# A few questions from a beginner... **URL:** \ **Category:** Quest for Lucidity\ **Created:** [September 24, 2004, 10:51am UTC](https://community.ld4all.com/t/a-few-questions-from-a-beginner/11600 "2004-09-24T10:51:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Basilus\_West](https://community.ld4all.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@Basilus\_West](https://community.ld4all.com/u/Basilus_West)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.ld4all.com/t/a-few-questions-from-a-beginner/11600/5 "2004-09-24T23:43:37Z")
> [@Stardust](#): > > First off, how do you “take control” over your dream? Dreamers do this naturally. They don’t think about. Sometimes, they take control, sometimes they don’t. That’s why there is no stuff about. However, your question is interesting. It MUST be a technique that makes you more aware of taking control in LD. I think that practising RCs when you become lucid, or even suggestioning oneself before sleeping (for instance, in order to fly ) can give you more control on the dream. > [@](#): > > Second, which of the techniques would you recommend to a beginner? DILD/MILD. Trying to find one’s hands in a dream gives good results. WBTB is not necessary. > [@](#): > > Third, how do the reality checks work? Will “just” not seeing my nose when I close one eye really change anything? When you perform a reality check, you are pre-lucid. You wonder if you’re dreaming, sometimes you already know you’re are dreaming and just want to verify. This acting gives you more lucidity. > [@](#): > > Fourth: how does WILD work that it’s so cool? I can’t WILD. But major interest of WILD is that you can LD at will. > [@](#): > > And finally fifth: How long was it since you started using techniques described here (which of them?) until your first LD? Technique : Finding my hands in a dream : 1 month. There is already a topic about, full of answers : [How long did it take you to become lucid?](https://community.ld4all.com/t/how-long-did-it-take-you-to-become-lucid/11374/1) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.ld4all.com/t/a-few-questions-from-a-beginner/11600)._