Lucid Dreaming Tips

[Li77lehorn]

I thought I'd just give some tips and techniques for anyone wanting to learn to lucid dream. You can find techniques like MILD and DILD etc by looking around. These are just from my experiences and what I mainly do. Feel free for anyone to add anything. I decided to learn about lucid dreaming when I had a dream once of a witch who was throwing lightning at me. I was cowering and thinking how can she do this? To which she answered "It's all in your mind!". I understood and stood up and threw hundreds of golden darts at her from my hands. She vanished with a cackle and I was left knowing I had done my first impossible action. Thanks Witch! Anyway..

Remembering :

First up you need to remember your dreams. To do this you need to tell yourself that you WILL remember your dreams. You need to really mean it. Keep a phone/diary next to the bed to record your memories soon as you wake up. Don't go back to sleep thinking you'll remember it again in the morning because chances are you wont. It can also help when you go to sleep to meditate to reach the relaxed state(alpha), then plant this goal in your mind as it sticks better. And when you do wake up, try not to move too much before doing anything. Just think about what you have just been dreaming of. Don't wake up and spring out of bed(avoid alarms too).

Testing :

Next you want to be thinking during the day "Am I dreaming?". You need to ask yourself this question as often as you can. Especially if you're doing something different or if anything odd happens in your usual routine. So you're going to work and an ambulance goes screaming by(Am I dreaming?). You finally get to go to that concert you've been waiting for(Am I dreaming?) Or you're just sitting there reading OT (Am I dreaming?). The important part is not only doing this often but to really think about the question. Take a minute before you decide the answer. And use the time to test your reality. This is done by simply reading something, closing your eyes quickly or glancing away, then reading it again. In a dream the words will always change somehow. What I used to do was carry a reality testing card with me with "Am I dreaming?" written on it. Take it with you everywhere and it will be in your dreams if you need it. Once you have proved you're not dreaming, imagine what you would do if you were. eg If I was dreaming now, I would walk through the wall and fly outside. Spend the time doing these things so they become a habit and the habit transfers into the dream.

Before Sleep :

Reach an alpha state by just relaxing and set your goals.. To remember your dreams but mainly to tell yourself "Next time I dream I'll know I'm dreaming". Keep thinking this as you fall asleep, you want it to be the last thought in your mind so it's the first thought when you dream. This works best when you have already slept for a long time, so when you wake up and you know you'll fall back to sleep quickly. You can also use things as triggers, so for example I used to dream of a wolf beast that was hunting me in dreams. It annoyed me that I had been attacked by it so I said to myself that next time I see it I will know I'm dreaming. And sure enough next time I saw it I knew. So I pulled two uzi's from behind my back and filled it with lead before cutting its head off with a katana. And I never dreamt of it again. No more nightmare.

During Dreaming/Techniques :

Once you know you are dreaming you want a plan. Which is why you practise that habit. Nothing worse than finally going lucid and being stunned into waking up. I'll give a few examples of things to do and what I find works for me.

Shapeshifting : My first attempt I just dove into a puddle of water and thought "fish" and I turned into one. So thinking as you do an action. Running on all fours is the best way I know to shapeshift, I found that by chance as trying to stand and shift only made me into a standing beast, where running on all fours gave me a full wolf shift. Basically do what comes natural. When I was a crocodile I wanted bigger teeth to eat with, so I placed my feet together to form a tail and when I flicked it I turned into a great white shark. When I wanted to turn into smoke I thought "smoke" and jumped into the air in a twisting motion. And I was smoke. Running is the best I found though because after running on all fours for almost 30yrs, I always run on all fours in normal dreams now. Which can trigger me into going lucid(semi lucid though I am very animal minded).

Flying : I found using a step to be helpful. Instead of just leaping off something, walk up an imagined step first. Don't look down, just walk up these steps to gain height. Then focus on something high and travel towards it. Use your mind to fly more than your body.

Walking through objects : Don't think about it, just do it. Know you are like a ghost. Some people will say test reality by seeing if you can put your hand through a wall but imo this only creates a bad habit in teaching you cant.

Creating objects : Basically do what you think works. It can be helpful to reach for an object and pull it out instead of trying to make it appear in your hands. So reach in a bag or behind your back.

Summoning : You can also call out for someone to join you. Simply call a name and see who turns up. This can give some amusing and also frightening experiences lol. One of my first times I called out an angel name I had two glowing broken dolls float across the ocean to me. After they questioned me they both latched onto one hand each. So I couldn't get them off. Which to be honest kinda freaked me out until I woke up.

So those are some things to do. If you do manage to lucid dream and wake up. Don't move! Stay completely still and keep your eyes shut and wait for the next dream to occur. You can chain them together. I find if I move a single muscle it's harder to do. You can also use this time to OBE.

Personally I think of OBE as OBLD(Out of body lucid dream). When in the blackness after waking from a dream you can rock your body side to side(imagine it, don't actually physically do it). You can end up falling out of bed so it's an OBE style. I think its just a lucid dream thats been created in that style from focusing on the body. Same if you get sleep paralysis. Rock out of it. And ask to be friends with the scary thing you feel might be there. No point fighting it.

If I think of anything else I'll add it but those tips are a decent start if anyone's interested.

TLDR: You miss out. :)

[Dracoco OwO]

No i didn't miss out i had good lucid dreams.

[Adversary]

…I've woken myself up from dreams a number of times over the years by becoming aware that I was dreaming and remembering that I had important ♥♥♥♥ needing to be done that day. But I've never had a lucid dream personally. I've heard it's kind of like playing a video game, in a sense. At least from this one content creator I watch who has claimed to have had lucid dreams himself.

As for out of body experiences, I had one of those when I was a kid. Not while sleeping, but while awake, on a walk. I recall looking down at my body as my mother and I were crossing the street for a few moments, then coming to and being rather confused.

More so than usual, as confusion generally tends to be the state of mind I'm in.

Of course, when it comes to dreams and sleep in general I've more experience with both sleep paralysis, precognitive dreams, and sleep walking.

Also sleep talking, going into the bathroom while sleeping, answering the door or phone while sleeping, cancelling appointments and giving people information they don't need while sleeping. That last one is how I found out that all of that ♥♥♥♥ I wind up doing in my sleep happens in the first place, because back in the day my brother would sneak into my room while I was sleeping to make trashy lesbian sims in The Sims 2 and just watch them make out.

I got tired of that so I password protected the BIOS. In response, my brother got the password out of me while I was sleeping.

He was not happy and I think he beat me the next day.

But yeah, the sleep paralysis, precognitive dreams, sleep walking and sleep talking at least is something that everyone in my immediate family goes through. We're a whole bunch of bargain bin Edgar Cayces, but I'm the only one who puts any stock into it.

[Li77lehorn]

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If I fall asleep on my back, I have a lucid dream 100% of the time. I have to be careful not to fall asleep like that because I hate lucid dreams.

I found I would have sleep paralysis more when sleeping on my back. I'm not sure why you would hate lucid dreams.

[Adversary]

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İlk olarak Rupika tarafından gönderildi:

If I fall asleep on my back, I have a lucid dream 100% of the time. I have to be careful not to fall asleep like that because I hate lucid dreams.

I found I would have sleep paralysis more when sleeping on my back. I'm not sure why you would hate lucid dreams.

That tends to be a common issue. The way to deal with sleep paralysis though is to not be afraid of it. Rather, you have to make it afraid of you. By bullying, berating and belittling the sleep paralysis. By mocking it, deriding it, castigating it, taunting it, et cetera.

Sleep paralysis feeds on fear, on weakness, on insecurity. That includes sleep deprivation and fatigue by the way, as it tends to be more common and more vicious if you do not get enough sleep.

[Li77lehorn]

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…I've woken myself up from dreams a number of times over the years by becoming aware that I was dreaming and remembering that I had important ♥♥♥♥ needing to be done that day. But I've never had a lucid dream personally. I've heard it's kind of like playing a video game, in a sense. At least from this one content creator I watch who has claimed to have had lucid dreams himself.

If you become aware that you are dreaming(during the dream)you are then lucid dreaming. Lucid dreaming is like real life. You could be dreaming now and not know.

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As for out of body experiences, I had one of those when I was a kid. Not while sleeping, but while awake, on a walk. I recall looking down at my body as my mother and I were crossing the street for a few moments, then coming to and being rather confused.

I'm undecided on those experiences as I have never done that while being awake. There could be more to OBE but I lean the way I do from just what I've experienced.

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But yeah, the sleep paralysis, precognitive dreams, sleep walking and sleep talking at least is something that everyone in my immediate family goes through. We're a whole bunch of bargain bin Edgar Cayces, but I'm the only one who puts any stock into it.

Precog dreaming is interesting. I definitely believe in that considering some of my experiences with it. And if you get sleep paralysis often, try the technique of rocking out of it.

[Dracoco OwO]

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İlk olarak Rupika tarafından gönderildi:

If I fall asleep on my back, I have a lucid dream 100% of the time. I have to be careful not to fall asleep like that because I hate lucid dreams.

I found I would have sleep paralysis more when sleeping on my back. I'm not sure why you would hate lucid dreams.

Lucid dreams can be annoying cause they can be nightmare fueled fever dreams.

[Li77lehorn]

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İlk olarak Li77lehorn tarafından gönderildi:

I found I would have sleep paralysis more when sleeping on my back. I'm not sure why you would hate lucid dreams.

That tends to be a common issue. The way to deal with sleep paralysis though is to not be afraid of it. Rather, you have to make it afraid of you. By bullying, berating and belittling the sleep paralysis. By mocking it, deriding it, castigating it, taunting it, et cetera.

Sleep paralysis feeds on fear, on weakness, on insecurity. That includes sleep deprivation and fatigue by the way, as it tends to be more common and more vicious if you do not get enough sleep.

I used to attack it too. But I found when I asked it to be friends it stopped.

[Li77lehorn]

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İlk olarak Li77lehorn tarafından gönderildi:

I found I would have sleep paralysis more when sleeping on my back. I'm not sure why you would hate lucid dreams.

Lucid dreams can be annoying cause they can be nightmare fueled fever dreams.

I don't know what that means but I like the song.

https://youtu.be/WLY5WkoBo98

[Birds]

Clenching your hand a certain way will make something come back to your hand.

Also sharing aspects of your dreams helps people find you in theirs.

[Li77lehorn]

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Clenching your hand a certain way will make something come back to your hand.

Also sharing aspects of your dreams helps people find you in theirs.

I haven't tried making something come back to my hand. I can imagine what you mean though and see it working.

Sharing dreams I do believe in but I can only guess how I've done them. Do you mean sharing a place to meet? You could also just try calling their name but whether it's actually them is a different matter. You'd have to test that later without feeding too much information first.

[Li77lehorn]

I thought I would add a few more techniques for anyone interested to try while dreaming.


1. Turning invisible : To do this, look at your body in the dream and think of it as turning into glass. Once you become clear like glass, I found you just disappear. So just think 'glass'.

2. Walking up walls : I did this one last night. It's a strange thing to get your mind around stepping onto the wall and walking straight up it. You naturally want to the grab the wall with your hands. But in order to walk up the wall with no hands, almost think of the room as being a cube/dice. So when you place your first step on the wall, it feels like you push the wall down to the floor and then continue walking. But now the wall is the floor.

3. Walking on water : First time I did this I was swimming backwards like a dolphin. That trick move they do to raise themselves out of the water. After that you just step forward and walk on it because you are already raised. With walking from land across water, it's similar to taking the steps in the sky to help with flying.

4. Travelling through earth/dirt : Just dive into it and treat it like water. It can get hard to see though.

[Vendicator Senpai]

I use to want to lucid dream but after awhile I just gave up and stopped caring about it. I just write down my dreams simply because I find them interesting at this point

[僕の名前 (仮)]

It's more fun when it's not intentional.

[Birds]

Nnn, I’m glad I stopped drinking.

I have alternative views on those techniques.

1. If you’re very quiet and still people often won’t notice you. Surround yourself with this feeling and don’t do anything to draw attention or disrupt the environment. Also don’t get too close to people, it’s not uncommon for them to know you’re there anyway. Some can even ‘see’ you, even when you’re intangible, and are pretending not to. Most people don’t like being watched, so it’s good to keep some distance between you. Just in case.

2. I had a wall with some rope on it that changed gravity when you grabbed the rope. You had to hold the rope and move forwards while bracing yourself, like you were scaling the wall and overcoming gravity with muscular tension and “planting” your feet. Eventually you didn’t have to hold the rope and just had to plant your feet correctly. Later your grip was so strong and you’re so used to transitioning between orientations that every maze of stairs and roofs and random crags feels like a straight line you’re walking over flat ground. As if the ground is rising to meet you as your foot lands, and all you do is shake hands when you meet. Or, well, shake feet I guess. Say hello to the wall. Be polite. Pay attention. But remember why you’re here and what you’re trying to do.

3. Similar to the rope, except if you get too tense or too slack you sink. Have to be perfectly balanced so that the water buoys you up, but doesn’t fling you out and bob you around while you walk through it. Stand in water up to your neck and try to shift up and down without moving your body. Later try some waves, and try to match the waves as you walk. Again, skimming across rooftops barely touching them.

4. The ground knows where to go and what’s in the way. Just step in and follow the current.

[Kobs]

I usually know when I'm dreaming, it doesn't happen always but when it does it's extremely fun 100 times better than a video game lol. At first I always woke up because of the excitement when I realized I was dreaming but if you can keep your calm it goes on and on. I even made the superman thing in theh matrix once it was friggin awesome