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I just woke up having seen another lucid dream.
I was having a regular dream that was quite realistic when at some point I realised, 'hey, this is a lucid dream, i can control myself fully and i am conscious'.
So I suddenly started ringing/rubbing my hands, like that wiki page said, to make my lucid dream possibly last longer.
I proceeded to 'break the law' because I knew no-one would do anything to me and I could do everything. From time to time I kept rubbing my hands to see if that theory worked (deep inside I did hope so).
At some point of the dream I distinctively felt the bond of the real world and the dream world breaking and I didn't want it to end, when I woke up...
Usually after I wake up, I try to go back to sleep as soon as possible, the dream might continue. But unfortunately, it didn't work this time.
What's amazing though, compared to the other few lucid dreams I had, this one did indeed last about 3 times longer. I don't know if subconsciously I felt that rubbing hands indeed works after having read that article, but in my case, it did work.
Can't wait for another one...
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The only ever lucid dream I've had (I read up on it a lot as well) was when I attempted Polyphasic sleeping. I actually succeeded in dreaming in the 20 minute naps and I had a lucid dream in my first dream of the whole 'experiment' (a few days of Polyphasic sleeping). What was crazy though was that the 20 minute nap felt like an hour or two in the dream. I know it sounds like bullshit from Inception but I swear to God I was running around jumping as if there was no gravity and stripping down all these chicks for hours and I woke up feeling as if I had slept for hours (I felt so refreshed and energetic etc.) and then I look at the clock and it had only been about 15-20 minutes.
I actually had to do a few tests to check whether I was dreaming or not, I didn't just snap and say "I'm dreaming 100%". I realised that it COULD be a dream but I wasn't sure because.. I mean, it's a dream. The first test I did was blocking my nose and closing my mouth and then trying to breathe. I actually managed to breathe fine (from my throat or something) and I knew that was wrong, but it didn't convince me one bit. The next test was pinching myself, it didn't hurt but I kind of knew that the sensation of pain should be there so that didn't work either. The one that worked is I looked at some writing (on a juice bottle lolwtf random) and then looked away for a few seconds. I looked back and the writing was changed and this conclusively meant that it was a dream, at which point I tried jumping as high as I can and smashed my head on the ceiling lol.
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On July 31 2010 16:00 Ecorin wrote:
I just woke up having seen another lucid dream.
I was having a regular dream that was quite realistic when at some point I realised, 'hey, this is a lucid dream, i can control myself fully and i am conscious'.
So I suddenly started ringing/rubbing my hands, like that wiki page said, to make my lucid dream possibly last longer.
I proceeded to 'break the law' because I knew no-one would do anything to me and I could do everything. From time to time I kept rubbing my hands to see if that theory worked (deep inside I did hope so).
At some point of the dream I distinctively felt the bond of the real world and the dream world breaking and I didn't want it to end, when I woke up...
Usually after I wake up, I try to go back to sleep as soon as possible, the dream might continue. But unfortunately, it didn't work this time.
What's amazing though, compared to the other few lucid dreams I had, this one did indeed last about 3 times longer. I don't know if subconsciously I felt that rubbing hands indeed works after having read that article, but in my case, it did work.
Can't wait for another one...
The rubbing hands together method never worked well for me. Try looking at your hands for a few seconds, or spinning around.
Yeah lucid dreams are pretty sweet, the main trick I used to get learn to get lucid in dreams was to look at my right hand for a few seconds before going to sleep, and think about looking at my hand as I was going to sleep. Then I would remember to look at my hand, and realize it's a dream. Funny how that works.
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Personally I always try to do new things once I have done something, I've flown before, still do, can't get tired of that one. There we're a couple of nightmares I had where after having them again at a different time, I was able to control them, but the nightmares evolved as I changed them. I ended up winning against one by completely folding the entire "space" if you'll call it that into a tiny box, then folded the last "wall" into the monster and woke up.
Another nightmare I never had before, was this giant creature leaping from one huge tall pillar to another (it was like a big cathedral but with nothing but pillars everywhere.) It could jump from one to the other, each one being about 30 meters, and when i realized i was dreaming. I just simply copied his move, jumped up, and looked at him, chasing him. Then I ended up just chasing him while he ran but he was too quick.
My new project? Well being a DBZ-holic, I'm currently trying to make a kamahamaha wave, figured if i get that down, nothing will be able to mess with me then.
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I'm still working on the lucid dreaming, just had a dream yesterday that someone similar to Mr. Miyagi in appearance was designing something in a junkyard during the time right before the Olympic Games. I was like a narrator, not even in my dream, or I'm not sure, maybe I wanted to be Mr. Miyagi. Anyways the local news came by every day to report that he was working on something, but it would always be a secret. This hinted to me that he was a well respected inventor. One day his invention was finished and he put a blanket on it. When the news reporters came, he told them that they would have to wait for the unraveling of the invention during the start of the games.
I just can't realize that I'm in a dream 
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i've been lucid dreaming a lot lately. For some reason every time i realize i'm dreaming the first thing i do is fly and start to shoot fireballs and shit. It's awesome.
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
i often have lucid dreams after a big night of drinking lol.
basically what happens is im half awake? the next morning and THIRSTY AS FUCK.
so im' like damn i better get up and get some water before i die
so in my dream i get up and get water and i drink several cups. then my real self is like. hm...how come i still feel like a piece of shit!??!?!
so im like DAMN i was just lucid dreaming that getting up for water. lemme REALLY get up for water.
then it repeats again and again until im finally like FUCK IM GODAMN THIRSTY GOADFJDKFAJLSF then i wake myself up haha
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Advice needed*
A little background to my lucid dream experience:
I discovered lucid dreaming about a year ago, I was very intrigued by the concept and tried to have one of my own. It did not go well at all back then and after a while I stopped trying. About 2 months ago I watched a film call "Waking Life" which i a fantastic film about dreams, and one part that really stuck with me is how to tell if your dreaming, by looking at a clock or trying to change the lighting, which is not possible in a dream supposedly. This re inspired me to lucid dream, but one again to no avail. Then, a couple of weeks ago I randomly had my first lucid dream, then another this morning.
Lucid Dream #1
+ Show Spoiler +Last week I indeed had a lucid dream. I was all of a sudden in my room, I don't recall how i got there but it was just me in my room all of a sudden. Apparently in my dream I found this funny too, I don't know what tipped me off but for some reason I suspected I was dreaming. With much uncertainty I tried turning the lights off, but it was impossible. I was overwhelmed with excitement; for the first time i was conscious during a dream! The first thing I could think of to do was fly. So i through my arms up like super man (no lie) and tried to fly. That is when the room began to disappear until it was just me in a blank white room. End of dream.
Lucid Dream #2
+ Show Spoiler + This morning my cat woke me up sometime between 3-5 by meowing outside my door. When I woke I was angry for a second, until i realized that i had another lucid dream. I was overwhelmed with joy. This time around was a bit more long and vivid, but it was quite similar but i remember a little more to it this time. I was talking to my uncle (odd because I rarely see this uncle) and I literally asked him "what to you know about lucid dreams?" JUST like in the film, Waking Life which i find really odd. I remember he was really enthused that I asked him. It gets a little vague from here. I remember my uncle went off about lucid dreams for a long time meanwhile I kept trying to ask him a question I thought was very important (although i cant remember what it was, or what my uncle was talking about at this point.). From here is gets more vivid. I was in my basement with somebody, presumably my uncle, it was pretty dark and no lights were on, yet i could still see the figure of a human, and it did not seem weird (at first) that we were interacting in the dark. Again, something tipped me off. I feel it was the lack of lights, but i cant say for certain. I asked whoever it was to hit the light switch, I cant explain how we knew where it was but we did. When the figure hit the switch no lights came on or anything. At this point I realized i may be dreaming, so i tried flipping the switch and nothing, I got excited, and flipped the switch on/off numerous times. Once I realized 100% I was dreaming, i was instantly in my room which is odd because last time i was just suddenly in my room as well. The lighting was still dark and of course, i tried to fly. This time i actually started to fly but i did not get far at all when the room again began to fade, this time to black. I was much more aware this time around and i was consciously fighting it. As I was fighting 'The Fade' there were these weird splotches of ultraviolet sort of like the patterns you see when you rub your eyes really hard. In the end the fade won. End of dream.
TL;DR Two lucid dreams that end shortly after I realize I'm dreaming and try to fly. The first was short and i didn't know how i got to the point of lucidity, the second much more vivid and longer. But ended all the same, except the first faded to white, the second to black. More than likely based on the lighting.
I need your help TL! I REALLY want to explore the possibilities this brings. Have any of you had similar experiences? Any tips on how to do exciting things that are not connected to the dream i was having before the realization of lucidity would be greatly appreciated!!+ Show Spoiler +
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Its not fair i've always wanted one. But in all my dreams i sometimes have a nagging suspicion that somethings wrong but i just go with the flow of the dream.
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this was the one lucid dream i remember having:
i show up at some building where there are lots of women in line to buy something. idk what.
for some reason i am spiderman and i am swinging around the ceiling from wall to wall just fucking around.
at that moment i realize that i am in a dream, as spiderman. so i think to myself "fuck yeah i can do whatever i want"
so im swinging around scoping out these bitches. and i swoop down and have sex with the hottest of them on the spot.
it was a good dream
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Having just only learned about the possibility of these lucid dreams is it weird that I have this every time I dream, or at least have this with dreams I can recall later on?
Most of the time when I dream of things that frighten me I feel I've got control on what's coming, what's happening and that I can wake up any time I want. Maybe not literally but I guess you can't be sure of what games your subconciousnes is playing..
I recall multiple dreams of positive feelings aswell where I knew it was a dream and I could play around in it for while it lasts.
Lots of situations people have described in this thread feel familiair to me
I never realized this shit existed and I could try out weird shit when having a ''lucid dream'' I recall there were dreams where I decided having myself affected by gravity wasn't cool, so I removed it and it was awesome - until I woke up where it made me sad cause life wasn't as awesome. Which is probably why those are the only dreams I can vaguely recall.
I'll definitely try those right hand tricks for it to occur more often.
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On December 07 2011 08:33 LennyLeonard wrote:Advice needed* A little background to my lucid dream experience: I discovered lucid dreaming about a year ago, I was very intrigued by the concept and tried to have one of my own. It did not go well at all back then and after a while I stopped trying. About 2 months ago I watched a film call "Waking Life" which i a fantastic film about dreams, and one part that really stuck with me is how to tell if your dreaming, by looking at a clock or trying to change the lighting, which is not possible in a dream supposedly. This re inspired me to lucid dream, but one again to no avail. Then, a couple of weeks ago I randomly had my first lucid dream, then another this morning. Lucid Dream #1 + Show Spoiler +Last week I indeed had a lucid dream. I was all of a sudden in my room, I don't recall how i got there but it was just me in my room all of a sudden. Apparently in my dream I found this funny too, I don't know what tipped me off but for some reason I suspected I was dreaming. With much uncertainty I tried turning the lights off, but it was impossible. I was overwhelmed with excitement; for the first time i was conscious during a dream! The first thing I could think of to do was fly. So i through my arms up like super man (no lie) and tried to fly. That is when the room began to disappear until it was just me in a blank white room. End of dream. Lucid Dream #2 + Show Spoiler + This morning my cat woke me up sometime between 3-5 by meowing outside my door. When I woke I was angry for a second, until i realized that i had another lucid dream. I was overwhelmed with joy. This time around was a bit more long and vivid, but it was quite similar but i remember a little more to it this time. I was talking to my uncle (odd because I rarely see this uncle) and I literally asked him "what to you know about lucid dreams?" JUST like in the film, Waking Life which i find really odd. I remember he was really enthused that I asked him. It gets a little vague from here. I remember my uncle went off about lucid dreams for a long time meanwhile I kept trying to ask him a question I thought was very important (although i cant remember what it was, or what my uncle was talking about at this point.). From here is gets more vivid. I was in my basement with somebody, presumably my uncle, it was pretty dark and no lights were on, yet i could still see the figure of a human, and it did not seem weird (at first) that we were interacting in the dark. Again, something tipped me off. I feel it was the lack of lights, but i cant say for certain. I asked whoever it was to hit the light switch, I cant explain how we knew where it was but we did. When the figure hit the switch no lights came on or anything. At this point I realized i may be dreaming, so i tried flipping the switch and nothing, I got excited, and flipped the switch on/off numerous times. Once I realized 100% I was dreaming, i was instantly in my room which is odd because last time i was just suddenly in my room as well. The lighting was still dark and of course, i tried to fly. This time i actually started to fly but i did not get far at all when the room again began to fade, this time to black. I was much more aware this time around and i was consciously fighting it. As I was fighting 'The Fade' there were these weird splotches of ultraviolet sort of like the patterns you see when you rub your eyes really hard. In the end the fade won. End of dream. TL;DR Two lucid dreams that end shortly after I realize I'm dreaming and try to fly. The first was short and i didn't know how i got to the point of lucidity, the second much more vivid and longer. But ended all the same, except the first faded to white, the second to black. More than likely based on the lighting. I need your help TL! I REALLY want to explore the possibilities this brings. Have any of you had similar experiences? Any tips on how to do exciting things that are not connected to the dream i was having before the realization of lucidity would be greatly appreciated!! + Show Spoiler +
You have to come to terms that lucid dreaming is different for everyone. One person can reach lucidity within the first week of trying, others it can take much, much longer, so don't base your knowledge of that off of what people tell you. Keep trying, and you'll eventually get it down.
Reading on I saw that you had actually had a lucid dream or two. The first few times that you have a lucid dream, you will wake up almost instantly due to pure excitement. Don't be discouraged though, keep trying, you're at a phase where it will just get easier and easier. Once you get this down, lucid dreaming will be another easy task.
Good luck!
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LennyLenoard there was a guide about this subject in another thread. What stood out to me from what you said was that once you are lucid you get emotionally excited whether it's sad or happy. This basically can't happen else you will start to wake up.
Here's the link: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=137954
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United States5162 Posts
I had a two natural lucid dreams when I was around 5 years old. I wasn't completely lucid since I didn't realize I was dreaming, but I did have control. A few years later I had one where I was 100% lucid. Unfortunately, I had been having bad dreams, and I didn't realize the potential before me, so when I 'woke up' in my dream then looked out my window and realized something wasn't right, I decided to lay back down and go to sleep 
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I found out about Lucid Dreaming maybe 6 months ago. I was extremely interested and started getting a few shortly after. That super enthusiastic phase passed long ago but I still get Lucid Dreams at least a couple times a month. And if I get one I'm very likely to get loads that night. Been out flying across waterfalls, to parallel dimensions, flown a dragon, fought off bad guys dragon ball z style etc. But I guess the most obvious use is for sex (unfortunately I find it really hard maintaining lucidity during that though D .
From my personal experience I would recommend focusing on it until you are getting them on some sort of regular basis. Then you can mostly forget about it and, learn and enjoy whenever dem dreams pop up
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I have them from time to time. The dreams I remember well are never particularly exciting. The ones where crazy metaphysical shit goes on I have no memory of and no control over. Of lucid dreams I've seen two types.
One is where I don't care that it's a dream and just go about my business, getting up and doing my normal routine, maybe even going to class or playing video games. The other is where I start reviewing either fictional stories or science lectures in my memory, usually fast forwarding the boring parts and sometimes adding original scenes/commentary. It's really suprising how well my memory works in that state.
Eventually the contradictions pile up, causing me to wake up or "reset" the dream until I get tired of dreaming.
Oh and there's no way death can be like a dream...in the end dreams are biological. And having to relive/remix my memories eternally in dreams would get really dull. A consciousness unable to experience anything new would be hell.
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I went on a dry streak of about 3 months without any dreams whatsoever and had trouble getting to sleep. I did some research and I started taking a water soluble magnesium supplement 40 min. before going to sleep and it has helped me immensely get more restful sleep, vivid dreams, and more energy throughout the day.
Magnesium info.
Everyone who lucid dreams: Find your dream guide, things get way more interesting.
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nice.. i have them every night... i used to have a guide where i where i would write down my dreams, but it became impossible since i was having like 5 different dreams per night, always waking to write down the dreams >.<...i have tried almost everything in the dream world, had great control since i was a kid,lately i tried making portals and trying to control my real body while sleeping...i often think about music and listen to some metal before going to bed, that way i will "compose" some masterful pieces of music that im never able to play in the real world cause im such a guitar noob sigh.
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I remember smoking some of the sacred herb and having some pretty intense dreams the nights before and after.
Weird thing is, my dreams usually end up becoming true if I end up smoking the night before and afterwards up to a week.
Bob Marley had some pretty good stuff on this (
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I have these a couple of times a week, always thought it was quite common until i talked to my friends about some of my dream things and found out they have never/rarely experienced it its very fun and awesome when it happens and i normally wake up feeling better after a night of them
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