I said:
>> The best lucid dreams I've had, I never *tried* to
>> change anything. I was simply more aware and
>> attempting to enjoy as much as possible all the
>> weird stuff going on! To really *observe*. Good
>> stuff. Wish I still had the "knack" for it.
John Redman replied:
> Well come on, spill - how's it done? Google for it and everyone wants
> money to tell you, but as far as I can see, it requires nothing more than
> some sort of mental preparation?
Well, I'll help the best I can.
There is no real "secret" to it, and it just takes practice. I learned
it from a book I bought in one of those school magazines when
I was in 5th grade. From what I rememeber, these are some things
you can do.
1. Keep a dream log. The book believed this was the most
important elemental, and it seemed to work for me, although
I don't think it's absolutely necessary. It just helps.
Record everything you can recall as quickly as possible upon
waking up. It doesn't have to be a detailed description, just as
long as you're getting your mind trained to remember. I would
do this even when I woke up in the middle of the night, using a
flashlight since brighter lights tend to bring you more fully
awake. This might not be practical, so at least do it when you
wake up for good.
If you can't remember anything, don't worry about it. Just keep
trying. The more entries you make, the easier it's going to become
to remember them. I also found that the dreams themselves
became much more vivid.
2. Once you're paying more attention to your dreams and
recalling more details, start thinking about becoming aware
that you are dreaming as you dream. When you're laying there
(hopefully) drifting off to sleep, be thinking about what you want
to dream about. It doesn't matter if you actually do dream about
those particular things, it's just a way of trying to get the subconcious
mind to be more alert while you are dreaming.
The first several times you realize you are dreaming, you might
wake up right away. But with time, this should pass. Don't try to
change things immeadiately, although that will be the temptation.
Just look around and enjoy and get use to being aware while
dreaming. I would recommend at least half-a-dozen or so
dreams just getting use to it. At this point you are a lucid dreamer.
3. Now that you are lucid while dreaming you can start having
some fun. I still recommend taking small steps, because it was
my experience that trying to make big changes right away
just woke me up. Change little things. You'll get better and
better at it as time goes on, and be able to change things
more dramatically with each successive lucid dream. If
several days (or even weeks) go by between lucid dreams,
don't panic, just stay patient and keep writing in that dream
log if you've been doing so.
4. (Which never worked for me personally.) To help dream
what you actually wish to dream (what you are thinking
about as you fall asleep), get a clear, detailed picture of
the dream in your head while drinking half-a-glass of
water right before you hit the pillow. Maybe it never
worked for me, because it sounds ridiculous. If it doesn't
sound silly to you, then perhaps it will help.
> I used to have a recurrent dream of which I can only remember one scene.
> I'm standing in the rain at night outside a big white stucco mansion in a
> posh part of London: Holland Park, Little Venice, somewhere like that.
> There is orange sodium streetlight and the trees are leaking onto the
> pavement. I am looking up at someone standing in the open doorway of the
> house, and I am turning as though to go. I can't see who it is I'm talking
> to. I am looking at myself from the outside: I'm on the lft and th house
> is on the right.
>
> I need to have that dream again and figure out what happens before and
> after that frozen single scene.
While I have had a few recurrent dreams in my life, the chances
of you having that particular dream again are pretty slim. Even
as lucid dreamer, there is only so much you can do. But don't
let me keep you from trying! I'm just being honest with you.
Lucid dreaming is great. Every once in a while I still get them,
but generally it takes a bit of work to have them on a regular
basis. I have no doubt that if I took the time to start keeping
a dream log again, I'd be lucid dreaming again in no time.
But like so many things, everyone is different. For some,
lucid dreaming comes easy, while some fail completely.
This is just my theory, and I don't have any "facts" to back it up,
but I believe that having a good imagination and creative
personality helps a lot. Less imaginative people I've known
often claim they don't dream at all, which is just pure BS.
They just don't pay any attention to them. So if you're the
imaginative and/or creative type, I don't see any problem
with you becoming a lucid dreamer. It will just take a little
work and patience.
I hope that helps.
Have a great dream-filled night!
Ahmed
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