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Location: BC, Canada
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I'm highly motivated. I'm also very patient, even if I don't have an LD I have a lot of fun just thinking back on the NDs I had that night! My motivation comes from the sheer possibilities that exist from having an LD. There are so many things that I've always wished I could do, now with the prospect of Lucid Dreaming, these things are completely possible in my own dream world. This for me is the greatest thing since I got a computer!
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Location: Texas
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| Posted: Fri 20 Apr, 2007 |
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So true, I was really motivated when I first started, and had some LDs but now, I still trying to keep motivated, and have one, but its not going to good..
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Joined: 25 Apr 2006
Last Visit: 20 Nov 2012
Location: Netherlands
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| Posted: Wed 27 Jun, 2007 |
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I am really motivated and willing to work hard to get LD's, but I do not literally want it, I just really would like it. So I get tons of LD's if I get enough sleep, even if I do not use RC's, WILD, MILD, WBTB or anything like that. Imagine how many LD's I would get with using those techniques. 
But it comes with a downside. I am still really bad in maintaining lucidity. 
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Posts: 2008
Joined: 15 Aug 2007
Last Visit: 05 Dec 2010
Location: Too far from the Ocean.
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| Posted: Mon 10 Sep, 2007 |
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| Moinsquerien wrote: |
I am really motivated and willing to work hard to get LD's, but I do not literally want it, I just really would like it. So I get tons of LD's if I get enough sleep, even if I do not use RC's, WILD, MILD, WBTB or anything like that. Imagine how many LD's I would get with using those techniques.
But it comes with a downside. I am still really bad in maintaining lucidity. |
How do you do that?
Current LD goal(s): Have an SD with that cute little crow.
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Posts: 3
Joined: 02 Nov 2007
Last Visit: 05 Nov 2007
LD count: l don't know
Location: United Kingdom
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You said that motivation is so important. I still can't understand why for about 5 years I've already had plenty of LD's not knowing what LD is. I did not do any practises as I just didn't know anything about it. Finally, a week ago I accidentally found an article about it and discovered that this is exactly what I've got. Now I want to have more of them, because naturally I have about 2-4 LD's in one month. I want to learn how to call them up.
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Last Visit: 27 Sep 2011
Location: Florida, United States
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| Posted: Fri 21 Dec, 2007 |
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Believing. If you don't think you will have a lucid dream you most likely won't.
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Last Visit: 16 Mar 2010
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Thu 27 Dec, 2007 |
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Hello, LD4All. I'm back after a VERY long absence (2.5 years!!!!!)
When I think back to when I was first starting to LD, the thing that helped me the most was the dream journal. I think that it's emphasized at the beginning to record your dreams to increase recall, but then it seems like after a few weeks and a few dreams being logged, one just scraps the journal and advances to trying to lucid dream. I found this forum in February 2005 and started the dream journal and reality checks, and continued recording and RCing as much as I could. I also had a calendar by my bed that I used to track how many FA's, LD's, WILD's etc I had during a given night. By the end of May 2005 I recorded 43 LD's for that month -- just 3 months after starting the whole LD thing. So the key, for me it seemed, was just continuing to keep a dream journal. In June '05 as I prepared to leave Canada for 2 years I was so busy with things that I could no longer afford to track my dreams at night, and my LD's have plummeted ever since. But after a long slumber, I plan to get back into it again.
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Posts: 704
Joined: 30 Nov 2007
Last Visit: 21 May 2013
LD count: 16
Location: Encased in ice
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| Posted: Thu 27 Dec, 2007 |
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Welcome back Skidzz, even though I don't know you  . I hope you will get back on track with your Lucid Dreams.
Ontopic: Keys, hmm, I believe that the key is believing too 
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| Posted: Thu 17 Jan, 2008 |
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I don't know you Skidzz, but welcome back! 
Keys for me are the followings: Motivation and Believing. Dream Journal is also a useful thing! I really think that If you want to have an LD you have got to say to yourself that " I will get a LD tonight. " not " I wish I get a LD tonight. "
But that's my way to play this game.
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Last Visit: 20 Apr 2013
LD count: '09 about 4
Location: Terhe is an icaseinrng duobt of the rtiealy of tihs rlieaty
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| Posted: Thu 17 Jan, 2008 |
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WB skidzz ,(ok, thats a bit late ) ...
a big "key" is also training ones imagination (if i make imagination execises ... aka daydreaming i have much better recall the next night )
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Last Visit: 16 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Wed 06 Feb, 2008 |
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So if you just tell yourself that you're going to LD then you're more likely to do it? I can never seem to do reality checks at night. I do them in the day but I guess it's not carrying over. Are there any other things I could do?
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Last Visit: 09 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Wed 07 May, 2008 |
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It's been a few weeks since I found out about LD. And I am still as motivated as I was when I started. Also: I used to be a bad sleeper. Sometimes it took me 1-2 hours just to fall asleep. But since I started working on LD, I sleep a lot better (longer and I fall faster asleep). So even if I only have had one LD of a few seconds, it already helped me IRL.
I also meditate from time to time, and do excercices to train my Will (which I have never done before I started with LD). This also helped me IRL. I have ADD (some sort of attention impairment), so I find it hard to keep my mind focused on something. But thanks to the meditating and all that stuff it's now easier for me to stay focused on things. All these things keep me motivated.
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Last Visit: 20 May 2013
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| Posted: Wed 07 May, 2008 |
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I'm highly motivated. I'm also very patient, even if I don't have an LD I have a lot of fun just thinking back on the NDs I had that night! My motivation comes from the sheer possibilities that exist from having an LD. There are so many things that I've always wished I could do, now with the prospect of Lucid Dreaming, these things are completely possible in my own dream world. This for me is the greatest thing since I got a computer! |
Exactly. Just thinking of the infinite possibilities gets me motivated. 
Reading DJ's of great LD'ers and other cool experiences people have helps too.
Although, I think one of the things that really helps is success. Having a LD really helps me get even more motivated, to try again and to get better. So it's kinda hard really, for a beginner or anyone else who doesn't have them that often, to always stay motivated.
I was one of the lucky ones, I guess. I had a LD the first night I tried.  But if I had tried for a month or two without results, that would probably lower my motivation...
I know I'm not really saying anything useful here  but, I guess I just want to say that at the beginning it's worth working hard and having patience and perseverance. You "just" have to get the snow ball rolling...
Easy to say, I know... 
Current LD goal(s): meditate
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Posts: 1257
Joined: 23 Dec 2003
Last Visit: 11 Apr 2012
LD count: At Will
Location: Probably the Golf Course...or maybe the Lucid Crossroads
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| Posted: Mon 22 Sep, 2008 |
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| So if you just tell yourself that you're going to LD then you're more likely to do it? |
More likely...I'd say so, telling yourself that you will helps with belief; not to mention that it is more times you think about LDing during the day.
As far as keys I firmly believe that confidence/belief plays a HUGE role, especially with suggestion technqiues. Once you have convinced yourself that you WILL have LD's from the technqiue and "know" it you'll be at the threshold of having LD's at will. Obviously, practice and repetion help one reach this level of confidence, but the confidence is the goal.
WILD type techniques aren't quite as much belief oriented; they require practice/repetition to help you learn the moods and state of mind you need to be in to reach the dream state; additonally practice helps one learn/master other aspects such as entering the dream.
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I'm highly motivated. I'm also very patient, even if I don't have an LD I have a lot of fun just thinking back on the NDs I had that night! My motivation comes from the sheer possibilities that exist from having an LD. There are so many things that I've always wished I could do, now with the prospect of Lucid Dreaming, these things are completely possible in my own dream world. This for me is the greatest thing since I got a computer! |
I agree, i've noticed how interesting my dreams are recently. I know I will have one sooner or later!
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