Lucid dreams are a good way for you to subconsciously control the outcome of your dream or some real life circumstance where you can test different solutions. During lucid dreaming, you are aware of your actions and can hear yourself speaking and seeing certain details that seem more real life than normal dreams. They are also easy to remember and control because you decide the scene, the actors and the script to play out the circumstance they way you want in lucid dreams.

In lucid dreaming, you can get as creative as you want, almost living a dual life once you have mastered how to recall the dreams. You can be the star of a movie where you experience romantic fantasy adventures on a desert island or some action hero that saves the day in lucid dreaming.

In regular dreams we are mere spectators and are swept away in the happenings in the dreams. However, a lucid dream means you are the actor and the director too. You can script your dream as you please. There are times people are so involved in their lucid dreams that they think that this is happening real time. There are many ways to know whether you are awake or dreaming.

Words you see while reading won't come out clear and details on certain things may not seem right, such as a clock on your living room that isn't really there might appear when you are lucid dreaming. These could be signs you are lucid dreaming.

Lucid dreams can be about someone you have a crush on or like. They can be about a person you can't meet in real life but can date, romance and even marry in a lucid dream.

You can change the dream so that what you want to happen is how it ends in lucid dreaming. By using your sub-conscious part of the brain that controls creativity and imagination to control your dream and picture how it would be if your dreams came true, a lucid dream can be a way to see that possibility.

Lucid dreams are physically possible due to the biological need for your body to sleep but your mind remains in some conscious level at all times, enough so to experience a lucid dream while your body appears to be asleep from outward appearances.

Lucid dreaming is not something that everyone experiences or can master easily. It can be learned with proper techniques over a period of time.

Recalling your dreams everyday is good place to start from, Make it a habit to remember all the images and details you can. Jot down your dream as soon as you wake up in a note pad placed next to your chair, bed or lounge. This enables the memories to be recorded while they are still fresh. Initially it may take some effort in remembering all the miniscule details but with time and practice your memory will sharpen and the dreams will start repeating themselves. Make it a point to record all your dreams and soon you will have a ready reckoner to refer.

Certain people, especially dream interpreters, for example, may find this information helpful in studying patterns of subject matter or emotions in lucid dreams that are remembered. The dream ends the way you want it to since you control the scene and actions so many use lucid dreams to fulfill ambitions they may not have realized in real life by lucid dreaming.

If you have ever dozed back to sleep after you have awoken from a lucid dream, you may have experienced where you can almost consciously return to where you were before you woke up. When you re-enter the dream, it may be easier to recall if you forget some details or you may end up changing some of the details when you dream the second time around.

There are people who use lucid dreams in the early hours of the morning when they wake up before their actual time. It feels as if you have been thinking and working plans but in reality it was a lucid dream.

As your expertise increases in the field you will find it's quite easy. There are shortcuts to help you. One of them is self hypnosis which is a great way to help you to remember your dream to the last minute detail.

A recent development in sound technology can open the possibility for lucid dreaming to be possible. By stimulating certain areas of the brain, it has been proven to induce the dream state that is entered during lucid dreaming and can make it easier for you to recall your dreams.