| Have you ever wanted to wake up and take control | | | | In order for this to work you'll need to start |
| of your dreams? Perhaps you would simply like to | | | | remembering at least one dream per night. Now it |
| remember the adventures you had while quietly | | | | might take a few nights before you really get into |
| slumbering away the night? | | | | remembering your dreams on a consistent basis and |
| With a brief explanation of how and why and by | | | | you might forget altogether a few times when first |
| following a few simple steps you'll be on the track to | | | | starting out but don't despair this is normal. |
| lucid dreaming in no time. | | | | Now, here's what you do. When it comes time to go |
| First off, before going any further I must warn you that | | | | to bed tonight, say these word's out loud, "SELF! I will |
| this experience may change your life and force you to | | | | have wonderful dreams tonight and I will wake up |
| dive into many other fascinating and related topics | | | | remembering all details to those wonderful dreams". |
| such as Astral Projection and energy manipulation, that | | | | What this will do is prepare your mind for dream recall; |
| of which will have to be written about in an another | | | | kind of like telling yourself to wake up by 4am no |
| article. Again, you have been warned. | | | | matter what so you don't miss a flight or something. |
| OK, on with the show. Lucid dreaming, what is it? Well, | | | | If you are like me you wake up multiple times through |
| lucid dreaming is the act of being aware that you are | | | | out the night, when you do wake DO NOT MOVE!!!! |
| dreaming. Simply put you are asleep, you are in a | | | | Stay absolutely still and begin thinking about any |
| dream and you know it! Not only do you know that | | | | dreams you may have had. We all fall into the trap of |
| you are dreaming but you can do anything your little | | | | moving around and thinking about the days events and |
| heart desires! Sounds cool doesn't it? | | | | like a cassette tape after a magnet fight it's all erased; |
| Lucid dreaming accidentally happens in one of two | | | | your dream is nothing more then an extinct after |
| ways, first you fall asleep and start dreaming, and | | | | thought. So slowly open your eyes while remaining |
| shortly thereafter you somehow realize your smack | | | | motionless and begin thinking about any dreams you |
| dab in the middle of a dream. | | | | may have had, this process gets easier as nights pass. |
| Option two is a tad more frightening but none the less | | | | When starting out, this process can be rather difficult; |
| gets you to that point of sleep induced self | | | | sometimes we second guess the clues that surface |
| awareness. | | | | from a dream and disregard writing them down. I say |
| Say you have been awake for two days and you | | | | write down anything and everything that might jog |
| have been drinking coffee non stop for the past 12 | | | | your memory. It's amazing what a few key words will |
| hours or so. One could only imagine how physically | | | | do to unlock the amazing storyline behind your dream |
| tired you would be after being awake for two days | | | | experience. |
| and you could probably fall asleep quicker then your | | | | You'll be surprised after a week or two of keeping a |
| head could hit the pillow but what about all that | | | | dream log you'll find yourself recalling more then just |
| coffee? If you are like me all it takes is a cup of Joe | | | | one dream a night. You'll also find patterns or signs in |
| and the mind won't shut off for nothing. | | | | your dreams. These sign will help you induce a lucid |
| So you lie down in bed and just think about all those | | | | dream. |
| cheap romance novels you probably shouldn't have | | | | As you read through your dream log look for |
| been reading, shortly there after you decide to roll over | | | | correlations, perhaps a grandfather clock seems to |
| on your side and you find that you can't. What do you | | | | pop up quite frequently in your dreams or MacGyver |
| mean you can't? That's right it happens! | | | | seems to pop up quite frequently bailing you out of |
| Your body falls asleep before your mind does. It's | | | | some trouble, who knows? It could be anything from a |
| called sleep paralysis and it's something that goes on | | | | physical object to a form of awareness, that is, you |
| behind the scenes that keeps the body from physically | | | | always start laughing for no good reason or something |
| acting out dreams and you really shouldn't be aware | | | | and again it could be anything. |
| about this consciously but some times there are | | | | The thing to remember is that you will use these signs |
| coffee induced slip ups. Hey the world isn't perfect. | | | | as a mechanism for transitioning from a passive |
| Anyway, what science seems to think is that you | | | | dream state to a lucid dream state. |
| pretty much get right down to the meat and potatoes | | | | What do you do with these signs you ask? Well, once |
| of sleeping. Instead of passing through the first couple | | | | you recognize these rather consistent patterns of |
| stages of traditional sleep you cut the middle man and | | | | events you can begin using these clues to determine if |
| jump right on over to REM sleep, which of course is | | | | you are dreaming or not. |
| where all the dreaming happens. This technique of lucid | | | | If a trailer park happens to be one of your dream signs |
| dream induction is coined the Wake Initiation of Lucid | | | | then the next time you pass a trailer park ask yourself |
| Dreams (WILD) technique. | | | | if your dreaming or not. It's that simple. This applies to |
| You'll be surprised how frightening this can be for the | | | | both reality and the dream world. Soon you'll pass a |
| first timer, strange noises, BEING PARALYZED, feeling | | | | trailer park and after asking yourself if this is a dream |
| as though you are falling through your bed and oh | | | | or not you'll come to the self realization that you are in |
| that's right, strange scary noises and being paralyzed!! | | | | fact dreaming and that this trailer park is one of your |
| Let it be known that this experience is normal to the | | | | signs. We can only go from there!! |
| practicing astral projector, hemi-sync practitioner and | | | | This is only one technique for inducing a lucid dream |
| experienced lucid dreamer, so don't go assuming that | | | | and it is, in my humble opinion, one of the easiest ways |
| you fell into some evil dimension or something. | | | | of inducing a lucid dream. |
| Ok, moving on. First thing you need to do is create a | | | | It will take a few weeks or if you are like me a month |
| dream log and place it next to your bed. Also, invest in | | | | before you actually get to experience a lucid dream |
| a small flashlight so your significant other isn't whining | | | | that didn't happen by accident. |
| about your lucid antics as you'll be waking up in the | | | | If you can learn to remember your dreams and then |
| middle of the night recording your dreams directly after | | | | learn to identify the strange but repeating patterns that |
| they happen. | | | | inhabit your dreams and then ask yourself through out |
| The number one absolute most essential thing you | | | | the day if you are dreaming or not, especially when |
| must learn to do before learning lucid dream induction | | | | one of your dream signs are present then you should |
| techniques is to recall your dreams. You might be | | | | have no trouble "waking" up inside a dream or two. |
| thinking to yourself, "But I don't dream," and I say, "bite | | | | As you get better at this and become more familiar |
| your tongue good sir (or mam) we all dream, some of | | | | with your sleep habits you'll find other techniques for |
| us just lack the ability to properly remember those | | | | inducing lucid dreams and ways of sustaining their |
| dreams". | | | | duration. |