Wednesday 31 August 2011

Tips For Lucid Dreaming - How To Remember Your Dreams...

One of the most important tips for lucid dreaming  is to develop great dream recall from all of your dreams whether lucid or not.

Why Do I Need To Remember?
When you dream there will be things that you won't have happen in real life whether it be unusual characters, symbols, signs etc. Things like this are what separates your dream world from the realistic physical world.

How Do I Remember?
One great method to remember is to start a dream journal. This is a notepad you'll have besides you bed and when you wake up after having a dream you'll quickly scribble down your dream in as much detail as possible and if you remember any you can even scribble down any symbols that you saw too.


How To Improve Recall...
You can improve your recall by breaking your sleeping pattern up into 2 hours per session. So you would set your alarm for 2 hours, wake up jot down your dream and repeat until you have about 5 dreams for the night or until you have to wake up.

What Is The Point?
The symbols and characters you jotted down are going to be triggers, make sure you learn a few of them so when you next go to sleep if you see one of these you can be like "wait...am I dreaming?" and with this realisation you can go on to start your journey of lucid dreaming.

Conclusion
Remembering your dream is one of the most important tips for lucid dreaming so start yourself a dream journal and watch how quickly you'll be able to start your first lucid dream.

Saturday 27 August 2011

How Do I Lucid Dream? - Questions...

You've stumbled on lucid dream induction and you are interested in this life changing experience and like a high majority of people you will have a number of questions on this topic such as "How do I lucid dream" which I hope to cover in this blog post starting with the most basic question...


What is lucid dreaming?
Is the ability to control your dream consciously as if you were the director. Your dream world will become a reality; taste, sound, smell and sight are all like what you will experience as if it was all real!


Normally when you sleep your brain also goes to sleep leaving you unaware of your dreams which is why you won't be able to recall them properly as they'll be fuzzy in your mind.


Now when it comes down to lucid dreaming you're brain realises that you're dreaming and this self-awareness gives you the ability to be put in the driving seat of your own dreams. 


Can anyone learn it?
Yes! It is very simple to learn, in fact everyone does it but our brains aren't aware of it so what need to happen is wake up your conscious self to realise that you're in a dream. 


People can have the first of these dreams anywhere ranging from 3 days to 3 weeks with simple methods such as...

  • Reality checks
  • Meditation
  • Hypnosis
  • Visualisations
  • Affirmations
These are just a few things you can do and more will be explained in-depth in this blog!

Is it dangerous?
A question that has people wary of wanting to go through their first lucid dream is whether it is dangerous or not. For example "If you die in your dream will you be lost forever?" NO! Just as long as you remember that you are in control of your dream you can make sure you don't die, you can fight phobias and nightmares and you can even wake yourself up from this state too so if you are afraid then you can easily pull out.

Benefits?
The benefits of this are endless! You can do so much in your dreams when you are in control...
  • Fly
  • Visualise amazing landscapes
  • Problem solving
  • Improve confidence
  • Face your fears
  • Increase creativity
  • Talk to your subconscious 
YOU ARE IN CONTROL!

How do I lucid dream?
For those of you who want to jump straight into it read the next post where we will start going into some simple techniques.

If you still have any questions then check out this lens over at squidoo which goes into a few more questions...How do I lucid dream - Your questions answered

Lucid Dream Induction - About this blog

Welcome to our blog about lucid dream induction. This is for anyone who hasn't experienced a lucid dream yet (beginners), those who want to know what it's like before going into it and also for those who can get into the lucid state and just want tips for how to do it more regularly.


The blog will be updated constantly twice a week with new information, tips and techniques that you can give a hand at trying. 


We will also recommend some products which you can use to help you accelerate your learning time and sometimes even experience your first dream tonight!