Lucid Dreaming

The degree of lucidity you have in a lucid dream can vary according to a number of different factors. We must always remember that lucidity is awareness and it is not something that is ‘on’ or ‘off’, it varies as much as your waking consciousness does and often more so. First, what is the strength of your conscious focus? Are you brightly aware or dimly? Do you feel tired or groggy, or have you never been more awake in your life? Both of these can happen and anywhere in between in a lucid dream, and can affect your ability to

Sometimes people become lucid in a dream seemingly without any particular reason, just suddenly realizing that they are dreaming. But mostly, lucidity is triggered by an incongruity which would not occur in physical life, such as flying, or being unable to turn off a light switch, or words rearranging themselves, or anything that ‘cannot’ happen in the physical world. If you’d like to have more lucid dreams occur by themselves, you need to start taking note of anything strange in your daily life and ask yourself if you’re dreaming. Does that person really have five eyes? What do you mean

Have you heard the latest song by Franz Ferdinand called ‘Lucid Dreams’? Pretty cool! And here’s the Lucid Dreams lyrics: Sweep slides on my stereo Short wave ’round my rodeo Became from that of Savalon But I’m flying to Istanbul Oh so why don’t you meet me there? There is no nation of you There is no nation of me Our only nation lives in Lucid Dreams Lucid Dreams I’m living in lucid dreams I’m living on short based dreams tonight I’ll dial Alexandria If you dial into Ithaca South fisher, German bite I skate on the world tonight Oh

The *MOST* important skill you need to have a Lucid Dream is Dream Recall. Why? Simple. Lucidity means awareness, and dream recall *directly* improves your dream awareness. So if you want a head start on having Lucid Dreams, the first thing you should do – and keep doing – is start remembering and writing down your dreams as soon as possible. It’s not really about training to remember Lucid Dreams – honesty, most are pretty unforgettable! – it’s about using your memory to build a bridge between your waking and dreaming selves. You also aquaint yourself far better with the