like a raw ham! I would love to know what this dream means, along with a few others I've had lately. I don't want to pay to find out though, and I want an accurate translator. I have a few dream translating books, but they do it word by word, and sometimes I feel that my dreams are much more important than what they tell me. Please help me translate! -Tatiana
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    23squidoo Feb 14, 2011 @ 8:05 pm | delete
    Such a well-presented and intriguing lens! Thanks for putting it together. Blessed by your Science neighborhood Squid Angel!
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    Billy B Jan 23, 2011 @ 11:20 am | delete
    Wow I just had my fourth and by far the best lucid dream last night!!.. as I was falling into sleep I was aware it might be happening again.. but wasn't 100% sure because there I was..still in my bed..very much still "awake"..but I got "up" to do a reality check. I went over to the (closed) bedroom door and said "OK..if this is a dream.. I should be able to walk right through this closed door.. I put my hand right through it..and then passed my whole body through!! Then I thought..all right...let the FUN begin!! Then I proceeded to fly around...doing anything my heart desired... because you CAN do anything your heart desires... I had such a blast...for what seemed a very long time.. Then I tried to awaken my partner to have sex...why not!!.. who then got up and happily obliged... but just before orgasm I thought I really I don't wake up before this is over..and that is when I awoke.. ughh.. but otherwise just amazing!!

    My first one I became aware I was dreaming in the dream and was amazed at how vivid and real everything was.. and thats when I learned about lucid dreaming.. The second was like this last one..except I was more frightened that I couldn't wake myself out of it to really enjoy it..kinda like a Freddy Kruger dream... The third one I experimented more with flying and all the stuff you can do.. much more at ease, but still trying to jump in front of a bus or anything to try and wake myself out of it.

    This time I didn't care or have any fears..I went along with it as long as I could...having way too much fun with it then trying to awaken from it.

    I am going to try to practice inducing them now. You are in a really awesome mood when you wake up from one of these! Gives new meaning to "living the dream"!
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    Hiking-Hong-Kong Jan 19, 2011 @ 6:46 am | delete
    I remember starting lucid dreams as a kid when I had a nightmare. In my nightmare, I would recognize it was a dream, turn to the left and change the tv channel on a small TV. My dream-scape would instantly change with it. However that wore off after a while, and all the channels turned out to be bad. Next I invented self teleportation. When a bad guy was chasing me, I could disappear right in front of his eyes and reappear behind him, so that I would have the upper hand. It turned something scary into a lot of fun.

    The next level after lucid dreaming is astral projection. Have you heard of this?
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    KM9999999 Jan 18, 2011 @ 11:01 pm | delete
    I'd love to experience a lucid dream. It sounds like it would be amazing.
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    beerhead Jan 18, 2011 @ 5:25 pm | delete
    Fascinating lens. Great job!
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    vinayg972010 Jan 18, 2011 @ 5:49 am | delete
    Lucid dreaming is quite good thing, you can relax yourself if you are very tired by watching what you want to watch in your dream, and this is only possible from lucid dreaming.
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    photofk3 Jan 12, 2011 @ 8:40 am | delete
    Unusual, informative, intersting lens.
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    jamiew23 Jan 11, 2011 @ 6:13 am | delete
    Very interesting. I'll have to give this a go. I always have really weird dreams that make no sense what so ever :L
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    _Lucid_Life_ Nov 30, 2010 @ 6:27 pm | delete
    I've been trying for soooo long to have a lucid dream. I have had a couple half-way successes, but not any that I feel that I was fully lucid. I hope this does help. Anyone who would like to ask me any questions on lucid dreaming or know of any great tips to help me even more, feel free to e-mail me at yourboyjt12@hotmail.com. I promise i have read and researched about all there is to know about lucid dreams.
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    mrpetem Nov 7, 2010 @ 10:51 am | delete
    this is amazing, I experience this quite a lot. Iv always wondered what its about, but basically I think you are most able to control your dreams when your in a light sleep, as in you are not in a deep sleep. I actually manage to control these dreams to some degree, but I have not been able to control them to the extent of what the dream is about. I just manage to control my actions within it to a degree.
    Hopefully now I have read this I will be able to have them more often and control them more... thanks for this info.
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    Andrew Nov 3, 2010 @ 4:57 am | delete
    I must say, quite an interesting article. There are some binaural beats out there for free. I have a set of three I found off of Google. I have found listening to a slide before going to sleep/falling asleep, then progressing that into low then mid, and high waves then repeating helps. It is difficult to have a long lucid dream, but it is key to wake up in the middle of the night in your sleep cycle. http://mdlabs.se/sleepcycle/ This is an application I purchased for $.99 and it is worth my dollar. It wakes you in your lightest sleep. Not only a good tool for waking up in the morning, but a great tool for those who want to lucid dream. I understand Lucid Dreaming is not easy, but I believe with practice, and some aid it will push things along.
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    SWEET DREAMS Nov 2, 2010 @ 10:19 am | delete
    oh wow! before, i'm having my lucid dream.. and every night i'm wishing for it before i go to sleep.. i really love it because i'm the one who controls and decides what should happen! just now i knew that it was called lucid! HAHA! still, every night, I'm wishing and hoping for a lucid dream!
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    How do I get more in depth? Oct 26, 2010 @ 10:07 pm | delete
    So I've had mild lucid dreams before and I wrote about my major lucid experience below. After that I've occasionally had brief, but full on lucid dreams (mostly a section of a dream). The short ones were great, for example I kissed a girl in a car on a rainy day, triumphantly beat up some huge kid (who I've never actually met), and got out of an elevator crash and walked through a random fusion of locations. But most of them are right before I wake up, and I have to spin in circles to keep the dream going but it only lasts for a short time. So how do I develope longer dreams? Another question is I was in a different lucid dream but a false awakening caused me to think i had woken up. How do I solve that?
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    Lucid Dream Seeker Oct 23, 2010 @ 6:54 pm | delete
    I had a lucid dream a few months ago, but it only lasted a few minutes. I was walking down a hallway and had no control over the dream, then when people were talking to me, I yelled a little and said that i had control. Then I ran around my school and fell off one of the balconies. then i lost control. I just dont know how i got control. I write down the parts of my dreams i remeber, but thats not working yet. What will make me get a lucid dream instantly? I really want one.
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    Hello Apr 17, 2011 @ 2:51 pm | delete
    I've had lucid dreams in the past but I didn't know what they were called until about a month ago. Last night I tried to lucid dream and it worked! I was standing in my room and I was expecting a lucid dream and I never actually go out of bed so I knew it worked. The down side is I got so excited that when I jumped I woke myself up and thought "Well s***!" and I was pissed.
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    steveffeo Oct 6, 2010 @ 6:39 pm | delete
    Lewis 51% of this idea fascinates me and 49% scares the heck out of me. I had a few lucid dreams but they were all bad always after times of extreme stress and or danger.
    Perhaps it is time to learn to control them better. Great lens
    Blessed by Squid angel
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    lei villaseñor Sep 29, 2010 @ 10:01 am | delete
    i first experienced lucid dreaming when i was maybe 10 years old. i didnt even know then what it was called. in my dream, it just suddenly happened. i was watching tv with my cousins and then it suddenly occurred to me that i was just dreaming. It was so cool. I even looked out the window to observe and was amazed it looked so real. I even talked to the people around me and told them that hey, this is a dream, we're inside my dream. It was so amazing.. that was the first time.. Im now 30 years old and i still have lucid dreams every now and then. i love it.
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    Allison_Whitehead Sep 20, 2010 @ 1:20 pm | delete
    Another great lens Lewis! I've had a few lucid dreams before so I know how good they can be. Haven't had one in a while but maybe now I've read your page that will change...
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    Cynedra Sep 19, 2010 @ 3:59 pm | delete
    Great lens, thanks. It is very true what you said about lucid dreaming being an occassional thing. I have been practicing lucid dreaming for most of my life and I still only get true lucid dreams off and on.
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    charlino Sep 18, 2010 @ 12:20 am | delete
    I was into lucid dreaming years ago. My spouse is working his way into it now. It is certainly an interesting state of mind, especially when you know the difference between dream real and real real in your sleep. Wonderful information here for those who want to learn the technique. Kudos for writing about such a unique topic of interest.
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    WeddingZazzle Sep 11, 2010 @ 8:55 pm | delete
    I wish I could remember more of my dreams but I only remember about 2 or 3 a year.
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    My first! Sep 2, 2010 @ 7:12 pm | delete
    So I've read a couple article on lucid dreaming but the night I read this one I finally had a lucid dream! I've had dreams where i supposedly knew all along I was in a dream and wake myself up but this one was so much more evolved. I had actually been experiencing non lucid dreams, so I woke up and attempted to write my dreams down. However I kept waking up as if I was in a dream built with a ton of mini layers. So all of a sudden I got the idea to perform a reality check. My hand didn't exactly sail right through the wall but my fingertips melted slowly into it and I shouted "OH MY GOD IT'S A DREAM!" Then It occured to my there was a book in my bed and it was talking to me and the author happened to be the name a of a person I happen to like. Even so, I was a little hesitant to leave my own house in the middle of the night but I got up and did it. That's when my mom was at the bottom of the stairs and I knew she might scream in my face and end the dream as a nightmare. So instead I plotted to wake myself up by yelling and hyperventilating and it WORKED! I pushed a wall as soon as I really woke up, even though I was sure I was awake this time.

    One other thing to tell you if you're in a dream or not is in dreams you may be inhumanly tired, so tired you have trouble keeping your eyes open. Thank you for this amazing article!
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    dreamer Aug 21, 2010 @ 7:19 pm | delete
    I've been having lucid dreams for a few years now (I'm 17.) I can remember 90% of my dreams even non lucid dreams. I didn't know that not everyone could have a lucid dream.. I didn't even know the term lucid dream existed until I stumbled upon this article. Really interesting article.. but teaching someone to "lucid dream" is not an easy thing to do- at least I wouldn't think so.
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    Travie Jul 31, 2010 @ 8:33 am | delete
    I have been obsessed with dreaming for a few years now. Lucid dreams occur randomly in my life. Anyway a few times i have tried sending a message to myself in my dream via writing on paper and sleeping whilst having it on me. The general idea was that sometimes i wear the same clothes in my dream as in real life so why cant other objects make the journey? unfortunately i am yet to have any success but i really see this as possible, if you have tried this or have theories say so!
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    Trevor Jul 6, 2010 @ 2:03 am | delete
    I had a lucid dream maybe a week or two ago about being at my cousins house and being turned into a vamp. I just remembered it, it was a really fun dream too.
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    skyler Jun 23, 2010 @ 2:08 am | delete
    im 13. and boy i have many uicd dreams.I actually had 1 the other night about vampires. and then 1 abt a week ago that was about sex. and then another 1 that occures once a month happened
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    nathaniel grey 16 Nov 3, 2011 @ 5:12 am | delete
    what do you do to have so many?
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    I WANT A LUCID DREAM!!! May 27, 2010 @ 12:04 am | delete
    I love to dream, ive been studying lucid dreaming for 4 days now. i got a watch that beeps every hour to ask myself if im dreaming. very interesting lens.unfortunantly, the most important tip (as falling asleep say "i will have a lucid dream" over and over again) DOESNT WORK FOR ME!!! for most people it takes a few minutes to fall asleep, it takes me about 45 minutes so i dont know when im gonna fall asleep
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    A.J. Jul 15, 2010 @ 5:12 pm | delete
    try going to sleep for 6 hours, and then wake up. get fully awake, you have to get out of bed! for about an hour or so, then go back to sleep saying "i will have a lucid dream about ___________________
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    anonymous Nov 10, 2010 @ 7:35 pm | delete
    It used to take me a long time to fall asleep as well, even up to several hours, but I have been studying lucid dreams for quite a while now and I found a way to fall asleep really fast (idk if it will work for you, it works for me and my friends that i taught it too, but i am still in high school so it might just be that i am younger- i dont know how old you are). so i just lay in bed, on my back (which is kinda hard for me) with my arms at my side and my feet uncrossed. i close my eyes (also really hard for me) and lay there and let my mind drift off, looking at all the colors. the important thing is to not move, don't even roll over or cross your feet. it might take you a while to master, and if you feel your limbs going numb, it's normal for your body to paralize yourself.
    another thing is that if you try too hard to get a lucid dream, it won't work, i took a similar approach as you, but only at a month (minus 2 days) of trying, i started to give up and the first night i just plain out fell asleep, i had my first lucid dream!
    PS- i no you posted this a long time ago, but i thought i might post this just in case you still wanted help :)
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    Mr. Anomynus Jul 29, 2011 @ 12:38 am | delete
    That shud help me also! Fanks!
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    Austin Auen Dec 21, 2011 @ 10:36 am | delete
    i have an extremely hard time falling asleep and can hardly hold my eyes shut as well. i will try this tonight.
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    Chris May 25, 2010 @ 10:32 pm | delete
    I always write down my dreams when i wake up and i didnt even know about lucid dreaming.im good at dream recall already. I WILL LUCID DREAM!!!!!
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    I WANT A LUCID DREAM!!! May 25, 2010 @ 6:38 pm | delete
    hey, just READING this made me happy. I want a Lucid Dream SO much right now even though I've never had one :(
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    jfresh Feb 24, 2010 @ 2:49 pm | delete
    i will try 2 have a lucid dream 2night and tell about it 2morrow ; )
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    Nev Nov 4, 2009 @ 2:16 am | delete
    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
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    Alexx Aug 16, 2009 @ 5:13 am | delete
    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.
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    Mike Jun 11, 2010 @ 3:32 am | delete
    I think I've had one and it felt like im awake inside the dream.
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    Mil Aug 7, 2009 @ 7:46 pm | delete
    I'm on my second day of trying. I really hope I get it soon. These are great tips!
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    dc64 Mar 18, 2009 @ 6:48 pm | delete
    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!
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    Andrayus Mar 12, 2009 @ 6:21 pm | delete
    I was able to control my dream completely in every way my first one anyway i was wondering why if there is a reason
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    Dec 30, 2008 @ 7:33 pm | delete
    this is great! although turning a dream lucid is quite a feat... but I once experienced a nightmare turn to something good.
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    d-artist Dec 30, 2008 @ 4:21 pm | delete
    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*
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    DragonSlayer Nov 18, 2008 @ 11:06 pm | delete
    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
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    stitch Oct 16, 2008 @ 11:51 pm | delete
    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.
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    chris May 25, 2010 @ 10:36 pm | delete
    Lol thats just about the funniest dream i have EVER heard.
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    anonymous Jun 25, 2010 @ 11:20 pm | delete
    this is my reoccurring dream:

    when i was small i kept having this dream that there was this quicksand and if you touched it NO MATTER WHAT, you will get sucked in. i don't know how i knew it, but i knew that if you touch it, you die. and i always end up touching the quicksand and i'm about to die the BOOM! i wake up. i kept having the awful dream and i was to scared to sleep so i asked my mom 2 sleep with her but she wouldn't let me lol
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    quinn Jul 21, 2010 @ 5:34 pm | delete
    my recurring dream when i was a little kid was

    I'd be on my couch lying down during the day and for some reason my mom was there and while i was lying down behind her a dark figure with the head of Medusa, i couldnt see her she was dark. it wasnt really medusa but it looked like her. She would walk slowly to me and then grab me on the ribs with her long nails. I had this dream countless times
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    Beas Oct 9, 2008 @ 6:18 am | delete
    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
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    Music-Resource Oct 7, 2008 @ 6:13 pm | delete
    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~
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    L.J Sep 4, 2008 @ 10:38 am | delete
    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
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    Amanda_Blue Jun 21, 2008 @ 1:40 pm | delete
    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!
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    tsp8ntball Jun 8, 2008 @ 4:25 pm | delete
    Thanks for a great lens. Your "How to remember your dreams" was very helpful, too.
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    Namine May 26, 2008 @ 6:05 pm | delete
    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!
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    Storyteller May 2, 2008 @ 11:21 pm | delete
    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.
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    spirituality Apr 8, 2008 @ 10:13 am | delete
    Great lens, thanks.
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    totalhealth Mar 6, 2008 @ 2:39 pm | delete
    very interesting lens
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    fluffypuff84 Feb 25, 2008 @ 2:50 pm | delete
    I really want to lucid dream
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    poddys Feb 11, 2008 @ 6:59 am | delete
    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.
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    rms Feb 7, 2008 @ 12:08 pm | delete
    Another interesting lens. Thanks for sharing your knowledge on this subject.
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    mermaid56 Oct 7, 2007 @ 1:31 am | delete
    I taught myself to lucid dream some years ago, and I find it facinating and relaxing!
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    kohuether Oct 4, 2007 @ 9:41 am | delete
    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...
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    Andrew Strachan Aug 13, 2007 @ 12:33 pm | delete
    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!!
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    Aika Jul 4, 2007 @ 2:21 pm | delete
    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
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    Maria_Palma Jun 20, 2007 @ 5:07 am | delete
    I'm putting this to work tonight! Thanks for all the info ;)
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    Coral_Milburn_Curtis May 6, 2007 @ 1:39 am | delete
    Another fantastic lens. Well done Lewis.
    Best wishes from
    Coral
    in sunny Oxford
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    hitesh Apr 28, 2007 @ 4:35 am | delete
    simply awesom
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    hitesh Apr 28, 2007 @ 4:35 am | delete
    simply awesom
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    affiliate_guy Apr 12, 2007 @ 9:11 am | delete
    Every time i start thinking i know everything, you surprise me. Thanks,......affiliate guy from Make Money Online with Affiliate Programs
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    letevic Mar 29, 2007 @ 3:10 am | delete
    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!
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    myhotlistonline Mar 12, 2007 @ 10:56 am | delete
    Very interesting, will try.
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    tmdblogger Dec 29, 2006 @ 6:09 am | delete
    LOL - you do have sex on you mind even while sleeping :-)
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    TantraBensko Dec 2, 2006 @ 1:54 am | delete
    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.
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    sanjaysagrawal Oct 23, 2006 @ 9:19 am | delete
    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.
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    oniyagi Oct 12, 2006 @ 8:58 am | delete
    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.
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    littleliz Sep 29, 2006 @ 5:18 pm | delete
    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 ^__^
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    MrLewisSmile Sep 14, 2006 @ 12:55 pm | delete
    Tell us how you get on, Angela!
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    AngelaHarms Sep 10, 2006 @ 2:30 pm | delete
    I'm gonna try it.
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    alli Mar 6, 2010 @ 10:33 pm | delete
    i really want to have a lucid dream. i am really good at remembering my dreams. i believe i came very close last night. i realized that i was dreaming but then i lost it. going to try again tonight!
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    sean Mar 11, 2011 @ 11:33 am | delete
    can someone tell me how to induce lucid dreams for me? Please reply!

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Hello! My name is Lewis Smile.
I wrote this lens because for a very very long time I read about Lucid Dreaming and did everything I could to...
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Lucid Dreams in 30 Days or Less! 

Lucid Dreams in 30 Days, Second Edition: The Creative Sleep Program

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