Hi there-
I have a bit of experience with lucid dreaming using various techniques so I hope I can help. In my experience, the quickest and easiest way to trigger a LD with no prior experience is actually a WILD (Wake Initiated Lucid Dream) technique. I learned this technique from saltcube. com (to which i have no affiliation) and have used it personally with success.
Basically you go to sleep for about 5 or 6 hours, not a full nights sleep, and then wake yourself up. You stay awake for about an hour or so and then go back to bed with the intention of having a lucid dream. You may recognize this as the WBTB (Wake Back To Bed) technique. The variation, however, is that you go back to bed with a timer on that sounds at various times to wake you up. The idea is to hover on the edge of sleep, going to sleep and waking up, giving you many chances to fall into a dream and realize it's a dream. There is a software timer you can use at the saltcube website.
WHY does this work? By going to bed for awhile before your attempt, you are allowing your body to get the deep sleep it needs and prepare for longer REM periods (dreaming sleep). Waking up at this point, your body wants more REM, and by staying up for an hour you are causing a sort of REM back-up. Now when you go back to sleep, Dreams will come rapidly instead of taking ~90 minutes to arrive. Add in the timer, and you get multiple opportuniies in a single session to recognize the dream state.
Please visit the saltcube website for more details on this wonderful technique, and for more information on lucid dreaming, please visit my site @ http://www.squidoo.com/getlucid
Good Luck!
Lucid dreaming existed since the cavemen, I know because ANYONE can lucid dream.
A dream-initiated lucid dream starts as a normal dream, and the dreamer eventually concludes it is a dream.
The question probably means to ask about "DILD" and "WILD" lucid dreams. These words stand for "Dream Initiated Lucid Dreaming" and "Wake Initiated Lucid Dreaming." The first refers to entering a lucid state from within a dream while the second refers to entering directly into a lucid dream from being awake.
If you would like to lucid dream, you should start trying to remember your "normal" dream after you wake up. The purpose of this is: If you can't remember regular dreams, there isn't any way you'll be able to remember if you had a lucid dream. All lucid dreaming really is is being conscious of your surroundings while in a dream. If you can realize that you are in a dream while in your dream, you will become lucid. There are hundreds of different ways to learn to lucid dream. The most commonly used one is asking yourself throughout the day if you are in a dream. Chances are, if you do this in your dream out of habit, you will realize that you ARE dreaming, and become lucid.
Yes, pretty much anything you can imagine is possible in a lucid dream.
The question probably refers to "lucid dreaming."
The cast of How to Lucid Dream and Find Out Who Your Friends Are - 2011 includes: Ella Eranthis as Lucid Dreamer
The cast of Lucid Dream - 2012 includes: Brady Kirchberg Cristina Lippolis
In a lucid dream, the conscious mind maintains some level of awareness. The dreamer knows that a dream is occurring and may be able to have some control over what happens in the dream. The opposite of a lucid dream would be a dream in which the dreamer is not aware of dreaming and has no control over what is felt or done in the dream.
When you lucid dream a lot and they always go your way
Yes, if you have sufficient awareness to make choices in a lucid dream, you can make yourself look different while in that dream.
By definition, a lucid dream is a dream in which the dreamer not only is aware of dreaming but also has conscious control of the dream. If one cannot stop or alter the course of the dream, one is not actually in a lucid dream. The question describes an ordinary, normal dream in which one happens to know one is dreaming.