Quote Originally Posted by The Cusp View Post
Bullshit. I could give hundreds of examples from my dream journal alone where the dream went against my expectations. You're just plain wrong. Sorry for being so blunt, but using expectations (or belief) for dream control is a misconception I've made it my life's work to stamp out.

It's not expectations that determines what happens next, it's archetypal structures and how you focus on them.

You may have had good control thus far, but I would wager you've never left your comfort zone so to speak. You've only done stuff that is familiar to you, so you already had the archetypal structures to handle it. Try doing some of the dream tasks from other people on this site. You may find yourself failing for the first time simply because some of those tasks are coming from a different mindset or way of thinking that is unfamiliar to you.
Hi cusp,

Pardon the brief answer, I'm using my phone.

I guarantee you that i have been doing this for years with complete cntrol of my dreams without exception. I'm interested to hear your technique.

Belief is very different to expectation, which may be the confusion here. I have read the whole 'just believe in yourself' advice and i don't think it's accurate, it's about expectations.

For example, whilst talking to someone in a dream, you may suddenly think someone is about to hit me from behind. As a result of you thinking that, someone will suddenly hit you from behind.

I don't know what you mean by outside my comfort zone, my lucid dreams normally start when I'm scared in a dream and realize that my situation is unrealistic. Surely that is outside my comfort zone? I do things in my dreams that i could never do in real life.

In any case, following your advice would be hard because i have in the past tried to say to myself 'the next time i lucid dream i will do this', but it doesn't work because i don't remember my resolution during the actual dream.