How exactly do I lucid dream?

Lucid dreaming is a topic I've been interested for years now. However, even with some of the strategies like dream journaling, I can never really have a lucid dream. I've probably only had 1 or 2 lucid dreams purely by chance in the last 5 years. What could I do to finally master this skill?

accept the fact that you are now dreaming. Boom you made it. Taking a vitamin B supplement could help you get more vivid dreams, if you abstain from wanking it you might even get wet.

Don't wory, no one really have lucid dreams, those are just ordinary dreams. People can self-affirm before going asleep what they want to dream, and, as dreams are basically wish-fulfilling fantasies, they'll always dream what they really wanted. Then they convince themselves and others that they dreamed lucidly. That's how it works.

First, you need to be able to dream. There are times when it's hard to dream (sometimes due to environment preventing that). Just make sure to recall and visualize your previous dreams before you attempt it, no matter how long ago it was (this is a token since if the next method fails you might trigger it when you dream about your dream, or feel its resemblance of the environment). Try to sleep whilst keeping your mind active but keeping your body immobile if this didn't work, the above might work, vice versa. If it helps also keep track of your sleep length and hijack your sleep cycles, let's say you've had 3 cycles, wake up after the third or fourth cycle (just divide your total sleep hours over 5 or 4 and wake up at the fourth or third cycle). Your dreams do repeat, if you woke up abruptly, due to alarm or anything, you should be able to recall your most recent dream and then keep that detail in mind and go to sleep, once you enter the late stage (REM or pre-REM) you'll for sure trigger it although it can still be triggered right after your first attempt to fall asleep.

this worked for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQjAIlFZWWc casteneda's books recommend looking at your hands.

>>5328 I've never had a lucid dream, anytime I realize I'm dreaming I wake up immediately with no control

>>5328 1 or 2 in 5 is not bad result. >>5334 I had night dreams, where I knew/aware I was dreaming and was able to fly n had fun with npcs. Usually brain tries to wake you up once you realize you are in a dream, but it's somehow possible to trick brain in to dreaming/sleeping longer. there are teh guides that do develop a habit like a checking clock time irl, because when you check it in dream you'll be able to realize surrealism. anyway, 2 questions: 1) is mebius co uk closed for posting? I'm unable to see posting form on their website, like it was before. Therefore I need to understand is it same for you? 2) post on lainchan seem kind of old. I'm not a frequent visitor, but had impression that it had fresher posts, faster chanspeed. Is it me, or lainchan or mandela effect? sorry if offtopic, I planned to ask in b/random, but detoured.

ive heard that a lot of people use dream journals, and "reality checking" during the day (looking at your hands throughout the day to get accustomed to it, then when you dream you'll do the same and notice they look weird then boom.)

I have experience lucid dreaming for some time now, but it's more of a day to day occurrence, not much something I'm able to control. Either way, what worked for me and helped me get lucid dreams for some time now was to be able to notice and maintaining consciousness at the exact moment I went to sleep, if that makes any sense. Usually, basic respiration exercises works for me, and that is something crucial for when you gain lucidness inside the dream. The thing is, when we enter REM state and our breath lowers its frequency and our heart rate increases, noticing that change while dreaming is what "scares" us into waking up. Being able to understand that change, and maintaining your cool while experiencing your dream is what will help you maintain the dream for the most time. As far as my experience has been able to show me, lucid dreaming usually tends to last around not that long, but I'm not entirely sure if the reason for that is that the dream is, in fact, shorter, or if I'm just forgetting the most of what happened after waking up. Anyways, I truly recommend the experience, lucid dreaming is fun but not quite like most people imagine it. You will not become the "God" of your dream or something, personally the most have been able to is to change minor details of the "narrative" of the dream. The movie "Paprika" might be able to give you the closest example of what lucid dreaming is like for me. Don't change what your mind is already giving you in your dream, it's better to not fight against it and use it to create the next "stage". tldr: just breath slowly and steadily as you fall asleep and don't freak out when you notice you are actually dreaming.

Usually, what is a surefire to give me a lucid dream, now I am not sure if this will work for you, is to wake up at a random time in the middle of the night, stay awake for 10-20 minutes, and then go back to sleep. This usually results in sleep paralysis, and from there, I can enter into a dream world. Usually sleep paralysis is scary as fuarrrk, though. Be ready to meet creatures from your deepest nightmares. Also, another thing you might look into is 5-HTP. It's a supplement that is a precursor to serotonin, and I've noticed that it makes my dreams absolutely vivid as fuarrrk. Diphenhydramine is also a good one for making dreams vivid. See: https://corrosion-doctors.org/Dreaming%20is%20Personal/WILD.htm

>>5328 https://imgur.com/a/fHz5Ib8

Boys, please help. I myself thought what >>6730 said might work, and I've been trying it for over a week, along with an awareness meditation exercise to reeeally keep my brain awake. But it doesn't work. In 5+ years of trying to get lucid never have I succeeded with sleep paralysis or waking-to-dream. Not even once. And I'm a big meditator for three years now. Can meditate for hours no problem, but I always fall asleep b4 sleep paralysis. All I have going for me is I have the most vivid, intense dreams if I sleep for circa 8 hours and then sleep some more. In this time, what would you suggest doing? And is there any other advice that might help? (my sleep quality is pretty good since I exercise and have quit caffeine)

lucid dreaming is gay as hell. Imagine needing control over your dreams because your life is that fuarrrking sad and unfulfilling. dont @ me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFWS3cfz7OE

>>6730 >maintaining consciousness at the exact moment I went to sleep. That's what I do too and it is hard to explain (for me). Right before it happens, I'd get a strange sensation like my head is accelerating. It's the same feeling I get when I have sleep paralysis. Sometimes it'll just be sleep paralysis, where I'm stuck in bed unable to move or turn my head. It feels like the bed is accelerating upward at an incredible rate and I'm pushed down into the bed. I would see or hear the scariest things which would awaken me. Sometimes I'd hear noises like a loud scratching sound and something in my peripheral vision (cat scratching at the wall with its head turned 180 degrees around, staring at me while making a long and drawn out growly meow). Even though I tell myself it's not real, it's still some scary soykaf. Sometimes, I can push through it and actually get out of bed and walk around. It feels like I'm floating when walking. I can walk outside, get in the car and drive around. Sometimes I'd role play scenarios from old games. It's kind of like VR, but entirely in my own head. I just wish I could stay lucid for longer periods of time. One of my favorite things to do is free falling and flying around like a bird in the air. Some don't think lucid dreaming is possible, but maybe it just isn't for them, or they just haven't figured it out. You can think freely and remain conscious when dreaming (e.g, "I know that I had just fallen asleep and this isn't real. Now, what should I do before it's over?"). Often, I get overwhelmed once I attain lucidity because there's so many different things to imagine and I don't know what I want. Sometimes I just go with the flow and try not to take turns too sharp otherwise I'd wake up sooner. If I take too sharp of a turn, I'd wake up because I can't process the sudden change of the current environment into another (like in the matrix). It's pretty fun, but it's not always easy to do it and I wish I could keep it going for longer.

>>6761 There's research on it. MILD (setting the intention, developing habits to reality check, improving dream recall through journaling) + WBTB (wake back to bed; waking up briefly, using no technology, then going back to bed to dream more) are the most consistent. >>7175 I don't think you've gone too deep into it. Yes, there's escapists, and escapism is not a solution for anything. But there's genuinely things that you cannot experience in waking life. It's a challenge, an exercise in control over your own mind, and a hands-on experiment with how you percieve the world. It's far more than "I imagined I had a dream car and fuarrrked beautiful people and was the emperor of China etc." Being pursued in a nightmare and turning around to face your fear with love is commonly described as revelatory. I'm using big words because these are big experiences. You don't know what you're missing out on, but I'm not going to tell you to do it. A carpenter does not need to know advanced mathematics, as does a PhD not need to know how to change an engine gasket.

>>6728 I wear a watch all the time irl and I check the time quite regularly , in my dreams in no right mind do I comprehend the reason I don't have a watch is because I'm dreaming , I am usually in a different mindset or not associated who I am awake

>>7170 Take DMT or Acid and report back your experience on a regular dose, Your brain might be wired in a different way