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I have recently developed a technique for preventing awakening and producing new lucid dream scenes at will. I had been concerned with the problem that the discovery of lucidity often leads to immediate awakening, cutting short what otherwise might be a rewarding lucid dream. Since dream actions have corresponding physical effects, I reasoned that relaxing my dream body might inhibit awakening by lowering muscle tension in my physical body. The next time I was dreaming lucidly, I tested the idea. As the dream began to fade, I relaxed completely, dropping to the dream floor. However, contrary to my intention, I seemed to awaken. But as I discovered a few minutes later, it had actually been a false awakening. Further lucid dream experiments repeating the procedure confirmed this effect, and suggested that the essential element was apparently not the attempted relaxation but the sensation of movement. In subsequent lucid dreams, I tested a variety of dream movements and found both falling backward and spinning to be especially effective in producing lucid dreams of awakening.

Stephen Laberge

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Using Stephens method I had a lucid dream this morning. The problem is my dream recall. It's horrible BUT it's been improving drastically. I'll get it back to what it once was soon. The only thing I remember is "falling" into the dream off of my bed and then thinking "wow. That worked like a charm!" Thennnnn I walked into my hallway and I must have decided to do a lot of stuff because I don't remember crap after that 😂😂😂 Happy dreaming.

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Stephen Laberge's MILD Technique

MILD is based on nothing more complex or esoteric than our ability to remember that there are actions we wish to perform in the future. Aside from writing ourselves memos (a device of little use here, for obvious reasons!) we do this by forming a mental connection between what we want to do and the future circumstances in which we intend to do it. Making this connection is greatly facilitated by the mnemonic device—the memory aid—of visualizing yourself doing what it is you intend to remember. It is also helpful to verbalize the intention: "When such-and-such happens, I want to remember to do so-and-so." For example: "When I pass the bank, I want to remember to draw out some cash." The verbalization that I use to organize my intended effort is: "Next time I'm dreaming, I want to remember to recognize I'm dreaming." The "when" and "what" of the intended action must be clearly specified. I generate this intention either immediately after awakening from an earlier REM period, or following a period of full wakefulness, as detailed below. An important point is that in order to produce the desired effect, it is necessary to do more than just mindlessly recite the phrase. You must really intend to have a lucid dream. Here is the recommended procedure spelled out step by step: 1. During the early morning, when you awaken spontaneously from a dream, go over the dream several times until you have memorized it. 2. Then, while lying in bed and returning to sleep, say to yourself, "Next time I'm dreaming, I want to remember to recognize I'm dreaming." 3. Visualize yourself as being back in the dream just rehearsed; only this time, see yourself realizing that you are, in fact, dreaming. 4. Repeat steps two and three until you feel your intention is clearly fixed or you fall asleep. If all goes well, in a short time you will find yourself lucid in another dream (which need not closely resemble the one you have rehearsed). The mental set involved in this procedure is much like the one you adopt when you decide to awaken at a certain hour, and go to sleep after setting your mental alarm clock. The ability to awaken in your dreams may be regarded as a sort of refinement of the ability to awaken from your dreams.

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The other kind of control open to lucid dreamers is self-control, exercised over our own dream egos. We are free to regulate our responses to dream content, and what we learn in so doing readily applies to our waking lives as well—thus we dream in order to learn how to live better both by day and by night. For example, in my "ogre dream," I gained a measure of self-control and confidence by confronting the monster that could serve me well in the waking world. For this reason, among others, I would advise the lucid dreamer who would be wise: "Control yourself, not your dreams.

Stephen Laberge

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Lucid Dreaming tip

Take naps! You can practice MILD during naps by repeating to yourself that you will become lucid while gently falling asleep. Here's another PRO lucid dreaming tip: when awaking from a dream, lucid or not, DONT MOVE. Don't move a muscle, don't blink, just relax and remain awake in the exact same position. Relax and slowly you will fall into a lucid dream! Takes a couple tries to get it right. Lucid

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It's all a dream.

Had a dream the other night about being lost on a highway. I finally found my way to wherever I felt I needed to be and was accosted by an older cousin of mine. We were in a bank and I asked her why she wasn’t at work. She said she called out. I asked her if she called out a lot which seemed to set her off.

"Who gives a fck how many times I call out?" At this point she was staring me directly in my eyes. She wasn’t angry with me but I felt like this was one of those time when I needed to listen. "What we do at my job is meaningless! We do this over and over for what? I’ll call out as many times as I please because the job isn’t real. None of this is real. There’s nothing! It’s all a dream!"

And I woke up.