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How to control your dreams-Lucid dreaming ;Share your experiences!!

Hello Flood. Since this is rather old and split up due to the new posting structure- i have made a lovely pastebin for the guide which has updated sections and small changes to make it more pleasant to read. [url=http://pastebin.com/J0kkWq4v]Enjoy everyone[/url] [b]edit[/b]Sorry for the mass of grammar mistakes that occur below, I have yet to had a time to re-type this guide in a grammar friendly way. For the record this guide was made in February of 2011[b]edit[/b] Before you post hateful comments saying it isn't possible it is. [b]IT IS POSSIBLE TO CONTROL YOUR DREAMS [/b] This is a phenomenon called lucid dreaming and I have recently in the past week or so discovered this and had multiple experiences. A lucid dream is where you realise in your dream that you are dreaming and this can lead to you being able to do anything, your wildest fantasies including ,ahem ahem, If you wish to experience one or multiple of these dreams you will need dedication and want to perform a dream, I will list in short form beneath what is needed to be done to achieve LUCIDITY 1. HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD The first step is psychological and very important. You need to believe you can perform these dreams and you need to believe that the world around you could be a dream or not. You need to start to think of yourself as having a real body and a dream body that is a reflection of you (I imagine a coin on one side is the world as it is and the other my dreamscape) 2. DREAM RECALL You will need to improve your dream recall as if you have a dream that's lucid but forget it whets the point. To do this you will need to create a dream diary or log, this will be somewhere for you to record your dreams near your bed [u]immediately[/u] after waking. To successfully create this diary you will need to when you wake have the first thought you have to be 'what did I dream' this will lead you into the phase or mind where you remember what you did, you will remember backwards. Once you have successfully remembered key points jot them in your diary before you forget. Looking back upon your diary at a later stage will enable you to remember dreams and bring them back which in turn allows you to remember dreams better. . Example (exert from my diary)- I was running, there was a red wall, as I went to climb it the COD icon for climbing appeared, I am in a dream I thought, the world span around, (I now wake up) 3. REALITY CHECKS This is the largest step towards receiving your fist lucid dream. Every hour you will need to perform two of these or alternatively whenever things seem odd, (or even better do both), until you get into a habit of doing these, this is important as these cause you to realise you are dreaming and cause your conscience to kick in while your body is sleeping. CHECK 1- Try and push your fingers through your hand in a dream they should go strait through CHECK 2- if you wear a watch look at it turn away for a few seconds then look again as in a dream the time will of completely changed or gone fuzzy. CHECK 3-hold your nose and close your mouth then try to breathe, in a dream you can even if u block off airways (I should know this caused my first lucid dream) CHECK 4- if you have text infront of you looks at it then look back much like the watch or is the letters fuzzy or unreadable in a dream they often are. 4. WAKE UP GO BACK TO BED This is a technique I used to get my memory better for recalling. When you sleep you go into cycles of different strengths. Every 90mins you enter one where you are in REM (rapid eye movement) this is the stage where you have lucid dreams. Set an alarm, not radio, to wake you up 4 1/2 hours after you sleep this will be your strongest REM cycle. Remember your dream and fill your diary. Wait an hour (read or do anything before returning to sleep) when falling asleep picture in your head your last dream and you might feel like you are getting closer to it, you may of now entered a lucid dream. 5. PLANT IT INTO YOUR MIND It has been proven the more you think about wanting lucid dreams the more your subconscious (the part of your brain where you dream) will realise it should create them. This will help you get a lucid dream as if you want one you can get one. [u]warning if you want it too much you may have a negative effect, play it cool[/u] 6. REPETITION Before you fall asleep think to yourself, I will remember my dreams, or I will have a lucid dream (once you can remember them. think these when you are dozing off, just repeat them until you physically fall asleep. (Note. if u are experienced at how to get lucid dreams you can choose what its like by saying, I will dream about-what you want-) [b]ONCE YOU HAVE A LUCID DREAM [/b] Once you realise you are dreaming then be careful not to get too excited as this will cause you to wake up. In a lucid dream play it cool you can cheer after you record it in your diary upon waking. If you feel the dream fading then spin around as fast as possible on the spot and shout, I want more clarity, this triggers your subconscious into reiterating your dream, repeat this when you might wake [u]you are the limit[/u] you can do many things in your dream, perform magic, seduce your love or play halo without armour lock ;) you just got to believe you can do it, the moment you doubt you can do it is the moment your cant and this often leads to awaking [u]this is the way I got to lucid dream I hope it works for you if you want more detail please research more although I have placed the best techniques I have found[/u] WHEN YOU DO GET A LUCID DREAM DONT BE DISGRUNTLED WHEN YOU WAKE UP, YOU HAVE TO EVENTUALLY, LONGER DREAMS COME WITH TIME AND PRACTICE REMEMBER THERES ALWAYS NEXT NIGHT. [b]NOTES[/b] 1. It takes various lengths of time to get into a few dreams it took me a couple of weeks it can take months, don't give up keep trying LICUD DREAMS ARE WORTH IT 2.If you wake up you might not be able to move muscles for a bit, this is sleep paralysis, where you body stops you moving your real body by locking itself like a safe, wait or fall back to sleep and you will come to normal. 3. Believe in yourself, the only barrier is YOU 4. There is no harm from lucid dreams, but if you are having a stressed life you will have less lucid dreams, 5. If you're worried about a presentation or something, practice I in your dreamscape. 6. DO NOT MOVE WHEN YOU AWAKE, AS YOU WILL STIMULATE THE BRAIN CAUSING YOU TO FORGET TOUR DREAM. 7.follow these steps and you should in time enjoy a wonderful world. 8. Dieing in lucid dreams don't kill u in real life, its not real just a world created by your conscious to sort out random bits of information Please record your thoughts or amazing dreams you've had This is truly amazing and should be shared among everyone P.s tell people you know about your dreams this will hit home telling your brain you are determined to have these lucid dreams p.p.s sleep paralysis is a very rare and uncommon thing if it happens just swallow as this will cause your brain to restart its motor neurones and this will unlock your muscles p.p.p.s-yes inception did make a movie on this but I have been lucid since way before so have millions of people, I decided it would be nice to help others have these awesome dreams TLDR: follow the bullet points if you want to be aware you are dreaming and to fulfil your fantasies. Don't give up. And when you do get lucid dreams continue these techniques for more. [b]edit[/b] Title edited to prevent a seizure from the lack of grammar and use of capitals.[b]end of edit[/b] [Edited on 08.17.2012 10:29 AM PDT]
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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] LinkLegend0 You should put some specific stories and examples of lucid dreams you and others have had in the OP for interests sake and to show the power of lucid dreams.[/quote] Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try to find some from my log that would be appropriate.

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  • ~THREAD SAVED~ Wow this is Legit

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  • You should put some specific stories and examples of lucid dreams you and others have had in the OP for interests sake and to show the power of lucid dreams.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] tostlord [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dragonzzilla For the first ten minutes of sleep, my mind just comes up with random images and it feels I have some control over this slideshow. Does this count?[/quote] I do the same thing, I believe that's hypnogagic imagery, or at least something like it. You're not dreaming, you're brain is just making up images as it gets ready to start dreaming. It isn't lucid dreaming, but it is an indicator that you are falling asleep, and people use it to do WILDs. I think the OP talks about it a little. [/quote] Essentially yes, it's a wake induced lucid dream- the brain is doing what dreams normally are but whilst you retain consciousness- almost like a hallucination. Only thing is when your body does go to sleep your consciousness is already active.

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  • I think I am having dreams more often, but I am not putting in a whole ton of effort. I'm gonna start putting in effort tonight as I have my alarm set to 4 AM and got my journal ready for when I wake.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dragonzzilla For the first ten minutes of sleep, my mind just comes up with random images and it feels I have some control over this slideshow. Does this count?[/quote] I do the same thing, I believe that's hypnogagic imagery, or at least something like it. You're not dreaming, you're brain is just making up images as it gets ready to start dreaming. It isn't lucid dreaming, but it is an indicator that you are falling asleep, and people use it to do WILDs. I think the OP talks about it a little.

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  • Im making progress.

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  • Worked for me.

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  • For the first ten minutes of sleep, my mind just comes up with random images and it feels I have some control over this slideshow. Does this count?

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  • I don't remember having a dream for a while now. The last ones were unpleasant dreams that I intentionally forgot but still remember that they happened. Before that, I do remember having a few lucid dreams. I read up on the basics once, and how to figure out that I'm in a dream. The first time, I simply realized that it was nonsense--dragons don't exist. The dragon spit fire at me, but Firebending is too physical to pull off in a dream though, which I learned the hard way. It didn't matter, because I just undid my death like in .skate replay mode. The second time, I realized I could just create my own laws of fantasy physics, so I just telekinesis'd the fire away from me and I used telepathy to force the dragon to submit. I couldn't move anywhere, though. The second lucid dream, I forget what it was exactly, but I remember feeling like I was being led into a trap. My mother was giving absurdly complex instructions (for a dream) but just telling me to go along with it. I wasn't satisfied, so I tried working out the math in my head. That plan failed, but I called Mom out on it and she disappeared into some dark purple smoke like she was actually an evil twin or something. The rest of the dream just played out with me blowing off my responsibilities for the whole day because when they'd come up, I'd simply delete them out of existence. Then I deleted everybody out of existence and made myself the last person on Earth. I could do anything, though so there were still people on Xbox Live and the Internet. It made no sense at all, but hey, I was omnipotent. Two plus two equalled fish for all I cared. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DarkSunnyboy1 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] GestaltReplicant My God, a lucid dreaming thread! When I heard the Flood was a poor man's 4chan I didn't believe - but now I most certainly do.[/quote] Lol.[/quote]

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] TwistedDippy666 [b]Posted by:[/b] zeog What if you know you're dreaming, but every time in your dream, you can't move your own body? Is there a way around this?[/quote] Yes, there is. Fire your chemist.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] zeog What if you know you're dreaming, but every time in your dream, you can't move your own body? Is there a way around this?[/quote] I'm tempted to just say practice, which isn't helpful at all. Practice would help though, you could think yourself moving if possible, alternatively move the world around you.

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  • What if you know you're dreaming, but every time in your dream, you can't move your own body? Is there a way around this?

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Diluvium It's almost impossible...[/quote] It's not impossible, just difficult- same as learning to play games, at first seems impossible but after a while you do it without even thinking.

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  • It's almost impossible...

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  • I do it all the time. I'm actually surprised that so many other people can't. I tend to fly, teleport (though this is harder to do), walk through walls or stay underwater for as long as I want. By the way, is anyone in here a chemist?

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  • Well I haven't reached lucid dreaming yet, but Im starting to remember my dreams more often.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Jesse Pinkman Hey OP. I have just one problem for this. Prove me if I wrong here, but I have always seen dreams and conquering or getting over thing in your sub-conciseness or stuff that has happened in your day. If this is true, is it really wise to -blam!- with this[/quote] It is merely your brain going over a few encodings peformed throughout your day. Lucid dreaming has no negative effective on it as the capacity of long term memory is unlimited. Dreams are commonly the brains way to sort out information recieved during the day to try and make sense of little things and what ever is happening in your subconscious. It's fine, i've been doing this for years and my memory has improved.

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  • Hey OP. I have just one problem for this. Prove me if I wrong here, but I have always seen dreams and conquering or getting over thing in your sub-conciseness or stuff that has happened in your day. If this is true, is it really wise to -blam!- with this

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] GestaltReplicant [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] canttouchthis [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] GestaltReplicant My God, a lucid dreaming thread! When I heard the Flood was a poor man's 4chan I didn't believe - but now I most certainly do.[/quote] My god, someone making a witty remark a year and a half too late.[/quote] What can I say, never been here much before now. You have to admit there are incredible similarities between the two - although I will say there is a lot less gore/couponing/horror than on 4chan.[/quote] It is quite similar but so is pretty much every forum board on the internet, besides its safe to say a fair few here do frequent 4chan as well as other places. Besides i've seen this thread in all sorts of forums such as furaffinity.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] canttouchthis [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] GestaltReplicant My God, a lucid dreaming thread! When I heard the Flood was a poor man's 4chan I didn't believe - but now I most certainly do.[/quote] My god, someone making a witty remark a year and a half too late.[/quote] What can I say, never been here much before now. You have to admit there are incredible similarities between the two - although I will say there is a lot less gore/couponing/horror than on 4chan.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] GestaltReplicant My God, a lucid dreaming thread! When I heard the Flood was a poor man's 4chan I didn't believe - but now I most certainly do.[/quote] My god, someone making a witty remark a year and a half too late.

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  • Gragh wrong Sticky, carry on. [Edited on 09.13.2012 11:15 PM PDT]

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] GestaltReplicant My God, a lucid dreaming thread! When I heard the Flood was a poor man's 4chan I didn't believe - but now I most certainly do.[/quote] Lol.

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  • My God, a lucid dreaming thread! When I heard the Flood was a poor man's 4chan I didn't believe - but now I most certainly do.

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  • After following these guidelines for a while I've had a few lucid dreams, but they've usually ended right after I realize I'm dreaming. However, two nights ago I had one that I had time to manipulate before waking up. It started with me at an ICP concert (I don't know why, I'm not even a fan), and I'm surrounded by juggalos. For some reason I want to get out, so I run through a nearby cave. It turns out the cave makes a u-turn and I end up on the other side of the concert. I then see a huge [url=http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120513001251/wolfenstein/es/images/f/f4/Cyberdemon.png]Cyberdemon[/url] marching towards me, so I hop over a nearby fence and run through some woods. When I look behind me and see that the Cyberdemon didn't notice me, I realize that I'm dreaming. I continue to run through the woods until they end, and then I run up a hill. At the top of the hill there's a ranch with a blanket of snow covering it. I see the sun setting in the distance, and when it completely recedes behind the horizon I make it reappear. Then for some reason I made a car appear near me. Seeing no use for it, I decided to teleport into a spaceship. After doing this I began to worry that I would get too excited and wake up, so I imagined the ranch again and teleported there. Then I woke up anyway. :( It wasn't very eventful, but I thought I would share my experience here anyway. I hope to have more exciting lucid dreams in the future.

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