Dreams: Lucid dreams and Out of body experiences/astral projection

[knexi]

Hi there

Recently I have learned what Lucid dreams are and how to induce them.

I also learned what an Out of Body Experience is and how to Induce one.

Is there anyone else who can actively induce either of these states? and does so regularly and would like to share their experiences?

[Nicole!]

I read a book that had a girl who attempted lucid dreaming and it was very interesting. I cannot do it, but I think it would be quite the experience.

[Fairy Poppins]

I try on a regular basis to lucid dream.

I can feel it starting but can't actually do it properly.

Can you do it? What experiences have you had?

P.S. I love the movie Inception.

[RadkeLover]

i have 2 books on astral projection, my now ex girlfriend instructed me, and iv read a lot online, i STILL cant do it, and honestly, after seeing insidious (really good supernatural horror move, highly reccomend) i dont wanna do it .

[knexi]

Keep trying Fairy poppins, with enough practice you should get it.
Ive had a couple of dreams like inception, a dream within a dream, very weird indeed.

I used to dream a lot and remember my dreams easily when i was younger, They were all lucid dreams but I didn't know it at the time

Now I don't really remember my dreams that well because I have quite a bad memory. But a few weeks ago I had the most intense and memorable lucid dream.

I had woken up around 6am and I had remembered a dream I had just had. It was quite basic. I was in a car driving up a very steep hill, it was like driving up the grand canyon haha.

When I woke up i decided i would visualize the dream and pretend to go back into it. It just worked like that! I was back in the dream and it was now lucid since I was familiar with it and now i could control anything i wanted to. I decided i would just hop out of the car and pull it to the top of the dirt road. The view was pretty much like real life and I can still remember it like that.
It was very amazing.

If anyone wants some tips or anything? just ask away.

[Celestial.]

I can lucid dream, on occasion, but I have no actual technique because if I think too hard about it, it doesn't work.

Sometimes it just sort of happens, as weird as that sounds, and I've found no way to actually induce a lucid dream - it just happens sometimes, so I roll with it.

[Eldora]

I can lucid dream (or at least I think that's what it is), but only if it's in the very early hours of the morning, right after I've woken up but I'm still between being awake and being asleep. Then, I can concentrate on a single thing or topic (sort of tell a story in my head), and when I go to sleep, the story will continue -- pretty much always the way I want it -- in my dreams.

EDIT: Wait, I think I've misunderstood the meaning of lucid dreaming. Not to change the subject, but is lucid dreaming the ability to control your dreams, or to realize you're in a dream and explore the dream that's already created?

[knexi]

Originally Posted by Eldora

EDIT: Wait, I think I've misunderstood the meaning of lucid dreaming. Not to change the subject, but is lucid dreaming the ability to control your dreams, or to realize you're in a dream and explore the dream that's already created?

yes you are quite right. In short terms:
A Lucid Dream is a dream in which one is aware that one is dreaming.

So yes you were Lucid dreaming

[Gymnophoria]

Originally Posted by knexi

A Lucid Dream is a dream in which one is aware that one is dreaming.

Ever since I was a child, I've been able to recognise when I was having a nightmare and wake myself up or just go with what was happening with the mindset that it's just a dream and I can wake up anytime I like. I didn't realise there was a word for it, that's awesome!

[Nicole!]

Originally Posted by Gymnophoria

Ever since I was a child, I've been able to recognise when I was having a nightmare and wake myself up or just go with what was happening with the mindset that it's just a dream and I can wake up anytime I like. I didn't realise there was a word for it, that's awesome!

I could do this as well, so if that counts then I have lucid dreamed before. I never remember how I wake myself up then I am awake, but when I'm dreaming I like close my eyes or something. I don't remember

[Gymnophoria]

Originally Posted by Melody

I could do this as well, so if that counts then I have lucid dreamed before. I never remember how I wake myself up then I am awake, but when I'm dreaming I like close my eyes or something. I don't remember

That's exactly what I do. Once I realise that it's just a dream, if I want out of it I just close my eyes and then I wake up.
Or, I take the chance and scream profanities at my dad's sister because I'd never get away with it in reality.

[LoneWolfintheWind]

I studied psychics and could always astral project on the spot to places and different realms of reality in the universe and my mind. you learn a lot of awesome stuff.

[Misslostintears]

I always seem to have lucid dreams. I know I'm dreaming and I can change what I do but not what the other people do. I usually just stay in the dream doing things I would normally never do

[Astrael]

quick question- how are you inducing the lucid dreams? ive tried with very little success.
as for astral projection it's very hard to do because youre literally seperating your soul and body and theyre kinda attached. haha

[Dream]

I have never actively tried to induce lucid dreaming, but I have them often enough.

I have induced out of body experiences before (I was interested in 'astral projection' at the time). PM me if you want to know more about it.

[LoneWolfintheWind]

its kinda weird to explain its something that I tried and got right after some practice and eventually just became a norm, its actually difficult to do on physical planes for me (right brained, left are more defined and can AP on earth better) so I go to heavan, hell, and the weird gaps in between realities, I like to think of it as creative daydreaming but I know im going places cuz according to satanic and holy scriptures I havent read, the places I see are pretty accurate

[Astrael]

okay well you said that its something that you do with a little practice. what do or did you do to start having lucid dreams? like meditation before sleep or something? basically what was/is your process?

[knexi]

Originally Posted by Astrael

okay well you said that its something that you do with a little practice. what do or did you do to start having lucid dreams? like meditation before sleep or something? basically what was/is your process?

wow Im surprised this thread is quite a bit more popular than i imagined.
anyway.

yes practice is important.

Here are a few steps, some can be missed or skipped. Its just a guide for
lucid dreaming basics:

1. Firstly remembering one dream at least once a week would be a good start

2. Every time you wake up and remember a dream, go through it in your head and keep thinking about it.

3.After you start remembering lots of dreams make a dream journal (This will help a lot for dream recall and dream signs)
4. once you have done this you can get started.

5. Reality checks are the most important things to start lucid dreaming.
when you are in your dream you need to ways to test if you are dreaming or not. common tests are: can you breathe with fingers sealing your lips, jumping: will you float back down? and do your hands look normal?
These techniques need to be learnt and you may even have to memorize them

6. After this you will need to choose techniques to try.
For beginners the WBTB (wake-back-to-bed) method is probabley the easiest to get you lucid.

check out this link below for a wide range of info


check out this very good website:http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Lucid_Dreaming

good luck. If you have any questions please pm me

[craz33me]

I do it every once in awhile.
I don't do anything special though,
it just happens every once in awhile.