Hey all it’s great to be here, i’ve been reading this forum for a couple weeks, it was a godsend to find this place since i’ve been so interested in lucid dreaming for a long long time, since i’ve found this place i’ve been having more and more LD’s or close calls. Today I had 6 false awakenings and a couple semi-LD’s and some fake ones, it was the craziest thing thats ever happened as far as dreams go. I’m 18 and I live in Fort Collins, CO and I go to CSU. My roomate wakes up three hours before me so I have a perfect schedule for trying to LD.
Hello, all.
Harlequin isn’t my real name, but I do answer to it online and off–Harli for those too busy to type the entire thing, which is understandable.
I’ve been studying LDs, on and off, for most of my life. I’m one of those lucky people who gets them nearly every night without actively inducing them, and for the longest time I never understood what the big deal was with lucidity.
Within the last few years I’ve really tried to accelarate my studies to see just how far I can go–dream control is fairly easy now, and I’ve had a small handful of OBEs (although every single one of them was accidental). I think right now my biggest challenge is deciding what I should do once I’m lucid–dream control for entertainment purposes is all well and good, but I think I’m trying to get a little more out of my dreams than mere entertainment now.
I am also very interested in the idea of entheogen use and how it relates to the dream world. I’ve had some very successful experiences with melatonin and a few other materials, but for the most part I’ve been feeling like I’m running around in the dark because no one else around me studies both–it’s usually one or the other. From reading the different forums I am glad to see that there is so much knowledge floating around, and I’m very glad to be here.
I look forward to talking with all of you more.
Harlequin
Hey everyone!
Strife is my nick name around my school...i've had 1 LD in my entire life but i'm trying to get more...if you ever want to share some tips or anything with me feel free cuz everything helps.
I’m gonna go surf the site and forums a bit so i’ll catch u all later.
oh i’m from Canada home of the CANADIANS! NOT CANADIENS!
nvm
LOL 
Hi everyone.
It’s probably about time I lifted the curtain and revealed a little about myself. 
My name is Andrew. I work as a computer programmer for a small software company, primarily focusing on databasing between desktop PCs and hand-held PDA devices. It’s interesting stuff, plus it gives me a lot of time to keep up to date with this forum. 
I was something of a dream enthusiast as a child, and I never really grew out of it. I don’t personally consider there to be any real meaning to what we dream about, particularly anything that goes beyond our physical selves, but they still fascinate me.
About 2 years ago I inadvertently stumbled across the term ‘Lucid Dreaming’ while searching the internet. Needless to say it certainly caught my attention. I now enjoy a rather satisfying 3 or 4 LDs each week, which varies depending on how much stress I endure at work during that time. 
I never had any books on the topic, mainly because I don’t believe in credit cards. Plus the book stores around here are somewhat ordinary when it comes to specialized non-fiction 
, so I learned everything from online guides, FAQs and good old trial and error. That is, until I found this site. 
I’m always looking to help inexperienced people, discuss techniques and experiences, or simply engage in a friendly debate about the meaning of life.
See ya around
Hello, i’m a 16 year old girl from Finland. I just found out about lucid dreaming today, and well… i’m quite excited! Music is my passion and i’m very interested in spiritual things.
I’m also glad to see there are other Finnish people on the board
Hello…
My real name is Petar…
I’m from Croatia, I’m 19 Years old…I don’t have a job, though I do have a hobby (don’t we all)… I like to work in 3d Studio Max to make artistic images…I’ve been doing that for 4.5 years now and I’m proud of what can I do in Max with my current skills…
I’ve also taken an interest in Lucid Dreaming… I wanted to find a way to bring some refreshment into my life… LD seems like a perfect choice as I plan to become an expert in LD, so I can eventually try out a technique using it…
shakes hands
I’m a 17 year old guy living in Melbourne, Australia. About to finish my last year of normal schooling, hoping to go to Uni and study media/communications stuff. Behind the scenes of TV/Radio etc. with aspirations to become a comedian or a writer one day
I have never had a Lucid dream, so for the moment most of my posts will focus around the newbie forum 
I’m a newie too. I haven’t had any Lucid dreams yet. But I will have them soon i hope 
Hi there, im another noobie, im a Uni student from New Zealand studying geology, im 22 years old and really like shooting (target) as my sport, and have an interest in hunting and I have an amateurish interest in psychology and human behavior.
I frequently have lucid dreams, but only ever have partial control in them
(if thats still lucid). My aim is to have them more often and for longer (i almost always wake up when things start happening).
Hello there,
I am 44 years old and a housewife and production assember from California. I have always had an interest in phycology and science, I am a student of tarot and I work with runes (elder futhark) for self counseling. I first became interested in LD when i read a book called “The Art of Dreaming” by Carlos Casteneda (sp?). This book had several exercises in dreaming including knowing when you begin to move into the dreaming stage and trying to see your hands in your dreams amongst other exercises. With much patience I was able to know that I was dreaming and did in fact view my hands and moved them around at will. Since I have noted my surroundings and have been able to feel “texters” and “hardness” of different elements in my dreams. This is what has lead me to look for a web site on this subject. Thank you for the opportunity to say “hi” and talk of these things.
Sweet Dreams
Blueluna
Hmm…new. Testing out avatar as well.
I’ve been meaning to say something here, for a while.
Anyway, my names Nick, 19, and from Melbourne. I am studying at uni at moment, telecommunications and internet. I have my own business doing webdeisng, but in the future i would somehow like to integrate this with my interests in dreaming.
I got interested in dreaming, as a result of reading Castaneda also… At that point i’d was very much into the hallucinogenics but felt a little uncomfortable in some of the regions of expanded reality I’d found myself in… His books came at the right time, and got me very interested in the shamanic approach to dreaming. I particulary like using lucid dreaming to recover information about things i’m interested in. Dreaming for me, now forms a significant basis of my day-to-day life.
I was lucky enough to find another webforum, with much info and experiences on this kind of material. I think the net is good in that sense, in that it has given me a way to connect with others who share similar interests. The same goes for this forum.
Nice to meet all of you.
bye now explora…
Good day, everyone
I’m James, an 18 year old student and worker in North Carolina.
I’ve been meaning to post here for months, but due to time constraints, I’ve finally registered and posted.
A pleasure to meet all of y’all
Hey I’m new
Hi, my name is Pop Monkey and I’m stupid!
I’m 15 old chick from white blue Finland and I’m new here… 
I’m a crazy music lover who loves to play air guitar everywhere she go…
…that’s why my name is (maybe) Pop Monkey… 
I’m a day dreamer who wanna fly to a land where I can find that special one for me… but firt I gonna be a rockstar! ;-D
I’m haven’t got a LD yet, but maybe soon if I keep tryin’!
But i have all other weird dreams… like this one…
I was at night in a candy/toy store and there was Britney Spears eating candy… she look at me and started to chace me int he store… I hide under the table, but she found me… 
(It was a good hidin’ place)…
Weird… yeah… I HATE BRITENY SPEARS! I wanna kick her in the ass…
Nevermind… I’m just weird 
Hi i’m Master Pane, AKA Alex. I’m 14 years of age, and live in Edmonton Canada. My zodiac sign is Aquarius although i don’t know what that really means. I enjoy playing just about every sport except cricket, mostly beacuse i don’t even know what it is. I like hanging out with friends, partying and watching the Simpsons. My favorite bands are Gob, Blink 182, Oasis, Hoobastank. My favorite movies are Lord of the Rings, Austin Powers, and Waynes World. Just recently, i started getting all spiritual, purchasing a couple Sylvia Browne books and reading the Bible. I always thought it would be cool to control your dreams so about a month ago i started surfing the internet and whoila! here i am! thats about it…
Hiya! I’m new here too I’m 18 yrs old and from Holland as you can see
I’ve tried to have LDs before and it did work a couple of times, but for some reason I lost interest in LDing for a few months and didn’t have very exciting dreams But now I’m into it again and I hope I can start LDing once more!
Hey Everybody,
I’m new to this site…My name is Trinity …or you can call me Trin. 
When I found this site I thought it was AWESOME that there are people out there that have this web site going !!! I have had a few lucid dreams and I think this all started when I was in my teens that I was having these weird dreams and yet it seemed like I was awake through it all.Also I’ve had quite a few Dejavù dreams too !!! 
I hope to get to know more people here and be able to share my dreams.Thats all for now…Nice to meet ya’ll !!!
Trinity_28
Wow, this topic has grown fast! Time already for the next part since it has hit over 50 posts.
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