Lucid Dreaming

This topic was created in the Dreams forum by Kleo on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 and has 6 replies.

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@Kleo
16 YearsGemini

I'm really fascinated by this phenomenon. I just had the most lucid dream in a long while! It was soooo amazing.

Anyone practice?

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@Whimsy
15 Years1,000+ Posts

I do! I was in a dream study group for a while and we were looking for ways to increase our lucid dreams. We did an exercise in which we found a "trigger object" in waking life, and every time we were around the trigger we would ask ourselves, "Am I dreaming now?". The reason was that when we encountered that same trigger object in a dream, we might automatically ask ourselves the same question, resulting in an understanding that we were, indeed, dreaming. The most ingenious trigger turned out to be a toilet. We would ask ourselves whether we were dreaming any time we saw a toilet throughout the day, and then if we happened to dream of a toilet, we could launch ourselves into a lucid dream. And the best way to dream of a toilet? Drink a lot of water before bed!

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@Kleo
16 YearsGemini

^^^ haha, that is awesome!!! I was interviewing this aries artist buddy and we got onto the topic of dreams. he said it worked for him if by putting some intention into it before going to sleep. like by saying to yourself, "i will lucid dream, i will lucid dream". lol.

i haven't had one since my initial post, but i look forward to my next 🙂