How can I learn to Lucid dream?

Question

How can I learn to Lucid Dream? I try to Lucid dream every night but I just can´t learn how to lucid dream. Can someone please help me?

Answer 1

Try writing on your hand "Am I dreaming?"  Look at your hands frequenlty throughout the day.  If this becomes a habit, you may find yourself looking in your dream and will realize you are dreaming.  You can also write on a slip of paper "I will become conscious in my dreams".  Meditate on this for a few minutes before bed, then place it under your pillow.  Sounds silly, but it sometimes works!

SB

Answer 2

Lucid dreaming is a tough task, but it´s achievable if one dedicates effort to it.

In my experience, after trying numerous techniques the only that worked, and apparently the most efficient technique  (so I´v heard) is using Binaural Beats - that is hearing different sound beats while you sleep toinduce a lucid dream.

I downloaded those beats from http://www.brainwave.fyiurl.com

Good luck!

Answer 3

Keep a dream journal. This is perhaps the most important step towards lucid dreaming. Keep it close by your bed at night, and write in it immediately after waking. Or you can keep a recording device if you find it easier to repeat your dream out loud. This helps you recognize your common dream elements (people from your past, specific places, etc.), and also tells your brain that you are serious about remembering your dreams!

Learn the best time to have a lucid dream. By being aware of your personal sleep schedule, you can arrange your sleep pattern to help induce lucid dreams.

Studies strongly suggest that a nap a few hours after waking in the morning is the most common time to have a lucid dream.

Lucid dreams are strongly associated with REM sleep. REM sleep is more abundant just before the final awakening. This means they most commonly occur right before waking up. (Sleep-onset REM is a symptom of narcolepsy. If you have lucid dreams right after falling asleep, you may wish to consider seeking medical advice from a sleep medicine specialist. However, there are studies which show people can recall dreams after being awakened during non-REM sleep).

Dreams usually run in 90-minute cycles during sleep. If you are working on dream recall, it may be helpful to try waking yourself up during one of these cycles (interrupted dreams are often the ones we remember).

Try Stephen Laberge's mnemonic induction of lucid dreaming (MILD) technique.

Set your alarm clock to wake you up 4, 5 1/2, or 6 hours after falling asleep.

When you are awakened by your alarm clock, try to remember the dream as much as possible.

When you think you have remembered as much as you can, go back to sleep, imagining that you are in your previous dream, and becoming aware that you are dreaming. Say to yourself, "I will be aware that I'm dreaming," or something similar. Do this until you think that it has 'sunk in.' Then go to sleep.

If random thoughts pop up when you are trying to fall asleep, repeat the imagining, self-suggestion part, and try again. Don't worry if you think it's taking a long time. The longer it takes, the more likely it will 'sink in,' and the more likely you will have a lucid dream.

Immerse yourself in lucid dreaming things. For example, all day, you can look on lucid dreaming websites, watch movies with lucid dreaming (eg Abre los Ojos), read books about it, etc...

Try marking an "A" (which stands for "awake") on your palm. Every time you notice the "A" during your waking hours challenge whether you are awake or asleep. Eventually you may see the "A" in your sleep and become lucid.



What time is it?Get into the habit of doing reality checks. Do at least three reality checks every time something seems out of the ordinary, strongly frustrating, or nonsensical, and that habit will carry on into your dreams. In a dream, these will tell you that you are sleeping, allowing you to become lucid. In order to remember to do reality checks in dreams, you need to establish a habit of doing reality checks in real life. One way to do a reality check is to look for "dream signs" (elements that frequently occur during your dreams, look for these in your dream journal), or things that would not normally exist in real life, and then conduct the reality checks. When these actions become habit, a person will begin to do them in her or his dreams, and can come to the conclusion that he/she is dreaming. Some tactics include:

looking at a digitalclock to see if it stays constant;

looking at a body of text, looking away, and then looking back to see if it has changed;

flipping a light switch;

looking in a mirror (your image will most often appear blurry in a dream);

pinching your nose closed and trying to breathe;

glancing at your hands, and asking yourself, "am I dreaming?" (when dreaming, you will most often see greater or fewer than five fingers on your hand);

jumping in the air;

poking yourself; when dreaming, your "flesh" might be more elastic than in real life; a common reality check is pushing your finger through the palm of your hand;

Prolong lucid dreams by spinning your body in the dream (suspected of prolonging REM), and rubbing your hands (prevents you from feeling the sensation of lying in bed). Take care while spinning. Remind yourself even as you spin that you are dreaming, as you will find yourself in a completely different location when you stop spinning and may lose lucidity otherwise.

Be Pro-active about your dream. Have a goal in mind and try to accomplish it.

In the Tibetan tradition of the Yoga of Dream and Sleep, there is a saying that in order to be aware during your dream and control it, the day before you can run naked near a high cliff repeating that you are in a dream. Even if this teaching seems foolish, it points out that dreams are often created with moments in your day that leaves a strong impression on you.