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Conscious Dreaming for Beginners
Perhaps more commonly known as lucid dreaming, conscious dreaming includes the ability to realize that you are dreaming while you are doing so and the ability to take control of your dreams, dictating the happenings. Once you are able to realize that you are dreaming, you can go anywhere or do anything in your dream.
This might sound almost unbelievable, but conscious dreaming is an ability you already have and can learn to harness with some practice. It’s not hard to start lucid dreaming and through this ability you can express yourself and come to full self-actualization. There are even some techniques which have been proven to produce lucid dreams that you can use.
You need to know what you would like to do in order to achieve this state. Would you like to do something new, something you’ve never tried before or meet someone you thought about and do not know? Regardless of what you want, you need to learn how to achieve conscious dreaming.
To get started with conscious dreaming condition yourself to recall the dreams you had the previous night. Also, focus on remembering all the details of your dreams. Keep a notebook, journal, or dream diary, whatever works best for you. You need to write down everything you can recall about your dreams as soon as you wake up. You will forget details of your dreams as the day goes by so always do it as soon as you wake up.
This will force your mind to focus on your dreams and begin remembering them easily as time goes by. You can always use your dream record to refresh your memory. As soon as you get used to recalling your dreams you are ready to go to the next level, which is to know when you are in a dream. You may in fact be in a dream and suddenly realize it.
You will soon find you are remembering your dreams more clearly and in more detail. You can use your journal to help you remember more. Once your mind is used to remembering your dreams you are ready for the next step and that is to be aware you are dreaming. You may wake up in a dream so to speak but still know it is not real and only a dream.
There are additional methods used in lieu of the dream diary. Hypnosis is a popular method and can help achieve the state of mind needed to enter lucid or conscious dreaming. After a few sessions, hypnosis may help an individual to remember the smallest facts that he or she may have forgotten. Your ready to start after learning this technique.
You may find, at first, that occasionally you may suddenly wake up during lucid dreaming and it’s normal. Recall the dream and its events and you will go back to sleep. Focus on the dream and you will go back right into the dream. You can make it do whatever you want.
You can also use this method. Wake up several hours earlier than you would normally and then try slipping back sleep. This mode of sleep and dreaming makes it much easier to stay aware of what you are dreaming. You may not even be sure if you are dreaming or just lying awake in your bed thinking. By doing this on a regularly basis, lucid dreaming is much more likely.
Pay attention closely to your sleep patterns and this will confirm the times that are best to this type of dream. Do no cut your hours of sleep too less than you need. Lucid dreaming is less likely to occur if you are sleep deprived or tired.
However, it happens that lucid dreaming can be helpful to those afflicted with some sleep disorders including insomnia – you’ll learn to banish the worrisome thoughts that can keep you from getting to sleep.
You may think that lucid dreaming will take years to master – however, it’s something you can do with relatively little practice!
It is very easy, anyone can accomplish conscious dreaming. Put aside a little of your time and explore one or two of these methods. Unleash the wonderful power of lucid dreaming and you will be amazed at what you’ll be able to do in your dreams.
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