Quote Originally Posted by Occipitalred View Post
You've gotten a lot of good advice Darkdreamer, so may I give you bad advice?

If you decide to not follow the advice given, or that the circumstances of life stop you from ever being disciplined at the art of lucid dreaming, just let it go. Don't say "I quit!", simply let go the idea of "I will be a lucid dreamer or I won't be a lucid dreamer". Simply practice recall for a whole year. Every day when you wake up, spend no more than 3 minutes remembering your dreams. Don't remember anything? That's okay, you don't need to remember dreams everyday, no more than you need to watch TV every day. Then, just write four words on a piece of paper that you carry in your pocket all day, and look at it periodically, to remember your dream. Analyze it. Day dream about it. Change the outcome. Finish the dream. Become a dreamer, not a lucid dreamer. One day, In a year, you'll become a good dreamer. Then, you might find the time and discipline to become a lucid dreamer.

And happiness is about loving your life, its pointlessness and its beauty. Life is a friend, not a park.

(I really hope you take anyone's advice before mine, but just please never forget about lucid dreams.) Good luck!


This is not bad advice, this is incredible advice that cuts to the heart of the matter.

People look at LDing as some cool trick that will be like a video game. The truth is it is an adventure that starts with DREAMING. The core of the art is dreaming, so why do people fight the idea of learning to dream first? "I don't want to work on recall, I want to fight ninjas!"

Non lucid dreams can be an amazing enhancement to daily life, as can the effect of increased awareness.

Don't try to skip to the end, embrace the whole process and enjoy each part.

Lucid dreaming is one of the most difficult mental disciplines I know of, so it should be approached as a path to spend a lifetime on, not a goal to be reached by the end of summer.