It is no coincidence that most dreamers experience their first lucid dream the night, or shortly after they first read about lucid dreaming. I experienced my first full lucid dream after a few days of intensive research. The mind loves the idea and the exciting new possibilities. Now after that first sweet experience, comes the …
Tag Archive: Reality Checks
Oct 13
10 Steps to Guarantee a Lucid Dream
Here are my top ten steps for guaranteeing lucid dreaming. If performed diligently, they will result in lucid dreaming for sure; Avoid any artificial substances. Artificial means anything that does not grow naturally. Specifically avoid substances known to interfere with sleep such as stimulants (drugs, caffeine, energy drinks, etc), and depressants (alcohol, cannabis, sleeping pills, …
Oct 09
More Reality Checks
There are so many different reality checks that can be performed, that I thought I’d share a few more common ones. I’ve already discussed reality checking in some detail. The key to using reality checks in daily life to trigger lucidity in dreaming is to perform them with awareness and intent. A reality check that’s …
Oct 09
Reality Checks on Waking
I spent some time reading through my dream journal yesterday, and found a few recurring points of interest. One of which is the absurd number of false awakenings that I used to have. Almost every lucid dream ended with at least one false awakening before a real awakening. A false awakening is where the dreamer …
Oct 08
The Dreaming Body
It seems that dreams often do not involve a body in the same form as waking life. The level that we transcend to in dreaming is as a direct result of our daily consciousness. In hindsight, looking at the earliest dreams that I can first recall, I would always retreat into animal consciousness in dreaming, …
Oct 08
Setting up Dreamscapes
To some degree or other, our dreams are all made up of things on our mind, and things that we’ve been thinking about that particular day. The closer you get to sleep, the more your thoughts have an effect on your dreams. This makes setting up dreamscapes, or “dream scenes” very simple to do. Much …
Sep 07
Basic Dream Stabilization
Once you find yourself aware within a dream, great! Congratulations! One of the first things that you are going to want to do is stabilize the scene and ground yourself. There are differing degrees of lucidity ranging from the vaguest subconscious notion that you may be dreaming, but forgetting that thought within a few moments, …
Sep 03
Mnemonic Induced Lucid Dream (MILD) Tutorial
MILD stands for Mnemonic Induced Lucid Dream. The idea here, is that you set your intention and focus as clearly as possible on your goal of dreaming, and that you then repeat a phrase or ‘mantra’ affirming this, over and over again. Not just on autopilot, but retaining awareness and clear intention throughout. Clear and …
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