i’m new to the boards as well as being new to the idea of lucid dreaming. i think it is one of the most fascinating and desirable things i have ever read/heard about, and i am interested in seeing what i can do with it. i’m generally very skeptical about things such as this, but i am not skeptical to the idea of lucid dreaming at all for some reason. i’ve started getting into the habit of doing reality checks every so often, and i need to do it more often. any help or starting advice would be greatly appreciated. please message me if you feel like giving any pointers or first-time experiences. or hell, any experiences at all.
like many others, i became interested after watching the movie waking life (i’m sure i’ll be made fun of for this, because generally films are shunned by the avid fans of whatever the theme of the movie is, but i hope this won’t cast doubt on my seriousness).
hello jhon, welcome to ld4all
Alot of ld4all members love “Waking Life” including atheist one of our moderators so you are in good company
It would be an idea to read some of the sticky topics in lucidity intro and quest for lucidity. You will find a lot of advice and information there. for first time experiences I would recommend reading the “my first lucid dream” in the dream diary forum.
Hopefully you will be posting in that topic very soon, with your very own first lucid dream
Hi all,
I’m new to this page and forum, but already find it quite interesting. I found out about LD and so on a few weeks ago from a friend and immediately started exploring the topic more. Haven’t had any LDs yet (at least not intentionally, remember at least one though from some time ago), but I already enjoy recalling several dreams almost every night, something that never happened to me before to that same extent.
From the religious point of view I’d call myself an agnostic, if not a deist (suppose I’m so agnostic that I’m not sure, whether I’m agnostic) and love Philosophy (which I am about to start studying at university) - so LDing also appeals to me from that angle.
And I really like the forum and so on already, seems really nice.
hello Neyak, welcome to the ld4all community
Since you love Philosophy, you will enjoy our Philosopher’s Cloud forum
BTW if you click onto profile at the top of the page… you can click your gender and get a gender icon under your avatar: you can also add things to the location window… these will appear under the avatar too.
I hope you enjoy being a LD4all member
I’ve already posted in a few places, but I guess I should go ahead and introduce myself. I’m a writer, unpublished (so far), 23. I live in a little town outside of Dallas, Texas, and I’ve been a Lucid dreamer for years without ever realizing it. Lots of times I realize I’m in a dream, so I decide to give myself a better car, or I decide I’m hungry, but I always stayed rooted pretty firmly in the dreamscape that had been provided for me. for the car, I’d go buy it from a neighbor or something (always thought it was odd how easy it was to find exactly what I was shopping for) For food, I’d go to a restaurant.
There was a dream I had the other day where a car almost ran me over , and my buddy Bruce (who exists mostly in my head for the last few years) told me to write the licence plat edown. I woke up out of the dream, worte down the plat enumbers and went back into my dream world. the next day I foundthe sheet where I had written the number and on the page was (no joke) L D 4 A L L. So one thing led to antoehr and I wound up here. weird huh. Anyway… the site is a revelation. Loving it
Okay I’m new here. Sureal told me about this place on another site, so I thought I’d join. This whole lucid dreaming thing sounds really cool, and I’ve known about it for a while, but I’ve never seriously tried it. According to what I read in the home page, I need to start remembering a lot more dreams before I even think about attempting lucidity.
I’ve gotten really close a few times. Just a couple weeks ago I dreamed I was somewhere with my crush and I woke up for a second and I’m all Hey I was dreaming! so I try to fall back asleep and be lucid, but of course I immediately forget. That’s how my “lucid” dreams have pretty much been.
So anyway, I look forward to figuring my way out around here! See ya!
hello Niteowl, welcome to ld4all
so sureal is doing a recruitment campaign among his friends
Have you read his ld4all journal? He’s famous for his “Girls, Girls, Girls” dream you will find it in the dream journal forum.
I’ve just come upon ‘lucid dreaming’ yesterday, although a girlfriend of mine introuced me to the idea some time back.
Now, as a start I’m just trying to remember my dreams. I’m not one of those persons who are able to recall dreams when waking up in the morning, and so my accomplishment of remembering two dreams from last night’s sleep has left me with a great entusiasm
Now, I’m really fascinated by ld, and if I were able to do so, I would do it straight away, but I too realize that I’m quite a newbie at this. I guess what I’m asking is, for how do I have to remember my dreams before I can start practicing ld?
Also, I wonder if some of you ld-experts out there might have some great tips and exercises to pass on? C’mon, I know you are dying to lecture a ld-newbie-punk such as myself
Hello, I’ve been trying LD for only 2 days now, and have been doing rc regulary. So far I have brought up dreams in a dream so I might be getting close to an LD.
hello Randomperson and welcome to ld4all
Dreaming about
1.dreams
2.people talking about dreams
is a good sign that the subject of lucid dreams in on your mind and you are more likely to realise you are dreaming while asleep.
Don’t forget to post in our “My first LD” sticky topic in the dream diary forum when you experience your first LD
I’m new here. Just to introduce myself, I am frequent Lucid Dreamer for about 2 and a half week. Also, I chat here sometimes and my screen name is ImWeird. Some people here might know me.
Thanks for your attention ? (Laughing out loud(I hate abbriviations))
(Huh, PasQuale’s link in the Lucidity Intro section links to part 11…better update. )
I learned about lucid dreaming from the Wikibook…where you guys slipped so many of your own links in there XD
I always really just took my dreams for granted but now that I’ve seen that they can be controlled…well, I’d rather be active in my dream rather than just autonomously wandering around
Then after reading a post in the person reading Pedro’s dream diary inspired lucidity, I snapped and made an account. Hi, all :3
hello CDAhmedEH (i nearly typed hello imweird … then i had second thoughts ) and Spiritsnare
I’ve noticed you in the chatroom a few times imweird … why didn’t you use the same nick so people would recognise you?
wow we have been having a lot of new members, we are nearly on part 16! I’ll edit the new link to her post now… thanks for letting us know.
You’ll find a lot of inspiration in the dream diary forum just choose the journals you wish to follow
[color=indigo]* moogle rushes off to alter the link in Q’s post *[/color]
Hi everyone! I’ve only just found this site and just had to sign up because it’s full of so many interesting ideas. Um I would tell you all a bit about myself but I’m actually the most boring person you’ll ever meet with more problems than a book of brainteasers.
Anyway, I found this site after I watched the film Vanilla Sky and followed a load of websites about the film and then to dreaming and then to - well - here
@Siiw - I’ve had a couple of experiences by complete accident I think where I suddenly just sort of become aware that I’m dreaming and actually wake myself up.
At first I thought that maybe I was dreaming that I knew I was dreaming (if that makes sense) but then it happened to me again and I distinctly remember thinking about what I could do in the dream. The only experience I’ve had of actually doing anything in a dream is flying but this may sound weird but I couldn’t actually fly only just sort of jump and then fall out of the sky.
I stumbled on this website last night when I was on another forum I post at. I find this topic very curious. I am not a spiritual person, and as such I would otherwise dismiss the concept of LD. However, it appears there is much scientific research in the matter, and according to logic, this seems like a very legit skill. I am also curious to see that many cultures utilize LD and rever the people who are LD’ers (such as Shamans in many tribal cultures). I find it interesting that the spirit world that such Shamans interacted with in meditation is, in fact, an LD experience. I am intrigued to train myself to perform such LD’s and manipulate my surroundings and actions. I find dreams very interesting and if I can LD, I get the feeling I may incorporate my LD experiences in my poetry. Which I encourage y’all to read. I took out an old composition book in which I used to write a general journal and use it as a dream journal. In fact, I already have my first entry. So I hope I can do this. I usually have a problem committing to anything, but I feel very excited about this. Hopefully, I won’t lose interest. Wish me luck y’all.
hello jhon, welcome to ld4all
so you are in good company
with your very own first lucid dream 
hello Neyak, welcome to the ld4all community 
we have a topic titled “How did you get here?” 
you will find it in the dream journal forum. 
wow we have been having a lot of new members, we are nearly on part 16! 