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How To Lucid Dream

What is Lucid Dreaming you ask?
A lucid dream is a dream in which you know you are dreaming and
in many cases you are able to control of your dream!

Steps to Start Lucid Dreaming

1. Dream Journal

This can get boring, but it is well worth the effort. Use your phone or get a paper and pen and start writing out your dreams.
I suggest writing at least 4 sentences each time, but you can go well beyond that.
This will get you into the habit of remembering your dreams and to start looking for dream signs within your dreams.

2. Pick out dream signs

A lot of your regular dreams will have objects or people in them that could act as a sign to induce lucidity.
For example I often see Taylor Swift or a sign/symbol that she is nearby. (Don't Judge)
So the next time you are dreaming try looks for something that stands out.

3. Notice your waking world

To be conscious in your dream world means you have to be conscious in your waking world.
That may sound like some crazy shit from The Matrix, but it has to do with being ‘consciously focused’.
For example you are consciously focused when learning a new task, you are thinking about every action you are taking to get the right steps.
When you have learned the new task you no longer have to focus as intently as you did when learning it.
Being consciously focused means looking around you and saying what you see, feel, hear, smell and touch and voicing it.
This has the added benefit of being in the moment and can help you to inner calmness, it’s almost zen like.
I often pinch myself to induce pain which in return lets me know that I am 'consciously focused'.

If you start to consciously focus on the world around you, you will carry this over into the dream world.

4. Am I dreaming?

Ask yourself just now 'Am I dreaming?'. Your obvious answer is to say no, of course you are not dreaming. How do you know?
Don’t just say; because I know, try and think about why you are not dreaming. For example you could say if I was dreaming I would be able to fly.
When you are dreaming you cannot read text for longer than a few seconds, so try reading text to prove to yourself you are not dreaming.

This again will carry over into your dreaming world and you will start asking the same questions in your dreams which can turn into a lucid dream.

5. Keep at it

This can take a long time for some people and the best advice I can give you is to keep working at it.
For some it can take a couple months to induce a lucid dream, but it is well worth the wait!

Here is a nice simple video for the more visual users


Benefits of Lucid Dreaming

Spoiler:

Lucid dreams give you the ability to control your own dreams and steer them toward the direction you want. In the lucid state, you are more willing to confront threats and as a result, become more self confident. When you achieve lucidity, you can use it as a tool to improve your sports game, to rehearse for a speech, to fulfill your fantasies, or to solve a problem in your waking life. In fact, some athletes utilize their lucid dreams to practice their tennis serve, golf stroke or bat swing. Even in your day to day life, you can use lucid dreams to ask the boss for a raise, prepare for a first date, overcome phobias, get over writer's block, etc. Lucid dreams can help you visualize and rehearse an event in your mind before it actually occurs. It helps to overcome fears and anxieties. The application of lucid dreams is limited only to your imagination.

Because brain activity during the dream state is the same as during a real life event, what you "learn" or "practice" in your lucid dream state is similar to the training and preparation you do in the waking world. Your neuronal patterns are already being conditioned.

At least half of all adults have had one lucid dream in their lifetime. Many have reported having lucid dreams without even trying. Often flying is associated with lucid dreams. With practice, lucid dreaming can be learned and achieved at your will.

Have any of you ever had a lucid dream?

Sources:
http://www.dreammoods.com/dreaminformati...dreams.htm
http://www.wikihow.com/Lucid-Dream
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifesty...aming.html

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