Comments on: How To Turn a False Awakening Into a Lucid Dream http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/how-to-turn-a-false-awakening-into-a-lucid-dream/ Exploring consciousness, lucid dreams, and mind enhancement Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:57:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: reality shifter http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/how-to-turn-a-false-awakening-into-a-lucid-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-360 reality shifter Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:34:39 +0000 http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/how-to-turn-a-false-awakening-into-a-lucid-dream/#comment-360 Hi Lucid Dreams, Lana, & Rachel: My apologies that your comments were stuck in moderation for a couple of days. I was having trouble with the site yesterday but the hosting company seems to have fixed everything. I approved all the pending comments a moment ago, so if you posted a comment and it hasn't appeared yet please let me know. ~ Kris Hi Lucid Dreams, Lana, & Rachel:

My apologies that your comments were stuck in moderation for a couple of days. I was having trouble with the site yesterday but the hosting company seems to have fixed everything. I approved all the pending comments a moment ago, so if you posted a comment and it hasn't appeared yet please let me know.

~ Kris

]]> By: reality shifter http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/how-to-turn-a-false-awakening-into-a-lucid-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-359 reality shifter Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:31:17 +0000 http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/how-to-turn-a-false-awakening-into-a-lucid-dream/#comment-359 Hi Olivier, Remembering to ask the question, "Am I dreaming?", is something many people have to practice for a little while before they begin to do it automatically. It just takes a bit of practice but if you perform frequent reality checks for a few days in a row, you'll eventually start to do it without really having to think too much about it. Dream journaling also seems to help people have an easier time recognizing when they're dreaming. As one of the other commentors mentioned, if you have trouble remembering to perform reality checks or remembering to ask the question, there are other lucid dreaming techniques that might work more effectively for you. There are lots of techniques described in the series of articles called "Mastering the Art of Lucid Dreaming" that might work well for you. ~ Kris Hi Olivier,
Remembering to ask the question, "Am I dreaming?", is something many people have to practice for a little while before they begin to do it automatically. It just takes a bit of practice but if you perform frequent reality checks for a few days in a row, you'll eventually start to do it without really having to think too much about it. Dream journaling also seems to help people have an easier time recognizing when they're dreaming.

As one of the other commentors mentioned, if you have trouble remembering to perform reality checks or remembering to ask the question, there are other lucid dreaming techniques that might work more effectively for you. There are lots of techniques described in the series of articles called "Mastering the Art of Lucid Dreaming" that might work well for you.

~ Kris

]]> By: Rachel http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/how-to-turn-a-false-awakening-into-a-lucid-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Rachel Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:12:57 +0000 http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/how-to-turn-a-false-awakening-into-a-lucid-dream/#comment-358 My very first lucid dream when I was fifteen was a mixture of a fighting off montsters dream and a false awakening. Most of my lucid dreams start out and even continue with fighting off and dealing with monster like creatures. The dream started out with me lying in my bed and looking out the window and right into the window and then inside the room of the elderly lady across the street from me that I would visit and help out with chores occasionally. About four or five dark shapes were hovering over her bed and causing her to have troubled dreams. I could sense her moving about in discomfort and crying. I yelled at the top of my lungs for them to go away and leave her alone. The instant I did that I sensed them all come into my house in the hallway of my room just outside the door. I was terrified but to comfort myself I said, "This is only dream, they can't hurt me." Then I decided that this was too scary and forced myself to wake up. I opened my eyes and sat up and looked about my dark room. Everything was in place down to the last stuffed animal but the shadows were all wrong. When I realized that I was still dreaming and could feel the mirth of my watchers in the hallway I grew angry, panicky, and scared and forced myself awake again this time succeeding. I woke up in a panic and sweaty with my door closed thankfully but still sensing the watchfulness. I was a devotely religious Baptist at the time (I am no long a Christian.) and I began to pray and read the Psalms to calm myself down. My very first lucid dream when I was fifteen was a mixture of a fighting off montsters dream and a false awakening. Most of my lucid dreams start out and even continue with fighting off and dealing with monster like creatures.

The dream started out with me lying in my bed and looking out the window and right into the window and then inside the room of the elderly lady across the street from me that I would visit and help out with chores occasionally. About four or five dark shapes were hovering over her bed and causing her to have troubled dreams. I could sense her moving about in discomfort and crying. I yelled at the top of my lungs for them to go away and leave her alone. The instant I did that I sensed them all come into my house in the hallway of my room just outside the door. I was terrified but to comfort myself I said, "This is only dream, they can't hurt me." Then I decided that this was too scary and forced myself to wake up.

I opened my eyes and sat up and looked about my dark room. Everything was in place down to the last stuffed animal but the shadows were all wrong. When I realized that I was still dreaming and could feel the mirth of my watchers in the hallway I grew angry, panicky, and scared and forced myself awake again this time succeeding. I woke up in a panic and sweaty with my door closed thankfully but still sensing the watchfulness. I was a devotely religious Baptist at the time (I am no long a Christian.) and I began to pray and read the Psalms to calm myself down.

]]> By: Lana http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/how-to-turn-a-false-awakening-into-a-lucid-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Lana Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:59:23 +0000 http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/how-to-turn-a-false-awakening-into-a-lucid-dream/#comment-357 Good article. Personally I find it easiest to recognize & maintain lucidity while in the dream state. When I see (for example,) a dog walking on a tightrope strung over aisles in a grocery store, there's little doubt that I'm dreaming. However, sometimes when I'm going to sleep, I'll "watch" what's happening, as though it's a movie. First I'll "watch" the shifting colors under my eyelids. When I slip into the hypnogogic state, I "watch" those images. This helps train my brain to become an active observer in different dreaming states, so that I can more easily "watch" the dreams that I have. One last thing I did that seemed to help the most, however, was to chant a little "dream mantra" in my head; Mine to reap, mine to keep, visions deep. This helped to train my subconscious mind to gain lucidity & remember more than I had before. Good article. Personally I find it easiest to recognize & maintain lucidity while in the dream state. When I see (for example,) a dog walking on a tightrope strung over aisles in a grocery store, there's little doubt that I'm dreaming.
However, sometimes when I'm going to sleep, I'll "watch" what's happening, as though it's a movie. First I'll "watch" the shifting colors under my eyelids. When I slip into the hypnogogic state, I "watch" those images. This helps train my brain to become an active observer in different dreaming states, so that I can more easily "watch" the dreams that I have.
One last thing I did that seemed to help the most, however, was to chant a little "dream mantra" in my head; Mine to reap, mine to keep, visions deep. This helped to train my subconscious mind to gain lucidity & remember more than I had before.

]]> By: lucid dreams http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/how-to-turn-a-false-awakening-into-a-lucid-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-356 lucid dreams Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:21:50 +0000 http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/how-to-turn-a-false-awakening-into-a-lucid-dream/#comment-356 Hmmm.... my last comment seemed to get eaten. Anyhow, to rehash, reality checks seem to work best if you're the sort of person who regularly pays attention to the world around you. If you're the sort of person who spends a lot of time "lost in thought" then you're not paying much attention to the world, and probably won't pay much attention to the dream worlds that your mind creates, either. As Oliver says, if you have trouble remembering to ask the question, perhaps you should consider some of the other lucid dream induction methods. Hmmm.... my last comment seemed to get eaten.

Anyhow, to rehash, reality checks seem to work best if you're the sort of person who regularly pays attention to the world around you. If you're the sort of person who spends a lot of time "lost in thought" then you're not paying much attention to the world, and probably won't pay much attention to the dream worlds that your mind creates, either.

As Oliver says, if you have trouble remembering to ask the question, perhaps you should consider some of the other lucid dream induction methods.

]]> By: olivier http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/how-to-turn-a-false-awakening-into-a-lucid-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-355 olivier Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:21:59 +0000 http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/how-to-turn-a-false-awakening-into-a-lucid-dream/#comment-355 Interesting, but I find that the most difficult is to remember to ask the question. Even when there is some kind of sign on the mirror, one tend to overlook it after a while. But I must admit that your trigger are worthwhile trying. As sson as I will put myself again to LD, I will try to implement them. Interesting, but I find that the most difficult is to remember to ask the question. Even when there is some kind of sign on the mirror, one tend to overlook it after a while.
But I must admit that your trigger are worthwhile trying. As sson as I will put myself again to LD, I will try to implement them.

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