When during sleep you are completely aware that you are dreaming and in some cases even have the power to control the images that you see in your dreams, you are said to be lucid dreaming.
Inducing Lucid dreams in its highest intensities in the likes of which mentioned above, can be a great gift and results in experiences of a lifetime. Imagine you are dreaming about great things happening to you and since you know that it is a dream, you go on doing any kind of adventure or anything that you put your mind to as you know that you will never get harmed.
This is the reason behind why inducing lucid dreaming is something which people are desperate to develop their skills in. In short it gives you the opportunity to live in a different world and enjoy out of the world experiences while your body sleeps. So if you want to give a hand to try inducing lucid dreams you can take the help of the five techniques mentioned below.
The first and the foremost step towards inducing lucid dreams is to be able to recall dreams. Many people dream and then forget after they wake up. In this case, even if you have a lucid dream, chances are that you’ll forget. Moreover dream recall with the help of a dream journal or an audio recorder develops awareness about dreams in general.
Secondly, WILD or Wake Initiated Lucid Dreams are when you pass from the state of wakefulness to the realm of dreams with absolute self awareness and control. The hypnagogic stage refers to the border of the conditions of wakefulness and sleep. Remember that if you can manage to be awake and conscious during this hypnagogic state then you can successfully pass into WILD. Techniques to be awake and aware during this stage involves activities like chanting, counting your breaths, counting stairs seeing yourself gradually ascending them, etc. the idea is to rest your entire body without losing focus in your mind so that your body can fall asleep with your mind awake.
MILD on the other hand means Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams. Such induction involves affirming your mind and the subconscious that you would remember something, a detail or a fact from your dream. In this way, your mind remains conscious during your sleep and when it sees that object in the dream you realize that you are dreaming.
The Sleeping-waking exercise is the fourth technique in inducing lucid dreams. Here you need to go to sleep in the usual time with the alarm clock programmed to wake you up just after a few hours. When you wake up then, in a time when you are usually in deep sleep, do something for 45 minutes to an hour to keep yourself awake. Thereafter again go to sleep. With this kind of an exercise, the mind gets confused regarding whether you are sleeping or whether you are awake and thus results in a mental state that is highly conducive to lucid dreaming when you go to sleep for the next time.
Lastly, in today’s time of advanced technology a discussion can never be complete without stating what solutions the technology has in store for you. In inducing lucid dreams, mention may be made of the binaural beats which essentially refers to input of two different and slightly offset sound vibrations in each year via headphones which goes to the brain and results in the synchronization between the two hemispheres. This binaural beats lead your brainwaves to reach the state which is conducive to lucid dreaming. Other technological stuff such as specialized lights or dreaming masks can be used. Whatever might be the technique you use in inducing lucid dreaming, be sure that you go on affirming your mind completely about remembering your dreams and being aware of them.
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