Alternate methods for Lucid Dreaming?

Question

I've been wanting to Lucidly dream for a long time now, I know the method of inducing yourself into sleep paralysis, but the thing is, I have a phobia of not being able to move any part of my body. Like, I get freaked out when I sleep on my hand and can't move it for a few minutes. So, I'm wondering if there are any alternate methods to Lucidly dream, that work (obviously).

Answer 1

Besides being one of the more advanced techniques, the WILD (Wake-Induced-Lucid-Dream) method can be pretty unsettling.



A few other techniques that I myself utilize:



- DILD: (Dream-Induced-Lucid-Dream) This one is common, and probably already being used by you. It involves you becoming lucid *during* your dreams, for whatever reason. Common ones include that you have successfully done a reality check inside the dream and gained some lucidity. If you don't know what a reality check is, (You should have come across it) it is anything you actively do to determine your reality, whether you are dreaming or awake. A few that I use are checking my hands to see if they look strange or distorted, (This is common) closing your mouth and plugging your nose and seeing if you can still breath, and trying to remember where you where ten minutes or so before said reality check. (Linear time is usually distorted in non-lucid dreams)



- WBTB (Wake-Back-To-Bed) This method is an easy one. The steps are falling asleep as you normally would and waking up after a few hours, typically before you get up for the day, and staying up for a bit to get your mind alert but still relaxed. The purpose of this is to have your mind and body relaxed, before diving right back into sleep and ultimately REM (primary dream sleep) Now, this method is similar to the WILD method, except evoking sleep paralysis is certainly not necessary. All you have to do is set the strong affirmation to have a lucid dream and fall asleep normally with some meditation involved. This technique works specifically well because you may wake up during or before a REM cycle, and your mind usually goes back in to this stage fairly easily from this state.



There are many other techniques that I may not be aware of on the net, I'm including a link to Dreamviews because they help a lot, and numerous techniques that I didn't mention are listed there. (http://www.dreamviews.com/content/induction-techniques-22/) and also ones that you can create to your suiting using multiple techniques. Writing down your dreams is obviously a must. That in itself WILL make your dreams more vivid, increasing your chances of lucidity.



If you are interested, I've created an introductory lucid dreaming video for all new Oneironauts (Lucid Dreamers) It covers all the basics in more in an engaged, media approach as opposed to the traditional lecture. Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAyupUIabxc



Hope any of this helps.



Namaste





EDIT: (Without realizing it, I actually posted similar methods as the user above, so they DO work. Good luck, Oneironaut.) :D

Answer 2

Interesting way of describing it. If we go far away from the hectic routine and the crowds of opinions, viewing it all from the distance, yes, we might see it as a lucid dream within another lucid dream. After all, in a world where the rules of logic are questionable, how do we know if what we see, touch or hear is truly there? How do we define logic or reality? In the absence of those two bases of the world, we could safely assume that life is just a matter of perception. Humans are creatures that live according to the rules of their own instincts of perception. We're capable of maintaining lucidity and power of comprehension, therefore we're still aware - hence the LUCID dream. But the limits of reality are questionable - hence the dream. If every action is based on personal instincts and personal matters of perception, then one act after the other means one lucid dream within another lucid dream. After all, we're all dreams inside the dream of a dreamer who's been asleep since the beginning of time. We're all the lucid products of a dreamer who sleeps at the gate of time. When he/she obtains dream lucidity, his/her consciousness will be awoken, and when looking inside of his/her own dreams, we'll be inevitably faced with our own reflection. And we'll wake up. The dream will end and we'll remain in the pure form of lucidity. :)

Answer 3

Try jumping into the air a few times a day when nobody is around. Do this daily. After three to four weeks, if you've been consistent, you'll have a dream where you jump into the air. But in dreams, we don't just drop back to the ground, we float back down. Then you'll know you're in a dream.

Answer 4

Hi Potato,

These are two good methods that are bound to work:

1]set up an alarm clock to wake you up a couple of hours before your normal waking time.Get up or stay awake for about 10-15 minutes,then go back to sleep.This would make the last portion of your sleep lucid.

2] find your hands in your dreams.During the day look at your hands a few times and say:i am going to find my hands in my dreams.Then,before you fall asleep, look at the palms of your hands and say out loud:i am going to find my hands in my dreams.Repeat...Eventually you will find your hands in your dreams,but they will look different-larger than life and made of light.Then,you will realize that you are dreaming.From that point on,you will have lucid dreams regularly.I am a teacher of lucid dreaming,so if you want to learn more, take a look at my blog pages on Google search engine:blog/OracleDreamHealer.com [oracledreamhealer-as one word]See you next to the sphinx.

Answer 5

Programing The Brow Chakra



Just in between and slightly above your eyebrows is an organic valve or energy center also known as the "brow chakra." This brow chakra is the seat of your ability to use logic (you can use logic to gain full consciousness within your dream), perception (which is your ability to use insight and also to understand things without the conscious use of logic), and also psychic power, such as clairvoyance, precognition, telepathy, etc.



1.) The Daytime Meditation Technique:

Go and find a comfortable place to sit down and relax. Close your eyes and visualize your thalamus gland inside your brain. Now visualize your thalamus gland glowing very brightly with bioelectric energy. Now see in your imagination a white mental cinema scree/huge white movie screen. Fire your mental laser from your thalamus gland into the upper left hand corner of the mental cinema screen and begin moving your thalamus laser clockwise, slowly. You are now moving your mental laser clockwise from the upper left hand corner of the mental cinema screen and following your mental laser is a wavering blue flame. Continue doing this until your entire mental cinema screen is completely filled with a blue flame. For a little while, visualize this blue flame mental cinema screen. Then visualize the blue flames disappearing and now you simple have a blue cinema screen in front of you. Now see an image of yourself on this mental cinema screen and try to visualize your brow chakra. The color of this brow chakra can be indigo (bluish black) or amethyst purple. Fire your powerful mental laser into your brow chakra with the "intention" of programing it to give you fully conscious lucid dreams and also, flawless logic & perception. Or perhaps you can even program it to also give you psychic powers. Continue with this mental exercise for about 30 minutes. You must do this mental exercise every single day for about one year or eighteen months until your brow chakra is permanently awakened. You may go to http://www.wikkipedia.com and see more about the thalamus gland.



If the above technique doesn't really appeal to you, then try the below technique.



2.) Nighttime Mediation Technique: When you lie down to go to sleep, begin to visualize your brow chakra, only this time, see your brow chakra glowing very brightly with energy. I prefer to visualize my brow chakra glowing very brightly with deep amethyst purple. Okay, while you're visualizing this, begin repeating an affirmation like this one, "I WILL NOW HAVE A LONG LASTING, FULLY CONSCIOUS & BLISSFUL OOB LUCID DREAM." You must repeat this affirmation 100x while doing the visualizing your chakra glowing. Your chakra doesn't necessarily have to be a purple color, it can be a very bright white glowing color if you like. After about two weeks of repeating the above affirmation, you'll be able to repeat it without even thinking. After one month of repeating this affirmation, you'll notice how your dreams will become more and more lucid. Within seven months, you might even master lucid dreaming by then.



In the above affirmation I used the term OOB which means Out Of Body.



I myself prefer to use both of the above techniques.



3.) It might also be a good idea to keep and maintain a dream journal. When you wake up from your dream make sure that you write down with as much grueling detail as possible what you saw in your dreams. This will help entrain you to remember your dreams.



4.) The Nova Dreamer Mask: This breakthrough in lucid dream technology might help you out if you disagree with the above mediational techniques. http://lucidity.com/novadreamer.html



You might also want to check out this truly awesome website to learn about what sort of fantastic things can be achieved through lucid dreaming. http://faqs.org/faqs/dreams-faq/lucid-dreaming-faq/



Make sure that you read 2.21 in the above link at Lars Lucid Dream Faq, okay? You'll love it!



Did you know that if you master lucid dreaming well enough, that you can freeze time in your dream and stay there for long periods of time? You can even use lucid dreaming as a doorway into remote viewing or astral projection.



Its very important that you never use mind altering drugs including marijuana. Don't drink alcoholic beverages. Don't use any kind of pharmaceutical tranquilizers or antidepressants while you're doing this meditational work or you will fail. If you use tobacco, then it would be advisable to stop smoking because the nicotine will hinder your ability to use your thalamus laser. These are things that I know from actual experience.



Very highly recommended books:



1.) Adventures Beyond The Body, by William Buhlman



2.) The Secret Of The Soul, by William Buhlman



3.) Remote Viewing, by Tim Rifat



4.) Energy Medicine, by Donna Eden