I didn’t mean all at the same time. Sorry if it came across that way. I meant to have all 100% unlocked so we could use any of it’s resources at any time. We currently only have 5% of our brains unlocked. This is not a myth and it is based on scientific calculations.
Correct Darxide. Every section may be used at one time or another; but then again, that might not be the case. We don’t know a whole lot about the brain, other than it is extremely complex and powerful. We as people don’t even know what our minds are capable of, as I’ve said earlier.
Anything can be possible with our minds…and for somebody to disagree with that, they might as well not believe in lucid dreaming itself.
Yeah. I know from first hand experience that lucid dreaming is not even a fraction of what the mind can accomplish at will, if trained. I got into TK a while ago and eventually got my psiwheel to spin a couple times. It’s tough stuff though.
I think willing yourself to do something, lets say LDIng, for a long period of time will eventually become a habit and easy for your mind to accomplish.
Exactly. When I first started willing myself to have lucid dreams, it was more of a hit and miss technique, because I would only succeed half of the time. After time, however, I have become more proficient at it and I can now have a lucid dream on whatever night I choose.
I think the problem with don’s way is that if your goal and expectation is to have 1 LD every 5 nights, before the 5 nights are up you will have already subconsciously planted a seed of doubt in your mind. Ex. after the first night, if you didn’t have a LD you would say to yourself, “It’s alright. I have 4 more nights to have one.” Then after the 2nd night, “It’s OK…3 more nights.” But eventually, if you didn’t have one by the third or fourth night, you will be worried that you only have one or two nights left, and these negative thoughts might cause you to not have one.
Yes, it is not perfect and will not work for everyone, but it can take some of the pressure off so that some people could get to the point where they can “let it happen”. I would never say that anything is 100% sure to get you an LD. For your first LD mindset has a lot to do with it, and if you are putting too much pressure on yourself, then that could get in the way. Doing this, you can take some of the pressure off. Thats really all it is supposed to do, give your mind the free space to experience LD.
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I just had ONE freaky experience. I willed myself to have a LD, like normal, but this time I ended up having an OBE. This OBE wasn’t normal though. It was a time travel OBE, back to the days when I was 14.
It started like a normal OBE. I rose out of my body and was trying my hardest to break away from the bonds holding me so close. Finally I broke free and floated down the hall. To my surprise everything was very vivid and it was easy to manuever, unlike my previous OBE experiences. I was just floating around, when I thought of one of my friends I wanted to go see. I snapped back hovering over my body, but didn’t go in. I decided I had better go back and was focussing on my feet to get back in. It wasn’t working. It always had before! I panicked and was trying full-force to shove myself back into my body. It wasn’t working!!! I couldn’t make myself return!
Then, to my amazement, my body (which appeared 4 years younger) stood up and walked down the hall to the computer room (where I am as a type this). My parents and younger brother were standing around making plans for the day. I floated in behind my body and watched in horror as it communicated with my parents. They were talking about plans for the day. I was in shock! No one could see me! They could only see my body, which was being animated by the means of my consciousness 4 years ago. After finishing a conversation with my parents, my body walked across the hall into the bathroom and looked in the mirror, examining its face. I at this point, made myself appear to myself. I really creeped myself out (no pun intended). The other me looked like he had seen a ghost (which he had). I was trying to explain that I came out of the body and I NEEDED to go back in, because I was stuck. The other me was just giving me an awkward look, when suddenly he pulled out his ID and begin examining his picture with me. I rolled my eyes. I began forcing my way back into the body and pleading with God to let me go back. Finally I opened my eyes and was lying back in bed at the desired time… now let me check the date.
Does anyone do the ‘Strengthening Your Will’ exercises at the back of EWLD or anything similar? I’ve been trying it and haven’t got past step 2 yet because I haven’t done 2 of the tasks 2 days in a row! I’m so lazy! They’re easy to do but I always think, ‘Ugh, I can’t be bothered, I’ll do it later.’. 
I used to do that technique. I don’t need it anymore. I am will power now. lol 
That’s cool. Have you tried anything like telekinesis? It would be interesting to see whether it’s down to willpower or something else.
Yeah, I used to practice TK a lot, but quit because once I got my job I really had no more time to sustain it. I got the wheel to spin a few times, by will alone.
Darxide, that OBE experience is truly freaky and I loved reading about it! It sounds like it really freaked you out but consider yourself lucky, you seem really advanced compared to a lot of us here! 
That OBE sounds funny and horrifying at the same time. I had a ND about an OBE last night, and the funny thing was the last thing I accidentally suggested to myself before I went to bed was: I will have an out of body experience,I will have a lucid dream. Leave it to my head to intermingle dreaming and OBE-ing. If only the dream had gone lucid… Aw well, I’ll take it as a good omen.
Hahah, nice. 
OBEs are great - if you’re the type of person who likes horror movies.
I’ve been trying for the past two nights, and no luck yet.
I’ve been trying this for about a week. Nothing out of the ordinary, but its something I haven’t mastered. I know the idea, but beleiving completely is still beyond me.
I’ve tried it for about a week, and i had an LD…but got lazy and couldnt sustain it… 
This replies to a deleted post about belief.
Belief can come from one of two sources, or a combination of them. The first source is knowledge, the second is faith. Every one has a different personality so you have to choose which of these two sources to draw your belief from.
Not that the two are mutually exclusive. To have knowledge of your strengths and weaknesses with particular dream skills, could help give you the faith you’re looking for.
I believe I may have discovered a new foundation for my faith this weekend, based on a fairly detailed analysis of what I am able to do really, really well, and how I could use this particular strength to achieve more proficiency with lucid dreaming.
Well it’s theoretical at the moment, but I do feel like I’m onto something, and have found this topic particularly inspiring Darxide