Comments for How To Lucid Dream http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com Teach yourself how to lucid dream and free your mind! Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:17:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Top 10 tips on how to lucid dream by Robin http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/top-10-tips-on-how-to-lucid-dream/#comment-103 Robin Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:17:10 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/top-10-tips-on-how-to-lucid-dream/#comment-103 11. Sleep Deprivation This works if you have a quiet day or two without work or family distractions. Force yourself to stay awake all night, drink coffee or whatever if it helps. Maybe use the time to catch up on something useful like paperwork. Starting about 10am take a nap somewhere unusual such as on the sofa - not your bed. It should be hard to fall asleep. Instead you may experience several short naps, during some of which you may find you can go lucid. Thanks to this technique I am more practised and can now go lucid a couple of times a week in normal sleep. 11. Sleep Deprivation
This works if you have a quiet day or two without work or family distractions. Force yourself to stay awake all night, drink coffee or whatever if it helps. Maybe use the time to catch up on something useful like paperwork. Starting about 10am take a nap somewhere unusual such as on the sofa – not your bed. It should be hard to fall asleep. Instead you may experience several short naps, during some of which you may find you can go lucid. Thanks to this technique I am more practised and can now go lucid a couple of times a week in normal sleep.

]]> Comment on Why lucid dream? by RJ http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/about/#comment-100 RJ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:08:51 +0000 #comment-100 Was just wondering if you are in the actual act of lucid dreaming, would it still be considered a form of lucidity to change something in the dream (somewhat relative to "The Matrix" movie, I suppose)...I used to have the ability to control or change certain things with a tremendous amount of focus, which might not sound that amazing, but I don't know of many people who can relate. Was just wondering if you are in the actual act of lucid dreaming, would it still be considered a form of lucidity to change something in the dream (somewhat relative to “The Matrix” movie, I suppose)…I used to have the ability to control or change certain things with a tremendous amount of focus, which might not sound that amazing, but I don’t know of many people who can relate.

]]> Comment on Top 10 tips on how to lucid dream by Lola http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/top-10-tips-on-how-to-lucid-dream/#comment-95 Lola Sun, 17 May 2009 07:03:16 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/top-10-tips-on-how-to-lucid-dream/#comment-95 I whole heartedly agree, from experience, with the part about taking naps and using the WILD technique (although I don't do it with alarms because somenights I just wake up on my own and can have a dream in about 3-4 parts!) And naps, I wouldn't do often. I think the main point about napping is that it is out of place from your routine. So doing it all of the time will defeat the purpose. I whole heartedly agree, from experience, with the part about taking naps and using the WILD technique (although I don’t do it with alarms because somenights I just wake up on my own and can have a dream in about 3-4 parts!) And naps, I wouldn’t do often. I think the main point about napping is that it is out of place from your routine. So doing it all of the time will defeat the purpose.

]]> Comment on How to lucid dream by Lucid dreaming and the butterfly effect « Health http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/how-to-lucid-dream/#comment-93 Lucid dreaming and the butterfly effect « Health Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:06:48 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/how-to-lucid-dream/#comment-93 [...] visited the question of the butterfly dream before on this blog. It’s relevance to lucid dreaming has until now been largely left as an [...] [...] visited the question of the butterfly dream before on this blog. It’s relevance to lucid dreaming has until now been largely left as an [...]

]]> Comment on False awakenings, positive lucid dreams by Corwin http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/false-awakenings-positive-lucid-dreams/#comment-89 Corwin Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:36:32 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-89 I'm 30 years old, and have just recently gotten into the experience of lucid dreaming. But I'm still a beginner. My realization that I can do this began with false awakenings. My false awakenings tended to have a night-time theme. I imagined awakening while it was still dark and walking around the house, finding that I was unable to turn the lights on. Then, I would discover that I was likewise unable to do any of the other things that I wanted to do. Next, I would have a panicky desire to flee the house. Finally, I would awaken into my stable reality. This dream was uncommon, but it recurred often enough that I learned to sense the cues of whether I was sleeping. I developed the expectation of awakening soon when I had this dream. The feeling of helplessness during this dream is probably related to sleep paralysis, which is an inability to move during certain sleep states. Also, the real lights in my room remained physically off when I wanted them on. Knowing when you are dreaming is a truth that will set you free. I’m 30 years old, and have just recently gotten into the experience of lucid dreaming. But I’m still a beginner.

My realization that I can do this began with false awakenings.

My false awakenings tended to have a night-time theme.

I imagined awakening while it was still dark and walking around the house, finding that I was unable to turn the lights on. Then, I would discover that I was likewise unable to do any of the other things that I wanted to do. Next, I would have a panicky desire to flee the house. Finally, I would awaken into my stable reality.

This dream was uncommon, but it recurred often enough that I learned to sense the cues of whether I was sleeping. I developed the expectation of awakening soon when I had this dream.

The feeling of helplessness during this dream is probably related to sleep paralysis, which is an inability to move during certain sleep states. Also, the real lights in my room remained physically off when I wanted them on.

Knowing when you are dreaming is a truth that will set you free.

]]> Comment on False awakenings, positive lucid dreams by alex batez http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/false-awakenings-positive-lucid-dreams/#comment-88 alex batez Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:56:42 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-88 i started to have lucid dreams 1 year ago im only 18 but wus stunned after my frst one and wanted to find out more , i see lucid dreaming as unpleasent as for some reason nothing postive ever happens in my lucid dreams, and i usuall get hurt in them and actually 'FEEL' the pain its amazing i'm very intriged to find out more , but more recently ive been having false awakenings often i can go through half an hour before realizing im in one , my problem which im trying to curb is my tendency to panic when false awakenings and lucid dreams occur........ i started to have lucid dreams 1 year ago im only 18 but wus stunned after my frst one and wanted to find out more , i see lucid dreaming as unpleasent as for some reason nothing postive ever happens in my lucid dreams, and i usuall get hurt in them and actually ‘FEEL’ the pain its amazing i’m very intriged to find out more , but more recently ive been having false awakenings often i can go through half an hour before realizing im in one , my problem which im trying to curb is my tendency to panic when false awakenings and lucid dreams occur……..

]]> Comment on Why lucid dream? by Nathan http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/about/#comment-87 Nathan Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:06:15 +0000 #comment-87 Dan, it sounds like what you were experiencing was your brain reacting to the excitement generated by the fact that you just gained lucidity. The dream began to fall apart because your brainwaves were becoming too active. Don't worry, in time this problem can fade. Dan, it sounds like what you were experiencing was your brain reacting to the excitement generated by the fact that you just gained lucidity. The dream began to fall apart because your brainwaves were becoming too active. Don’t worry, in time this problem can fade.

]]> Comment on The Top 5 Lucid Dreaming myths by Nathan http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/the-top-5-lucid-dreaming-myths/#comment-86 Nathan Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:01:18 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/the-top-5-lucid-dreaming-myths/#comment-86 Learning how to lucid dream is hard? Lol, I started lucid dreaming as a small child. It does however take practice and skill to be able to fly at super fast speeds without waking up! Learning how to lucid dream is hard? Lol, I started lucid dreaming as a small child. It does however take practice and skill to be able to fly at super fast speeds without waking up!

]]> Comment on Why lucid dream? by Dan Watson http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/about/#comment-85 Dan Watson Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:19:39 +0000 #comment-85 Hey , i just thought i could explain a dream i had last night becuase im having diffuculty figuring oput whether it was a lucid dream or not. I was with my friend in the dream and then realised i was dreaming, but instead of the dream getting clearer , it became more dull and blurry. Then i felt a sensation i had never felt before , i could actually feel my body transferring me into the dream as i could feel all my senses coming into the dream . The dream then ended , and i just wanted to know if what i was experiencing was the start of a lucid dream. thanks Dan Hey , i just thought i could explain a dream i had last night becuase im having diffuculty figuring oput whether it was a lucid dream or not. I was with my friend in the dream and then realised i was dreaming, but instead of the dream getting clearer , it became more dull and blurry. Then i felt a sensation i had never felt before , i could actually feel my body transferring me into the dream as i could feel all my senses coming into the dream . The dream then ended , and i just wanted to know if what i was experiencing was the start of a lucid dream. thanks Dan

]]> Comment on How to lucid dream: go WILD! by 15thchakra http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/how-to-lucid-dream-the-easy-way-go-wild/#comment-84 15thchakra Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:34:58 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/how-to-lucid-dream-the-easy-way-go-wild/#comment-84 i think as we grow older it becomes harder to know your dreaming cus of our day to day lessons in life. I have noticed for myself anyway right before i go to bed my mind is going over previous things i have learned or want to learn. A large help for me to lucid dream, although i have not mastered this yet is to clear my mind and focus on (vibrations). focus on nothing. If you practice MEDITATION this will come naturally with time. Although this sounds like a contridiction focus on awarness and nothing else. hope some of this helps : } best of luck to yew all If this subject is of great interest to you i strongly urge you to read these books below they will BLOW your mind. Journeys out of body- Robert A Monroe Far Journeys- Robert A Monroe .. . also check out the monroe institute for any sleeping problems you may have. i think as we grow older it becomes harder to know your dreaming cus of our day to day lessons in life. I have noticed for myself anyway right before i go to bed my mind is going over previous things i have learned or want to learn. A large help for me to lucid dream, although i have not mastered this yet is to clear my mind and focus on (vibrations). focus on nothing. If you practice MEDITATION this will come naturally with time. Although this sounds like a contridiction focus on awarness and nothing else.

hope some of this helps : } best of luck to yew all

If this subject is of great interest to you i strongly urge you to read these books below they will BLOW your mind.

Journeys out of body- Robert A Monroe

Far Journeys- Robert A Monroe
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also check out the monroe institute for any sleeping problems you may have.

]]> Comment on How to lucid dream: go WILD! by agnes nateba http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/how-to-lucid-dream-the-easy-way-go-wild/#comment-83 agnes nateba Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:29:52 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/how-to-lucid-dream-the-easy-way-go-wild/#comment-83 I often know I'm dreaming and when I do realise this, I jump off a cliff - or something similar, and I know I can fly and I usually do. It's a glorious feeling. But sometimes I realise that I'm in the middle of a dream, when it's a specially horrifying dream - like being chased by Frankenstein or Dracula - and I force myself to wake up, like shaking myself like mad and it seems ages before I'm able to wake up. But eventually I do. My dreams are particularly vivid - sometimes it's night, sometimes a bright sunny day. I can remember dreams from years back. I often know I’m dreaming and when I do realise this, I jump off a cliff – or something similar, and I know I can fly and I usually do. It’s a glorious feeling.

But sometimes I realise that I’m in the middle of a dream, when it’s a specially horrifying dream – like being chased by Frankenstein or Dracula – and I force myself to wake up, like shaking myself like mad and it seems ages before I’m able to wake up. But eventually I do.

My dreams are particularly vivid – sometimes it’s night, sometimes a bright sunny day. I can remember dreams from years back.

]]> Comment on How to lucid dream by Lucid dreaming and the butterfly effect « How To Lucid Dream http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/how-to-lucid-dream/#comment-81 Lucid dreaming and the butterfly effect « How To Lucid Dream Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:05:48 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/how-to-lucid-dream/#comment-81 [...] dreaming and the butterfly effect I’ve visited the question of the butterfly dream before on this blog. It’s relevance to lucid dreaming has until now been largely left as an [...] [...] dreaming and the butterfly effect I’ve visited the question of the butterfly dream before on this blog. It’s relevance to lucid dreaming has until now been largely left as an [...]

]]> Comment on False awakenings, positive lucid dreams by Ryan Hurd http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/false-awakenings-positive-lucid-dreams/#comment-80 Ryan Hurd Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:38:48 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-80 I have "suffered from" many false awakenings, endless series of attempts to wake up. The most unexpected was "waking up", sitting up in my bed, looking at the clock (stable lights), swinging my feet over the side of the bed and stretching, and finally standing up only to find the floor disappear with me falling into a bottom chasm! This article is great as a reminder that these moments are actually opportunities to delve deeper into lucid dreaming. I have “suffered from” many false awakenings, endless series of attempts to wake up. The most unexpected was “waking up”, sitting up in my bed, looking at the clock (stable lights), swinging my feet over the side of the bed and stretching, and finally standing up only to find the floor disappear with me falling into a bottom chasm!

This article is great as a reminder that these moments are actually opportunities to delve deeper into lucid dreaming.

]]> Comment on How to lucid dream: go WILD! by Stef http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/how-to-lucid-dream-the-easy-way-go-wild/#comment-79 Stef Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:36:04 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/how-to-lucid-dream-the-easy-way-go-wild/#comment-79 I have had lucid dreams since little - I am 24 - but as the number of tasks I have to deal with grows, I seem not to be able to lucid dream any more. Actually I cannot remember my dreams any more. So, I believe there must be a connection about how relaxed you are before you go to sleep and the ability to trigger this kind of dreams. I have had lucid dreams since little – I am 24 – but as the number of tasks I have to deal with grows, I seem not to be able to lucid dream any more. Actually I cannot remember my dreams any more.
So, I believe there must be a connection about how relaxed you are before you go to sleep and the ability to trigger this kind of dreams.

]]> Comment on How to lucid dream: go WILD! by bkbutler83 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/how-to-lucid-dream-the-easy-way-go-wild/#comment-75 bkbutler83 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:11:58 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/how-to-lucid-dream-the-easy-way-go-wild/#comment-75 Took a class in college where we kept a dream journal; I put a big sign at the foot of my bed that said "dream." Though I wasn't having dreams whose direction I could consciously control, my dreams did get wilder, my memory of them extensive and detailed, to the point where my dreams the night before sort of haunted me throughout the whole next day. Took a class in college where we kept a dream journal; I put a big sign at the foot of my bed that said “dream.” Though I wasn’t having dreams whose direction I could consciously control, my dreams did get wilder, my memory of them extensive and detailed, to the point where my dreams the night before sort of haunted me throughout the whole next day.

]]> Comment on How to lucid dream: go WILD! by Mary Stebbins Taitt http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/how-to-lucid-dream-the-easy-way-go-wild/#comment-58 Mary Stebbins Taitt Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:09:51 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/how-to-lucid-dream-the-easy-way-go-wild/#comment-58 I have had some limited success with this method in the past, but simply paying attention to dreams worked better for me. I get great hypnogogics this way though! I have had some limited success with this method in the past, but simply paying attention to dreams worked better for me. I get great hypnogogics this way though!

]]> Comment on The Top 5 Lucid Dreaming myths by Mary Stebbins Taitt http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/the-top-5-lucid-dreaming-myths/#comment-54 Mary Stebbins Taitt Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:10:57 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/the-top-5-lucid-dreaming-myths/#comment-54 Lucid dreaming is definitely fun and exciting--in fact sometimes it's so exciting it wakes me up. I love it. (Haven't done it lately though.) Lucid dreaming is definitely fun and exciting–in fact sometimes it’s so exciting it wakes me up. I love it. (Haven’t done it lately though.)

]]> Comment on The Top 5 Lucid Dreaming myths by anonymum http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/the-top-5-lucid-dreaming-myths/#comment-47 anonymum Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:51:07 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/the-top-5-lucid-dreaming-myths/#comment-47 I Stumbled onto your site and just thought I'd let you know, I lucid dream naturally and always have...it just happens...I only found out it had a name about 6 months ago... cheers Maureen I Stumbled onto your site and just thought I’d let you know, I lucid dream naturally and always have…it just happens…I only found out it had a name about 6 months ago…
cheers
Maureen

]]> Comment on How to lucid dream: go WILD! by How to lucid dream: go WILD! http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/how-to-lucid-dream-the-easy-way-go-wild/#comment-20 How to lucid dream: go WILD! Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:50:16 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/how-to-lucid-dream-the-easy-way-go-wild/#comment-20 [...] will greatly increase your chances of having a lucid dream. This article describes the technique.read more | digg [...] [...] will greatly increase your chances of having a lucid dream. This article describes the technique.read more | digg [...]

]]> Comment on How to lucid dream: go WILD! by Liara Covert http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/how-to-lucid-dream-the-easy-way-go-wild/#comment-6 Liara Covert Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:28:15 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/how-to-lucid-dream-the-easy-way-go-wild/#comment-6 As a person begins to sense a level of control while floating during lucid dreams, it can be exhilarating, peaceful and even mind-blowing. It can defy most of your experiences and points of reference. Its not uncommon for disorienting or abrupt transitions back to waking consciousness to disorient the dreamer. How would you guide people to learn to exert more control for, shall we say, "smoother transitions" among conscious states and to avoid bumpy landings? As a person begins to sense a level of control while floating during lucid dreams, it can be exhilarating, peaceful and even mind-blowing. It can defy most of your experiences and points of reference. Its not uncommon for disorienting or abrupt transitions back to waking consciousness to disorient the dreamer. How would you guide people to learn to exert more control for, shall we say, “smoother transitions” among conscious states and to avoid bumpy landings?

]]> Comment on Top 10 tips on how to lucid dream by Kerri in Brisbane http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/top-10-tips-on-how-to-lucid-dream/#comment-3 Kerri in Brisbane Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:32:44 +0000 http://howtoluciddream.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/top-10-tips-on-how-to-lucid-dream/#comment-3 Hi Rich I love this part: "and you won’t even need to spend extra on popcorn!" I often wake up thinking my dreams are so entertaining and creative they would make a blockbuster movie. =) warmly Kerri Hi Rich

I love this part: “and you won’t even need to spend extra on popcorn!”

I often wake up thinking my dreams are so entertaining and creative they would make a blockbuster movie. =)

warmly
Kerri

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