Thursday, June 9, 2011

Lucid Dreaming - A Mild Dream

Hi everyone! It's time for some more info on lucid dreaming.

Today I'm going to start explaining some techniques you can use to attain lucidity. There are a few different ones, and some may work better for you than others, so try them out and see which one you prefer. Now, let's get started!

Mnemonic Induced Lucid Dream (MILD)
The MILD can be a very effective technique for almost anyone if used right. When going to sleep at night, start by relaxing your body and mind. Then, tell yourself that you will wake up from a dream and recall it when you awaken. Keep telling yourself that until you fall asleep. When waking up, try to recall as much as you can of the dream you just had. (And of course, Reality Check)
Now, you are going to go back to sleep, and this time, concentrate on your intent to be aware that you are dreaming. Repeat to yourself something like: "I am dreaming. I am aware that I am dreaming." Repeat this, and visualise becoming aware in the dream you just had, until you fall asleep. You can also visualise what you are going to do once you have become lucid. If you can keep this visualisation and intent on becoming aware in your mind as you fall asleep, there is a great chance that you will become lucid in your next dream.

The most important part about this is the intent. You have to believe in what you say to yourself in order for it to be effective. When you do, you will enhance your chances of becoming lucid drastically.

So, in short:
1. Be intent on recalling your dream.
2. Have a dream.
3. Wake up and recall your dream
4. Be intent on being aware that you are dreaming.
5. Have a lucid dream.

The reason that this works best after waking up from a dream, is due to the timing of the REM cycles. Since they get longer and longer towards the end of the sleep, doing this technique near the end is much more effective, since you will more likely enter a REM cycle immediately after falling asleep.

However, this is just one technique you can use. There are many others, so stay tuned for the next post in this topic! Until then, sweet dreams!

18 comments:

  1. I use to keep a dream journal but it never really helped me lucid dream...

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  2. havnt tried MILD method yet. Thanks for posting this ill have to try it this way

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  3. I had a recurring nightmare when I was a kid. I swore to myself that I would destroy the dream and win it like it was a game. To my surprise, I found out I could control things in the dream world. Ever since then I kept my superhuman abilities, and even added more over the years.

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  4. i don't think i'd like to recall my dreams

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  5. Good read, have a great weekend!

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  6. Maybe I'll lucid dream passing my driving test. LOL

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  7. I had a lucid dream last night, was awesome xD

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  8. I am so trying this out! Some day, not now :P Too much stuff going on.

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  9. Im defo into this kind of thing so Ill be back.

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  10. This is cool, I'm going to have to give this a try.

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  11. Reminds me of Vanilla Sky haha!

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  12. Gotta try so hard for a lucid tonight :)

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  13. I have had success with this method in the past but will have to revisit it to see if I can get back on track.

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  14. I am usually aware I am in a dream, but it never changes the seriousness of the dream, so if I'm having a nightmare, I will be aware its just a dream, but it will still be scary.

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  15. Only time I can lucid dream is when it's drug induced :o

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