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I have dreams a lot where I know I'm dreaming, or I have some semblance of control. Like if something's after me or there's danger I have a habit of saying something along the lines of, "You can't see me because I'm invisible! Ha!"
And they walk right by me, sometimes saying, "Okay" or something. It's kind of funny.
I don't know, though, it's usually kind of fuzzy.
I've never chosen a destination or did those wierd kid-movie "This is my world and I'm in control!" things. Its always just fuzzy-casual.
I don't know how it happens or why or anything. I just sometimes know I'm dreaming in that fuzzy sort of way. (:

yeah, I have a couple books and I've tried it, but never with any luck.

I should try again though, because I've heard it's an awesome way to reach self-discovery and get closer to god.

I looked at the wiki article and ended up researching lucid dreaming all day thursday. that night I tried the Visual Inducement of Lucid Dreams (VILD) method. It didn't work because trying to visualize myself doing the reality checks kept me awake. I'm going to try again with a different method soon.

The funny thing is, last night I almost had a lucid dream, because I Had a dream within a dream. I even remembered my reality checks, but my reality checks were some weird checks I made up in my dream as I was doing them, and were not the ones I've been rehearsing. Like I said, I'll keep trying, and let you know how it goes.

Most of the time I can't remember what I dream. But normally I think of somthing extensively before I go to bed, and I end up dreaming about it smile

I think that it is a waste of time to try and have lucid dreams. I can give you some tips on how to, but not because I've used them just because I know. You can try waking up at around 4am and going back to bed about 30-45 min later. My boyfriend does this stuff and it pisses me off. I usually know when I'm dreaming and if you just stop ******** with it, then it will come to you.

Remember that dreams don't mean anything. If you dream about drowning in new orleans (i'm from there) it just means that it's been on your mind. Or if you dream of your grandmother dying it doesn't mean that your grandmother is going to die, it just means that you are thinking of your grandmother.

Ever since my childhood, I've been very interested in my dreams. Actually, if I dream something, I more often than not remember it. I find that it is usually most help full to do a runthrough of what you just dreamt once you wake up. I just find miself still thinking about what I was dreaming in the morning sweatdrop . If I want to remember later in the day ( I think that's when most ppl try, and find that they can't remember) I go back to what I was thinking about when I woke up, and that leads me to remember my dream.

I used to have a lot of nightmares and it was very unpleasant when I thought of them, almost as much as having them. I always wondered if they had some sort of meaning... Anyway, so I tryied to rationolize it so that I wouldn't be afraid anymore. I figured that if I could remember that I was dreaming, I could do something about it. It worked to a degree, I couldn't do the movie thing, " this is my world, where I defy the laws of physics" either, but I could wake myself up whenever I realized I was having a nightmare. It was somthing silly, like closing my eyes real hard (in the dream, of course) and opening them even harder, that would usually jolt me awake. Also, I would spin around in circles with my eyes closed, again, and do it until I woke up. I guess it had something to do with conciously denying that what I was "seeing" wasn't real.

I've also had good dreams, where I'm aware that I'm dreaming, and just try to roll with it. I don't think that I'm ever asleep for very long after I realize that, though...

Super Pefundo on this early eve of your day!