Conscious dreaming (often called lucid dreaming) is the ability to know that you are dreaming even in the midst of one ¿½ and along with this comes the power to control the dream! When you know you¿½re dreaming, the possibilities are endless.
The power of completely controlling your dreams might seem like something out of a fantasy novel, but it’s actually quite possible for anyone. Lucid dreaming is actually fairly easy, and offers you a wonderful way to express your inner desires and feelings. There are even tried and tested methods to get you into a lucid dream state.
First, you have to know what your goal is; are you looking to be able to get more enjoyment from your dreams or would you like to use this ability to help you improve your life in other areas? Whatever the reason, decide what it is that makes you want to discover conscious or lucid dreaming.
With your goal in mind, the next thing to do is to start learning and practicing the methods which can help you to begin conscious dreaming. A lot of people find the best way to begin to be dream recall. Dream recall is just the process of practicing recalling the details of your dreams.
If you want to begin conscious dreaming, you’ll need to be able to recall all the details of the dreams you have each night. There are a number of ways to do this, but the most common is keeping a dream diary. Place it by the bed, and every morning, enter all the details you remember from your dreams as soon as you wake up. It’s important to make sure you do this right away, because you start to lose information the longer you’re awake.
Slowly, you’ll begin remembering more and more about your dreams, and you can use your dream diary to jog your memory. Since your mind is already primed to remember your dreams, becoming aware that they’re happening is an easy next step. Many people simply “wake up” suddenly in a dream, becoming aware that what’s happening isn’t real.
Other than keeping dream diary, many find hypnosis helpful. Hypnosis can help you to quickly reach the appropriate state for conscious dreaming. In fact, hypnosis can help you to recall every detail of your dreams in only a few sessions! Conscious dreaming is easy once this is accomplished.
At first, you may wake suddenly while having lucid dreams. Don¿½t get discouraged, this is very common. You can often get back to your dream by focusing on the dream as you go back to sleep.
Another technique is to set your alarm for two or three hours earlier than usual then going back to sleep once awoken. It is a lot easier to have lucid dreams in the hours before you usually awake. It may even be unclear to you if these were dreams or you were just thinking as you lay awake. With practice, this technique will lead to conscious dreaming.
Be aware of your sleeping habits. You¿½ll be able to determine when you are most likely to have lucid dreams. However, don¿½t lose too much sleep ¿½ fatigue and conscious dreaming don¿½t mix.
Thankfully, conscious dreaming can be a good remedy for insomnia and other sleep disruptions! Once you develop lucid dreaming, you will be able to put a halt to the thoughts which keep you awake at night.
It might seem like lucid dreaming is something you can only do after years of study, but that’s not really true. In just a little time, with a little work, you could become a conscious dreamer. Explore your own consciousness, manipulate your dreams and more!
Conscious dreaming is easy, and almost everyone can do it. Take a little time, and use one of these methods to unleash the power of lucid dreaming for yourself. You’ll be amazed at what you discover.
