Lithuania

The alarm clock on my phone broke (don’t ask how that happened), so lately I’ve been trying to wake up after 6 hours of sleep without any kind of device to help me. And I succeeded today. I woke up, went to the bathroom and went back to sleep. The thought of conscious awakening was going through my head as I drifted into a dream. I managed to exit that dream, and so I woke up without moving (M.R.: no separation). And then I had to face my biggest difficulty – loud noises (my family was up very early preparing to go to work and they were shouting for no good reason). I decided not to let this chance slip away and performed observing images. It worked immediately and there was no need to perform separation technique. I ended up in lucid dreaming.

After successfully entering lucid dreaming, I immediately performed deepening. I also performed mainitaing throughout lucid dreaming. My plan was to try shapeshifting and turn into a wolf. I tried imagining myself becoming one and started running on my hands and legs like a dog, but I failed, and so I tried again. After a few unsuccessful tries, I started hearing loud noises and thought that it was my parents, so I had to do something. I performed deepening, but to no end… I lost control and woke up. I tried to re-enter, but failed.

The easiest way to translocate is to do so while separating from the body. Employing this technique is extremely simple and convenient. It may be combined with almost any separation technique and is performed by focusing on the image and feel of a desired location during the initial stages of exiting the body. It is even better to imagine that lucid dreaming entry will occur and separation will complete in a chosen location.

Interesting Fact!

After having changed place of residence, the practitioner will very often continue for some time to separate from the body in the same house where he was used to doing this previously.

A drawback of this technique is that separation occurs only in the beginning of lucid dreaming experience and, therefore, can only be used once. Other options should be considered after the first translocation.

Technique of forced falling asleep

lucid dreamingr mimics natural sleep while maintaining control of his conscious mind, and then either employs techniques or immediately tries to leave his body at the last second before fading out. This technique can be used either on its own, or in parallel with any other technique.

Technique of intention

The practitioner enters lucid dreaming only through an intense and focused intention of immediately experiencing lucid dreaming. Alternatively, this may also be a calm but constant desire felt over the course of the day. Intention is especially effective not only during an attempt or long before one, but also every time you fall asleep, as this moment can be taken advantage of using the direct or indirect method.

Technique of recalling the state

When attempting lucid dreaming entrance with or without techniques, the practitioner tries to recall – and thus induce – the sensations of a previously had lucid dreaming experience.

Technique of recalling vibrations

In order to induce vibrations, lucid dreamingr tries to simply recall the sensation of them in as much detail as possible. Intensely desiring vibrations can also induce them.

Technique of translocation

The practitioner immediately tries to employ the translocation technique in a stubborn and self-assured manner without using a lucid dream creation or separation technique.

Technique of motivation

In order to have a lucid dream entrance occur spontaneously or get techniques work better, the practitioner creates a most interesting and important a plan of action for lucid dreaming that he wants to carry out no matter what.

Technique of fear

lucid dreamingr tries to recall something as scary, awful, or graveyard-like as possible, and imagines it right next to him – this is meant to evoke pure terror and horror, which will elevate to a phasic state at the right moment. The main deficiency of the technique is that fear can linger on into lucid dreaming, and the practitioner might subsequently try to get out of the state.

Technique of flight

Without using a lucid dream creation or separation technique, the practitioner tries to conjure the sensation of flying right from the start.

Technique of counting

In order to enter lucid dreaming, the practitioner counts down from 100 to 1. Depending on lucid dreaming entrance method to follow, he should either try to keep his attention focused on counting, or, conversely, try to achieve lapses in consciousness.

Technique of dotting

The practitioner moves his attention to points on the skin atop of the largest joints of the body, or moves his awareness to inside the joints themselves. You should pause at each point for several seconds or breaths, trying to feel them as distinctly as you can.

Most of the time, falling asleep while in lucid dreaming can be overcome by a constant awareness that sleep is possible and detrimental to a continued lucid dreaming. A practitioner must always consider the probability of falling asleep and actions must be carefully analyzed to ensure that they are based on real desires and not on the paradoxical notions common to dreams.

Antwerp, Belgium

I entered lucid dreaming this morning. More or less like the previous times, only this time I rolled deliberately over to the other side of the bed. I came down on the floor, which became visible when I opened my eyes.

I touched the sheets. Everything turned very real and I thought to myself, “where am I” because I was so overwhelmed by the vividness.

The light was dim and I asked for more light but it didn’t change. The room was a combination of our room now and my room when I was a child.

I pinched my nose and blocked my airways but I could breathe normal. I stood up and went to the door (M.R.: no plan of action). I opened it. It was dark outside. Then I saw that there was a drawing on the outside of the door. It was a little figure and when I looked more closely it began to move his head.

I wanted to touch it, but I felt paralyzed. My arms felt very heavy. Once I had almost touched it, I woke up (M.R.: no re-entering).