If you enter Inception, how many dreams can you live?
If you could control your dreams, what would you most like?
A dream that can be controlled is a lucid dream.
To put it simply, the dreamer knows that he is dreaming in the dream, and he is able to achieve a certain degree of control over the content and development direction of the dream.
So, what's the use of lucid dreaming?
Masters usually use lucid dreaming to:
1. Experience a trip beyond the body.
It can also be roughly summarized as out-of-body experience.
Many people with remote vision skills actually use this method.
2. Communicate with the deceased.
3. Communicate with the guide, connect with the higher self, and improve your spirituality.
4. Self-healing, understanding yourself, encouraging yourself, motivating yourself.
5. Nightmare management.
6. Past life backtracking, connecting the Akashic Records.
7. Everything can be practiced.
This is quite beyond our imagination, there are people who use lucid dreams to improve their speech skills, and practice a public speech in their dreams many times in the middle of the night.
I heard that there are people who have won the lottery through lucid dreaming scene manifestation!
How can you let yourself know that you are dreaming when you are dreaming?
The answer is to remind yourself with "dream hints".
In Inception, Cobb uses a spinning top.
The more common dream hints are these:
Unusual clock faces, erratic textual content, objects used or manufactured in unusual ways, impossible movements or presences.
When you see this, you can remind yourself that I am dreaming.
Everyone has had a few lucid dreams, isn't this an accident? Can it be controlled?
Mark Mackelloy, in his book "The First Book of Lucid Dreaming", has a clear point:
Lucid dreaming is a skill, a skill that can be trained, acquired, and improved.
So, how do you master this skill?
Let's make 5 preparations first:
1. Adjust the sleep mode.
People who have had recent insomnia, sleep disturbances, or mental and emotional problems are obviously not suitable for this attempt.
Because the first step in training lucid dreaming skills is to ensure that you get regular, high-quality sleep.
Here are 8 simple tips to improve your sleep for your reference.
2. Take a nap during the day.
A short sleep of 10 to 15 minutes will not only improve productivity during the day, but will also be of great help to lucid dreaming at night.
3. Find a dream partner.
Find a partner who is also interested in lucid dreaming and can share the dream with him/her at any time.
In my article on the future diary, I also talked to you about it, it is best to have someone write a future diary at the same time as yourself, and share happy events with each other.
Spend 3 minutes a day in a future diary to make your dreams come true!
Treasurers who study the law of manifestation and attraction know that in the vision of the future, it is best to have a partner with whom you can realize the final picture.
You see, the above is all about one thing, having a small partner can enhance the power of willingness, and can improve the success rate of the event.
4. Use affirmative language
This is the same as in the Law of Attraction, which is pasted on the wall, written in a notebook, and read out every day:
I'm in control of my dreams.
I remember my dreams.
I'm looking forward to the next lucid dream.
5. Visualize
Imagine how you get ready for bed, imagine how you fall asleep, how you fall asleep, and imagine the scenes and details of your lucid dreams.
This is also the basic skill of manifestation, and I believe that many treasures are very proficient.
Now that you're ready, let's take a look at the steps:
1. Downtime
If you don't look at your phone or TV before going to bed, you can dim the lights and play meditation music.
2. Recite the guide silently
For example, say "I like" when you inhale and "lucid dreaming" when you exhale.
Or, as you inhale, say "when I'm dreaming" and "I'll know I'm dreaming" as you exhale.
Etcetera.
3. Dream meditation
Imagine the confidence and sense of accomplishment you will experience when you have a lucid dream, focus on the emotions you feel, and slow down your breathing until you fall asleep.
4. Wake up early
Wake up an hour or 90 minutes earlier than usual, stay awake for about 15 minutes, go back to sleep, and wake up at your normal wake-up time.
Here are 4 tips:
A. Find the length of waking time that suits you.
B. Alarm clocks that can use different tones.
C. When you fall asleep again, you can think about the image of a place or a person, and this lucid dream is the easiest lucid dream to control, so you can start from here.
D. Some people's dreams will be shattered by an alarm clock, so you can try replacing the alarm clock with a gradually increasing sound of music.
Like the sound of ocean waves, soft music, or even your own recorded affirmations.
With a fixed song, it can also become your own dream suggestion.
These tips are explained in detail in the book.
5. Keep a dream diary after waking up
To avoid forgetting, you can start by outlining the dream, starting with recording keywords, and gradually expanding the content.
Speaking of which, you will find that this skill is especially suitable for creators, self-media people, writers, painters, and artists who need to get inspiration.
Of course, these five steps are just the first attempts to control your dreams, and the book details how to further strengthen your ability to control lucid dreams.
If you are interested, you can find me to study it yourself, and the electronic version will be shared at a low price for a limited time.
When we write down our dreams, we naturally want to interpret them, but how do we interpret our lucid dreams?
The first step is to record the dream.
The second step is to outline the dream. According to Jung's method, the dream is summarized into four acts.
The third step is to make associations.
The fourth step is to analyze the dream.
There are many teachers who study lucid dreaming,
There is no only way,
I'll keep sharing the books I've seen with you when I look back.
Listen and see more,
We can all slowly find what works for us.