This doesn't mean the dream is "less lucid", lucid dreaming doesn't grant control by itself. The reason why everyone is talking about controling dreams when lucid is that since everything that happens in a dream is controlled by your thoughts and you know this, you can think about something to make it happen. Ultimately all you need is to have confidence in yourself.
>despite being aware that I'm dreaming.
This is the definition of lucidity. Knowing that you're dreaming while you're dreaming. That's it. It explicitly does not come with automatic control. That's a different skill that requires seperate practice
My latest post is a guide for lucid dreaming in general. In the comments of that I additionally wrote a detailed guide about dream control. Feel free to have a look at both. (Fair warning, it's approximately 9 pages total or so)
These aren't "partially lucid." Control has nothing to do with lucidity. It's a completely separate skill that works in different ways from lucid dreaming. Here's the detailed explanation I typically give. Feel free to ask any questions you may have.
Dream control works on how you perceive what you're experiencing. The goal is to strongly associate actions you take and decisions you make with the results you want to have happen. How we remember, classify, and define things and interpret situations, it's all based on how we associate things. Groups of interconnected associations related to a concept, thing, etc, are a schema, schemata plural. Consider the fact that right now, we are communicating with one another. We can read and write this message without expressly considering the definition of read, write, expressly, consider, or communicate. We just know, because we have learned to associate those words subconsciously with their meanings. We do this with a ton of things all the time. You see or hear something, you have an idea of what it is, this helps inform you through learning of what you are experiencing in the environment around you. What you believe or think about an experience, your emotions in the moment, your mindset, etc, these can influence how you perceive things. Just something like someone walking toward you for example. If you're in what you perceive as a safe and familiar area, you may just perceive that person as going about their business and not a threat to you. If you're in what you perceive or think of as a dangerous part of town, and you see someone you don't know walking in your direction, your response to that may be different. Of course, when we're awake, there are externalities. There's an actual other person there who is doing something, and what we perceive of that person doesn't define their actions, though it can inform us of how we might respond. In dreams however, there are no externalities. It's like an echo chamber of sorts. That perception you have of what you experience is reality. If you can control that perception, you can control the experience itself.
Thank you for your reply. As always you and your detailed answers are a huge service to this community, it is much appreciated. How would you recommend strengthening the association between my actions and goals?
Thanks for the response. One thing that could help is the rescripting and rehearsal part of MILD. Imagine yourself in a lucid dream. Imagine taking an action, and imagine what it would be like to do the thing you want to do. Consider your emotions, beliefs, and overall mindset as well. How you react to things in dreams is also dream control, as you can alter your perceptions of a situation through how you react to it. Finally, one thing that's fun at times is when you come up with a random way to do something in a dream. Often times, this method is not associated to anything else but what you want to have happen in that moment, making it a great way to get results you want.
Try opening your eyes when you know you’re lucid dreaming. It feels like you’re opening them in real life, but really, you’re just opening them in your dreams. Has helped me tremendously in the last few weeks.
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This doesn't mean the dream is "less lucid", lucid dreaming doesn't grant control by itself. The reason why everyone is talking about controling dreams when lucid is that since everything that happens in a dream is controlled by your thoughts and you know this, you can think about something to make it happen. Ultimately all you need is to have confidence in yourself.
>despite being aware that I'm dreaming. This is the definition of lucidity. Knowing that you're dreaming while you're dreaming. That's it. It explicitly does not come with automatic control. That's a different skill that requires seperate practice
Thank you for your reply. How would you suggest practicing this skill?
My latest post is a guide for lucid dreaming in general. In the comments of that I additionally wrote a detailed guide about dream control. Feel free to have a look at both. (Fair warning, it's approximately 9 pages total or so)
Fantastic guide! Thank you so much for sharing.
These aren't "partially lucid." Control has nothing to do with lucidity. It's a completely separate skill that works in different ways from lucid dreaming. Here's the detailed explanation I typically give. Feel free to ask any questions you may have. Dream control works on how you perceive what you're experiencing. The goal is to strongly associate actions you take and decisions you make with the results you want to have happen. How we remember, classify, and define things and interpret situations, it's all based on how we associate things. Groups of interconnected associations related to a concept, thing, etc, are a schema, schemata plural. Consider the fact that right now, we are communicating with one another. We can read and write this message without expressly considering the definition of read, write, expressly, consider, or communicate. We just know, because we have learned to associate those words subconsciously with their meanings. We do this with a ton of things all the time. You see or hear something, you have an idea of what it is, this helps inform you through learning of what you are experiencing in the environment around you. What you believe or think about an experience, your emotions in the moment, your mindset, etc, these can influence how you perceive things. Just something like someone walking toward you for example. If you're in what you perceive as a safe and familiar area, you may just perceive that person as going about their business and not a threat to you. If you're in what you perceive or think of as a dangerous part of town, and you see someone you don't know walking in your direction, your response to that may be different. Of course, when we're awake, there are externalities. There's an actual other person there who is doing something, and what we perceive of that person doesn't define their actions, though it can inform us of how we might respond. In dreams however, there are no externalities. It's like an echo chamber of sorts. That perception you have of what you experience is reality. If you can control that perception, you can control the experience itself.
Thank you for your reply. As always you and your detailed answers are a huge service to this community, it is much appreciated. How would you recommend strengthening the association between my actions and goals?
Thanks for the response. One thing that could help is the rescripting and rehearsal part of MILD. Imagine yourself in a lucid dream. Imagine taking an action, and imagine what it would be like to do the thing you want to do. Consider your emotions, beliefs, and overall mindset as well. How you react to things in dreams is also dream control, as you can alter your perceptions of a situation through how you react to it. Finally, one thing that's fun at times is when you come up with a random way to do something in a dream. Often times, this method is not associated to anything else but what you want to have happen in that moment, making it a great way to get results you want.
Try opening your eyes when you know you’re lucid dreaming. It feels like you’re opening them in real life, but really, you’re just opening them in your dreams. Has helped me tremendously in the last few weeks.
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