My lucid dream

[Guitarmaster72]

i had a really cool lucid dream, but i was disappointed cuz it ended like RIGHT before i was just about to start doing fun stuff in it. i really wish it could've lasted longer, but it only lasted like what seemed like 10 minutes (when in reality was like a half hour). are there any really good ways to extend a lucid dream? or even make one happen? i've heard of a few ways of trying to make a lucid dream happen, but none of them work very well... not for me at least. i don't dream very often, (or rather, i don't remember having any dreams often) and i want to be able to dream a lot more often at night, perhaps every night. it's only common sense that in order to have more lucid dreams, is to have more dreams.

[Korpo]

Hello, Guitarmaster72.


are there any really good ways to extend a lucid dream?

It's a skill that needs to be trained like any other. Try looking into Robert Waggoner's "Lucid Dreaming" - not much practical explanation so far (I'm reading it), but excellent background explanations. Wonderful description of the process of learning to stabilize and sustain lucid dreams he went through himself.


it's only common sense that in order to have more lucid dreams, is to have more dreams.

I agree wholeheartedly. Do you journal all of your dreams? That might send the signal that they are important to you, and the effort might be rewarded by more recall.

Cheers,
Oliver

[Guitarmaster72]

oh... i don't really enjoy the idea of keeping a journal of any kind... i'm not much of a person that likes to write down personal thoughts and keep it for the future. how exactly does keeping a journal help anyways? i usually can remember my dreams quite well (if i can remember having one, cuz i hear everybody has a dream every night, they just don't remember having one). it's not that often that i can remember having a dream, but not remember what it was. what can i do with a journal that i can't just remember in my head? dreams are important to me, because it gives me a feeling of being free from the laws of physics, and basically do whatever i want. i'm not one of those people that think "dreams are good to remember because it can help you learn" or bolony like that, i'm just looking for a good time, and what better place than a dream where you can do anything you can think of?

[Korpo]

I didn't say to "keep a diary." I said "journal your dreams." By recording them you - amongst other things - send a signal that you value your dreams enough to make this effort. See if it makes a difference - to the quantity or the quality of your dreams.

Cheers,
Oliver

[CFTraveler]

Another reason for journaling is because in the future you can look back at trends and compare them with what was happening in your life, and this helps with recall and interpretation.

[Guitarmaster72]

oh, korpo, you didn't mean like keep an actual journal, but like a mental note saying that dreams are important to me? i used to see dreams as pretty passive, but over the last month, i've been starting to appreciate my dreams a little more, because the thought of being in a fantasy world inside your own head where anything can happen is just amazing thought. the second i realize i just came out of a dream i think "wow that was cool, wierd ♥♥♥♥ happened and it wasn't even real! even though it looked and felt real" in a dream, you can do some of the most fun things, and not have any consequence (such as going on a rampage with guns n stuff, not that i think killing is a good thing, but if you've ever played FPS video games, you know what i mean)

do you have any other good tips on how to make yourself have more dreams or more lucid dreams? like i heard stuff like "don't watch TV or play games about an hour before bed" or (to induce lucid dreams) " Make a habit of looking at your hands or in a mirror, or asking yourself if your dreaming, while awake. often times you'll know you're awake when your awake, but when you ask yourself while sleeping, you'll consider you are dreaming and become lucid" are these some of the only methods, or can you mentally prepare yourself to have a dream somehow?

[ButterflyWoman]

oh, korpo, you didn't mean like keep an actual journal, but like a mental note saying that dreams are important to me?
No. When you wake up, you jot down what you were dreaming. Some people get so proficient at this that they can do it in the middle of the night while half-asleep. You could also use a recording device (mp3 player, a phone that records, etc.) and just record a dream verbally, if you don't want to write it down.

As mentioned, keep a journal/record/notes on what you dream will help get you in the habit of remembering your dreams. Generally speaking, it's not that people need to dream "more", but that they need to remember what they DO dream.

Good dream recall is the first step to lucid dreaming according to a lot of lucid dream experts.

[Guitarmaster72]

Good dream recall is the first step to lucid dreaming according to a lot of lucid dream experts

well can i skip that step? i'm too lazy lol. what's the next step?

[CFTraveler]

Use keywords. Three words the second you wake.

And, Oliver and CW: Bazinga!

[Guitarmaster72]

huh?

[ButterflyWoman]

i'm too lazy
If you're not willing to put in the time to develop some measure of mental discipline, you're not likely to achieve much in this area. And even if you do manage to achieve lucid dreams, what good is it if you can't remember them? It'd be like having a vague recollection that you went to a movie the night before, but you have no idea what it was or who any of the characters were or what the story was about. What's the point?

Developing mental discipline is not unlike like playing the guitar. Nobody picks up a guitar and is immediately able to play it like a master. It takes practice, effort, and - yes - discipline. If you don't know how to tune the instrument, you have to learn, and you have to keep it tuned. If your fingers are soft (and most peoples' are before they start playing), you have to toughen them up. Without the basics and the discipline and the practice, there's not much point in playing the guitar (unless all you want to do is muck around with it and play a couple chords).

[Guitarmaster72]

i'm not saying i'm just gonna forget about all the dreams i have.... i just feel like a dork to like, write em down somewhere, and i'm too lazy to write about it... couldn't i just remember them anyways? if the dream was interesting enough, i would definitely remember it. ever since i've been lookin up things about dreams and stuff, i've been trying to remember my dreams, and have been thinking about them a lot. i'm not too lazy to remember them, i'm too lazy to write em down in a journal thingy.