A high level lucid dreamingr lives in proper balance between the practice and real life. This is reflected in a successful and content physical life that neither interferes with the practice nor detracts from it, but instead enriches it with emotion. lucid dreaming enriches physical life, and physical life enriches lucid dreaming. Problems in day-to-day life have a catastrophic effect on one’s practice. Thus, even when in pursuit of a better lucid dreaming practice, one should never forget the real world, where consciousness first arose. In the same vein, lucid dreaming itself can be used with wide application for one’s career or business.

An experienced practitioner always knows when it’s time for real life and when it’s time for lucid dreaming. Everything goes best when the two are kept separate, and not intertwined. For example, during the working day one must try not to think of lucid dreaming, but instead concentrate on more vital matters. When the time comes to enter into one’s practice, it is necessary to turn one’s attention to only it, and put aside any pressing problems. A practitioner will feel most comfortable when he clearly separates his two lives, and thus avoid the gaps in practice that inevitably occur unless this philosophy is followed.

However, this is not to give the impression that advanced lucid dreamingrs must enter lucid dreaming every day without exception. They too take breaks, whether by choice or due to external circumstances. They’re sometimes simply not up to it for physical reasons. On a good week they’ll devote maybe 3-5 days to it, and be able to enter lucid dreaming from 3 to 6 times or more on each of those days. That’s about five hundred full-fledged lucid dreaming experiences per year, enough to take long strides towards mastering the phenomenon.

Periodically asking the question, “Am I dreaming?” while in lucid dreaming helps appraise situations and the quality of the actions being performed at any moment. If everything meets the standards of full lucid dreaming awareness, actions may be continued. Asked on a regular basis, this question becomes habit automatically used while transitioning to lucid dreaming state. If you keep asking this question regularly, sooner or later it will arise automatically at the moment when you are actually transitioning into a dream. This will then help one to “wake up”, after which it is possible to continue to remain in a full-fledged lucid dreaming.

The frequency of the question should be based on a practitioner’s ability to consistently remain in lucid dreaming. If a lucid dream usually lasts five to 10 minutes or more, it is not necessary to ask the question more than once every 2 minutes; otherwise, this question has to be asked frequently, literally once a minute, or just a little less often.

While practicing lucid dreaming may still be viewed by the majority as entertainment or an element of self-development at best, lucid dreaming practice takes on a whole new meaning for the physically disabled. For them, lucid dreaming may be the only place where the handicaps of reality dissolve and disabled practitioners experience a range of possibility greater than that of the life experienced in reality.

A blind person will see again in lucid dreaming, even more clearly than seeing people do in reality. Someone who is paralyzed will be able walk, run, and also fly. A deaf person will hear the murmur of streams and the chirping of birds. For the disabled, lucid dreaming practice is a chance to discover new, incomparable worlds free of physical limitation.

Naturally, there are some nuances that must be understood. First, for example, if a person was born blind, then there is the question as to whether or not they would be able to see in lucid dreaming in the same way ordinary people see. However, this issue has not been fully studied, and blind people should simply carry out their own independent research. Second, some types of disabilities can negatively affect the practice of lucid dreaming states. For example, people who have gone blind have greater difficultly catching the intermediate state between sleep and wakefulness since, unlike seeing people, they may awaken without opening their eyes to the perception of sound. Third, psychological factors may play a pronounced negative role. Certain beliefs and attitudes that may present an obstacle.

Whatever the individual issues, this particular area of lucid dreaming applications requires additional study. It deserves significant attention because it is a valid tool for the rehabilitation of the disabled. It is workable, unique, and extremely surprising in terms of the experiences that it offers.

Questions

Which techniques should be mastered before proceeding to direct techniques?

Should results from the use of direct techniques be expected after several days or a week?

Is it better to practice direct techniques during the day or in the evening?

Is it correct to perform three direct attempts per day?

Which body position should be assumed when suffering from insomnia?

Which body position should be used by a person who falls asleep quickly?

How much time should be spent on a single direct attempt?

When can direct attempts be made for a longer period of time than usual?

What is the best way for an inexperienced practitioner to relax?

Can direct techniques substitute relaxation techniques?

Can relaxation techniques substitute direct techniques?

How many variations for performing direct techniques are there?

In what case is the variation of sequencing with direct techniques employed?

Which technique may not be used for direct entrance to lucid dreaming with the goal of creating a free-floating state of mind?

What happens to consciousness while in a free-floating state during direct techniques?

Should awakening be attempted if falling asleep occurred while using direct techniques?

What is the probability of entering lucid dreaming without a free-floating state of consciousness?

What do unsuccessful attempts using direct techniques most often end in?

Is sexual activity before an evening attempt using a direct technique beneficial?

Task

When performing direct techniques, try to achieve no less than three lapses in consciousness before 20 minutes elapse, or before you fall asleep. Repeat this challenge until lucid dreaming entrance is achieved.

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I woke and started to apply the indirect techniques after an attempt to separate. Nothing happened…

I remembered to keep doing cycles, and once I reached the fourth cycle and was really struggling to not fall asleep, I noticed that I was hearing a beeping noise, and so I started listening in. I don’t really remember, but I think I tried to separate in my bedroom at that point. I teleported and suddenly found myself standing in a shopping mall.

I sort of knew it was a dream, but my mind couldn’t accept it, and so I was both aware and unaware at the same time. But then my “aware half” decided to touch the ground and everything I saw around. The dream was now perfectly clear.

I tried to summon a person.I thought, "around that corner I will meet my friend Johanna." Once I walked past it, I saw her! She had on different clothes than usual, but her face looked all the same. I talked to her while simply admiring the vivid world and projections of people I know. She then gazed at me for several seconds and kissed me! I was shocked, because I don’t have feelings for her. However, here I lost lucidity (M.R.: no maintaining)…