Yipppeeeee!!!

[Tombo]

Congratulation![]

[kozzi]

 That's great!  Was that your first time?  Isn't it absolutely amazing?  Now, why do you think we can do that?

Kozzi

[kozzi]

By the way, what method did you use?

Kozzi

[Casper_Spilly]

quote:Originally posted by tombodenmann

Congratulation![]

Thank you[8D]

[Casper_Spilly]

quote:Originally posted by kozzi

 That's great!  Was that your first time?  Isn't it absolutely amazing?  Now, why do you think we can do that?

Kozzi

First time, never had a lucid dream in my life before this one.

quote:Now, why do you think we can do that?

I've gone from zero dream recall to ocassional dream recall to recalling multiple dreams per night. It's been nearly two years of reading about and trying every technique I could find. I have never been considered particularly gifted in a dreaming or psychic sense.. just your average joe like anyone else trying to develop these skills. It just takes patience and persistence. I'll admit I was getting a little discouraged for a while, which when I think about it may haven been a hurdle in and of itself.

quote:How?

I had been sleeping for about 5 or 6 hours when I had woken up.. feeling rested I decided to get up and start my day only to realize a half hour later that I had not gotten enough rest... went back to sleep and dreamt as I would normally when suddenly I became lucid. I don't recall how I became lucid, I just remember my dream transitioning from one scene to another and the next thing I knew *I* was standing in an open field. It was so incredible, I was actually making comparisons to my dream world and the real world, trying to be objective.. learning to fly for the first time! One of the more interesting parts was when I began to wake up.. my dream body became extremely lathargic and tired.. I scrambled as fast as I could to get a running start in order to take off flying again, but just couldn't.. I felt like a lead baloon. Then *pop*, I was in my bed awake. From being conscious in my dream to being conscious after waking.


So just keep at it. Patience and persistence is the key.

[kozzi]

No, I know...   I can do it if I wish, but I get lazy sometimes.  I've had several lucid dreams so far, but I was just wondering what method you used.  So, it turns out that you used the wake-up-go-back-to-bed method.  It's a funny name for a method, but it happens to be the most successful method I've ever used.  I happened on another method the other day that I've not heard anyone mention.  I stayed up all night one night until I just couldn't stay awake any longer.  When I went to bed I used the typical auto-suggestion techniques.  This worked really well, in fact it worked much better than the wake-up-go-back-to-bed method has ever worked for me.

Kozzi

[kozzi]

I kind of contradicted myself.  I said the wake-up-go-back-to-bed method was most successful, but then that staying up until I could no longer stay awake was more effective.  It's true, it was definately more effective, but not very practical for obvious reasons.  

Kozzi

[Casper_Spilly]

After almost two very frustrating years of attempting everything under the sun I finally made a breakthrough this afternoon! I became 100% lucid and flew around town! It was incredible.. I can't even begin to describe how awesome it was.

I just wanted to encourage anyone who's struggling with a little doubt and frustration.. keep at it.. it will happen eventually.