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The most important piece of factual information about Lucid dreaming is that You are doing this naturally anyway,

so all you have to do is b_come AWARE that you are doing it. Awareness has always

been the keys to the doors of perception. And an induced OOBE where you are fully

conscious is just taking your physical consciousness, your logical left brain functions

along for the ride.



The left brain is vital to memory and recording this experience, also when the left brain

and right brain are working, you b_come aware, that part of you that you associate yourself

with that say's, "I think therefore I am."



So I guess the key for successful anything in the dream state or OOBE is knowing you do it

anyway in deep sleep, and all you have to do is join in on the adventure with your conscious

awareness. The rest will fall into place. Since we are just going to flick a switch to activate

you in when your physical body sleeps, the key is awareness, and the action is mind awake,

body asleep.



This is achieved without any fancy rituals, no meditating in ashrams, seeking the great Makullu...

eating special herbs etc...etc... those are focuses that can and do distort this experience with

expectations and beliefs. The best technique I can offer is the most natural one you can think of.

To let this experience occur with natural sleeping patterns so that you can achieve it as you

should naturally. It's called the "Lazy Human Release Technique" You will begin to pattern

your awareness into the dreaming state as we

speak...when you sleep at night, all I ask of you to do is just this.

Tell yourself:

"I am going to sleep now. I know I will be dreaming.

I am going to be aware of what happens when I fall asleep.

I will remember what I dream in full conscious detail."

Fall asleep normally, except for the fact that you are going to let yourself be conscious

while it happens...if you are finding it difficult to relax and sleep because you are exerting

to much alert mental control, let go and relax...play around with thinking in sounds and images

rather than words...speak the language of the right brain. Occupy as much of your left brain

with your own sleep inducing techniques so that it follows a natural pattern to sleep as well.

Instead of dreaming naturally you are controlling your dream just like you do when you breath...

it happens naturally, but you can control it when you desire. Sometimes you'll have to just let

go and fall asleep hoping that you have triggered enough interest in yourself to pop awake

naturally. If this is not working so smoothly, we can try to formulate more mental techniques

to induce this state, but in the end, it all_comes down to falling asleep naturally, but just being

aware in those states.

Take the Monroe Institutes example. They use HEMI-SYNC, and follow a series of conditions

that help, but this is again, a focus technique to do something that occurs naturally.

And it does not require HEMI- SYNC to do this, but apparently HEMI-SYNC helps...

I always think that it's a placebo(sp) effect...but if it works, great. And it does.

We'll create a similar pattern but with using suggestion. While going back to sleep...

If you are thinking to much and have too much on your mind, drop the excess baggage, it

will just get in the way. Here's a great technique using visualization to release your fears,

anxieties, and concerns as well as anything else blocking your experiment.

Visualize a bright white balloon glowing vibrantly with white light. Place the anxieties, concerns,

fears, and anything else interfering with your experiment into the balloon. Attach a :

This won't bother me anymore, it wont interfere with my OOBE. And let the balloon float up

and away from your imaginative sight. Do a deep breathing technique to help relax you if your

not relaxed enough.

Breath around 10 to 20 deep breaths. As you breath in, visualize vibrant energy entering from

all parts of your body, and when you breath out, visualize used up, tired energy pouring out from

every part of you and relax. Say an affirmation:

I use a blend of the Monroe, and my own...you can review both and add to it like you would a

signature according to the desired experience you wanted.

" I will be fully conscious as I am now when my Body falls asleep. I will be fully alert and will

remember in full conscious detail what I am experiencing. I desire to go out-of-body and explore

this state with all my awareness." That is a great simplified one to program yourself if your not as

successful with following the natural patterns of sleep into waking OOBE.

as you phase between states of consciousness...it is multi-layered so expect different states of

awareness to reveal themselves to you. I call one state Secondary Consciousness where

SUPER-IMPOSED REALSIM kicks in and you think you are awake. So you get up, eat breakfast

and fret about not going OOB. Then you wake up. That's a good example of your mental ability to

project a reality. There is more to it though.

What To Expect When Your Out Of Body

The initial first times may be very limited to just confirming that you are OOB by checking your

physical body out. It is a great time to explore the physical surroundings by touching a wall, passing

your hand into it, feel your physical body and put your non-physical hand in it. Check out your

non-physical body and LEARN LEARN LEARN all you can, Record the information when you

wake up. You may feel a strong pull like a magnet pulling you back towards your body, you can

resist by focusing on an object, grab it and confirm that you are going to remain conscious.

You may be limited to just five or ten feet...(self imposed limitations) You may phase into other

areas of the human space/time areas of experience and view 3-D sensory locations where it's

accumulation of human thoughts and emotions...I highly r_commend knowing that this area is

where a lot of HUMAN thinking/fretting/believing/screaming/loving/etc is stored and is best left to

itself. The ideal goal of your OOBE is not to stay in these thought circles, but to rise above them

to the more intelligent and orderly ones where you can actual learn practical information regarding

your human experience and the reality you were once so_completely focused in. Expect to go

forward and back in time. View locations you have never been to. Go to other planets and reality

systems...it is a very, very big and vast universe...you have much to LEARN LEARN LEARN!

I suggest visiting friends for the first part, learning to phase into the dreaming spheres where we

gather in groups, there is so much...but never fear or worry about revealing truths.

Remember, you do this anyway, so the best thing to do, is ask that part of you that knows the

territory to show you around...when OOB, just acknowledge that there is a part of you that knows

this, and ask it to be your guide, that's the best advice I can offer, who better to show you the

territory than your self Expect to turn unknowns into knowns, and beliefs in to truths as you

LEARN LEARN LEARN all you can about yourself and your relationship to this vast universe,

you may uncover just how damn important you really are. All will fall into place.

THE SCIENCE OF TOTAL RECALL OF YOUR DREAMS

Believe it or not you can learn to recall most all your Dreams.

With these simple techniques you can start remembering dreams within the first or second

night of practice. It's sort of like self hypnosis in a way. You are simply making suggestions

to your mind before you are_completely asleep.

This state of mind is called the borderline sleep level. It is when your brain is most likely to

absorb the suggestions. They say that certain foods can cause bad dreams.

Then again, sometimes when you eat food before bedtime that gives you indigestion, it might

seem that it is causing you to have dreams. This is do to the fact that the indigestion is keeping

you slightly awake. You know that borderline sleep level I mentioned earlier, so you are slightly

aware of these dreams. There is one other thing to consider. If you are having intense dreams

and they are in color then more than likely you are having a OBE.

There are 4 easy steps to this.

1. Preparing for Bed :Try to get the body as relaxed as you can.

If you have to stretch or even do Yoga all the better.

You can even meditate to clear your mind, so that you are more prepared for the next step.

You don't have to eat or refrain from eating before bedtime. You may do as you like.

Try experimenting with eating different foods before bedtime and see if you get any different

results in the end. Make sure you have a pen and pad handy to write with next to the bed.

2. Programming : This is the most important part. When you get to that borderline sleep level

(which is right before you are_completely asleep) you must tell yourself over and over again

that you will remember all your dreams and you will wake up after each dream and write down

your experience. If you don't like having to repeat all that then try tape recording yourself saying

these things. Make sure that you tape at least 10 - 15 min. worth. That should be sufficient.

3. Taking Notes :This is also very important. If you successfully wake up after each dream,

then you must write down everything you can remember in detail. Write down whether the dream

was in color or black and white. This is why we will keep a pen and pad next the bed. Make sure

not to put it in the bed with you. You don't want to end up stabbing yourself in your sleep.

Then you must try to go right back to sleep.

Keeping the pen and pad handy. Hopefully you will go right into another dream and repeat the process.

4. Reviewing the Night :Now it is time to review the night. You will be amazed at how many dreams

you actually had that night! I usually find that I have 10 - 15 dreams a night and sometimes more.

Everyone dreams and everyone dreams many times a night, they just don't know they do until they

try something like this. Make special note of dreams that are in full-blown color, for you will want to

reference them once you start studying Astral Projection.

ASTRAL TRAVEL

Astral Projection, out of body experience, lucid dreaming

Don't you want to know what the other side will be like?

We all leave our physical bodies when we go to sleep at night.

You may have thought you were dreaming when actually you out of body traveling around the astral planes.

For instance if you were dreaming in full blown color and maybe flying or falling.

In these scenarios you would be actually be astral projecting.

You can learn to consciously leave the body by using my porthole device or

you can use my dream control method, or maybe this method here.

Just so you know... there are many different methods to induce an out of body experience.

There is no best method. The best method is whatever works best for you.

Here is one simple method that is easy to learn.

Simply lay down with the lights off. Make sure you are_completely relaxed.

Lie there and be quite and still, calm and clear your mind.

Imagine your astral body which may look like gray matter shaped in the form of your body.

Imagine it lifting and floating out of your body, floating up to the ceiling in your room.

Turn and look down and try to see you body lying there.

If you are successful you may want to stay in the room and float around a bit,

staying close to the body. Or you can choose to walk through walls and travel to

where ever you wish to go. You can fly there or you can will yourself there instantly.

Here are some pointers:

Watch what you think. Everything you think can manifest on the astral planes.

So you don't want to be thinking about anything evil or you will attract it!

Anytime you think you are scared and or lost, just think of your body and you will be back in it in a flash.

Ever notice that when you are falling in a dream and you hit the bottom you always wake up quickly!

That is your astral body snapping back into place.

The use of drugs can lower your vibrations meaning you will not be able to travel to

higher astral planes where the vibrations are higher.

The reason you will want to travel higher on the astral planes is because you may have

to escape an attack by a lower vibrating entity. They can not travel to the higher planes.

DREAM CONTROL METHOD

Learn to realize you are having an out of body experience through dream control!

Then when you have b_come successful with that part of dream control , you will be ready

for this part. You need to advance your dream techniques to where you realize that you

are dreaming so that you can control the dream. Once you realize that you are dreaming

you will find that you can control where you want to go and what you want to do.

Now I am talking about when you have a dream that is in full blown color.

Those type of dreams usually mean that your are actually out of body. You see, when people

go to sleep at night their astral bodies leave and float around the astral planes in a dreamy

state or gathering energy. Sometimes you may be learning things from other higher beings

and eventually it is released in your conscious state later on when these beings think the

time is right. You just have to b_come conscious of all this.

Here are your key pointers:

Work with dreams that are in full color.

You must learn to b_come conscious during the dream.

Try to take control of the dream and go where you wish.

When you have achieved control you will know you have had an OBE!

Remember to keep a diary of every experience.

What is Lucid Dreaming?

Lucid Dreaming is knowing that you are dreaming while you are doing it.

When you know that you are dreaming, you can also alter the dream course.

And with practice you can also develop full control over your dream, you will be able to create

and change the environment and change your own appearance. It will be you that are in control

of the dream scenario. You can do whatever you want to do. Live out your wildest fantasy, or just

sit down and chit chat with someone. You should also be open for the possibility to share dreams

and travel in time and space when you develop adequate control over your dreams.

The word Lucid means that you have a clear and full consciousness.

Lucid Dreaming can be much more fun than waking reality.

In what stage of sleep does Lucid Du go all the way down to stage 4 again (also called non-REM sleep).

When approximately 90 minutes have again passed, another REM-period start.

This time the REM sleep lasts longer. And as time progresses less time in non-REM sleep is needed and

more time is spent in REM sleep. After 4-5 hours you don't go lower than stage 2. Vivid dreaming takes

place in REM sleep, so the more you sleep, the more time is spent in REM and the more likely it is that

you may have a Lucid Dream.

Does Lucid Dreaming interfere with normal sleep?

No. The only difference is that you are aware that you are dreaming.

Unless you have some sort of sleep disorder that causes you to get less delta sleep, but then

again, it's not the LD's fault. There is no danger with Lucid Dreaming. But if you have a bad

heart you might have a hearth attack if you crash a car, or during sexual intercourse.

Other than that Lucid Dreaming is one of the safest activities. It can even be used for healing.

What purposes can Lucid Dreaming serve?

Those are so many. First of all, it is lots of fun. You can do whatever you feel like, without

putting yourself in danger, or spending a lot of money on journeys or expensive equipment. It

is great for therapy if you have any psychological problems. If you have a fear of spiders,

that fear can be conquered through Lucid Dreaming. You know you are totally safe in a Lucid

Dream. So you carefully begin with tiny spiders far away, and as you get used to them, you

might let them go closer and make them bigger. If there is something you want to get better at,

like Tennis or Snowboarding, then Lucid Dreaming can improve your skill.

Lucid Dreaming can be extremely powerful for motor skill enhancement.

This is not only true because of the vividness of the imagery, but also because the

physiological nature of REM sleep is ideal for establishing neural pattern without actual movement.

Experiments also show that you can get physically stronger with mental training.

Lucid Dreaming can be used for healing if you have any illness.

If you wish to have your subconscious read at a rate of 1 million words per minute, you can

activate that in a Lucid Dream to gain conscious awareness over the knowledge.

You can meet the author of the book you just read in a Lucid Dream, and ask questions you are

seeking answers for in the book. Or you can sit down and watch the whole novel on a big screen

TV with cinema 3D sound. You can use Lucid Dreaming for solving a_complex and difficult problem,

like mathematical problems. You can share a dream with a friend. Or even a whole group of people.

So you can hang out with your friends when you are sleeping too, not only when you are awake.

It is also great being a group of people trying to Lucid Dream. If you find your friends in a dream,

you can tell them that they are dreaming. This way can you help your friends gaining Lucidity, and

they might cause you to gain Lucidity if they find you. If you have full conscious control over

a dream can you also use it to travel in time. You can explore the future.

Even shared precognitive dreaming is possible. With a little practice can you also

use Lucid Dreaming to leave your body and explore the world. By doing this you can also meet

other spirits and travel in time. More about this can be found in the Out of Body Experience FAQ.

Can anyone learn Lucid Dreaming?

Yes. Just like everyone dream, virtually anyone can learn to be aware that they are dreaming.

How long it takes for you to learn Lucid Dreaming depends on how good your dream recall is, how

motivated you are and what techniques you are using. And how many hours you sleep each night.

Hopefully techniques and devices will be developed so that you may have your first Lucid Dreaming

within a few nights. A few techniques and devices have already given results in such short time.

But there is always room for improvement. In order to Lucid Dream you should have good dream recall.

Many helpful and effective tips for developing dream recall can be found in my Dreaming FAQ.

What should I do once I'm Lucid?

Absolutely nothing at first. You might want to try to find out how conscious you are, make sure

that the logical part of your brain is functioning and that all your senses are working. You

need to remember your intent, do some math tasks, recall a few things from your life, what time

it is, what date it is, where you are and stuff like that. Look around you and observe things.

Don't feel like you are in a hurry and need to get things done before the Dream fades.

Also make sure that you are in a dream, not in hypnagogic imagery. All your senses should be

working including tactile feelings. I want to emphasize that you make sure that your logical abilities

are working. Not only do they create your consciousness, they can also create the most splendid

dreams you could ever imagine. Once you are satisfied with your logical abilities you can cut loose

and start controlling the dream.

Lucid Dreaming techniques

How can I have a Lucid Dream?

Dreams are mostly a reflection of your thoughts throughout your day. Therefore, thinking of

Dreams during the day, asking yourself if you are Dreaming and wanting to have Lucid Dreams

when you are awake might be helpful. The wishes might reflect themselves in your dreams.

Remaining conscious until you start dreaming is one way. And seeing cues in your dream that

reminds you that it is a dream is also helpful. There are also drugs and herbs that cause you

to be more consciously aware, and therefore also increase the possibility for a Lucid Dream.

Does Reality Testing (RT) work?

Yes. Reality testing is simply asking yourself if you are dreaming. Finding that out isn't

always easy in a dream. But usually is it quite obvious if you are dreaming or not. You may

find yourself on an unfamiliar place or doing/seeing something that will not likely happen in

reality. But sometimes can you find yourself in your bed, and everything looks as it is suppose

to be. You can try to read something, look away, and see if the same text is there the second

time you read it. You can try changing colors on something or try to fly. If you have a digital

clock you can try looking at it, looking away and looking at it again. If something unusual is

happening are you probably dreaming. But every reality test may fail; if that happens, don't

try jumping out the window or something else that might harm you. Reality tests should be done

every hour throughout the day, or more frequently. And especially before going to sleep and if

you wake up in the middle of the night. Waking up after 5-6 hours, do some reality tests and go

to sleep again may help.

How does the Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (MILD) technique work?

It works by setting your intention to remember to recognize you are dreaming. Stephen LaBerge

from the Lucidity Institute developed it while he was trying to increase his Lucid Dreams

frequency. A good approach is waking up after 5-6 hours, remember a dream and tell yourself:

"Next time I'm dreaming, I will remember I'm dreaming." You need to really mean it. Concentrate

on this thought only, if you find yourself thinking on something else, just let the thought go

and return to your intention. Also try to imagine that you are back in the dream, but this time

you recognize that you are dreaming. Look for unusual things that suggest you are dreaming

and tell yourself: "I must be dreaming!" Do this with all the unusual things you see from the

dream you remember. Continue with this until you fall asleep.

How does the Wake-Initiated Lucid Dream (WILD) technique work?

It works by remaining conscious until you start dreaming. The Lucidity Institute also first

presented this technique, but it is not easy if you don't have a clue what to do. But it is

quite easy and effective if you do it right. Again, you need to sleep 5-6 hours before trying

this. This is because you don't dream much the first 5 hours, it is mostly non-REM sleep. You

enter REM a lot faster after 5-6 hours with sleep, and you don't go down to stage 3 and 4 as

you do when you first go to bed. The problem is remaining conscious until your dream start.

Many strange things may happen when you remain conscious until the REM-period starts.

The first thing you see may be Hypnagogic Imagery. It is a pattern, like the one you see when

you press your fingers against your closed eyelids. Remember that this is hypnotic, and getting too

involved with them will induce unconsciousness. Just let it flow, don't get too involved and

don't suppress them either. The next thing you may experience is Hypnagogic Sounds.

It may be as real as the sounds you hear in waking reality, but they are nothing to be afraid of.

It is a good indicator that the REM-period is right around the corner. Just don't let these sounds

scare you. If you start to experience Abstract Thoughts, the logical part of your brain is

falling asleep and you are not far from losing consciousness. You might be lying in bed

thinking about a friend and the hypnagogic imagery starts and you see your friend's face. You

have also worked a stressful day so you start to remember stocking the shelves at work. Soon

you are thinking that you are putting cans of food on the shelves with pictures of your friend

on them. All this might seems perfectly normal. But it's not logical. What you need to do is

try thinking logical, do some math or start over again. Tactile Sensations can feel like you

are paralyzed and high-voltage painless electricity is jolting through your body. You may

experience these vibrations and find yourself leaving your body or having a Lucid Dream. But

remember that all this is nothing to fear, it happens every night, whether you are consciously

aware of it or not.

Now that you know what you might experience when trying to consciously enter the REM-period

there is another problem we need to conquer. And that is losing consciousness, a very_common

problem that is rather easy to ove_come. A good solution is Caffeine and Theobromine. Caffeine

is found in Coffee, Tea, Coke, Chocolate and Pills. Theobromine is found in Chocolate.

The problem is finding out how much Caffeine works for you. A lot of experimenting has to be conducted.

A good place to start is with 0.5 liter Coke, a cup of Coffee or Tea, half a pill or a chocolate bar.

If you take too much you will not start to dream at all, if you take too little you may lose consciousness.

But drinking 0.5 liter Coke is not very wise, it has a very disturbing side effect.

You should also stay up for about 30-60 minutes after waking up after 5-6 hours with sleep.

This because it takes about 45 minutes before the Caffeine reaches its full effect.

You might experience a DILD if you go to sleep right after some caffeine intake.

Another way for keeping the mind active and to bring on the hypnagogic images is to imagine

doing something that involves imagery, audible and tactile sensations. Like driving a car,

imagine the car and the road, hear the engine-/radio and feel the steering wheel. Remain

focused on what you are doing and avoid thinking about anything else than driving that car. Or

you might include smell and taste, by imagine a good meal. This works best in_combination with

NILD, it takes far more time when done as you go to sleep for the first time. But done with

NILD can you find yourself in a dream in as little as 5-10 minutes.

Or you can try lying on a 30 degree incline mattress (can be done by stuffing pillows under

it). And keep the room as dark as possible. Close your eyes and concentrate on your breathing,

the slower the better. Breath with your stomach, making an "Ahhh" sound at the end of the

exhalation, that will help your mind to stay awake while your body fall asleep.

With time may you notice mild vibrations and that your body b_comes paralyzed.

At that point will you notice that you no longer have any problem concentrating, everything

b_comes clear. In this state stop concentrating on your breathing and just be aware of your

surroundings. If you begin to loose consciousness, start paying attention to any light in your

vision or any internal sound. Some time later will you begin to experience the second vibrations.

It will quickly rush throughout your body, sometimes a_companied by various sounds and then end.

This is your astral body being released. Dream images will start to form.

You can go with these images and enter a Lucid Dream, or you might just sit up and walk

away from your physical body.

How does the Nap Induced Lucid Dream (NILD) technique work?

It works by staying up for an hour or two after waking up before going to bed again. This has

proven to be a very effective technique, maybe the most effective around. Sleep for about 5-6

hours, then stay awake for about 1-2 hours and go back to sleep.

Maybe doing some MILD a few minutes before falling asleep.

Or try staying conscious (WILD) until the dream starts. This will in many cases cause you to

have Lucid Dreams. Also a good way to have vivid dreams, or will at least make dream recall easier.

Staying awake for 90 minutes seems to work better than 60 minutes, though 60 minutes seems to

be effective enough in most cases. And sleeping for 6 hours seems to be better than 5 hours,

though it might be harder to fall asleep again. The time spent awake should be used thinking

or reading about dream related issues. Like reading about lucid dreaming or related newsgroups.

Do Lucid Dreaming induction devices work?

Yes. Your senses never rest. So what your senses pick up are usually incorporated into your

dream, unless it wakes you up. You dream most vividly in the REM (Rapid Eye Movement) stage.

A device can detect these eye movements and give you cues.

Cues mostly used are flashing lights and sound.

The problem with these cues is that they don't tell you that you are dreaming.

They usually appear in the dream as something else, like carlights.

You have to train yourself to recognize these cues as dreamsigns that are trying to tell you that

you are dreaming. But these devices are good at causing false awakening, you will think that the

device woke you up and try to get to sleep again. But you should do a reality test if this happen,

because false awakening is quite normal. Once your reality test fails, you can continue doing

whatever you want in the dream.

An even more effective approach are verbal cues. Like hearing "This is a Dream" or "You are

dreaming" in your dream is a good cue to make you do a reality test. The only problem is that

such a solution is very expensive if you want to buy a device like this. Therefore have we

plans for making software and schematic drawings for a device that anyone with two hands and

a few_components can build. You will also need a_computer with a soundcard close to your bed.

The device may also be used for trance induction, by using binaural beats with matching flashes.

(Anyone that want to join the project, feel free to do so).

I also have plans for wireless devices, a wireless EEG machine can detect if you are dreaming

or not. I will then use a wireless version of the Neurophone to give you a verbal cue. A

Neurophone is a device that uses your nervous system to send sound/music to your brain.

No ears are needed, in fact, deaf people may hear with this device. (The wireless Neurophone

can also be used for trance induction by sending the desired frequency through your nervous

system). If you are a deep sleeper that don't see cues, then try getting some caffeine into your

system before going to bed or after 5-6 hours. If you are a light sleeper, so that the cues wake

you up, then cut every use of caffeine and chocolate containing products. And try to increase

your uptake of the amino acid Tryptophan.

If you don't want to build your own device, or don't have the patience to wait until we finish

the project. Then you can buy a device from The Lucidity Institute at free magic spells freespells free spells, but

remember that there is a DOS program called DreamWeaver that also explains how you can

create goggles. The Lucidity Institute will maybe publish a system for the NovaDreamer called

LISA (Lucidity Induction System for Audio). It is a_computer interface that will make it possible

for the NovaDreamer to play verbal cues.

Can Drugs and Herbs induce lucidity?

Yes. For more information about this check out my Dreaming FAQ. You will find most herbs,

vitamins, amino acids, minerals and drugs that help you dream more and recall your dreams

better. They might even cause you to have a Lucid Dream. To summarize; herbs like Valerian,

Mugwort, Mullein, Kava Kava, Dittany of Crete, St. Johns Wort, Calea Zacatechichi, Salvia

Divinorum, Scutellaria Indica, Licorice Root, Vervain, Jasmine, Honeysuckle, Datura, Bee

Pollen, Catnip, Hops, Scullcap, Mimosa, Lavender, Damiana, Withania Somnifera, Passionflower,

Chamomile, Cardamom, Gotu Kola, Ginkgo Biloba, Ibogaine, Verbena, Rose, Cinnamon, Marigold,

Nutmeg, Peppermint, Holly, Yarrow and Anise may help you dream more, recall more or even have

a Lucid Dream. Make sure you know more about these herbs before you use them: some are to be

used in pillows, some are to be smoked, some are to be used in tea, etc. Many B-vitamins may help

you have more vivid dreams and even Lucid Dreams. Sedative drugs like Melatonin may help, and

drugs like caffeine may help you with WILD and also make it easier to recall dreams. And finally, we

have psychedelic drugs like DXM that may induce Lucid Dreams. Some of the drugs and herbs can

be addictive, and be poisonous if taken in too large doses. For a more detailed explanation you

should check out my Dreaming FAQ.

How can I prevent premature awakening?

A_common problem for beginners is remaining in the dream after b_coming Lucid.

They b_come so excited once they realize that they are dreaming that they wake up right away.

There are many reasons for being excited, but it will only work against your goal.

You need to suppress that feeling. If your dream show signs of ending, maybe loss of detail or your

dream just go black, then spinning may help bringing the dream back. Before you feel your physical

body you should spin your dream body. That is going round and round. Also remind yourself that the

next scene will be a dream. To ensure that it is a dream should you do a RT. Just moving, running or

jumping can prolong your Lucid Dream, you might also want to try spinning out in the

gravity-free universe. When you open your eyes you may be surprised to find yourself in the

most beautiful environment with stars, galaxies and planets. Another technique is saying out

loud: "Clarity now!". Just stating out loud your desire and intention may do incredible things

to your dream. You might want to try other_commands like: "Increase lucidity now!", "Create

visuals now!" and "Stay calm!". Theta training may make it easier for you to stay in the Dream,

it will also make it easier to induce WILD and recall Dreams.

How can I change Lucid Dream scenery?

This can be done in many ways, but the most_common technique is spinning. If you want

something to appear, then expecting it around the corner or behind you is quite effective.

You can find a big TV and a remote, and start changing the channels to a scene you like,

then just jump in the TV. If you want a special scene can you expect that to appear when

you change the channels. You might also try finding a bridge, were you see a lot of scenes

flowing by. If you find you like, just jump. You might try asking a dream character where you

might find what you are seeking. You can try finding a door and imagine a person/place on

the other side. And you can give slow morphing a try. You can also try closing your eyes

and imagine the scene forming around you. But the key is to expect things to happen.

What is DILD (Dream-Initiated Lucid Dream)?

This is a name for every Lucid Dream where you b_come aware that it is a dream in the dream.

Meaning that you are unconscious before you b_come Lucid. Most Lucid Dreams are DILDs.

What is CILD (Chakra Induced Lucid Dream)?

This technique works by focusing on your Third Eye Chakra that is located slightly above and

between your eyebrows. Set your alarm clock so that you will wake up after 6 hours. Look up

and at the center of your Third Eye before closing your eyes. Keep your eyes in this position as

you close them. Give yourself appropriate affirmations until you fall asleep and visualize

yourself having a lucid dream or leaving your body. If you haven't fallen asleep within 3

minutes, move your eyes back to normal position and try to fall asleep. When the alarm clock

wake you up, go to the bathroom and fresh up. For the next hour read some material on Lucid

Dreaming or Out of Body Experiences. After reading for an hour go back to bed; roll your eyes

back to your Third Eye. State your intentions for 3 minutes or until you fall asleep. One of

three things will most likely happen. You will have a Lucid Dream, have a false awakening or

wake up paralyzed that you might use to leave your body. At the very least should you

experience vivid dreams.

What is PILD (Punishment Induced Lucid Dream)?

This technique works by punishing yourself every time you fail to realize that you were

dreaming. While going to sleep, tell yourself that you MUST b_come Lucid this night OR you will

be punished in the morning. Various types of punishment may be a cold shower or maybe an

electric shock. A 9 volt battery against your tongue maybe. This technique should be used in

_combination with MILD. The point is to increase your intention, and it works.

What is RILD (Reward Induced Lucid Dream)?

This technique works by rewarding yourself every time you succeed in having a Lucid Dream.

Various types of rewards may be eating a chocolate bar, or anything else that you like

doing/eating. Have the things you want to reward yourself by your bed, or ready to use. It will

increase your intention. This technique should also be used in_combination with MILD.

What is TILD (Thirst Induced Lucid Dream)?

This technique works by cutting out everything called drinking for so long that you can really

feel that you are thirsty. Go to bed as normal and sleep off that deep delta sleep, wake up

after 5-6 hours and go to the bathroom. Fill a glass with tempting, fresh cold water. Try to

think of water and doing a RT when you drink. To make the experiment more successful

you should fill your mouth with salt so that you really feel like you need to drink something.

Set the glass of water on your night table and while you fall asleep, think on drinking the water

and at the same time doing a Reality Test. You will not drink anything in the real world, so if you

find yourself drinking something, then it must be a dream. If you want to increase the feeling

of thirst even more, you should try eating some pepper or chili before going to sleep again.

What is UILD (Urinate Induced Lucid Dream)?

This technique is a bit risky. It works by remembering to do a RT every time you go to the

bathroom. So prior to going to bed should you drink A LOT of water. You will maybe dream of

going to the bathroom, and hopefully will remember doing a RT. It's not the best and safest

technique available. But it works.

What is SILD (Sexual Induced Lucid Dream)?

This technique works by remembering to do a RT whenever you think about sex, lovers,

partners, love etc. So that whenever you think about your boyfriend/girlfriend or sex in a

dream will you remember to do a RT. There is also a few approaches you can take to make

the dream more sexual-related. The B3-vitamin Niacin increases your production of sexual hormones.

Taking Melatonin, Serotonin and/or Tryptophan will also help.

This is because the amino acid Tryptophan is metabolized into Serotonin and Niacin.

(Serotonin is converted into Melatonin when you sleep). If you already have a lot of

Melatonin/Serotonin in your system more Tryptophan will be converted into Niacin.

And your sexual hormone production will increase. Chocolate contains Phenylalanine in large

quantities, that are converted into Tyrosine that is again metabolized into the love hormone Dopamine.

So Chocolate may also give more dreams with sexual content. Chocolate has also Choline that

will help you dream more, Caffeine that will let you remember dreams easier and more.

What is LILD (Letter Induced Lucid Dream)?

This technique uses a letter or symbol to induce lucidity. Day-memories are often incorporated

into the dream, especially memory from the evening. So it is quite likely that some of what you

experience after waking up after 5-6 hours and stay up for about an hour is incorporated into

the dream. This is how this technique work. You concentrate on a letter, A for Awareness during

that hour. Visualize yourself many times seeing that A and suddenly remember to do a RT.

Think about this for about an hour and remember to do a Reality Test whenever you see an A.

This should also be done during the day, do a RT every time you notice an A.

Writing a word or a letter in your hand, and frequently check it might help.

Just hope that you will remember to do a RT if you see a big A in the middle of the road.

The symbol in this technique can easily be changed to your dog, a friend, a place or an activity.

What is OILD _mysticmagicspells.orgone Induced Lucid Dream)?

This technique uses_mysticmagicspells.orgone energy to induce lucidity. Crystals and magnets have been found

to send out_mysticmagicspells.orgone energy. But each type of crystal send out their own frequency, various_mysticmagicspells.orgone

energy types that do various things to our body and mind. A few crystals that might induce

Lucid Dreams, or increase dream recall, clarity and vividness: Herkimer Diamond, Apophyllite,

Kyanite and Amethyst. The crystals should be used in correlation with your chakras, preferably

your third eye (forehead). Magnets can work by other means than sending out_mysticmagicspells.orgone energy,

the pineal gland also responds to magnetism. A steady state magnetic north pole field will stimulate

the production of Melatonin as long as field strength in the vicinity of the pineal is in the

400 mgauss range. But more is not better. So be careful. Pulsating magnetic field will shut down

the production of Melatonin, just as light will. If you have trouble sleeping might it be wise to

check the magnetic field around your bed.

How can I have Shared Lucid Dreams?

Once you get experience in the field of Lucid Dreaming, have good control over your dream

environment and can stay Lucid for a long time is it time to move on. Or if you are an

experienced Lucid Dreamer that wants to try something new, then Shared Lucid Dreaming is

an interesting approach. Intent is an important key for Sharing a Dream. When you lie in bed

trying to fall asleep you need to program this intent to Share Dreams with those you desire,

and then when you are in the Dream, you have to recall that intent and attempt to fulfill it.

Give yourself appropriate affirmations while you are waiting for the hypnagogic imagery to start.

A good way of finding those you desire is imagine them and let the hypnagogic imagery fill out

the rest of the details. Once you are in the Dream, make sure you are fully conscious. Check

all your senses and do some logical tests. Recall your intent and try a few other techniques if

your friend isn't in your dream. You can phase to that person, or imagine a door and talk out

loud your desire to meet that person, then open the door. You can also shout and yell for them

until they_come along. Once you find them_comes the big question. Are your friend Lucid?

Ask a few simple questions, be friendly and patient. If you know their interest, create them. And try

to make them understand that they are dreaming. Do things that normally don't happen in the

physical world. When they understand or if they know that they are dreaming, make sure they

are fully conscious and that all their senses are working. Once it is established that both of you

are dreaming should you point out details in the dream, for later verification. You might also

try to bring more people into the dream. When you wake up you should write down everything

you could remember, especially the details that were pointed out. A phone call right after

awakening may help on the recall.

How can I have Precognitive Lucid Dreams?

When you have some successful experience with Shared Lucid Dreaming you can give

Precognitive Lucid Dreams a try. Intent is also an important key to have Precognitive Lucid Dreams.

When you lie in bed trying to fall asleep you need to program this intent to have a Precognitive Dream,

and when your Dream starts do you have to recall that intent. You should give yourself appropriate

affirmations while you are waiting for the hypnagogic imagery to start. When the dream starts do you

need to check your level of consciousness. Do all the tests and make sure your logical mind is working.

The next thing you need to do is fully focus on your intent. Make it perfectly clear, shut your eyes, shut

down all signals from the dream and let go. Move into the field by intuitively driving yourself with the

desire to go there. Let go and fell yourself moving towards your desired source. Let time and space

go, just flow with your intention. You may feel a melt down for a second until before you arrive there.

Wherever you are in time or space will happen later in the physical world. Just observe whatever

happen and enjoy it. Remember to write it down when you wake up, for later verification.

How can I use Dreams to affect physical matter?

This can be done in the Precognitive field. When you are in a Precognitive Lucid Dream, all you

need to do is try to move objects around, or make various marks on other people. Not only do

you have the ability to move matter, you can also create electricity, magnetic fields, light,

heat, sound and matter. You can also form and dissolve matter. You can do this on the lowest

plane, the physical plane in the precognitive field. Being in the physical plane is usually

called OBE (Out of Body Experience). But you don't need to be in the precognitive field to

affect matter, being in the physical plane is enough.

How can I have Shared Precognitive Lucid Dreams?

When you feel that you have good control over Shared Lucid Dreams and Precognitive

Lucid Dreams you can give Shared Precognitive Lucid Dreams a try. What you need to

do is find the person you what to Share the Dream with. After all the usual tests are done

and both of you are fully conscious, do you need to agree on the same intent. Agree on the

time and space and do the same as you were trying to have a Precognitive Lucid Dream.

Holding hands may make it easier for you to stay together. Since you are two or more will you

most likely have more success affecting the physical world, since more energy is concentrated.

As always, write down your experience for later verification. If you are looking for scientific

evidence, try reading up on the paranormal section in my Dreaming FAQ.

How can I stop real time in my Lucid Dreams?

Stopping real time in your Lucid Dreams means making the Lucid Dream last far more than the

time passed by in the physical world. Like having a dream that last a few minutes in real time,

while you might experience it as a few days in the dream. By doing this can you enjoy the dream

scape a lot more, since you can spend days in the dream while it really just last a few

minutes. Robert Monroe even reported experiencing 100 years in a 2 hours OOBE. But to

experience this might be difficult, little research have been done on this area. And those that

experience it don't consciously try to have them. Still, there are a few techniques you might

try. First of all, set your intention to stop real time. Have that intention in mind while

having your Lucid Dream. Picture yourself being in the dream for days, maybe even weeks

before you wake up. You might try to saying out loud: "Stop time now!" You can try looking

at your clock in the dream, and imagine that the clock slow down and stop. You might try to

expect the dream to last for days. You might try visualize two pyramids, connected at their

bases counterrotating. And maybe visualize multiple pyramids rotating inside each other all rotating.

This is something worth going for, as it may give you incredible long Lucid Dreams.

How can I leave my body from a Lucid Dream?

As you may have understood by now dreams take place outside your body.

They are happening in the mental plane where you might meet other people or easily go down to

the physical plane and travel in time and space. Being in a reality where you can do whatever you

want is much more fun than being stuck in the physical plane. But exploring the physical world can

also be fun, and many different and useful things can be done on the physical plane.

One technique is imagine a door and talk out loud your desire to enter the physical location when

you go through that door.

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