Thread: Quick, Simple, Easy way to get Lucid dreams and vastly improve vivid dream recall (just add water)!!

Originally Posted by ThAtaInTmE

See, what i thought was, no way this bullshit is going to work, but second lucid ever and first in a month or more. Maybe something we dont understnd is happening. Also an important thing is that I was thinking about lucidity and all that stuff.

Yeah, I'm not going to diss it til I've tried it! What exactly did you do?

what happens if you don't have a pool???
i mean obviously a bath but does the water have to be cold or what??????????? i will give it a try if someone tells me haha.

Originally Posted by Chrisito

what happens if you don't have a pool???
i mean obviously a bath but does the water have to be cold or what??????????? i will give it a try if someone tells me haha.

Try cold water, it's way more stimulating.

Originally Posted by isthisit

Hmmm, many people reporting it works! Could it be a placebo effect, or really something that works? I can understand how holding your breath would effect your brain, I just can't link the water submerging, unless like someone said it is a meditation type thing. I will try tonight, and report back!

I remember reading something about cool/cold water stimulating a reflex.

what about a shower?
man gonna be hard to get into a cold bath hahaha..

I dont think the cold water is needed. My pool is 90 degrees Farienheit, which is a warm as it gets in pools mostly. All that matters is that you think about lucid dreaming. Maybe its a good time to set your intentions. I will back out of giving instructions now, as it isnt my idea so bye

i'll try this do you think a cold river would be better than a cold bath the river is 50 F or so hope this works

Originally Posted by thedanknight

i'll try this do you think a cold river would be better than a cold bath the river is 50 F or so hope this works

Sure as long it makes you feel alive and replenished. If it's water then use it.

@Chrisito

I tried a moderate (cool warm) shower because we don't have cold water in the summer, and held my breath like 5 times but it did nothing for me. This seems to work for everyone but me.

It may be because I'm predominantly african-american and my ancestors never evolved the need for blood vessel dilation or whatever. I just can't get it to work with a shower. But it seems to work with other people. Ill try it with a hot shower this time.

I tried it in a hot bath last night.. didn't work!

I used to do this to make myself faint.. (not in water ofc) I was a silly child

Originally Posted by isthisit

I tried it in a hot bath last night.. didn't work!

How many times did you try it?

And next time cool or cold water to see if you notice different effects.

And maybe it's more of an add-on technique to other lucid dreaming methods ( a good one at that).

Originally Posted by yondaime109

How many times did you try it?

And next time cool or cold water to see if you notice different effects.

And maybe it's more of an add-on technique to other lucid dreaming methods ( a good one at that).

I tried it 3 times, I did think maybe the bath was too hot, but I don't often take cold baths (and I live in the UK so if you think I'm jumping in the freezing, toxic sludge they call rivers.... you have another thing coming!)

I'm not saying the method doesn't work just yet, I will keep it in mind next time I'm submerged in water, but possibly cold water.

Originally Posted by isthisit

I tried it 3 times, I did think maybe the bath was too hot, but I don't often take cold baths (and I live in the UK so if you think I'm jumping in the freezing, toxic sludge they call rivers.... you have another thing coming!)

I'm not saying the method doesn't work just yet, I will keep it in mind next time I'm submerged in water, but possibly cold water.

alright

it didnt work for me what dose the water have to do with it any way?

I would think just holding your breath would have the same effect, id say a good meditation for this would be to inhale slowly then hold your breath for 20 seconds or how ever long you want then exhale and hold you breath for the same amount of time.

repeating as much as you feel necessary. Used to do this before training in martial arts made me feel great

Cold water is great for stimulating all your senses including your ethereal body, whenever I jump in some cold water I always feel tranquil and energized. Great for clearing out bad energies . I also will feel this pulsing around the brain stem area, get that whenever I'm feeling high off myself.

Originally Posted by benzilla04

I used to do this to make myself faint.. (not in water ofc) I was a silly child

I would spin around in circles for a simular effect, love your avatar! do you know the artist?

Having a lucid dream the night after you try it, is definately not enough evidence to suggest this works, and secondly the theory behind it makes no sense IF it has had any effect it is almost certainly a placrbo

Originally Posted by Realeyes

Having a lucid dream the night after you try it, is definately not enough evidence to suggest this works, and secondly the theory behind it makes no sense IF it has had any effect it is almost certainly a placrbo

I disagree, 3 people so far have said that it works for them the night after they try it which means it certainly has had an effect on them lucid dreaming. I believe there must be more to it.

As soon as i get the chance to go swimming somewhere I'll try it out myself.

Placebo effect. If this works at all, it does it by building expectation. And that is what may increase alertness. Physiologically, this can do nothing but increase your heart rate for a couple minutes.

That's not enough to say it has an effect on them lucid dreaming, more people say they have been abducted by aliens than that all the time, doesn't mean they actually have, the point is 3 people experiencing lucid dreams the night after doing this does not mean it works, it's an uncontrolled experiment, how are we to know how many people have actually tried it, or that it isn't a placebo? I would be more open to it if there was a reasonable theory behind it at least

Controlled breathing opens the channels of energy throughout the body. The muscles respond to oxygen and the energy body in turn responds to the muscles through which electricity is channeled.
Plugging a nostril with a finger focuses our mind to the right or the left. This also focuses the energy. Becoming balanced in mind is a great help to awareness. One can use breathing techniques to alter the experience rather than using experience to alter breathing/emotions.

Originally Posted by isthisit

Hmmm, many people reporting it works! Could it be a placebo effect, or really something that works? I can understand how holding your breath would effect your brain, I just can't link the water submerging, unless like someone said it is a meditation type thing. I will try tonight, and report back!

It definitely works

now wait just a minute

Just to clear things up, no one should be holding their breath for as long as they can. You only need to hold your breath until you feel a little uncomfortable. Holding your breath for as long as possible will not at all produce the effects you're looking to achieve here, it can be detrimental to your health to practice that for long periods of time or every night. You are not trying to kill brain cells here, just oxygenate your brain. It would be best to do this right before bed otherwise all you'll be receiving is a placebo effect.

Anyway, I'm going to try this along with some other techniques tonight and i'll post how that goes tomorrow.