"If you want to do something but don't have the motivation to do it, you probably don't want to do it. You probably just like the idea of it." That quote (or rough approximation of it) is ringing true to me currently and most of my life. I've had various different hobbies or ideas that I wanted to pursue, but my motivation always ran dry and I kept having to force myself to keep on the path. It's currently an issue I have as I keep liking the idea to do something but I don't want to do it. I don't know if its just laziness, no real passion for it, or a mix of both, but that quite is definitely something that more people need to hear. Luckily, lucid dreaming hasn't been like that, at least the large majority of the time I've been pursuing it. At the beginning, my goal was heavily escapism based, wanting to basically experience a world where I didn't have to worry about much. In hindsight, I do view it as a very "video game-ish" goal as stated in the video, but it did grow and change into better and more fulfilling goals. I still don't fully know what clicked in my brain for me to actually stick with it, but it's a rare thing for me to actually do. I'm very glad that it's one of those hobbies that has stuck though! Great video and I really liked the comedy! I also like how it was stated that those even in the thick of things sometimes need that small push - I needed it recently and, due to finding motivation, I've been able to have 2 lucid dreams, almost within a week of each other! It's such a rewarding subject!
My motivation is essentially a sinus rhythm. I tend to have weeks wirh bursts of motivation where I think of nothing but lucid dreaming, and weeks where I forget I even discovered the skill in the first place. For example barely remembering to do one lucidity test a day, promising myself to do more, and going straight back to la la land. The biggest factor for me is definitely waking up for work super early making it easy to slowly drop journaling habits. Waking up 10 minutes early seems great until the alarm kills your memory and the '5 more minutes' effect slowly takes hold. Because a groggy mind doesn't care about what your actual lucid goals are, just that it can snooze that alarm and get away with stealing more sleep. The effects are also greatly exacerbated if your alarm hits the perfect part in your sleep cycle to make you crave nothing but falling right back to sleep.
Brilliant! Always good to listen to your tips. The first time I read 'Are You Dreaming?' I started having a spate of lucid dreams, and without much effort as you taught me to have a relaxed approach. I was so happy! You really helped me, Daniel! 🙏🏻
My main motivation is just really wanting to see whats out there in dreamland ive seen some glimps of the insanely weird and just awsome stuff that my mind creates in my lucid dreams and also non lucids. Whenever I saw/did something cool in a (non)lucid dream its like finding gold for me, it makes my day thats why i keep coming back to this (yes i do give up sometimes when life gets shitty)
That’s good! One of the tips in his other videos is not playing god and create everything out of nothing. He says to work with what you have in the dream before doing anything more advanced. Keep at it! I am too :)
So ive actively been trying to lucid dream for about a week. I started with 0 dream recall but after checking your 30 day lucid dreaming vids out and adding eggs and beans to my diet I have recalled 3 dreams in 2 days.
@@gloriakalengelayi8294 Its called learn how to lucid dream - Day 1 They are live streams where he slowly explains it and it really helped me with my dream recall cus today i can also remember my dream
I hit like but the counter still says zero Also that starting putting-in-place was pretty cool. Finally, the mission statement is really helpful, or at least has been for me
Thank you sir. especially when a lot is going on in your life. it becomes more difficult. but I haven't skipped a day yet and that's not going to happen. Never I think is discipline and drive
Just the video I needed! I find motivation by scripting out the dream I want to have before hand, it gets me super excited for the adventure I’m about to go on! I also like to read my success entires in my journal :)
Thank you for the inspiring video, Daniel. I've been learning to lucid dream for a few years now and my dreams (not just the lucid ones) continue to surprise, delight and sometimes even shock me! I've still got a long way to go to be the best lucid dreamer I can be (and build up those "dream control" skills), but man has it been a rush to experiment, explore, see myself improve and have experiences I never could have predicted.
Thank you Daisy! - And that is exactly the attitude to have. Personally, I find it bonkers that more people don't feel that way, it's such an endlessly fascinating state!
I have been trying to learn how to lucid dream for years. I just get so frustrated easily and it's so hard for me to stay motivated and willing to keep trying because I lack true patience and discipline
Hey friends im watching the live stream and it jogged my memory im not a member so i couldent comment there so i came here but i had a false awakeing but it was a weekend and i dident have an alarm set so i checked my phone and no alarms where set but whats got me scratching my head is im not sure if i actually woke up and thought it was my alarm or if it was a false awakening. I have had false awakenings in the past and they seemed pretty simular one came from a snap chat notifacation of a friend but when i woke up there was no notification or msg from them. So theres not really a questiom here just sharing thank you all for reading😁 cam back for an edit slmething came to mind most people say you dont see text or technology in dreams but i distinctly remember using my phone and reading so is this my mind filling in things after i wake up or if i were lucid could these things be used in the dream world?
3:00 I remember this one non lucid dream where I had creative mode. It was the coolest dream I've ever had. When I woke up I was wondering why I can't open the creative menu. 😂
"Wanting to kiss someone or live in Minecraft is not a good enough motivation for lucid dreaming." Yep… Started there. Now we want to use it to better communicate with our D.I.D. System and explore our headspace and consciousness. Although I have been kissed in a lucid dream before and my first lucid dream was based on a video game..
Im motived for lucid dreaming but im struggling recently with dream recall for some reason and i never had a issue before, ive been practicing for 3 and a bit years. Now im more motivated than ever to get it back 😂🎉
I am going to start trying to learn lucid dream again after my second retirement maybe I am not the type of person that could lucid drea😅 but thanks for the motivation
It's very hard to say without knowing what advice you've been following and what practices you're doing. The easiest way to make sure you're on the right track would be to follow the 19 day course here on the channel. First few lessons are free, then the rest requires a membership - but that costs less than a coffee - but it'll make sure you absolutely understand the fundamentals and are doing everything right
I very often get woken up by loud music, which deletes most, if not all of my dream before I can write it down (also makes morning naps near impossible). I get this kind of... 'defeated rage' (I have intermittent explosive disorder) where I think "What's the point? How the hell am I supposed to learn, if nobody has enough respect for me to allow me to practice?" I meditate to calm myself down, and I remember a few things: My insatiable curiosity, my stubbornness, nothing worth it in life is easy, and the fact that I've enjoyed dreams more than being awake for as long as I can remember. Tangent: Even nightmares don't bother me at all; I'll wake up from one, and try to go back into it. Only 1 type of dream gets to me, and it's about a woman I care deeply for, who I had a chance with, but royally messed it up. I wake from these dreams very depressed, sometimes in tears. Tangent over. I remember how fascinating lucid dreams are, and what it feels like to be in one. Nothing will stop me from trying. I WILL succeed, and even if I don't become lucid, extending the length of my dreams is a good thing.
hey man love the content. I could use some help, I have been trying to ld for 3 months now and only gotten 6 lucid dreams due to reality checks, and i have tried wild methods like dreamwalker and imp but i just can't get it to work, is there spme other method i should try? and also is rausis bs or does it work? is it worth it? appreciate the help man
I don't recommend anything by that person, they ran the infamous "InstaDreamer" kickstarter campaign in which hundreds of people lost thousands of dollars and never received what they were promised.
These tips don’t work for me because my problem seems to be different. My problem is dream journaling. It’s the most fundamental practice to lucid dreaming, and such an incredibly powerful tool, speaking from experience. But it’s just *so boring* I can never stay with it. When I try to lucid dream I only dream journal for a week or two, but during that time it gets more and more boring until I just cannot do it anymore. When I have boring dreams, I don’t wanna write them down cuz the dreams are boring and writing them is boring. When I have fascinating dreams or lucid dreams, I also don’t wanna write those down because words feel barely adequate to record them. I would much rather just remember them. I thought of drawing them (I’m an artist) but that’d be incredibly difficult and resource-demanding. I tried quite a few times to make dream journaling fun, and I tried quite a few different ways, but I just cannot find a way to do it consistently. If I can find a way or be shown a way to make dream journaling fun, to make me *want* to do it, that’d unlock my path to becoming a master lucid dreamer. But right now I don’t see any way I can do this.
It is damaging to my motivation when I don’t get any for a long time, despite practicing. Granted, I am not always (ever?) doing as much as I possibly could, so there’s that. I should at the very least revisit my “why” statement and see if I can improve it, but I could do a number of other things… like being asleep right now rather than commenting on RU-vid at this late hour… Bad Carl!
Yes and found the exit many years ago. Those who reach advance status in my private tuition, discover this channel, and my work, is just a cover-story to recruit those who wish to leave the simulation. Of course, no one will believe this and will think it is just a joke, which means I can post without concern of repurcussions from the architect of the simulation, but those who know, know. www.lifeisasimulation.com
hey man i have a question , like i tried mild for a long time and i took breaks from lucid dreaming and most i got from mild was like 2 semi lucid dreams like it felt like a normal dream but i remembered being lucid and thats it , and now i want to try wild because mild is not for me i think and i dont know how to do it exactly like imo , i need to wake up in my rem phase i know when it is and then like i need to relax my body etc , also i have a problem with gag refex but ill try to just let it go and like trying to visualize myself into a dream and being aware and allat , u have any tips?
Thanks Daniel! I think for me I motivated myself with words, but they lose their meaning after several weeks of saying them. I now think the best motivation for me is force. For example, I wanted a 90 in science class, and so I forced myself to overly try hard and passed with a 99. Because I tried so hard for a long time, I achieved my goal with flying colors. So Daniel, could you "crack the whip" at me when I am in tuition with you? Because I find force very helpful. -Thanks!
