Need help trying to dream lucidly

lightmajid · Joined: 11 Jun 2010 Posts: 106

Sorry if this is wrong section.. They need to make a "General" section.

Hey, all. I got into lucid dreaming around a week ago. For the first week I couldn't stop thinking about it... All I could imagine was how fun it'd be.
But suddenly... I stopped thinking about it. I used to do much over 50 reality checks a day, and now I've been reduced to nearly 1/10th of that. I keep forgetting to remind myself about lucid dreams, and regardless of how much I truly want to have lucid dreams, I just can't seem to muster any more motivation.

Can someone help me find a way to grasp the subject more firmly, because this is one thing I do NOT want to give up.
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shellcode · Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 424 Location: Portugal

You need to set goals and start practicing some technique, like MILD, to achieve them, otherwise you will start losing interest. The only way to stay motivated is to achieve the goals and set new ones, just practicing RCs doesn't work =P Read some MILD or WBTB tutorials to get your first lucid!
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lightmajid · Joined: 11 Jun 2010 Posts: 106

The One · Joined: 29 Nov 2008 Posts: 56

Just keep at it... and before you know it you will lucid dream.
Keep doing reality checks etc. and once it becomes a routine you'll surely do it in a dream and voila - you're lucid!
If you keep forgetting about it I'd suggest setting an alarm in your cell phone for twice a day or something like that.

StealthlyNinja · Joined: 03 May 2009 Posts: 134 Location: North Carolina

You should buy a good lucid dreaming book to read right before bed. It will greatly increase your chances of lucid dreaming. When I read before bed, I typically remember more dreams that before when I did not read. I also recommend trying Infinity or Paradiso, etc. Found below. These applications give you something Lucid Related to do each day for a week. I've had 2-3 lucid dreams while on Infinity. Good luck! Smile

http://dreaminglife.org/12-free-software-programs-for-lucid-dreaming-train-your-mind-to-have-a-lucid-dream/#infinity

shellcode · Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 424 Location: Portugal

Do you want a good objective? Adopt this objective: Today I will write one dream in the middle of the night.

Just this. The fact that you write your dream will increase your lucidity level and help you get your lucid dream.

It has another advantage that is you get a dream that you can study =] Normally you dream with many things but there are some topics that repeat themselves. Once you figure out what do you dream with regularly you will be able to practice RCs more objectively! It doesn't help if you do RCs just for doing them. But if you do them with an objective it's completely different ;]
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