The Many Ways of Lucid Dreaming – Part 1

While for some people lucid dreams come naturally, others have to try hard to reach the lucid state. Be that as it may, there are many ways one can have lucid dreams and anyone and everyone can do this, if you put in some efforts.

The first requirement to have lucid dreams is to lead a tension-free life, where you allow yourself to be restful and give time to lucid dreaming.

There was a time when just recollecting my lucid dreams and putting them on paper would take me close to 2 hours. These days however I have got busy with other things and as a consequence, I have fewer lucid dreams. Hence the right time to start with your lucid dreaming is when you are comparatively free, for instance, during a vacation.

Once you are successful with your lucid dreaming, you will find the subsequent dreams happen pretty fast and you can reach the lucid state quite suddenly.

Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (MILD) Technique

Tune your mind in such a way that you can recall the dreams you have had. After you are awake, try to recall the dreams in as much detail as possible.

When you go back to sleep again, put your complete attention on your intention to realize that you are dreaming. Keep on telling your self that the next time you are dreaming, you want remember that you are dreaming. Make this type of auto-suggestion powerful enough to turn your mind completely towards this intention with all earnestness.

Whenever you find your mind getting distracted with other thoughts, let the thoughts go on its own and return to your original focus of attention – to remember that you are dreaming.

You must train your mind simultaneously to remember the last dream you have had, as soon as you wake up. In case you find it difficult to remember the last dream, you could go back to another dream you have had recently. While doing so, remember that it is a dream that you are having. In short, become aware of your dream state. For instance, if you want to dream that you are flying or suspended in mid-air, go on dreaming about this idea till you realize that you have reached the perfect state of fantasizing and that you are actually in a dream state, though not really fast asleep.

You could go on repeating these steps given above, till such times that you are firm in your intentions. You can then let your self go and fall asleep. In case you find that while falling asleep, your thoughts have started to roam, repeat the lucid dreaming procedure to re-focus on your intention to realize that you are dreaming the next time.

Taking naps

You may also refer to this concept as making some adjustments to your sleep pattern. For instance, you have set an alarm to wake you up a few hours before you actually have to get up. As soon as the alarm goes off you are awake. Read some literature about lucid dreaming and try to go back to sleep, this time with the honest intention of lucid dreaming. This can also be done after you have woken up from a deep sleep and still in the early dozing state. Without getting up, you could doze off into a slumber, with the constant thought behind your mind that you are giving yourself a chance to get into a lucid dream state, where you could have lucid dreams. If you can actually gauge your REM (Rapid Eye Movement) cycles, which the real time when dreaming takes place, then you could set your alarm at the precise time when the dreaming gets over.

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