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[holeinthesky]

I have them quite frequently, although they were more common when I was a child.

I am fully aware that I am dreaming and can deliberately wake myself up. I look around my "dream", give a sort of chuckle and realise, "ah, here I am again" I can't quite manipulate the dream in order to change its direction, or make it more interesting....yet.

I think most people have varying degrees of ludic dreaming. Or there is simply a link to the outside world within your dream. For example, you dream you really need to go toilet, and dream about going, then wake up just-in-time. Or you hear the arjuma screeching outside your window and dream about her? This is more subliminal than ludic. Anyway...

The dream world fascinates me......

Ever had a ludic experience?

[Destroyer]

If you are already able to wake youself up or look around it is only a short step to "true" lucid dreaming.

The way I did it was to keep a journal and write detailed descriptions of my dreams immediately following their occurance (precise memory of dreams fades quickly). Then start giving yourself dream suggestions: i.e. concentrate "I will dream of flying tonight" for a few minutes at a time throughout the day. Once you begin having the flying dreams repeatedly you should be able to separate yourself from the dream and look around and eventually take control.

Worked for me. It's a lot of work writing down your dreams all the time, so I do it much anymore. I now prefer the random idiocy of my dreams.

[SirFink]

I've had a few though they usually don't last very long once I become lucid. A few seconds of "WOW!" and I'm awake.

[Qinella]

I've had many lucid dreams, but quite by accident. They just happen.

One tip I've heard about how to trip a lucid dream would be to write something on your bathroom mirror, such as "you are dreaming". Then, in your dream, go to the bathroom and you will see the message. Then, start having fun!

The most bizarre lucid dreams I've had recently involved lots of Korean language. My Korean usage is fluent in my dreams. Haha! It could be just nonsense, or it could be stored vocabulary and grammar that my conscious brain won't let me access. Who knows.

A lucid dream thread isn't complete without mentioning Waking Life. Awesome film.

Q.

[Zulu]

Yeah...but I can't remember the details.

[re:cursive]

Back when I was a bit younger and experimenting more than I do today I got into this a bit. I still experience them occasionally but generally it seems to be something that happens to me more than me choosing to have a lucid dream on a particular night.

Apparently one of the first steps is to be able to consciously control the normal transience of the dream world. In other words, to be able to sustain a particular scene. So, if in the dream you are walking down a street and happen to notice a street sign or whatever, attempt to look at it and not let it dissappear or change. Read it and observe it like an artist doing a still life drawing.

Another tip I picked up was to observe the back of your hand before you go to sleep and then try to lift your hand in front of your face while you are dreaming and observe it again. Get to know the dynamics of the space like you know the back of your hand. Sounds easy...but it is actually quite difficult. If you can do this with regular ease it can apparently serve as a useful grounding tool for when the dream starts to slip out of your conscious control...if things start slipping, look at your hand again.

I never stuck with it for long enough but had some friends who did who were able to tell me some interesting stories. One of my best friends and his girlfriend at the time devoted months to pushing it. They spent their days looking at a single point in the room and doing vocal resonance things. Apparently after a while they were able to meet in the dream world while they were geographically apart. They said that their dreams coincided ie. they met at the same place and did the same things.

Another older and quite experienced friend never lent me a particular book of more advanced techniques because he thought it was too dangerous (He never told me the title of the book either).

I actually had a rather vivid lucid dream last night in which I managed to get some control. Apparently I also did a bit of sleepwalking. I considered posting the details and may do later but at the moment it doesn't seem like this thread or for that matter, this forum, is the place to share such details.

There's a lot of information and knowledge about lucid dreaming out there and if you are interested I am sure you can track it down.

[merlot]

I started having lucid dreams when I was in the 8th grade. It was no accident that I started having them as I "willed myself" to. My theory was that we seem to dream about what we think about a lot; so I began to think a lot about what it would be like to be in a dream, and to know it.

Soon, it happened for the first time. In the dream I was walking around my Jr. High campus fully aware that I was in a dream...just kind of checking it out; it was cool. I climbed a ladder on the side of one of the buildings haphazardly knowing I couldn�t get hurt in a dream.

Finally, I had had enough and started trying to wake myself up. I was walking through the crowd at school hitting and pinching myself to no avail. Now, I was full-on frustrated and wanted to wake up. But no matter how much I pinched myself, etc, I couldn't.

I finally started asking people around me: "How do you wake up from these dreams?"

Someone said: "Aim toothpaste."

I ran into a bathroom and opened the cabinet--sure enough--a tube of Aim toothpaste.

I grabbed it, put a bit on my tongue, and instantly I woke up...for real.

That was the first one, many years ago

Now, when I'm really on my game, I inquire into things, do math, fly, solve problems, go totally cosmic�stuff like that, and other things as well that are too incredible to elaborate on here.

[Hater Depot]

My brother is quite adept at teaching himself stuff, and one of them was lucid dreaming. His advice is to practice checking if you're dreaming during the day, so that it becomes a habit you'll do once you start dreaming. He also says to spin in place if you think you're about to wake up.

[Tiger Beer]

yeah, i was getting them back when i was reading a lot of Carlos Castaneda.

Just picked up 'The Art of Dreaming' to re-read again.. will report back if one occurs again..

[hermes.trismegistus]

Yup. Dream majik can be some powerful stuff.

You might try Weor's Dream Yoga.

Namaste.

[holeinthesky]

[Ya-ta Boy]

As one who very, VERY seldom remembers even one dream a month, I find people who want to talk about dreams in public to be very narcissistic. At least with a sex partner there were two of you there.

[Qinella]

[holeinthesky]

[hermes.trismegistus]