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| CaLeB- | Feb 10 2007, 09:41 PM |
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I have created this FAQ because I've had much experience of lucid dreaming for about 2 years, and now I believe it's time to pass over my own information to others, so they can learn, too. [size=7]Version History[/size] Version 1.2 (March 29th, 2007)
Version 1.1 (February 11th, 2007)
Version 1.0 (February 10th, 2007)
[size=7]Questions[/size] 1. [ What is lucid dreaming? ] Lucid dreaming is when you're in the state of being conscious in a dream. In other words, you know you're dreaming and aware of what is happening around you. 2. [ How is lucid dreaming useful? ] Lucid dreaming can be used in many ways such as: overcoming a fear in real life or to get rid of a nightmare by showing who's boss. It's also known to overcome a headache or sickness. This lucid dreaming can be used, also, to just get away from stress at work or worries in life to relax and have your own personal space, your dream, something no one can reach but their own. 3. [ What are the advanatages in lucid dreaming that outnumbers regular dreaming? ] One good thing about being lucid is that you can control your dream, if you put your mind into it. You can change the scene, create some[thing/one], change some[thing/one] into some[thing/one] else, or attempt something you can't do in real life (such as flying). If you use enough quanity of courage, you may defeat a nightmare, since you now are aware of it only being a dream. 4. [ What are some ways to attempt to lucid dream? ] One way is to check if you're dreaming many times daily, which is called a reality check. If you do this, you have a 50/50 chance of doing a reality check while you're dreaming. This is just one way; check out this Lucid Dreaming FAQ for more ways. 5. [ How many hours of sleep does it take to reach a dream? ] There's a sleeping stage called REM (Rapid Eye Movement) about six hours into your sleep. During this stage, you start to dream vividly and have visions. It is possible to sleep six hours, wake up, and go back to sleep after waking up, and still dream. Doing this can also improve your accuracy of awareness, since you dream immediately right when you go to sleep when you do this. 6. [ How can I increase my awareness before going to sleep or during? ] Well, if you want to increase your awareness, I suggest you to start your own dream journal. [Writing/Typing] down your dreams night after night is useful if you want to [read/remember] your dreaming history. Anyway, if you read these dreams, you might dream it again, and you'll have more awareness when it comes to dreaming this reoccuring dream. Caffeine also increases awareness; secondly, it helps you remember your dreams better. 7. [ When I become lucid, I awake immediately. ] This is completely common when you first begin lucid dreaming. You become real excited once you realized you're lucid, and you wake up. Being excited during a dream only brings adrenaline rushes, which will automatically wake you up. Try and stay calm, no matter how hard it is. As long as you're calm, you will keep dreaming. A lucid dream can feel like an hour long due to being calm. Don't worry about this though, because you will get better at being calm after a few lucid dreams. 8. [ Help! I can't change the scene while lucid dreaming! ] Don't panic if you can't change the scene. . . unless you're in a nightmare. That's when you're pretty much f***ed. You have to expect it to change. Example: close your eyes and make your wish, and truely believe it's going to happen when you open your eyes. You can't just pretend that it's going to be there; you have to believe it will be there. There's only two options, and it's going to be pretty hard to switch from one option to another option (from not believing to believing). Hopefully you'll get better at it once you had enough tries while lucid. If you want me to add more questions to my FAQ, post the questions, and feel free to add an answer if you like. |
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