Hello all,

I first read about lucid dreaming many years ago. The article was fascinating, but it didn't include any how-to, and was before the popularity of the web. I didn’t pursue it any further at that time and largely forgot about it.

Just yesterday, I again wandered upon LD information, but this time it was at this site. The how-to seemed so simple that I decided to give it a try.

Following the given instructions for improving dream recall (and doing some reality tests), I’m happy to report that I awoke twice last night after dreaming and recorded some of the details.

The first dream was just the typical weird stuff. The second dream, however, was different. I seem to have felt and was aware of the onset of dreaming, and wanted to stay aware as the dream developed. But thinking about this and wondering if I really was beginning to dream woke me up. Actually, I think I may have only dreamed that I woke up, it’s hard to tell. Either way, when the dream continued/resumed, it wasn’t lucid, but I was interrogating other people in my dream with the vague goal of trying to determine if they were in a dream. Unfortunately, everything seemed legit at the time although I didn’t know who these people were and I couldn’t see their faces.

That’s not exactly the way it should work, I realize, but the overall theme seems right. All in all, I suppose that this isn’t bad for my first night.