How to Lucid Dream 

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I love lucid dreaming and have been practicing it for over 6 years now, and i love your channel, so i trust you'll take what i have to say as constructive criticism not hate. There is a lot of misinformation regarding lucid dreaming, so i want to help clear things up a small bit. Before i criticize, i wanna give credit that you acknowledge there is a lot to still learn about the subject 1. A lucid dream is defined by waking levels of awareness and understanding what it means to be dreaming, not control. Dream control is a separate but related skill. One can be aware they are dreaming but not lucid if they don't understand what that means (say they're getting chased and realize it's a dream but don't acknowledge that it means they do not have to run, or some other situational justification for irrationality). 2.reality testing shouldn't just be done when weird things happen. It should be done when you're distracted, randomly, and when anything happens that is similar or related by schema to events common in your dreams. 3. Finger through palm is an unreliable test for most people. Take this from someone who did the finger count (also unreliable) for years without noticing failure, you will miss out on a lot of lucid dreams if you use unreliable tests. These test your ability to control the dream before even lucid. A better test is nose pinch because your real breathing is inaffected by sleep paralysis or reading text and looking away and back because the brain struggles with this so it usually changes. Importantly, when testing, don't just test, think. How did i get here, does this make sense, where is this, when is this, how many reality tests have i done today, etc. 4. Waking up in tbe middle of the night is effective but disrupts sleep in an unhealthy eay. Morning naps after a 7-8 hour night of sleep are much healthier and are what stephen laberge studied. 5. I would emphasize dream journal first because it's more important than any technique to familiarize yourself with the anatomy of your dreams. Not wrong but deserves more emphasis. Also it shohld be looked at regularly and analyzed, not just written in. 6. As someone who fell for the REMEE scam years ago, it's not effective. It just disrupts sleep and more often than not wakes you up. Occasionally it works though, but not worth the price. 7. In no way can lucid dreaming blur the line between reality and fantasy because the entire skill is based on the ability to distinguish the two. You already mistake most dreams as reality and this won't get worse 7. Really minor and maybe unintentional but when acknowledging misinformation channels (great job), it cuts to one showing Daniel Love's channel when you mention people just on for the hype. While I'm not here to promote him, he has over 40 years of experience and is probably the most qualified people on the subject on youtube Also great job acknowledging expectation in dream control, as well as the practice required. Although I'm being critical, this is a way above average lucid dreaming video. Finally, if one wants to add something or challenge me with science, feel free

lucid dreaming is something so incredible. your brain half on half off, in such a weary state. i hope to master it soon.

Lucid dreaming is the most underrated skill in the world and everyone should experience it. It often feels like real life, just as the moment you're in now (though vividness fluctuates) You can also use it for practical things like solving problems, practicing other skills, getting rod of fears or nightmares, learning more about yourself ect. It's also some of the most fun you'll ever have. Some of the most euphoric experiences as well

Thank you for making this! Lucid dreaming is something everyone should learn to do. It’s kind of like taking LSD but not using any drugs. And yes you can learn to fly, simply amazing!

The first time I had a lucid dream, the moment I realized I was dreaming I took off like superman into the upper atmosphere. It was thrilling.

I start my REM in 60 seconds. The last stage first. The diagnosis is Narcolepsy. That's how they get people. Calling your gift a disability. I remember a lot of my dreams. I would definitely like to talk with someone about my dreams. I call them visions. Most people have no interest in me sharing my life with my eyes closed. It's a lot. When I was younger I thought I was going crazy. I don't believe in fear in my wakeful life. It's noting like what I have seen when I close my eyes. I know I am powerful and I am protected. Not even tooting my own horn as much as they are facts. I have recently started dream Journaling and dream interpretation. It's been fun. Even though I have a good memory of past visions. Interpretation has been beneficial. If anyone wants to chat, I would love to hear about the experience of others.

I have a strange phenomenon where if I have a dream, I can have a continuation a couple months later, but never a third visit. It’s strange

A friend & I used to journal and talk about our lucid dreams back in high school. It was a pretty fun time, then. I wish I still dreamed as often.

we all appreciate the effort that goes into each and every one of your videos. thank you

Man, I remember my first accidental lucid dream. I was in a high contrast suburb, suddenly gained control. I just walked into a house and found one of those magnetic stick and ball sculpture, and put my hand in it. The sculpture was too advanced for my brain to imagine how it felt falling down over my hand, but I got so excited I woke up a minute later. Since then I've been chasing them often. My first controlled lucid dream happened a few years later, as I was walking down a dark road, and decided to spawn an entire stadium. And Apeture is right in the "expect it to happen", because I was expecting a stadium, and as I turned around I was in the tunnel leading into the stadium, and the road was still behind me, but the light from the stadium lit it up. I have had dreams about exploring an ocean, had superpowers, met with friends, explored caves, and been in my favorite video game. But the coolest way I've ever started lucid dreaming was a time I got woken up in the night. I had had an awesome dream, but was just watching it like a movie, and only became aware as I woke up, but I managed to close my eyes, and immediately sounded like rain started pouring all around me, I felt water on my skin, and the darkness of my eyelids became a nightsky as I was suddenly falling from the sky, face up, before landing in wet grass, a few meters from the house where the dream had happened. Literally felt like entering Narnia or likewise.

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(Sorry for the length. I'm just thorough with my thoughts and I want to make sure my intent is understood.) I'm an insomniac and have had vivid lucid dreams every time I sleep since I was about 12 years old. My first was a crash course in how horrible it could be. Quick sum up, I learned later that the word for what happened to me was vivisection. I was tied down and had my organs cut out in pieces. I woke up crying and screaming into my pillow. I'll never forget the increasingly hollow feeling of my insides being pulled out. I first learned to keep control of myself by picking up objects (rocks, debris, etc) and spend time throwing them something as a target until I had a comprehension of how the settings behave. I got bored eventually and just started going along and learned as dream time passes. Just like being awake I control my thoughts and actions, but everyone and everything else is its own thing. In a subterranean Moon walkway near the subway, I enjoyed jumping and spinning to see how many rotations I could get, while listening to a performer on an electric synth violin. On a planet with orange tinted sunlight and sky, gravity was less so people wouldn't run, they'd do a kind of lunge and tap their foot on the ground to keep afloat. Thousands of vivid lucid dreams, thousands of little lives and experiences that can last from hours to years in dream time. I've died too many times to count. I miss people I've never truly met and places I've never really been. I've lived easy and hard. I've seen peace and wartime with and without technology. It's a dice throw whether I'll wake up happy, depressed, or indifferent. I've seen an annual event on a planet where the current race gather naturally occuring corrugated gemstones that have washed down the major rivers for millions of years. Every year around the same time, 40' machines left over from an ancient extinct race gather them as a fuel source to power the energy grid system the current race found and began using. They piled them in lines around the outskirts of cities close to the rivers that flow down from the mountain to watch the machines glow and hum mechanically, marking the beginning of a new year. It was beautiful and I'll never see it again. Lucid dreaming is both a blessing and a curse, and most who deal with it don't have a choice of how it's going to play out. As a kid, I had to take 10-15mg Diazepam before I could just sleep and didn't guarantee non-lucid dreams. I eventually stopped taking it. I realized I'd end up having to increase it over time and nipped that potential addiction in the bud. I'm saying all this to give a warning. Learning to lucid dream can absolutely be fun and beautiful and amazing. BUT you're also accepting the risks. You may feel and see the worst things you could and/or couldn't imagine if your brain gets messy. For me, it's still a dice toss after 25 years. If you give it a go and try to find ways to get lucid dream going, be cautious and safe. It can affect your mood and your outlook on life and vice versa. Much love and be safe out there.

This just made me more envious

Lucid Dreams are fascinating to delve into. It's the kind of topic that people must learn to know more in detail.

When I'm alone before in a different country, I always have a nightmare. Then I learn about Lucid Dreaming and it's actually a thin line between sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming. It's the best thing I learned. And I'm grateful I "almost" master it. But now that I'm back in my home country for good with my family. I don't know if I lose it or it's just I don't need it anymore because I'm with my Wife and children. Still it's one of the best thing I've experienced/Learned.😊

Could you pleaseeeee make more videos abt lucid dreaming? It's a topic I'm really passionate abt and seeing you posting about it makes me really happy and excited hahah. Also it's a skill that I believe isn't discussed enough for how wonderful and interesting it is^^

After my first experience with lucid dreaming in the past, I realized that they way things are in the real world is depressingly boring and started to hate it to the point that I started to sleep more trying to induce it.

“Close your eyes till you see her shadows in your room”

I miss lucid dreaming, so much stuff going on for me now that I just forgot to do reality checks or write down my dreams every day... now I barely remember any of my dreams. Whenever I come across these videos, I'll try and have ago at it again. But I'm struggling to have a lucid dream nowadays. I miss having these dreams because it used to me feel like I had more control over my life, but nowadays I don't feel that anymore... I'm going to try again tonight!!

For me lucid dreaming is becoming goku. I have learned flying, kamehameha, transformation(super saiyen), telekenisis. What I am struggling with is instant transmission. I started lucid dream at the age of 12. At the time I didn't know what it was. What I understand is a necessary thing for lucid dream is more than enough sleep. Like sleep in the afternoon when you are not actually feeling sleepy. My personal technique is imaginng myself flying while slowly falling asleep.

Dreaming is our second life through which we enjoy our life

I went through a period of having regular sleep paralysis. The first few times really freaked me out but I soon became familiar with it. On one occasion I was in a similar state to being paralysed, but I was conscious in my dream, flying through the sky (with the incredibly real feeling of flying). It was absolutely incredible. I can’t even describe how real it felt. I also had a few similar experiences where I had taken a drug in a ‘dream’ but I was conscious, and felt the full, realistic effects of the drug in my dream, but it felt incredibly realistic. I’m trying now to experience lucid dreaming again, as it is so intriguing to me.

Been practicing lucid dreaming for atleast 9 years now, I induce lucid dreaming once or twice a month by average, I can asure you hte best way to to have a lucid dream is to enhance your dream recall, get a journal wether it's in your notebook or in your phone just do it, write something you remember in your every dream like keywords or draw just simply draw it if you cant explain it. and i do reality check often every time I see a bald guy or a red car or something weird is happening pinching my nose is my standard reality check feels weird though when you did it in your own dream, specially when it's your first time, you become really excited you wake yourself up, just beware specially when it happens the first time because you probably get into false awakening. watch out for it.

Im 28 and ive been doing it since i was 12. It’s not always buts it’s a beautiful experience every damn time! ❤

Dreams are such an interesting experience tbh.

I had a month a year ago where I lucid dreamed nearly every night. Every day I go to sleep I hope it will return. It was some of the best sleep I’ve had ever.

I RECENTLY WATCHED THE MOVIE "WAKING LIFE" AND IT SHOOK ME. I recently have been diving into lucid dreaming and its such a good way of gaining more time to explore ideas and fantasies. I would genuinely suggest watching the movie especially if you are involved with psychedelic experiences.

Love flying so everytime i realize I'm in a dream I jump off a high place to start flying. Best feeling. I'm a free spirit on the inside.

I am sharing my favourite lucid dream I was in class 6th. I lucid dreamed about writing a Hindi (language) exam. The paper was of 3 hrs and i knew nothing. I was very scared of failing in the exam, but I suddenly remembered that its a dream. After that I tore the paper in front of my teacher,punched her and drove the school bus by myself and reached home😅 Sorry for grammatical mistakes english is my third language.

Not lucid dreaming I’ve had that once or twice for what felt like a brief moment. But I’m telling you right now. The dreams I get for a couple months after using DMT are absolutely unmatched to anything I’ve experienced. The dreams aren’t fantasy or psychedelic. They are vivid, memorable and just complex. I find I can dream the same story for what feels like hours whereas before it would be hopping from type of dream to the other. It’s almost like an alternative life. I used to get nightmares or dreams filled with anxiety. I haven’t once had either of those types for the last year. I can only imagine the power of lucid dreaming with the attention DMT gives. DMT sounds bad, it sounds like a drug. It’s not either of those things to be honest.

Do not overly romanticize lucid dreaming. I have unintentionally lucid dreamed for the past 2 years. Since then I have never slept without lucid dreaming, even in naps. I have multiple sleep doctor appointments a week and nobody is able to make sense of it. At first it was nice but now I wake up every day with crippling headaches and I can’t stop.

1:35 _“Lucid dreaming happens during our_ […] _R.E.M. sleep cycle, our fourth and final _*_deepest_*_ stage of normal sleep.”_ Correction: R.E.M. is indeed the fourth and final sleep stage, but it’s not the deepest. The deepest sleep stage is the 3rd one, the one right before R.E.M. It's also known as deep, dreamless sleep, and because it's so deep it's the one that's hardest to wake up from. By contrast, R.E.M. sleep produces brains waves similar to the waking state, and because the mind is so active during this stage (hence the rapid eye movement), it's not considered to be restful sleep.

The only time I was able to lucid dream was when I was having insomnia and took a benzo and it quickly put me to sleep. While dreaming, my mind became awake, but the benzo kept me asleep. I had an interesting time.

Sometimes when I’m dreaming, I think, ‘I should remember that when I wake up’. Like, consciously. But im not lucid dreaming since I can never control it.

The concept like inception movie, i love it. I used to learn lucid dream, and it's worth. But now, it's hard for me to experience that again😢

Nice now I truly train 24/7

it is nice to watch its.

A majority of dreams I experience take place within a singular canonical reality, I’m not often in the same place, but I’ve had many a dream where I know I’ve had a dream in the same place, or with the same plot before. This happens while I dream, so I am aware that I do dream. Oddly I don’t have any urge to take control, or realise the lucid part of the dream, just that yes this is a dream and no I can’t remember to do anything about that fact.

This channel is Creepy accurate it's like whenever I'm thinking about something specific this channel uploads videos related to that topic. This happened more this 6 times I think already. How just how is this possible???! I'm scared yet fascinated Or are we really in a simulation?!!

I get sleep paralysis almost twice a week, so often that I've trained myself to ignore it till it opens a kind of a portal that drops me in a lucid dream. So cool

avid lucid dreamer here. before i say anything else, i have to add that i have pretty severe CPTSD from the mountains of crap i've been through, which includes several years of inescapable chronic cluster headaches that brought me close to death, so my brain has been through more than most humans will ever have the capacity to imagine. there is no way to force them to happen, outside of dramatically disrupting your sleep schedule and creating a situation where you doze off unintentionally. those are the times when im almost guaranteed to get a lucid dream. more often than not, during the dreams, the only control of it that you usually will have is simply the same control you have over your situation in the waking world, which is only how you react to any given situation your surroundings put you into. its extremely rare to have control of all aspects of the dream world from my experience. sometimes you get to do otherworldly things like fly around, almost completely detached from the laws of gravity or shoot lighting out of your hands and stuff like that lol. but its rarely something substantial. lucid dreams feel like your brain trying to pilot a body that it isnt attached to. and if your waking life sucks, they tend to be a net loss experience, because you never come back to a better situation than you were dreaming about.

Yes

I love your voice

I've had a few lucid dreams, some more vivid than others, but I've never been able to control the environment like most people say you can. I'm able to control myself of course, but I wasn't able to change the world around me

I once had a lucid dream and in the dream I was happy and it ended just the memory of it left

Underrated

To those that struggle with lucid dreaming you should study, look into, and try to understand hypnagogic slips.... Sometimes they can be visual, auditorial, or sometimes just the default sensation of falling/jerking/fighting.... But you can kind of walk yourself into a dream that you would want to have... And sometimes you may not know your dreaming and sometimes you may not have control of the environment but still yet you can kind of set the dream up... Its like pre-lucid dreaming, and can better as they are easier to remember.... Crazy thing though once I kind of got into "lucid (hypnagogic) slips" I started having sleep paralysis inside of dreams, or indream narcolepsy.... One nightmare was driving while I kept falling asleep but couldn't move, and I realize I was in a dream so then I was in a paralysis State at the wheel fighting to pull over.... Sleeping, and dreaming is kind of a insane thing all around really, once you start to study the facts, and all other things....

It feels like for the past year, everytime I do something, think a certain way or get an idea. You make a video on it, It's really creepy.

Every once in a while I'll have a lucid dream. Pretty rare though. I have vivid dreams about every couple/few nights though, where I can remember what they were in detail the next day and they sometimes stick with me, and I'll think about the dream(s) for days.

The first time I learned that there is a something called Lucid Dreaming was the first time I have experienced it. I didn't try to. It just happened after I fell a sleep without any conscious effort prior to falling asleep.

I was dreaming and I remembered it very clearly and vividly so I went into a store in my dream and I noticed I was dreaming but I tried to do stuff but then I woke up

To be honest I can use this Lucid Dreaming thing.. It's when I wake up at 3-4 am then Imagining things while trying to sleep. After that As I fall asleep my brain continues to imagine things that I think.. until I am fully asleep but I can control whether what to happen in My dream. Can't explain it well but I hope you get my point 😂😅

Is lucid dreaming similar to dreams that I control everyday after I sleep and I am the master of my dreams and will it affect my sleep cycle❓

There's some misinformation and bad advice in this video, firstly, rem sleep is not the deepest sleep stage, it is the final part of the sleep cycle, n3 is the deepest sleep stage, secondly, it is unhealthy to intentionally interrupt sleep after 5 hours long term, research already shows, morning naps after an hour of waking normally increases the chance of lucidity, lastly the finger through palm reality test is very unreliable and has high failure rates, the text morphing and nose pinch reality tests are much more effective, and there's a lot of misinfo here on RU-vid, so if you want more researched backed info on lucid dreaming, watch the lucid dreaming guide channel.

Does anybody else have any strange "death feelings" in dreams. (Best I can describe it). For example when I used to die in my dreams I would witness some sort of organic machine that was processing something for a few minutes until I went into my next dream.

I had a nightmare last night were my house changed, people were moving and it scared hell out of me. I woke up from this nightmare and I started to make a voice note to a friend describing the nightmare then I realised I was dreaming and I woke up.makss you think what is real and what is fake.

Lucid dreaming is the best thing you can do for you without doing anything, it’s just the best, you can really learn thing too, new ideas even.

I have lucid dreams constantly, but not exactly as he describes them, its hard to control them but I know I am in the dream, it can literally be anything, but I dont create it, I just make decisions based on what happens.

One challenging part of lucid dreaming for me is that if i fully realize im in a lucid dream i have to try and control my excitement or no take too much control because i know/ start to feel my body revving awake due to the excitement of having a lucid dream haha

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I’m working on it…. My dreams are more vivid since but I haven’t become lucid yet

I know when I am starting lucid dream if I start flying. ❤

It feels like life itself is a “Lucid” dream … everything is “mental”… therefore I am my own creator of my reality…I am … ✨

I've been lucid dreaming every day for 10 years. I used to wake up feeling exhausted by it, but when I changed my perspective of the dream world, and saw my dream state as my "alternate universe", i started waking up feeling refreshed and ready to conquer the day. It's empowering if you can master it!

I love dreaming, i already have 3 lucid dreams. But rn im addicted to weed so its been difficult remember my dreams. any recommendation? i want to still smoking pot lol.

This is random but I dont know where else to share this: I got STUCK in my dream the other night! It was so weird!! Everything was so vivid but I knew I was dreaming. Usually once I realize I'm dreaming I can tell myself to wake up but I couldn't this time. I've never experienced that before!! Has anyone else? Like, I literally wandered around my dream killing time, waiting to wake up! It was sooo strange! Amazing, but also slightly scary lol. Time didn't move like normal dreams either. There was no "dream sequence" if you will. Just felt like real life with the knowledge I was in a dream. Super surreal but I consider myself lucky to have had that experience. Anyone else have anything like that happen?

The only time I started "lucid dreaming" I was so happy/surprised that I brutally woke up and nearly broke my neck. Still I'd really like to master this skill.

Lucid dreaming doesn't blur the lines between reality and fantasy, it makes the line easier to distinguish. You can't mix up reality with dreams using Lucid dreaming. Dissociation is actually the opposite of lucidity

How would you do this if you don't dream? I fall asleep, then wake up. I used to have chronic nightmares, and night terrors. I think my brain shut it off

Hi.

How do i get it to stop All my dreams feel real and i dont even try to make then seem real, its actually terrifying because it sometimes takes me a bit to realize what i just dream wasnt real, and so its fucking scary. I can actually see, think, and somewhat feel in my dreams, if that makes sense. Also im not sure if this is important but i probably have schizophrenia, I'm looking to get diagnosed because i am experiencing several symptoms.

As someone that lucid dreams 3-4 times a year (not that often) . It’s an amazing experience, though not as good as it is hyped up (it’s like being in a multi choice game , and you don’t know the context of the game and only half the choices you try actually work) Also keep in mind the 1-2 time of lucid dreaming you can’t control much. The first one I just looked around and fell back to sleep. 2 I was able to interact and do somethings. 3 was able to do some super human things. Now a days I can only do very simple things teleport, fly-ish(such bad flying it’s like a giant leap), and sometimes spawn things in . But keep in mind I’ve only been like this for 2-3 years. (Also keep in mind I don’t really try for lucid dreams, that hard , which is why I don’t get them often). Most people including me don’t try hard enough I could easily get a lucid dream if I spent an hour trying to do so, with serious dedication. It’s just not worth an hour and devoting your waking hours to it, personally.

I experienced multiple lucid dreams and recently I controlled my dream

I have experienced Astral projection and Lucid dreaming 2 and 3times respectively. But it doesn't happen to me anymore

What is the difference between lucid dreaming and our life in the wakened state???

Hey aperture you missed something really important I've had lucid dreams before but there's a very important detail you missed. Most of what you said Is agreeable you do need to somehow Start remembering your dreams before you can even think about lucidity and reality checks are good as well however dreams occur when the lack of self is completely gone this is the reason we are constantly forgetting were even dreaming. However from personal experience there are things that can happen one being an overwhelming excitement that can trigger you to wake up, and 2 falling back into the “forgetting” while were still there.

I honestly thought that lucid dreams were just like regular dreams because I almost always have them 😂

Ive been doing this since 7th grade after a teacher taught me how to remember my dreams. I had no idea until a few years ago that it was called lucid dreaming. I must say my first one changed my life the feelings were deep and powerful. It's almost like a drug once you get better at it. It's not all good I find myself having feelings of loss sometimes after an amazing experience. I don't know how to explain that

I tried several techniques throughout the years, none seemed to work, unfotunately...

I still cant do it. 😪

I have been lucid dreaming for years now. The big key for me was separating the mind and body. You are not your body you are your mind and the mind doesn't sleep.

Hello

REM Sleep is the deepest??

sometimes you can create an universe in your dream and no one will know it...may be in extreme future ter will be tech for it

Life is a dream sometimes a nightmare I wonder when I will wake up

I only remember one dream that i had multiple times, other than that sleeping is an empty nothingness 😊

First and thanks i need that

Simply drink an 8 oz glass of water before bed and as soon as you wake up. Also dream journaling makes it a habit to remember. If you don't dream try melatonin. 🎉

Quick question. Could I potentially get trapped? I dont wanna be stick in my head forever.

YOU CAN'T WAKE UP IF YOU DON'T FALL ASLEEP.

Is lucid dreaming and sleep paralysis (terrifying/profound experiences, actually) the same thing?

hi

Spent years perfecting it since I was a child. The brain becomes almost advanced. You become almost beyond the normal human.

I just lucid dreamt last night. My dog woke me up at 6 (I usually wake up at 6:30), so I accidentally did the Wake - Back to Bed method. I woke up mid-REM cycle and went back to bed with my mind more conscious.

REM is not the deepest sleep stage. Deep sleep is and REM happens before the light sleep

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What if you dream of you dreaming of you dream that you are dreaming

I had lucid dreams multiple times, it's interesting, but I can't cause it to happen, it just happens. My usual dreams are a total mess and chaos but I don't complain, it's like having multiple parallel lives and living them from time to time, like in another universes. I almost never sleep without dreams, I can't even remember when I had dreamless sleep. Even if it's a nightmare I take it as a gift.

If you are intrested in lucid dreaming, you shold read exploring the world of lucid dreaming, by stephan laberge.