Quote Originally Posted by zoth00 View Post
You're mistaking things. Lucid dreaming isn't like being an einsteins. Skill isn't the key. Time is.

Lucid dreaming in the end, is all about changing your mental schemes. This is actually very hard and takes very strong will to do, because you're convincing yourself of a reality whose rules you denied your entire life. That you can exist inside a dream, that you can fly, that you can find odd things, that you can pay attention to minimal details.
You should remember in these times, that there is no possible way (I believe) that you don't have a lucid if you keep the wish of having a lucid dream in your mind. If not, just by residual memory (thinking on the same thing all day, all days) it will happen.

Change things a bit. Try to hold to the thought "Am I dreaming?" the whole day. Try to always having that in the back of your mind. Don't let yourself be distracted for more than a minute or two. Keep yourself lucid. Sometimes someone calls us and we loose that thought. Don't. Get used to wonder if you're dreaming when you're interacting. Many people has a hard time at DILD because they only practice in "dead moments". You need to be able to automatically stop anything and wonder if you are dreaming. You need to stuck in your head that even while you are reading this, you might be dreaming.

Yes, stop reading right now. Look at your hands. How you got to this page? How you know that you are not dreaming and that reality check just failed?

Also, other thing that not many people do, it strengthen their mood. Try to listen to an heroic music before going bed. Imagine yourself kicking ass at getting lucid. You are the man. Feel yourself feeling good for it. Now you gonna go to bed, and think "jeez, I can't wait to get lucid, I own, I will get it tonight". Feel excited, feel like it's tonight. If the next day, if you failed to get lucid, think "so I didn't get lucid? Lol brain you better get used to the fact that I'm gonna practice all year". Trust me, this helped me more than any technique lol. Also, this is the reason why many people have lucid dreams in their first night or two. They are overhelmed with the excitment. They can't wait to have one.

Really, hear "Eye of the tiger" kind of songs. Don't think you're falling at it, think "lol, I failed 50 times to get my lucid, and then bang! I'm that great example on how you should never quit!" Good luck
When my friend introduced me to lucid dreaming, I had that same mentality. I told my mind that I want adventure and demanded it. Didn't have a lucid but that first dream of mine was pretty epic. Fighting against warriors and moving at the speed of light. Totally agree with this.