Lucid Dream TrickSo I was listening to Podcast #180 today. And when they got to the section about dreaming it reminded me of a trick I had heard a couple of years ago about having lucid dreams. I actually tried this shortly after I heard about it and had a successful lucid dream. Of course I was so excited that I was in control I did something stupid that jolted me awake shortly after taking control. So what you do is shortly before going to sleep you concentrate on a symbol in your head. It can be anything you want but of course would probably work better if it's something you would recognize easily. Now this next part sounds kind of stupid but you need to repeat to yourself "if I see this (symbol...

Lucid Dream TrickSo I was listening to Podcast #180 today. And when they got to the section about dreaming it reminded me of a trick I had heard a couple of years ago about having lucid dreams. I actually tried this shortly after I heard about it and had a successful lucid dream. Of course I was so excited that I was in control I did something stupid that jolted me awake shortly after taking control. So what you do is shortly before going to sleep you concentrate on a symbol in your head. It can be anything you want but of course would probably work better if it's something you would recognize easily. Now this next part sounds kind of stupid but you need to repeat to yourself "if I see this (symbol) I'm dreaming." Or at least something along those lines, but the important thing is that you create an association with that symbol and being in a dream. Then when you go to sleep there is a chance that your mind will carry the association over into your dream and the symbol will pop up somewhere. Of course when you see the symbol painted on a wall, or carved in a tree, or just floating in the air, you will realize you are dreaming a gain control of it. Just try not to do something that will shock you awake like I did. Good luck if you decide to give this a try.