Thread: No Inspiration

I've been practicing lucid dreaming since the tail end of 2007. Since that time I've gone through at least two extended periods where my recall was shabby and my desire to practice LDing was empty. When I entered the DVA and took Shift's class, it was a huge help.

Yet I again find myself uninspired to go on. At the moment, I've lost the desire to even write down my dreams. I do RCs sparingly. I have no idea what my dream signs are. Even my recent successes in LDing can't keep me going.

My ultimate goal in doing all this is to be a master at lucid dreaming: be able to have one every night, and in it I have complete control of everything. Plus I have fun sub-goals like getting sucked up in a black hole and control two bodies simultaneously. I want to continue, but I'm not moved to action like I used to be. This stinks.

I need inspiration. Have at it!

Originally Posted by youssarian

I've been practicing lucid dreaming since the tail end of 2007. Since that time I've gone through at least two extended periods where my recall was shabby and my desire to practice LDing was empty. When I entered the DVA and took Shift's class, it was a huge help.

Yet I again find myself uninspired to go on. At the moment, I've lost the desire to even write down my dreams. I do RCs sparingly. I have no idea what my dream signs are. Even my recent successes in LDing can't keep me going.

My ultimate goal in doing all this is to be a master at lucid dreaming: be able to have one every night, and in it I have complete control of everything. Plus I have fun sub-goals like getting sucked up in a black hole and control two bodies simultaneously. I want to continue, but I'm not moved to action like I used to be. This stinks.

I need inspiration. Have at it!

I can't really help you to be inspired but you are not alone....what about me...my dream recall was very good UNTIL I got a bowling alley job a week ago. Now it's so bad I can hardly remember anything plus I lost the mental stability to lucid dream or even incubate any dream cause the mind is too stressed out(many things to learn)and tired. To top it off or rather to make matters worse, the light machine I built dosen't work as expected so it's a double whammy. Going to work everyday thinking that tonight...tonight I will lucid dream what I want....inspiration that dosen't die....not really. It got worse as it became more than a week dashing my hopes to lucid dream it was horrid...wished I din't have to work but I need the money to sustain lucid dreaming... So in the end what's left?...inspiration from pictures of dream stuff I want, hope, desire and the knowledge limited there of of what I understand about dreams to help me get there. So my advice to you maybe is....don't inspire yourself to lucid dream from the experience of having a lucid dream alone. Inspire yourself to lucid dream when you are awake because everything is part of lucid dreaming whether you like it or not...don't forget there isn't anything lucid dream related in reality UNLESS you say it is. Look around you...do you see anything that tells you lucid dreaming? What your bed? Your room...heh...:p. Lucid dreaming resides in the mind so it's up to you to acknowledge if what you see is part of your inspiring dream perception or just a boring reality like what your going through now.

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Watch The Matrix. I saw it for the first time about a week ago, and the whole time I kept thinking, "omg it's just like lucid dreaming!"

You could try discussing LDing with people. That seems to help me when I'm not feeling very motivated to LD. Think back to what originally got you interested in lucid dreaming and why you thought it was so exciting. Think of lucid dreaming as a means, not an end. You want them because of all the cool stuff you can do while lucid, not just for the sake of having lucid dreams. That's how I see it, anyway.

Hopefully that second paragraph makes sense. I'm a bit tired...

My inspiration is to think that each night, when I fall asleep, I join hundreds of other Dreamview members in the fight to get a lucid dream.
Just think. You are entering a world constructed by your imagination. You are entering a world in which you are in control of everything. Best thing to do is dream up a place that is as realistic as possible, then amaze everyone with your powers.

What I'd recommend is to appreciate as much art as possible. By Art I mean art in the typical sense, as well as novels and movies (Artsy Movies). Great stories and Fantastic Settings and Visuals always give me the desire to *go* there.

Any other tidbits of advise out there?

Originally Posted by Hidden

Watch The Matrix. I saw it for the first time about a week ago, and the whole time I kept thinking, "omg it's just like lucid dreaming!"

Avatar has some dreaming references too and can be motivating.

Ah yes, Avatar definitely has a lucid dreaming parallel. I was more focused on the 3D, though.