LUCID DREAMING Introduction 1 Lucid dreaming is the art of getting lucid dreams. 2 A lucid dream ( LD ) is a dream that you know you are in a dream in. 3 To be lucid is to know you are in a dream when you are. 4 Lucidity is the state of being lucid. 5 Lucid dreaming has two parts: induction: and conduction. Induction 6 Induction is the part of lucid dreaming that treats of causing LD’s 7 There are three main prob-lems in induction: to get dreams, to remember them, and to become lucid in them. 8 Most people have four to seven dreams each night. 9 To increase your dream recall, keep a dream diary ( DD ) beside your bed, and each morning, write as much as you can recall of your dream down. 10 To cause yourself to become lucid in dreams, practice reality checks ( RC’s ) and all day awareness ( ADA ). 11 RC’s are test to tell whether you are in reality or a dream; if you do them enough, you will do them in your dreams and become lucid. 12 RC’s are either active or passive. 13 Active RC’s are done by carying out physical tests. 14 Passive RC’s are done by making observation and are good for practicing ADA 15 ADA is constant-ly being aware of whether you are dreaming or not. Practice this, and you will go far. 16 There are various techniques and methods of induction. 17 Induction is either mediate or immediate. 18 Mediate induction is an induction technique where you regain awareness in dreams, and immediate induction techniques are techniques where you keep awareness. Conduction 19 Conduction is the part of lucid dreaming that treats of grounding, controlling, and exiting LD’s 20 A person normaly starts to slip when they dream; to avoid this, you must learn to ground it when your vision starts to fade. I Be less excited. II Focus on your senses, or look at your hands and observe them. III Lick a wall. 21 To controll your dreams, you need to have confidence that what you want will happen. Go a little further each dream, and you shall get better. 22 To exit a dream, try to feel your body, and don’t ground your dream. Public Domain Author Unknown