I'll just go ahead and say it: not everyone is cut out to be a lucid dreamer. I'm not meaning to be a downer, but it's true. While there is so much hype about how achieving self-awareness in your dreams is a learnable skill—and it surely is—some … [Read more...] about 10 Habits and Traits of Successful Lucid Dreamers
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How Body Practices Increase Lucid Dreaming Success
Success in lucid dreaming requires the ability to navigate a realm where gravity is not guaranteed. And where comfortable chats in a café can be interrupted by sudden feelings of spinning, drifting, or falling down an infinite chasm. During the REM … [Read more...] about How Body Practices Increase Lucid Dreaming Success
5 Aspects of Ancient Dream Technology That Boost Lucid Dreaming
Dream incubation is the art of inviting a dream into your life for problem solving or healing. The term comes from the Latin incubare, which means to lie down upon, or as we say today: just sleep on it. How does this relate to lucid dreaming? … [Read more...] about 5 Aspects of Ancient Dream Technology That Boost Lucid Dreaming
Encouraging Lucid Dreaming with Video Games
Mom was wrong: video games don’t rot your brain. Gaming can actually develop your focus, self-esteem, and mental balance; which are all useful skills for encouraging lucidity in dreams... and in waking life. Lucid dream … [Read more...] about Encouraging Lucid Dreaming with Video Games
Stabilizing Lucid Dreaming with Gratitude and Forgiveness
Emotions are often put aside when we are looking for ways to increase lucidity in dreams. This is definitely a missed opportunity, because by design dreaming is built upon emotional logic. Navigating the lucid dream successfully, whatever your … [Read more...] about Stabilizing Lucid Dreaming with Gratitude and Forgiveness
Book review: Lucid dreaming: accessing your inner virtual realities
I just finished reading Paul and Charla Devereux’s updated classic Lucid dreaming. Originally published in 1998, this new edition by DailyGrail Press has additional content for a new generation of readers. In two words: highly recommended. At first … [Read more...] about Book review: Lucid dreaming: accessing your inner virtual realities