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Hi everyone

I see that a few of you battle with controlling your dreams. I've learnt to take stern control of alot of things by a simple trick. I can't remember if I got this trick from Dream Play, but it works well.

While you're dreaming, state(affirm) to the dream scene, whatever you want to occur. For instance, you're in a shopping center and you see somebody who you wish to approach you. Simply affirm "I want that person to come over to me now, that person is coming this way." Be firm, tolerate little differences to what you want to happen. You can even dress people up with certain knowledge or wisdom. I haven't yet had the awareness to create the whole situation. I think control comes a step at a time by controlling little things first.

Periods of commanding control in dreams are better if they're balanced with relaxed receptivity to what your mind is naturally taking care of(the uncontrolled dream).

I also find that napping during the day with the cars, birds, sunlight and other small distractions keeps you aware of your dreams.

The first step however before controlling your dreams, is to be aware that you're dreaming and not in "reality". To be aware that you're dreaming you have to find a few things happening in your surroundings that are wierd, or different to reality, for instance a person is wearing a watch on his forehead, or a heart on his sleeve..anything unusual. Another way is see if you can make something wierd happen, by exercising the power of your mind. Then start to control it more if it is a dream.

Hope this helps.
Grant.

[This message has been edited by Grant (edited November 16, 2001).]

I’ve noticed that a very important step in the process is remembering your dreams in full detail. Try to write down everything and anything you’ve noticed in your dreams upon awakening and whenever you remember bits and pieces of dreams. When you’re first starting out, this step will really help you remember that you’re dreaming.

I’m starting to have more “lucid” dreams on a monthly basis. I used to have extreme trouble staying in my dreams as soon as I noticed I was dreaming. I would wake myself up out of the dream only to be disappointed when I awoke. Eventually, you’ll let go of this behavior and realize that it’s fun to dream.

Here’s a good faq on lucid dreaming that helped me out when I first started. http://www.lucidity.com/LucidDreamingFAQ2.html. Other considerations, look at your watch twice while dreaming, the numbers will never be the same if you can even read them at all. Also, I don’t think the lighting can be changed in your dreams; try turning on a light switch or moving through different environments from outdoors to indoors and see if you notice any changes.

A great movie that just came out pertaining to this topic is “Waking Life”. http://www.wakinglifemovie.com/ If you visit the site and wish to see the movie, it’s best to view only the trailer, if you want the best experience the movie has to offer.

This is an interesting topic. But the link to the lucidity site doesn't work for me.

I've had a problem not waking up, slipping out of the dream as soon as I am aware that it is a dream. The scene just fades into darkness or a void and then I am fully awake.
I love dreaming, which to me is like extending my life span. But that problem really troubles me much. In addition, I don't have as many dreams (that I can remember) as I wish I do.

I once started to record my dreams with a mini recorder by my pillow side. It worked fine. But I wasn't able to keep doing it after a while.