Thread: You are or aren't

I find this pretty arrogant.
I know, I had lucids as a child - and I know I can lucid dream also from later experiences.
But those I had to practise for.
Should I have told myself back then - you either are or you aren´t?

If just from willing it, it didn´t work - throw it all in the bin and judge myself incompetent, like you suggest all should do, who don´t have lucids without help, advice and techniques.
Everybody can lucid dream, if they strive for it, I believe - but not by letting oneself be discouraged by such statements as the OPs.

Coming on here then I have really started learning.
I have improved so much so fast from the help of my teachers on here - these "techniques" as you name then condescendingly - are wonderful tools and there is much great advice, which really helps along - esp. learning about timing, mantras, the importance of journalling, rc-ing and ways to control the LD - many many things, which do not fall from the heavens into all our brains on their own!

Originally Posted by SilverBullet

I wanted it more than anything, to the point where I knew it would happen

Okay - if I ran around all day thinking about absolutely nothing else and throwing in all my imagination and willpower - I might just get lucid and be done with it for that one time - maybe yes.
But you can hardly do that all the time, now can you?

You are portraying yourself as the natural LD-master - seeing through all the stupid paraphernalia of LD to the core - you are pretty full of yourself.
So - you should at least not be a coward now - and honest - and answer these questions:

When was your first LD?
How many LDs per night?
How long are your lucids?
Do you remember your lucid goals from waking life - whatever they are?
Can you realize them?
What was your greatest lucid control feature up to now?