The techniques described below are but a drop in the ocean of their myriad possible variations. It suffices to say that practically every lucid dreamingr will come up with some technique elements independently and be successful at using them in practice. Considering the many variations of certain techniques and the fact that several of them can be used at the same time, the total number of possible techniques numbers in the thousands. However, all of them only differ in several fundamental ways, and knowing how they differ will allow you to easily create as many techniques as you want on your own. Moreover, understanding the principles of creating techniques makes it substantially easier to conceptualize and understand the techniques themselves.
A table for creating techniques is presented below, but it is not to be overused – after all, technique is in the end a matter of secondary importance when it comes to entering lucid dreaming. The most important thing is to understand how lucid dreaming state arises, and then all of the techniques will work. Otherwise, you could know dozens or hundreds of them, but to no practical end.
Table for Creating lucid dreaming Entrance Techniques and How They Work in Practice | ||||
A | B | C | ||
Active (sensory perception) | Active (imagined) | Passive (detection) | ||
1 | Sight | Observing images (hint) | Visualization | Observing images |
2 | Hearing | Noise (hint) | Imagining sounds | Listening in |
3 | Kinesthesia | Phantom wiggling | Imagined movement | |
4 | Vestibular sense | Real rotation | Imagined rotation | |
5 | Tactile sensation | Vibrations | Cell phone | |
Examples of mixed techniques: Visualizing the hands technique Swimmer Technique Alien Abduction Technique Rope Technique Sensory-Motor Visualization Technique | 1A, 3B, 2B(C); 3B, 5B(C); 4B, 5B; 1B, 3B, 4B, 5B; 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B; |
Notes: This table does not include the sense of smell due to its rare use, nor emotional sensations due to difficulty in conjuring them. Meanwhile, some other elements are also left out.
