- Jun 5, 2007
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For the past few years I've actively tried lucid dreaming. I've tried to take control of what goes on in my dreams. It's not been easy. Realizing that you are dreaming is actually very difficult, and when you do realize that you are dreaming, the vast majority of the time you'll wake up immediately due to the shock of being able to control your dreams. A few times I've been successful at controlling my dreams for a few seconds, but last night I finally was able to control my dream for a significant amount of time.
I was dreaming I was standing outside, on the streets of a city which I do not immediately recognize. All of a sudden I see a person walking up the street. I recognized that person as my friend Daniel. But something about Daniel was different. I don't know what it was, but I realized that this must be a dream. I immediately thought "Ok, I'm going to slowly analyze this situation and try to conclude whether this is a dream or not." After a few seconds of deep thinking about the situation, I realized that I was dreaming. After that realization, I took full control of every single aspect of the dream.
The dream lasted for quite a while. I am not going into the details of what I did during my dream, but I will say that I learned a few things about taking control of your dreams that will allow me to perfect the technique in the future. Some of the things learned from the experience are:
- I was extremely tired last night. I've never been as sleepy as last night. This might be one of the reasons why I achieved lucid dreaming.
- During the dream, I realized I was in a dream by thinking, not by taking a quick test of my surroundings.
- Once you're in control, you can do anything, but you need to focus on what you want. You can make anything and anyone appear in your dream.
- The dream was so vivid, I remember it in more detail than normal dreams.
I know there is a vast amount of literature covering lucid dreaming, but I've always thought that dreams are very unique for every person, and that the best way to induce lucid dreaming is by trial and error. I also recently saw Inception, which might be one of the reasons why I achieved a long, detailed lucid dream last night.
...Now, if I could only learn to take control of my sleep paralysis experiences.
I was dreaming I was standing outside, on the streets of a city which I do not immediately recognize. All of a sudden I see a person walking up the street. I recognized that person as my friend Daniel. But something about Daniel was different. I don't know what it was, but I realized that this must be a dream. I immediately thought "Ok, I'm going to slowly analyze this situation and try to conclude whether this is a dream or not." After a few seconds of deep thinking about the situation, I realized that I was dreaming. After that realization, I took full control of every single aspect of the dream.
The dream lasted for quite a while. I am not going into the details of what I did during my dream, but I will say that I learned a few things about taking control of your dreams that will allow me to perfect the technique in the future. Some of the things learned from the experience are:
- I was extremely tired last night. I've never been as sleepy as last night. This might be one of the reasons why I achieved lucid dreaming.
- During the dream, I realized I was in a dream by thinking, not by taking a quick test of my surroundings.
- Once you're in control, you can do anything, but you need to focus on what you want. You can make anything and anyone appear in your dream.
- The dream was so vivid, I remember it in more detail than normal dreams.
I know there is a vast amount of literature covering lucid dreaming, but I've always thought that dreams are very unique for every person, and that the best way to induce lucid dreaming is by trial and error. I also recently saw Inception, which might be one of the reasons why I achieved a long, detailed lucid dream last night.
...Now, if I could only learn to take control of my sleep paralysis experiences.
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