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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Different Techniques for Lucid Dreaming

Before I talked about the technique that I believe works best in order to become lucid. Now I am going to say and describe the most popular methods to get you lucid. The first step before anything is you must keep a dream journal! No matter which method you use.
The first method I talked to you about was reality checks which could be found in my other post about lucid dreaming. The next method is called DILD (Dream Induced Lucid Dream) and is the most oldest forms of lucid dreaming. This is basically when you train yourself to recognize that your in a dream while your dreaming. To prepare for this you have to site mantras which are basically telling yourself advice like "when I am dreaming, I will realize I am dreaming". Also you must have a clear and organized mind in order to do this, the best thing to do is meditate. There are many ways to realize you are dreaming within a dream, you could spot something in your dream that isn't normally there when you are awake to make you realize your dreaming to.
The next method is called WBTB (Wake Back To Bed). In this you have to wake up in the middle of the night. After that it is important to inject thoughts of lucid dreaming before going back to bed. You can do this by reading about lucid  or saying mantras about it. Meditation and reading your past dreams in your dream log would also be helpful. If done correctly you should realize you dreaming when your asleep. Make sure when you wake up, you don't stay up till your fully awake or it'll be hard to fall back asleep.
The 3rd method is called MILD (Mnemonic Induced Lucid Dream). Before doing this method you'll wanna remember your dreams everyday. When doing this you'll also want to be familiar with reality checks and say a lot of mantras. There are 2 ways to do this dream induction, the tradition, or visualization techniques. The traditional way. The  trick is  to get as relaxed as possible, then repeat the mantras over and over again. You should repeat it but you don't want to stay awake trying to focus on saying the mantras. Try and make your last thought before falling asleep about lucid dreaming. If you wake up in the night just try and remember your last dream, write some notes about your last dream, then go back to sleep and try again.
The Visualization Technique is almost the same as the traditional way except it adds the element of visualization in it. First you relax your body for about 5-10 minutes. Use as many relaxation techniques as possible. Cite your mantras then when you are about to fall asleep stop. Think of a place that you can visit in your dream. You make the scenario for the dream. Then when you realized that worked, you should realize your dreaming.

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34 comments:

  1. I am lucky when I am actually aware I am dreaming but damn it, I wanna master this so that i can do all the fun things possible in a dream

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  2. I have had a couple, but they have been short. In one I was flying on a cloud with rocket launchers. SWEET

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  3. damn i wish i could master this stuff, when i was a boy i could control my dreams and make it go where i pleased, but now im lucky to even remember my dreams.

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  4. Good advice, it's so weird how you can be dreaming about the craziest stuff and not realize you're dreaming.
    Sometimes I wake up and think "How in the hell did I not know that was a dream?"

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  5. i have done this,
    only once.
    and i fucked up. i got too excited and woke up. :(

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  6. Thanks for the advice, I'll try a few of those later. :)

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  7. Good tips. I've finally begun keeping a small notepad beside my bed to record my dreams.

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  8. awesome read, i want to lucid dream for a long time

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  9. Thanks man, now I wish it was night already!

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  10. I love when i lucid dream.

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  11. following!!! i loved the post.

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  12. wow I never knew there were so many lucid dream methods

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  13. interesting post. Will be returning to see your other posts in the near future :)

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  14. I don't know if lucid dreaming is really such a good idea..

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  15. i really wish i could master this, so many possibilities!

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  16. I'm terrible at lucid dreaming.

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  17. Great advice, I'll give this a try later

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  18. Do you have tips on how to stay committed to lucid dreaming?

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  19. I love realizing that I'm in a dream so that I can act out anything that I want. I like your advice about the dream journal. I agree that it is key to achieving lucid dreams.

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  20. I started a dream journal about a month ago, and have been able to hit the 'lucid' mark about once every 3 nights.

    You should see what I do to Angelina Jolie...

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  21. Some great tips here, I'm gonna try them all, I haven't had a lucid dream in ages.

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  22. I know Duke university had done some extensive studies on this.

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  23. i sometimes lucid dream accidently but i can never do it when i actually try

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  24. That's cool. Did I hear anyone say Inception?

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