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Welcome to the DreamViews.com Lucid Dreaming guide. Below are the pages from which this
guide has been compiled:
http:www.dream!iews.cominde".php
http:www.dream!iews.comwhatislucid.php
http:www.dream!iews.comwhylucid.php
http:www.dream!iews.comlearnable.php
http:www.dream!iews.comsleepstages.php
http:www.dream!iews.comdreamrecall.php
http:www.dream!iews.comdreamsigns.php
http:www.dream!iews.cominduction.php
http:www.dream!iews.comstayinglucid.php
http:www.dream!iews.comdreamcontrol.php
http:www.dream!iews.comwhatne"t.php
http:www.dream!iews.comtutorials.php
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Lucid Dreaming
Before we begin, consider this: if the average person
spends 7 hours a day sleeping, and lives an average life
of about 75 years, then he or she has slept nearly 1/3 (22
years of his or her life away! "hose averages are not
based on any official gathered data, but serve to i#press
the point of $ust how #uch of our lives we actually
spend sleeping! %t&s possible, however, to get #ore life
out of those wasted years through lucid drea#ing anddrea# control! 'f course, that&s #ore easily said than
done! Before being able to control your drea#s you have
to be able to recognie that you are drea#ing!
Lucid dreaming (also )nown as dream consciousness or
conscious dreaming is drea#ing while being aware that
you are drea#ing! "o actually have a lucid drea# you
#erely have to recognie that you are drea#ing!
*ealiing you are drea#ing #ay not see# all that
special, but beco#ing aware that you are drea#ing
presents the opportunity of controlling drea#s! "he idea
is that once you are aware you are drea#ing you canalter your drea#s and dictate what happens: you can do
anything you&ve ever wanted and go anywhere you&ve
ever desired! +urther#ore, everyone can learn how to
have lucid drea#s! ound too good to be true, or perhaps
a little too -new.ageish0 ucid drea#ing is very real
and very possible, and there are #any practical and
down.to.arth reasons to eperi#ent with lucid drea#s!
4re you a little apprehensive over the idea of controlling
your drea#s, for various reasons ou can also use
co#ponents of lucid drea#ing to si#ply aid in drea#
recall, to provide you with #ore of an opportunity to
deeply eplore your drea#s, and to even help increase
the chances of you drea#ing about things that you&d li)e
to drea# about6without having control! *egardless, we
are getting ahead of ourselves here! 4 good place to start
is with a #ore co#plete eplanation of $ust what
constitutes lucid drea#ing!
Before Proceeding
%&d li)e to #a)e sure that anyone reading this site is
pursuing lucid drea#ing for the right reasons and also
understands the possible conseuences involved with
ecessive force! +irst off, as will be suggested on the
net page, lucid drea#ing should not be used to escape
fro# reality! % cannot stress that enough6there is a real
world out there, and lucid drea#ing is best used both as
a recreational activity and to aid in personal
develop#ent8 lucid drea#s should not be used as a
vehicle to displace reality! even or eight hours of sleep
per night is enough6don&t sleep your life away!
o far as ecessive force goes, lucid drea#ing is best
sought after in #oderation! 9e live in an i#patient
society with an addiction to and a learned.dependence of
#icrowaves and instant.#essaging! 4llowing that
attitude to percolate into your drea# life could have a
detri#ental effect on so#ething that was intended to
help )eep you healthy and clear.headed! "hus, proceed
slowly and don&t use too #uch force when
eperi#enting with lucid drea#s, and it is a good idea to
ta)e brea)s fro# trying! ou certainly don&t want to
awa)e in the #orning feeling ehausted, thus co#pletely
rescinding the purpose of sleep! %f you find yourselffeeling abnor#ally tired after beginning to atte#pt lucid
drea#ing, then lessen the freuency of your atte#pts6
you #ay perhaps want to li#it your atte#pts to the
wee)ends only! *egardless, so long as you heed these
warnings you have nothing to fear with having lucid
drea#s: lucid drea#ing is co#pletely safe if used
responsibly!
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Definition
"here is nothing inherently difficult to understand about
the concept of lucid drea#ing: as stated in the
introduction, lucid drea#ing is si#ply drea#ing while
being aware you are drea#ing! ou can thin) of lucid
drea#ing as being conscious while drea#ing! %f, by
chance, during a drea# it suddenly dawns on you that
you are drea#ing, then you have eperienced a lucid
drea#, regardless of whether you have been able to
attain control of your drea#! ucid drea#ing is usually
induced by so#e sort of cue 6so#ething that indicates
to the person that what he or she is eperiencing is adrea#, and not reality! ues, however, are not necessary
for beco#ing lucid: so#eti#es people spontaneously
beco#e lucid without noticing anything strange or
typical of drea#s! ucid drea#ing is a very si#ple
concept but for #ost it will ta)e patience and
deter#ination to achieve!
;any people see# ignorant of the distinction between
having a lucid drea#, and controlling a drea#! Being
able to freely control one&s drea# does not directly
follow beco#ing lucid: one can have a lucid drea#
without any control whatsoever! ontrolling your drea#
is si#ply proceeding to the net level, by atte#pting to
eert your will upon your surroundings!
Misconceptions
ince lucid drea#ing is a relatively un)nown
pheno#enon, there are a nu#ber of #isconceptions that
enco#pass it:
Lucid dreaming is new-ageish
4s stated in the introduction, #any people when first
introduced to the concept dis#iss it as being biarre and
too -new.ageish!0 %n reality, lucid drea#ing is whatever
you want it to be6because, after all, they are your
drea#s6and does not necessarily fall under the stig#aof -new.age!0 "his site offers a very practical
ea#ination of lucid drea#ing along with practical
reasons for why one would want to endeavour to induce
lucid drea#s!
Lucid dreaming advocates escapism
4nother #isconception is that lucid drea#ing advocates
escapis#! "his site, by no #eans whatsoever, condones
escapis#! ucid drea#ing occurs while you are
sleeping8 it is not #eant at all to infringe upon yourinvolve#ent in the real world! %ndeed, reading a boo) or
watching a #ovie will ta)e you out of the -real world0
#ore than lucid drea#ing will! "he idea that lucid
drea#ing advocates escapis# is valid only when one
atte#pts to sleep #ore in order to induce lucid drea#s!
"his site only suggests that one #aintain a healthy sleep
pattern to pro#ote lucid drea#s6an average of 7 or <
hours a night is reco##ended!
Lucid dreaming is unnatural, involves "dark arts," or is
occult related
o#e #isguided people i##ediately assu#e lucid
drea#ing #ust be a corrupt practice8 this is $ust plain
silly! =enunciations such as this are the direct result of
fear of the un)nown6this site hopes to dispel such
ignorance! "here is nothing inherently wrong or
uestionable with lucid drea#ing8 instead, there are
#any positive reasons to practice it! >eople who believe
otherwise should first read about it before for#ing an
opinion!
Dreams contain messages that are lost with lucid
dreaming
+inally, #any people ta)e an intransigent stance against
lucid drea#ing based on their belief that our drea#s are
trying to tell us so#ething, and we lose those #essages
by trying to alter our drea#s! "hat&s a reasonable
position to ta)e, however, that idea is not entirely valid!
+irst of all, #ost people that endeavour to have lucid
drea#s only have the# occasionally6perhaps a few
ti#es a #onth! o#e obviously will have the# #ore
often (perhaps several ti#es a wee) or even in a night
but again for the #ost part, on average, those whoatte#pt lucid drea#ing still have #ore non.lucid drea#s
than lucid ones! >erhaps even #ore valid a point is that
beco#ing proficient at lucid drea#ing de#ands
ecellent drea# recall! "hus, while practicing to beco#e
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lucid in drea#s you are also increasing your ability to
re#e#ber your drea#s, which as a by.product will
provide you with #ore #e#orable drea#s to sift
through in search of hidden insight! "herefore one can
practice lucid drea#ing and still attain enough -regular0
drea#s so that he or she need not worry about losing
so#ething i#portant!
Levels of Lucidity & Dream Control
ucid drea#ing was defined as beco#ing aware you are
drea#ing8 the actual level of awareness varies, however!
9hen the level of lucidity is high you are well aware
that nothing you eperience is real, and you realie that
you have nothing to fear6you cannot be har#ed by any
situations that #ay see# precarious! 9ith low.level
lucidity, although partially aware you are drea#ing, you
are not aware enough to have a great i#pact on your
drea#6you #ay accept so#e aspects of your drea#
that you would not nor#ally accept in the ordinaryworld (you #ay not find it at all strange that your dog
flies around the living roo#, etc! 9ith low.level
lucidity your realiation #ay also uic)ly fade and you
#ay accept the whole drea# as reality!
4gain, attaining lucidity does not i##ediately #ean
you&re in control of your drea#s! 4s we&ll discuss later a
lot of practice is necessary in order to eert and #aintain
control! 'bviously you have the best chance of
controlling your drea#s with a high.level of awareness,
but even then it #ay not be possible to eert #uch
control, at least, at first! 4lthough eperience plays a part in how well you can control your drea#s, your own
belief and confidence is )ey! %f you lac) confidence in
your drea#s, you #ay fail at controlling the#6if you
believe in a drea# that you cannot do so#ething, it is
very li)ely that you won&t be able to!
%nstead of changing the drea#, however, you could
#erely control your own behaviour! "his )ind of drea#
control is #ost beneficial during night#ares! *ather than
atte#pting to change the drea#, you can change your
own attitude! By realiing it is #erely a drea# and that
you cannot sustain physical da#age, you can allay your
fear, which is the only real part of the night#are!
hanging your attitude in such a #anner usually
transfor#s the night#are into so#ething #ore peaceful
as well! =efeating night#ares is only one of #any
reasons to atte#pt to have lucid drea#s6the net
section lists #ore!
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Lucid Dreaming #ses
9e&ve gone over what lucid drea#s are and hinted
on how to have the#, but we haven&t answered a
very i#portant uestion: what is the point in trying to
have a lucid drea# "o answer that uestion, you
need only realie that beco#ing aware you are
drea#ing presents you with the opportunity to ta)e
absolute and co#plete control of your drea#s! %n
your drea#s you are not bound by any physical or
i#posed restraints6anything is possible! "he possibilities of your drea#s are li#ited only by the
confines of your own i#agination! "hat pre#ise
creates the i#pression that lucid drea#s are used
only to create our own pseudo.realities8 that is only
half the picture! "here are also so#e serious practical
uses for lucid drea#s in which you should consider,
and we&ll get into all of that now!
Below are so#e co##on reasons for lucid drea#ing,
bro)en down into the following categories:
• $d!enture and %"citement• &ocial Practice
• &topping 'ightmares
• Problem &ol!ing
• (iscellaneous'ot so Practical
Adventure and Excitement
"o fully eperience lucid drea#ing, you have to
re#e#ber that you are not governed by any laws in
your drea#s: you have co#plete freedo#! %nstead of
wal)ing to school or wor), you can fly! 9hile in
#id.flight you #ay spontaneously decide you&d
rather eplore the elusive depths of the ocean without
a breathing apparatus, or travel at inco#prehensible
speeds and eplore the endless heavens around us
without a ship! 'r perhaps you&ll re#e#ber a boo)
or a #ovie that captured your soul6perhaps you&ll
beco#e the #ain character of that boo) or #ovie and
live for a short while in that story! 'r #aybe you&d
$ust li)e to live your own life, with the added bonus
of not being restricted by any conseuences of your
actions! >erhaps you&ve always wanted to tell offyour boss, or push your car to its #ai#u# speed
(and beyond on an open stretch of highway!
*egardless, it will li)ely ta)e a while for you to fully
appreciate the idea that you can do whatever you
i#agine6you&ll li)ely thin) things are not possible
during your first few lucid drea#s, and be unable to
do the#!
Social Practice
%f you have never eperienced lucid drea#ing before,you are probably $ust vaguely s)i##ing through this
site while only half paying attention6you are
co#pletely unaware of how incredibly and
profoundly vivid and realistic lucid drea#ing can be!
%ndeed, it can be so realistic that you can use it to
rehearse for situations you #ay encounter in life!
?ave you ever wished to have a #o#ent bac) so that
you could change it because at the ti#e you weren&t
sure what to do ucid drea#ing clearly cannot do
that for you, and drea#ing of that #o#ent isn&t very
beneficial since it will si#ply instill a greater longing
to have that #o#ent bac)! ou can, however, try outnew behaviours and test yourself under different
situations and scenarios, and learn fro# the results!
%n this respect you can perhaps prepare yourself for
#o#ents that have not yet happened, and perhaps
prevent yourself fro# #a)ing otherwise inescapable
#ista)es! *e#e#ber, we all #a)e #ista)es because
we all have things we need to learn! o#e things are
perhaps best learnt without having to do so at the
epense of others! o#e ea#ples of using lucid
drea#ing for rehearsal are for social events, public
spea)ing, difficult or aw)ward confrontations (such
as firing so#eone, or even proposing #arriage, etc!
'f course, everything is controlled by your own
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#ind, so in whatever situations you find yourself
drea#ing about you&re essentially guessing how
others will react! learly this is not that eact
because it&s not all that often that we are luc)y
enough to have the opportunity to )now so#eone
well enough that we can fill in all the -blan)s08 thus,a lot of guessing will be done on your part to
deter#ine how others will react in your drea#s! %n
so#e situations responses are relatively easy to
predict, especially when you factor in your own
eperiences and insight into who people are! Be
careful not to convince yourself that you )now
so#eone well enough that you&re sure how he or she
will react, however6$ust because we acted one way
in one situation doesn&t #ean we&ll at all act
si#ilarly in another! *egardless, you of course have
the ability to create si#ilar #o#ents indefinitely,
which allows you to better prepare yourself for awide range of outco#es! *e#e#ber that you&re $ust
rehearsing though@don&t beco#e lost in your
pseudo.realities!
Stopping Nigtmares
;ost of us loo) forward to sleep because it is a very
peaceful ti#e and allows us to unwind and forget, for
a short while, the endless unrest of our wa)ing lives!
o#e people, however, dread falling asleep because
they are plagued by incessant night#ares! ucid
drea#ing can play a very i#portant role in
alleviating the fear of night#ares! 9ith drea#
control you can co#pletely alter the setting and
contet of your drea#, effectively defeating your
night#are! ven if full drea# control isn&t achieved,
being consciously aware you are drea#ing will
lessen the devastating effects night#ares can have on
you: )nowing a situation isn&t real drastically
attenuates the fear or inti#idation that would
nor#ally be associated with that situation! ucid
drea#ing #ay also rid one of night#ares
per#anently, and #ay actually be psychologically beneficial because it provides one with the
opportunity to face up to his or her fears on his or her
own ter#s, which is usually not that possible in the
wa)ing world! ucid drea#ing can provide you with
the opportunity to realie that your fears are perhaps
unfounded and help you find the confidence to
overco#e the# in the real world!
Pro!lem Solving
"his is a very interesting aspect of *; sleep! leep
is seen as a ti#e of rest8 it #ay see# strange that the brain is highly active during *; sleep, co#parable
to when awa)e! o#e studies even suggest the brain
is #ost creative during the period between wa)ing
and *; sleep, although those studies are beyond
the scope of this site! 4 possible eplanation to the
heightened #ental abilities of the brain during sleep
is the lac) of sensory input6the brain is not focused
on our senses, such as sight, hearing, etc! "hus, the brain can focus #ore readily on creative proble#
solving! >roble# solving while drea#ing obviously
can be uite difficult since one would really have to
focus on one&s intent and prevent etraneous
interference fro# distracting hi# or her! %&# sure we
all appreciate how easy it is to beco#e distracted in
our drea#s, losing sight of so#ething that happened
#o#ents before as so#ething co#pletely new
happens!
Miscellaneous"Not so Practical
"he four reasons for wanting to induce lucid drea#s
%&ve given thus far are rather practical and easily
understood and accepted! "here are those who sleep
at night and use their drea#s for #ore
fantastic/controversial purposes! % don&t have #uch
eperience or )nowledge in this area, but % will share
what % )now! 'ne of these uses for lucid drea#s is
called dreamscaping ! =rea#scaping see#s to
enco#pass a nu#ber of things, one of which is
sharing a drea# with so#eone else6not si#ply
having an identical drea#, but rather, actually $oining
so#eone in a drea#8 it is so#eti#es also )nown as
collective dreaming ! % cannot say whether this is
possible or not, but there are those who swear it is!
"he idea itself % thin) is fascinating6to actually be
able to find so#eone else while drea#ing6but again
% cannot say whether it is possible or not!
4nother use that falls under this category is called
astral projection! 4stral pro$ection is another ter#
for an Aout of body eperienceA..so#ething %# sure
weve all at least heard about! "his involves
travelling to distant locations without our bodies, oreven si#ply the sensation that weve left our body
but havent gone far! % again )now nothing about this,
but the Lucid Crossroads site presents #ore
infor#ation on 'Bs here!
4 final use that %&ll place in this category #ight hit a
little closer to ho#e to #ost people than the others!
o#e of us eplore our drea#s si#ply loo)ing for
answers to uestions that we otherwise cannot
answer! "hat previous sentence spea)s volu#es, so
%&ll leave it at that!
%f you&re interested in reading about others& reasons
for having lucid drea#s and their eperiences, you
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can visit the ucid periences foru# on our
#essage board! "o read #ore about not.so.practical
uses for lucid drea#s, try Beyond =rea#ing on the
#essage board! Cet, we&ll discuss how learnable
lucid drea#ing really is!
Learning Lucid Dreaming
4n obvious uestion is, -an % learn to have lucid
drea#s0 "he answer is uite si#ple: yes! ucid
drea#ing is li)e any other s)ill6so#e are born with
the ability, while #ost #ust practice and wor) at it!
o#e ti#e ago % got into a discussion with #y sister
regarding lucid drea#ing! % was surprised to discover
that she had the ability to lucid drea# at will, and
always had, as far as she could re#e#ber! %n fact,
she thought it was uite nor#al6she had no idea
that #ost of us couldn&t auto#atically have the#!
#o$ do % start
"he #ain prereuisite for having lucid drea#s is
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above average drea# recall! 4lthough it #ay at first
not see# li)e it, developing drea# recall is fairly
easy! +or the #ost part it ta)es only practice and
#otivation! "hese two necessities to developing
drea# recall are rather self.eplanatory: if you want
to get better at a s)ill you #ust practice8 if you&re not#otivated, you won&t practice! =iving right in and
atte#pting to have lucid drea#s without having the
ability to recall your drea#s is senseless because
you&ll li)ely not re#e#ber your lucid drea#s upon
wa)ing! 4lso, learning drea# recall will aid in both
your atte#pts to induce lucidity and to control your
drea#s because you will have developed the
diligence and patience necessary to do so! 'nce you
have i#proved your drea# recall to a couple drea#s
per night you can #ove on to atte#pting to induce
lucid drea#ing! 4gain, practice and #otivation will
beco#e )ey co#ponents to your success at luciddrea#ing!
#o$ long does it ta'e
"he length of ti#e reuired to have steady lucid
drea#s varies, depending on the person!
Deep in #ind since we are all individuals
it #ay also si#ply not be possible for you
to beco#e steady with your lucid
drea#ing: it is very li)ely you&ll only be
able to have a couple a #onth, if even
that #any! 4s stated previously drea#
recall, practice, and #otivation are all
critical co#ponents to successful lucid
drea#ing! 'bviously one who begins
with ecellent drea# recall will reuire
less ti#e and effort than one who only
occasionally re#e#bers his or her
drea#s! o#e will be #ore ardent than
others and will find it easier to stay#otivated and to practice! 4lso, there are
always those who see# to have a natural
predisposition for various s)ills, thus will
be able to proceed at an accelerated pace
regardless of their previous level of
eperience! % should note that lucid
drea#s are not necessarily only attained
by vigorous practice and diligence6it is
uite possible you have already
eperienced lucid drea#ing, although you
#ay not already )now it! %n fact, after
reading this site on lucid drea#ing you#ay very well have a lucid drea# tonight
6si#ply reading about and constantly
thin)ing about lucid drea#ing is often
enough to induce a lucid drea#! 4ttaining
the ability to lucid drea# at will,
however, reuires effort on your part!
+or further infor#ation on learning lucid drea#ing
you can read through our 4ttaining ucidity foru#
on the #essage board! +ro# here we&ll #ove on to
the stages of sleep which you should )now about so
that you can learn when you have the #ost vivid
drea#s during the night, which will aid in developing
recall and inducing lucid drea#s!
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"he tages of leep
4lthough sleep #ay see# li)e a steady state, it
actually consists of several stages that cycle
throughout the night! "he types of brain waves
present at the ti#e (based on a#plitudes and
freuencies deter#ine the stage of sleep! 'nly a brief introduction to the stages of sleep will be
presented here because a thorough ea#ination of
the# is beyond the scope of this site! ;ost
i#portantly, lucid drea#s occur in the 5th stage of
sleep, )nown as the *; ( Rapid Eye Moment stage
(note REM is read as a word, not as each individual
letter ! 4s the na#e alludes to, the #ost profound
discernible characteristic of *; sleep is the bursts
of rapid eye #ove#ent while drea#ing! 4lthough
drea#ing occurs during the other stages of sleep, the
#ost vivid drea#ing occurs during the *; stage!
'ne co#plete sleep cycle lasts about EF to 1FF
#inutes8 therefore during an average sleep period a
person will eperience G to 5 co#plete sleep cycles!
"he sleep cycle begins with four stages of 9
(!low-ave !leep, also called C*; ( #on-REM !
Cote that after the co#pletion of the Gth stage, the
5th stage does not i##ediately begin8 instead, the
first G stages uic)ly reverse and are then
i##ediately followed by a *; period! "he first
*;
period will occur roughly EF #inutes after falling
asleep8 thus the first *; period will last only about
1F #inutes, given the length of each sleep cycle
being roughly 1FF #inutes! "he length of the stages
is not static, however: as the night proceeds, the
length of stages 3 and G (also called delta or deep
sleep begins to wane, and the length of *; sleep
increases, up to about one hour in length after a
nu#ber of cycles! "herefore, as the night goes on,
you drea# for longer periods of ti#e!
"he following table offers a su##ary of the stages ofsleep:
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Sleep
Stage
Brain Waves
Common CharacteristicsFreque
ncyType
)
*&W& or
'+%(,
- to alpha/
theta
• transition state between sleep and wa0efulness• eyes begin to roll slightly
• consists mostly of theta wa!es *high amplitude/ lowfre1uency *slow,,
• brief periods of alpha wa!es/ similar to those presentwhile awa0e
• lasts only for a few minutes before mo!ing on to ne"t
stage
2
*&W& or
'+%(,
to )3
theta/
spindles/
04
comple"
es
• pea0s of brain wa!es become higher and higher *sleepspindles,
• k-complexes *pea0s suddenly drastically descend andthen pic0 bac0 up, follow spindles
• again/ only lasts for a few minutes
5*&W& or
'+%(,
2 to -delta/
theta
• also called delta sleep or deep sleep• !ery slow brain wa!es/ called delta waves *lower
fre1uency than theta wa!es,
• 26 to 367 of brain wa!es are delta wa!es8 the rest aretheta wa!es
-
*&W& or
'+%(,
6.3 to 2delta/
theta
• again/ also called delta sleep or deep sleep• more than 367 of brain wa!es are delta wa!es8 the rest
are theta wa!es
• last *and deepest, of the sleep stages before +%( sleep8stages re!erse and then +%( sleep begins
3
*+%(,9 )2 beta
• beta waves ha!e a high fre1uency and occur when thebrain is 1uite acti!e/ both in +%( sleep and while awa0e
• fre1uent bursts of rapid eye mo!ement/ along withoccasional muscular twitches
• heart may beat faster and breathing may become shallow
and rapid
• most !i!id dreaming occurs during this stage
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Cow that you understand when you have the #ost vivid drea#s during the night, you should #ove on to developing
drea# recall!
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De!eloping Dream +ecall
veryone drea#s every night, regardless of
what so#e #ay say! "hose who clai# that they don&t
drea# si#ply don&t re#e#ber their drea#s! o#e
people naturally re#e#ber their drea#s8 #any of us,
however, lose our ability to recall our drea#s as we
grow older due to the relentless stress and concerns
of our every day lives! =eveloping proficient drea#
recall is absolutely necessary when proceeding down
the path to lucid drea#ing for a couple )ey reasons!+irst of all, lucid drea#s are usually induced by
certain cues or signs6you need to be conscious
enough to ac)nowledge these signs if you wish to
advance your awareness in the drea# world! 9hen
we get into drea# signs we&ll further discuss these
devices of induction8 for now it is sufficient to say
that identifying your personal drea# signs will assist
you in your endeavour to drea# lucidly, and in order
to fa#iliarie yourself with your personal drea#
signs you need to begin recording your drea#s and
loo)ing for recurring ele#ents and aspects! "he
second reason for why developing drea# recall is soi#portant is rather si#ple: without being able to
re#e#ber your drea#s, you&ll forget any drea#s in
which you beca#e lucidH %t is etre#ely li)ely that
you&ve already eperienced several lucid drea#s but
$ust don&t )now it because you forgot the# during
the course of the night!
Ietting enough sleep at night is essential to
i#proving your ability to recall your drea#s! 4s long
as you&re well rested you&ll find it easier to focus
your intent on recalling your drea#s and youra#bition won&t be clouded by fatigue! 4lso, if you&re
able to get plenty of sleep during the night you won&t
#ind wa)ing up repeatedly to record your drea#s6
and that&s eactly what you&ll have to do! +inally, as
discussed in the section on stages of sleep, the *;
periods get longer during the latter hours of sleep8
thus sleeping for longer periods will give you #ore
of an opportunity to awa)en fro# your drea#s and
re#e#ber the#, and will also give you #ore
infor#ation to record!
4 dependable drea# recall will help in #any ways,
so it&s i#portant that you don&t develop it in a half.hearted #anner! i#ply wa)ing up in the #orning
and trying to recall the drea#s you had throughout
the course of the night is not enough! =uring the
night you will have #any different drea#s6at least
one per *; period of sleep! "he brain tends to
erase #e#ories of the previous drea# during the
inter#ediate stages between *; sleep! "hus, to
salvage the #e#ories of your drea#s you&ll need to
awa)e during the *; periods, while the drea#s are
still fresh in your #ind! "o beco#e proficient with
drea# recall you&ll need to be able to recall a few
drea#s per night! osing a night here and there to
stress or aniety is understandable, but be careful not
to fall into a rut! 4wa)ing during or shortly after
*; periods is tric)y, but there are a couple
#ethods to aid in this! "he first #ethod si#ply
involves atte#pting to ti#e your awa)ening via an
alar# cloc) so that you&ll awa)e during a *;
period! 4s discussed in the section on stages of sleep,
the *; periods occur roughly every EF #inutes!
4i#ing for the latter *; periods (about G!5, J, or
7!5 hours into sleep is best because those are the
longest drea# periods! "he second #ethod is si#ilar but not as easy to regulate: drin) a lot of water before
going to bed@
"o be able to eventually control your drea#s you&re
going to have to focus your intent on doing so!
"herefore a better #ethod of recalling your drea#s is
to focus your intent on re#e#bering the# before
falling asleep, since this will prepare you for
eventually atte#pting to control your drea#s! ou
#ust be deter#ined in your resolve and you should
atte#pt to prevent etraneous thoughts fro#
attenuating your intent! Kerbally stating your desireto re#e#ber your drea#s while falling asleep is the
best way to acco#plish this! %t #ay sound silly but
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all you really need to do is tal) yourself into
re#e#bering your drea#s! 'ur #inds are powerful
instru#ents and even though it #ay see# that we
lose control of the# when we enter sleep, that does
not at all have to be the case! +ocus your intent to
awa)e fro# your drea#s and re#e#ber the# $ust before you lie down, and continue to repeat your
intent to yourself as you approach sleep! *epeat to
yourself over and over, -% will awa)e fro# #y
drea#s and co#pletely re#e#ber the#!0 %f you find
your thoughts wandering as you slip into sleep,
reaffir# your intent! ou want your last thought
before drifting off to sleep to be of your intent to
awa)en fro# your drea#s and re#e#ber the#!
Dream (ournal
4s #entioned earlier you need to record your drea#supon awa)ening fro# the#! Co #atter how clear
your drea#s #ay see# upon wa)ing during the
night, you&ll have al#ost co#pletely forgotten the
previous ones when you again awa)e in the #orning!
4 dream journal is the #ost co##on way of
recording your drea#s (although other #ethods eist,
such as using a tape recorder! 4 drea# $ournal is
si#ply a writing pad that should be )ept within reach
of your bed! Lpon wa)ing, don&t allow your #ind to
drift6i##ediately atte#pt to focus on what you had
$ust been drea#ing, and write it down in your drea#
$ournal! onte#plate what you $ust eperienced and
atte#pt to put events in order! 'ften reliving the
drea# bac)wards will help: after re#e#bering anevent, as) yourself, -9hat was % doing before that0
4lthough it&s best to record absolutely everything
you can, realistically you #ay not want to reiterate
the epic novel that is your drea# at G:FF a!#!8
instead, write down )ey points, such as what you
were doing, where you were, and who was around
you! 4lso, note anything strange6anything that
wouldn&t nor#ally happen in the wa)ing world! %f
you find these strange events recur in your drea#s,
then they are your personal drea# signs6you #ay
be able to use these to help you induce lucid
drea#ing eventually! +ro# here you should read thesection on drea# signs!
%f you&re interested in sharing your drea# $ournal
with others, or reading the drea# $ournals of others,
then visit the =rea# Mournal foru# on our #essage
board! ou #ay also find the =rea# igns and
*ecall foru# helpful!
Watching for Dream &igns
Dream Signs
Dream signs are uite si#ply cues that you aredrea#ing, and are a standard way of inducing
lucid drea#s! 4 drea# sign can be anything
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under the sun, fro# the nor#al to the abnor#al!
;ore often than not drea# signs ta)e the for# of
things or events that would be considered
i#possible or highly i#probable in the wa)ing
world! o#e ea#ples of drea# signs are
breathing under water, flying or ta)ing unusuallylong $u#ps, oversied/undersied ob$ects or
people, and of course purple s)ies and green
cats! =rea# signs are also so#eti#es #ore
subtle: light switches that don&t wor) (device
$ailure, which is very usual, suddenly returning
to wor) at an old $ob, being late (also very
co##on, losing the ability to screa#, the
speech patterns of friends being unusual, and of
course arriving so#ewhere na)ed! 4nother very
co##on drea# sign is having your teeth fall out
6this is often a result of ecessive worrying! 4
personal drea# sign that % have is the inability to
run6% feel as if %&# wading through waist deep
water!
trangely enough, if we are not intently loo)ing
for drea# signs during sleep, we will accept
everything6no #atter how strange6as we
would during the wa)ing hours! Nuite obviously
if you were allowed to thin) analytically in your
drea#s, the absurdness of so#e of the abovesituations would be uite apparent to you! ven
if you stop to uestion so#ething in a drea#
you&ll usually beco#e uic)ly distracted by
so#ething else and lose your transient rational.
train.of.thought! +or instance, it #ay occur to
you that you shouldn&t be able to leap over the
entire par)ing lot, but then it #ay suddenly dawn
on you that you&re 5 #inutes late for wor) and
you&ll rush into the office, co#pletely forgetting
about your par)ing lot adventure! 9ithin our
drea#s we generally accept whatever happens6 we usually $ust go along for the ride! %t ta)es
training to spot and fully.realie the obscurities
inherent within our drea#s! ou have to instill
the idea within your head that if a blue dog
should happen upon your path, it&s very li)ely
that you&re in fact drea#ing!
ocations can provide a profound hint that
you&re drea#ing! +or instance, if you&ve lived in
Cew or) all of your life but you suddenly find
yourself in Mapan tasting the local cuisine andspea)ing to locals in their native tongue, alar#s
should be going off and that little voice in your
head should be as)ing, -?ow did % end up here0
%f that little voice of yours cannot co#e up with
a relatively feasible answer, you&re drea#ing!
Behaviour can be a strong indication that you&re
drea#ing as well: if your friend, who is usually
venerably ethical and #oral, spontaneouslydecides one day to go out and start robbing
ban)s with you as his or her driver, you $ust
#ight be drea#ing! >erhaps at the ti#e you&ll
co#e up with a reasonable eplanation for
holding people at gunpoint while you steal their
#oney, but in the #orning you&ll be )ic)ing
yourself! "hus, it is etre#ely i#portant that you
train your #ind to recognie these abnor#alities
and nonsensical situations, so that you can ta)e
advantage of the#! %nstead of casually noticing <
feet tall pigeons strolling by the wayside, you
should stop and say, -< foot pigeons 9ait a
#inute, that can&t be right@% #ust be
drea#ingH0
Personal Dream Signs
%ersonal dream signs are drea# signs that
freuent your own drea#s! ou #ay find you
often -wa)e up0 without any hair, when the day
before it was down to your shoulders8 or, youoften run out of gas on your way to write a final
ea#! "o deter#ine so#e of your personal
drea# signs, you need to actively )eep a drea#
$ournal! 4fter a nu#ber of entries have been
entered you should go through and ea#ine your
drea#s and loo) for recurring ele#ents
(situations, environ#ents, people, ob$ects, etc!
Deep in #ind that what you&re loo)ing for
doesn&t necessarily have to be out of the
ordinary6your drea# signs #ay in fact be very
ordinary! 'f course, it helps if your drea# signsare unusual with respect to the real world, for
then it will be easier to trigger the analytical part
of your brain upon encountering your drea#
signs! *egardless, you are si#ply loo)ing for
things that are co##on within your drea#s!
Beco#e fa#iliar with your personal drea# signs
and review your drea#s over and over that
include the#! ssentially you should be trying to
train yourself to spot your drea# signs, which
will aid you in your uest to induce lucid
drea#s!
%f you&re interested in reading about others&
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drea# signs or sharing so#e of your own, you
can $oin our discussion in the =rea# igns and
*ecall foru# on our #essage board!
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nduction Techni1ues
4lright, this is the part you&ve been
waiting for: actually inducing a lucid drea#!
Before atte#pting to drea# lucidly, you should
have i#proved your drea# recall 6being able to
re#e#ber a couple drea#s a night is sufficient!
"here are nu#erous techniues to induce lucid
drea#s and you&ll uite possibly co#e up with
your own personal techniue(s eventually! %&#
going to focus on one particular techniue here
since it is the #ost co##on, the easiest to
understand, and the easiest to use and achieve
success with! %t is also a very fleible techniue
and can be fine.tuned for personal use! "he
tutorials section will present a few #ore
techniues to induce lucid drea#ing and users
post new ideas and techniues in our #essage
board all the ti#e! "he induction techniue presented here is )nown as the Reality &esting
&echni'ue!
)eality *esting *ecni+ue
4s the na#e suggests, the *eality "esting
"echniue si#ply involves trying to deter#ine
whether you are awa)e or drea#ing by
ea#ining the world around you to deter#ine if
it is real! "here are essentially two co#ponents
to this techniue: being attentive to the worldaround you and watching for dream signs, and
perfor#ing routine reality checks during the day!
"he idea is pretty si#ple: if you&re able to
deter#ine that so#ething you&ve witnessed
si#ply cannot be possible, then you are probably
drea#ing!
"he first thing you should do is train yourself to
be on the alert for drea# signs during the wa)ing
hours! 9hy during the wa)ing hours, you as)9ell, uite si#ply, you need to bring yourself
into the habit of uestioning the world around
you and loo)ing for anything out of the ordinary!
"his reconditioning of your acceptance of the
world around you will hopefully not be
constrained within the wa)ing hours alone, but
should follow you into the drea# world as well!
"hus, if you start scrutiniing the world while
awa)e, you&ll probably begin the sa#e practice
while asleep! 9henever so#ething strange (or
slightly out of the ordinary happens, don&tsi#ply dis#iss it! top and really thin) about
what happened and decide whether or not it was
possible! 'bviously the answer #ust be -yes0 if
you&re awa)e, but again the idea is to get in the
habit of uestioning the world around you so
that you&ll do so while drea#ing!
=evice failure is a very co##on drea# sign and
is often overloo)ed! %f you )eep an active drea#
$ournal, go through and loo) for incidents when
a device (a light switch, #icrowave, telephone,etc! didn&t wor) properly or at all! ou will
probably find this happens uite a lot in drea#s
6in fact, #ore often than not when devices are
concerned! 9hen so#ething stops wor)ing
during the wa)ing hours6even when a light
bulb burns out6stop and really consider what
$ust happened! 4s) yourself whether it was
really possible, and briefly ea#ine the world
around you and decide for yourself whether
you&re awa)e or not!
ven if you&ve co#pletely convinced yourself
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that whatever you&ve seen that is out of the
ordinary is uite possible, perfor# one #ore
unrelated test! *ead so#e tet, or glance at a
digital cloc) or watch! 9ait a few seconds and
then do it again! %f the tet or ti#e ineplicably
changes, then you are in fact drea#ing! ven ifthe ti#e or tet doesn&t change, try to focus on
changing it for a #o#ent! %n drea#s tet often
changes upon a second glance and we al#ost
always accept it, even though clearly it is an
alar#ing clue that we are drea#ing!
9hat %&ve been describing is called a reality
check ! 4 reality chec) is a si#ple test to
deter#ine if what you&re seeing is real or not! 4s
% alluded to above, reality chec)s can be
perfor#ed upon seeing a drea# sign, but also
should be done routinely throughout the day
without a drea# sign as a prea#ble! 4 good idea
is to assign certain ti#es of the day to do reality
chec)s, such as when you arrive ho#e, or when
you enter your bedroo#, etc! %f you diligently
perfor# a uic) reality test every ti#e you co#e
ho#e or enter your roo#, chances are you will
continue the sa#e practice while drea#ing!
?opefully, upon perfor#ing the reality chec)
while drea#ing, you&ll catch on to the fact thatyou&re not awa)e! ou can also perfor# reality
chec)s whenever you thin) about it during the
day, or whenever so#ething re#inds you of
your drea#s6if you&ve fa#iliaried yourself
with your drea# signs they can help trigger your
#e#ory and re#ind you to perfor# reality
chec)s if you otherwise forget! "he #ore
consistent you are at perfor#ing reality chec)s,
the better your chances are of being able to
induce a lucid drea#!
'ne si#ple #ethod % have personally tried is
wearing a digital watch that chi#es every hour!
"he chi#e re#inds #e to perfor# a drea#
chec), and the digital screen on the watch allows
#e to perfor# that drea# chec)! "his is great for
re#inding yourself to perfor# reality chec)s
during the day, but in doing so you condition
yourself to perfor# a reality chec) upon the
presence of the chi#e! 9ithout the presence of
this sti#ulus, you&ll li)ely forget to perfor#
reality chec)s! "herein lies the i#pedi#ent of
this #ethod: you have to be so#eone who sleeps
-light0 enough to be aware of the chi#es of your
watch and allow the# to enter your drea#s fro#
the real world! % personally achieved littlesuccess with this #ethod! 9hile % would regard
#yself as a light sleep6% often wa)e up during
the night6% was unaware of #y watch&s chi#es
while sleeping! oupling this #ethod with other
#ethods (such as assigning reality chec) ti#es
during the day, watching for strange
occurrences, etc! will lead to the greatest
success with lucid drea#ing!
4lthough all that is needed to beco#e lucid in a
drea# is the realiation that you&re drea#ing,
that doesn&t necessarily #ean you&re going to
beco#e fully.lucid! 4s discussed on the drea#
signs page, we beco#e easily distracted in our
drea#s! ou #ay perfor# a reality chec) and
discover you&re drea#ing, but all of a sudden
so#ething catches your eye: -% #ust be drea@
hey loo)H 4 purple catH0 and i##ediately lose
your lucidity! "hus, a little #ental discipline is
necessary upon the realiation of lucidity! %t&s a
good idea to stop everything you&re doing inyour drea#, clear your #ind, and fully convince
yourself that you&re drea#ing6don&t $ust
casually accept it, otherwise your realiation will
li)ely uic)ly fade!
,ter *ecni+ues
4 couple other popular lucid drea#ing induction
#ethods are the Mnemonic (nduction o$ Lucid
Dreams )M(LD* #ethod, and the ake-(nitiated
Lucid Dream )(LD* #ethod! Both of these#ethods can be found in the tutorials section!
ou can also find new ideas and techniues in
the 4ttaining ucidity and Ieneral =iscussion
foru#s of our #essage board!
Before #oving on to controlling your drea#s,
you should read the net section which provides
help on staying lucid once you beco#e lucid in
your drea#s!
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(aintaining Dream ;onsciousness
4t first it will be difficult to continue
drea#ing after beco#ing lucid! "he reason for
this is upon realiing you are drea#ing for the
first ti#e you will beco#e really ecited! %f you
still aren&t convinced how a#aing it is to have a
lucid drea#, you won&t understand until you
have eperienced it! "he realiation that you are
drea#ing is usually acco#panied by a profoundappreciation for $ust how real everything see#s
in drea#s6indeed, it feels li)e part of the real
world! "his appreciation is followed by the
ecite#ent of the prospect of actually being able
to control so#ething that see#s so real! "hus, it
is etre#ely li)ely that the first ti#e you
eperience a lucid drea# you&ll beco#e too
ecited to continue drea#ing and awa)e!
"o both prevent yourself fro# wa)ing up and
re#ain lucid, you&ll need to stay cal# and focuson the drea# itself! 4s soon as you beco#e
lucid, re#ind yourself to stay cal#! >ause for a
#o#ent to collect yourself and ta)e so#e ti#e
to eplore the drea# world around you! Lpon
beco#ing lucid you&ll of course i##ediately
want to try eerting control in your drea#, but
for your first few lucid drea#s you should focus
#ore on training yourself to re#ain lucid! ou
can certainly try eperi#enting with a few things
6such as seeing how high you can $u#p, and
perhaps see)ing out a particular person6butagain in the beginning you should si#ply try to
beco#e co#fortable with this new found s)ill!
Dream Spinning
4s #entioned, at first you&ll li)ely find it
difficult to re#ain in your drea# upon beco#ing
lucid! %f the world around you suddenly starts to
fade, or you ineplicably sense that your drea#
is ending, or you even feel that your drea#
consciousness is thinning, there is a techniueyou can try to salvage your drea#: dream
spinning ! =rea# spinning is etre#ely si#ple
and consists of you spinning on the spot li)e you
would have as a child! "hat #ay sound very
silly, but the techniue is etre#ely reliable!
9hen you stop spinning you&ll li)ely find that
the drea# clarity has returned, and perhaps your
surroundings will have changed as well! %n fact,
if you focus on changing the setting into
so#ething else while spinning, it is very li)ely
you will find yourself in your desiredenviron#ent after you stop spinning! Cote that
since it is li)ely your drea# will co#pletely
change upon co#pletion of drea# spinning, you
#ay lose lucidity! "hus, it #ay be wise to also
re#ind yourself that you are drea#ing while
spinning! 4lso, verbal co##ands can be
beneficial when trying to prevent your drea#
fro# ending! 'f course drea# spinning and
verbal co##ands are tools for controlling your
drea#s, which we&ll get into net!
-alse A$a'enings
.hile lucid, be weary of $alse awakenings 6wa)ing up
within a drea#! "his is uite co##on and
we&ve li)ely all eperienced it before! "hiscan occur at any ti#e during your drea#:
you&ll $ust suddenly drea# yourself wa)ing
up in your bed! %t is very easy to accept this aswa)ing up in the real world since it will see#
that you have left the drea# world! %t isalways a good idea to perfor# another reality
chec) upon wa)ing up to be sure you aren&tstill drea#ing! +ro# here, let&s finally #ove
on to dream controlH
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Dream ;ontrol
4fter having several lucid drea#s and
attaining the ability to re#ain in the# for a
while, you&re ready to #ove on to eerting
control within your drea#s! Beco#ing
successful at controlling your drea#s will ta)e a
lot of practice and eperience on your part! "his
section will be rather si#ple because little
additional )nowledge is reuired in controlling
drea#s8 instead, the essential reuisites are
patience, practice, attitude, and effort!
%n the beginning you #ay be able to eert so#e
control in your drea#s, such as changing the
scene or situation, or controlling your own
actions, but it will li)ely ta)e you awhile to gain
co#plete control of your drea#s! "his is due to
the fact that it can be difficult to deter#ine how#uch force to put into trying to change
so#ething! o#eti#es the changes will occur
easily8 other ti#es you #ay get frustrated if what
you want to happen doesn&t! %t is essential that
you don&t allow yourself to beco#e too
aggressive or frustrated with your atte#pts at
drea# control because if you do you&ll li)ely
wa)e yourself up!
%n order to be successful at changing your
drea#s you have to believe it is possible! %fyou&re trying to do so#ething in your drea# that
you don&t really believe is possible, then chances
are you will be unsuccessful! ou #ust convince
yourself that you are in control and anything you
want is possible! ince too #uch force will
si#ply cause you to awa)en, begin by cal#ly
trying to change aspects of your drea#6$ust
thin) about what you want to change, and try to
picture it happening! +or instance, you could
i#agine a bolt of electricity flying out of yourhand, or even so#ething #uch si#pler li)e a
giant sundae #aterialiing before you! Deep in
#ind that you should build up to trying #ore
adventurous things, such as the ever.popular
flying! %f your atte#pts don&t wor), try changing
so#ething else! %f still your efforts at drea#
control are futile, try instead to si#ply go along
with the drea# and practice controlling your
own actions instead!
4s stated on the #aintaining lucidity page,dream spinning and ver+al commands can aid in
drea# control! 4gain, drea# spinning will allow
you to change your drea# setting! %f your drea#
begins to wildly careen out of your control, try
spinning and picturing your desired drea# as
you do so! Kerbal co##ands are generally the
best way to eert control in your drea#s! %f you
want so#ething to happen, say it out loud: if you
want to be 12 feet tall, $ust say it! *epeat your
desire over and over, and picture it in your head!
o#eti#es6and you&ll figure this out as you go
along6you have to beco#e a little creative
when trying to eert your will in your drea#!
+or instance, are you trying to find so#eone in
your drea# but not having any luc) "ry pic)ing
up the phone and calling hi# or her@he or she
#ay $ust appear right in front of you! 4ctually
wishing for so#eone or so#ething to #agically
appear right in front of you can be difficult!
%nstead, either try closing your eyes and
envisioning hi# or her appearing, or tell yourself
that he or she will appear as soon as you go
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around a corner!
*e#e#ber that you are in co#plete control once
you beco#e lucid, but again it will ta)e a while
to be able to wield this power properly! =on&t
allow yourself to beco#e overco#e withe#otion if you find yourself in a distressing
situation: always re#e#ber that drea# spinning
can uic)ly bail you out of anything! 4lso,
re#ind yourself constantly that you are in
control6if you are able to #aintain this attitude,
you will li)ely be able to free yourself fro#
precarious situations and change your drea#s
co#pletely!
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+inally, )eep in #ind that controlling drea#s is
li)e any other s)ill: as %&ve alluded to, practice is
essential! +urther#ore, there are those who
possess an innate talent for lucid drea#ing and
will achieve faster success than others, as well as
those who will be #ore adept at drea# control
right fro# the start! 'f course there will also be
those who si#ply will always have trouble at
drea# control, for various reasons that #a)e us
individuals and set us apart fro# others! =on&t beco#e too frustrated or hard on yourself if that
is the case6and #a)e sure you don&t sleep away
your life with your lucid drea#ing endeavours!
*egardless of your ability, you can still have fun
with gaining consciousness in your drea#s
which will certainly provide you with the
opportunity to at least control your own actions!
Kisit our =rea# ontrol foru# if you&d li)e
so#e #ore help with controlling drea#s or if
you&d li)e to share so#e of your own insight!+ro# here #ove on to the last page!
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(o!ing Forward...
4lright, so now what 9ell, now that
you&ve read the site and you )now what&s
reuired, it&s ti#e for you to begin your $ourney
down the path to beco#ing lucid in your drea#s,
and eventually controlling the#! *e#e#ber that
as tedious as it is, developing drea# recall is
absolutely necessary6having a lucid drea# and
then co#pletely forgetting it is a co#plete
waste! ou should congratulate yourself upon
eperiencing your first lucid drea#! ven if you
i##ediately wa)e up upon beco#ing lucid,
you&ve #ade the first big step and that&s uite an
acco#plish#entH
"he #ost i#portant piece of advice % can give
you now is to not allow yourself to beco#e
frustrated if you see# to incessantly fail!=ifferent people will progress at different rates,
and we all have other things going on in our
lives which will affect how well we can practice
at lucid drea#ing! Must proceed at a pace that&s
co#fortable for you, and don&t be afraid to try
new things! %f you feel this site was not enough
to guide you into having lucid drea#s, then
trying searching the %nternet6lots of
infor#ation is out there $ust waiting to be
discovered! 4lso, re#e#ber drea#s are $ust
drea#s@don&t allow your atte#pts at luciddrea#ing to infringe upon your involve#ent
with the real world, and don&t use your drea#s
to hide fro# reality! ife is a $ourney@don&t sit
on your path for too long!
ou&re welco#e to share your atte#pts at lucid
drea#ing with others on our #essage board!
"here are a lot of people there atte#pting the
sa#e thing as you, and they are #ore thanwilling to offer support, encourage#ent, ideas,
and advice! "he tutorials section provides so#e
additional help with lucid drea#ing, as well as a
list of lin)s that you #ay find beneficial!