Lucid Dreaming

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Lucid Dreaming
Introduction | Dream Recall | Induction Techniques | Using | Glossary | Appendices | Further Reading


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Contents

[edit] Synopsis

This book attempts to teach you the skills that can help you to have lucid dreams — dreams in which you know that you are dreaming. Lucid dreams have been scientifically proven to exist. See scientific history. Being aware that you are dreaming, and still remaining asleep, can give you the ability to control your dreams. Lucid dreaming truly can be a fantastic experience. See the introduction for more details on what lucid dreaming is.

To start with, you will find out a little on what dreaming is from the biological point of view. Then, the book will explain how to improve your dream recall so that you remember more of your dreams. Next, it will explain how to become lucid during dreams, and how to stay lucid. It will also explain how to keep yourself in the dream and prevent it from “fading”. Finally, there will be some suggestions for what you could do within your lucid dreams.

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[edit] Introduction

  1. Image:100%.png Disclaimer
  2. Image:100%.png About dreaming
  3. Image:100%.png About lucid dreaming
  4. Image:100%.png Possible dangers of lucid dreaming
    1. Image:100%.png Addiction
    2. Image:100%.png Alienation
    3. Image:100%.png Dissociation
    4. Image:100%.png Controversial: Accidentally encountering “spiritual” entities
    5. Image:100%.png Controversial: Creating bad habits or becoming a control freak
    6. Image:75%.png Controversial: Exhaustion
    7. Image:75%.png Controversial: Inability to stop
    8. Image:100%.png Controversial: Undesirable false awakenings
  5. Image:75%.png Similar techniques

[edit] Dream Recall

Image:100%.png Improving dream recall

[edit] Induction Techniques

  1. Image:100%.png Preliminary
    1. Image:100%.png Waking up and getting to sleep
    2. Image:100%.png Reality checks
  2. Image:100%.png Techniques
    1. Image:100%.png WBTB
    2. Image:100%.png Autosuggestion
    3. Image:100%.png MILD
    4. Image:100%.png WILD
      1. Image:100%.png Eyelid Pattern
      2. Image:100%.png Hypnagogic Imagery
      3. Image:100%.png Counting
    5. Image:100%.png Incubating dreams
      1. Image:75%.png Chaining dreams
      2. Image:100%.png VILD
      3. Image:100%.png LILD
    6. Image:50%.png CAT
    7. Image:25%.png Tibetan methods
    8. Image:50%.png Other techniques
  3. Image:100%.png Other methods
    1. Image:50%.png Drugs
    2. Image:50%.png Food and drink
    3. Image:75%.png Gadgets
    4. Image:100%.png Software

[edit] Using

  1. Image:100%.png Dream stabilization
    1. Image:100%.png Hand rubbing
    2. Image:100%.png Spinning
    3. Image:100%.png Slowing it down
    4. Image:100%.png Trying to recover your waking memory and cognitive capacities
    5. Image:100%.png Falsely awakening
  2. Image:100%.png Recovering from lost visuals
    1. Image:100%.png Autosuggestion
    2. Image:100%.png Visualising
  3. Image:100%.png Getting objects into your dream
  4. Image:100%.png What you can do
    1. Image:75%.png Easy
    2. Image:75%.png Medium
    3. Image:75%.png Hard
  5. Image:100%.png Conclusion

[edit] Glossary

Image:75%.png An alphabetical list of everything mentioned

[edit] Appendices

Various posts from forums where people originally described their techniques
Other documents (FAQs, etc.)

[edit] Further Reading

Image:100%.png On the web and in print

[edit] FAQ

A FAQ page for you to post any question you might have about lucid dreaming

[edit] Authors

In alphabetical order:

  • Evilshiznat has had a few lucid dreams.
  • Kaycee (cont) (talk) is a natural-born lucid dreamer who upholds a practical view on most things.
  • KirbyMeister has only had one lucid dream so far, re-organized the entire Appendices area, and is a total Spongebob freak.
  • r3m0t (cont) (talk) (15) has only had a few lucid dreams so far, but has written most of the information in the wikibook.
  • Sourcejedi has just come out of anonymous lurking to demonstrate his ruthless editing tendencies by trying to clean up someone else's botched rename. He also has far too brief lucid dreams.
  • Tharenthel (Talk) (Contribs) has had a few lucid dreams so far, and has done mostly reorganization.
  • Xgamer4 has had many lucid dreams. He made (if you can call it that) the FAQ page, and monitors the page.
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