Lucid Dreamer: How I Discovered
The Lucid Dream World
Hi, my name is Rebecca. I am a 26-year-old lucid dreamer, writer and editor, working from home in the beautiful North Island of New Zealand. I live with my partner, Peter, and our two incredibly lovable Shetland Sheepdogs.
I first taught myself how to control my dreams when I was a teenager. So I'm not what you'd call a natural lucid dreamer - as a child I had normal dreams like most people. And that is how my lucid dreaming story begins...
How I Discovered Lucid Dreaming
The earliest dream I can remember is when I was 4 or 5 years old. I fell asleep in front of the TV one afternoon watching a Tom & Jerry cartoon... and had an exceptionally long, vivid dream about a cat chasing a mouse! Even more bizarrely, the entire dream was in cartoon. I woke up confused, unsure of what had been a dream and what was real. The transition into dreaming was barely noticeable.
Growing up, I was fascinated by science, psychology and the dreaming mind. I discovered lucid dreaming in a magazine article when I was 14. I couldn't quite believe it was actually possible to become conscious inside the dream world.
I had to try it for myself. So over the following weeks I studied lucid dreaming and read about it as much as I could. Then, using beginner techniques, I had my very first lucid dream. Here is an edited excerpt from my lucid dream diary:
It was like a light switch had turned on in my head. Suddenly I existed in a new, alternate reality, in which anything I could conceive of came true.
What was this phantom place?
The Alternate Reality Dream World
At first, I was stunned by the realism of my dream reality - and then overjoyed by the realization that I could control and direct my awareness in the dream!
I practiced more lucid dreaming techniques - namely reality checks, self hypnosis, and visualizations from Dr Stephen LaBerge's famous book, Exploring The World of Lucid Dreaming. Sometimes I had several lucid dreams per week. Other times, I had nothing for two or three months. It was anything but consistent.
But when I had real lucid dreams... boy were they worth it!
In lucid dreams, I can think in the moment and make my own conscious choices. I can see, hear, feel, taste and smell everything as vividly as waking life. I can create my own scenery, teleport to anywhere in the universe, interact with other dream characters and break the laws of physics.
Here is one of my favorite experiences, produced by an ancient Tibetan technique today known as a Wake Induced Lucid Dream (WILD):
Lucid dreams really are something else! In other guided dreams, I have:
- Spoken directly with my subconscious mind to resolve inner conflicts
- Had out of body experiences and traveled to other dimensions
- Teleported across the world to visit other people in my dreams
- Traveled into the distant past and observed ancient man
- Flown high over New York City at night hand-in-hand with Peter
- Manifested restaurants and eaten luxurious foods
- Rocketed through the universe at impossible speeds...
And I'm not alone. There are millions of people who have these flights of fancy. Some children can dream lucidly completely naturally, and go on to have lucid dreams every night as adults. They don't know how special they are!
The fact is, anyone can learn lucid dreaming by practicing the right techniques, for sufficient amount of time. That's what this website will teach you. Here you'll find more than 170 free articles about every aspect of lucid dreaming - how to have them, how to control them with ease, and how to get inspired for more...
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