Questions on lucid dreaming

[LivioRazlo]

First and foremost, if I've published this thread in the wrong forum, please let me know as I thought it would fit best here.

A few of my friends have told me about their experiences while having lucid dreams. Being the person that I am, it peaked my interest. I have been scavenging other forums and websites to get an idea of how to accomplish this myself, but keep coming up empty handed.

I am wondering, are there any of you here that have experienced lucid dreams and if so, how do you mentally prepare yourself to be able to have them? Someone also told me that the older you become, the more difficult it becomes to have them. Is there any truth in this?

Thanks in advance for any help on this subject.

[white wizard]

Hey I can tell you that age has nothing to do with lucid dreaming. I started lucid
dreaming when I was 12. It came naturally and randomly for many years I have at least
3 or 4 a month.

If you become focused on having one then they become more likely. I got mine up to
one every other day without too much work. A week ago I had 4 in one night, which
was very random. You need to stop randomly throughout the day and ask yourself
if i am dreaming this will mirror in your sleep. Another good technique is waking up
at an early hour like 6 am for 30 mins then going back to sleep.

About three months ago I really started play with my LD in order to astral project. I have become a master at LD and can basically do everything in a dream state including Building and flying. but it has been an uphill battle. Research when you realize
you are lucid dreaming ask for clarity and lucidity Which will make your dreams
extremely vivid. Holding a dream together will also be another challenge.

I have had much fun Lucid Dreaming to let loose, but astral projection is my
next stage i wanna take it to.

Heres a good video to get you started

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ffHxwcJ_z68

[Spiral]

LD / astral projection comes about naturally if you make a concerted & sustained effort to be aware of where you are & what you are doing during the daytime, whilst doing totally ordinary things, driving, eating, working etc this awareness becomes a habit & soon enough you will suddenly realise that you are in a dream one night, and you just build on that.

There are many "gurus" out there who will hoodwink you into all kinds of techniques, but its all about awareness, its very simple, but not easy !

[Bubu]

Lucid Dreaming is for those that can sleep deep enough. In other words it is for the stress free, physically mentally and emotionally.

Yes it comes with age normally, because as we age we become bombarded with deception, fear mongering, chemicals diseases etc.

Lucky are the aged and can dream lucidly still.

Cheers, sleep soundly

[LivioRazlo]

Thank you everyone for the insightful information. I will take note of the video you have referenced White Wizard and practice meditating as instructed. I feel that this may help me with some of the issues I currently face in my life and may even assist in getting me on the track I was once on in life.

[Strat]

Here's my 2 cents:

For whatever reason, when I have poor sleep I have absurdly vivid lucid dreams. That's just me. I don't get it and I don't have an explanation for you. I'm just reporting..

For you I'd recommend the dream journal. I'm sure you've read of it if you've done research; keep a notepad/piece of paper and pen by your bed. When you wake up immediately start writing everything you can remember. The other thing that never is talked about but I feel is important is keep dreams on your mind. The very thought of dreams messes with my head, so I end up spending a lot of time thinking about it.

What happens is as I'm dreaming my brain freaks a bit, "This is it. What the **** is this place?! I'm getting answers right now." And that's when **** hits the fan. (for the record, I always get generic answers like, "You wouldn't understand/not enough time to explain, etc")

Wizard was sooo right when mentioning 'holding the dream together.' At first I could hold it together for like literally 10-15 seconds (time is hard to calculate in the dream state). I'm at maybe 1-3 minutes now. 1 clear minute in a lucid dream is an extremely long time. Haven't had LD's in a while I kinda backed off, **** was getting too weird. Sometimes you want to go back to dreams of working on a go kart with your bro rather than physical sensations and experiencing madness upon looking dream-folk in the eyes.

I'm actually curious now that I bring it up: to fellow lucid dreamers, do you folks have the same 'issues' with looking them in the eyes?

[gigha]

Here and Now..