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		<title>Try Conscious Dreaming Instead of Nightmares</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conscious dreaming or lucid dreaming, as it is also called, is the state of being asleep and  aware of your dreams while you are asleep. You are completely aware of what you are dreaming in this dream state and can consciously control your dreams.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Conscious dreaming or lucid dreaming, as it is also called, is the state of being asleep and  aware of your dreams while you are asleep. You are completely aware of what you are dreaming in this dream state and can consciously control your dreams.</p>
<p>This might sound almost unbelievable, but conscious dreaming is an ability you already have and can learn to harness with some practice. It?s not hard to start lucid dreaming and through this ability you can express yourself and come to full self-actualization. There are even some techniques which have been proven to produce lucid dreams that you can use.</p>
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<p>Once you have your reasons in order, you need to learn the way to get your mind prepared for having lucid dreams. You must be in the right mental state for this type of dreaming. The first step is to start remembering your dreams. This means the dreams you have every night need to be recalled.</p>
<p>To get started with conscious dreaming condition yourself to recall the dreams you had the previous night. Also, focus on remembering all the details of your dreams. Keep a notebook, journal, or dream diary, whatever works best for you. You need to write down everything you can recall about your dreams as soon as you wake up. You will forget details of your dreams as the day goes by so always do it as soon as you wake up.</p>
<p>In order to start to conscious dream, you need to recall all the details of dreams you dream every night. There are several, but the technique most wildly used is the dream diary. Simply place by the side of your bed a notebook and pen or pencil. Each and every morning, before you even get up, write down everything you can recall in your dream diary. The longer you wait the less information you will remember about your dream.</p>
<p>Another way besides keeping a record of your dreams is to use hypnosis. It will get you to the mindset necessary to have lucid dreams. Hypnosis is a powerful tool that can get you to remember details in your dreams very quickly. Just a few sessions are all it takes. As with the other method, once you have dream recall, you are ready to have a conscious dream.</p>
<p>You may accidentally wake up from a conscious dream, but do not despair, this is normal, especially at first. Picture the dream in your mind and follow it as you go back to sleep. You will more than likely fall right back into the same dream and be able to control whatever is going on there as you wish.</p>
<p>Occasionally you may find you suddenly woke up from a lucid dream in the beginning and that?s very normal. Just recall as much of your dream events and fall back into sleep. Focus on those events and you will get back into your dream. You may even have control over your dream and bring it to whatever conclusion you want.</p>
<p>You can also use this method. Wake up several hours earlier than you would normally and then try slipping back sleep. This mode of sleep and dreaming makes it much easier to stay aware of what you are dreaming.  You may not even be sure if you are dreaming or just lying awake in your bed thinking. By doing this on a regularly basis, lucid dreaming is much more likely.</p>
<p>Figure out your sleep patterns, as this will help you to figure out when the best times for you to have conscious dreaming experiences are. Don?t short yourself on sleep too much though; being sleep deprived makes it harder to have lucid dreams.</p>
<p>However, good news. It has been found that lucid dreams have a positive effect on insomnia. By lucid dreaming, the effect is that it can teach your mind to close or shut down the distressful and bad thoughts which keep you awake.</p>
<p>You may think that it would take years to learn the techniques for conscious dreaming, but the opposite is true. In a short period of time with a little work on your part, you can achieve your goal of conscious dreaming. Explore, control and manipulate your dreams.</p>
<p>All of us can have conscious dreaming experiences; and by using the techniques listed here, you?ll be able to get into the driver?s seat of your dreams quickly.</p>
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		<title>No Time Like Now For Lucid Dreams</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you know you are dreaming and you can control your dream then it&#39;s called a lucid dream. In this kind of a dream you know what you are doing or saying. You can even control your actions, words and even the person you want to be with.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you know you are dreaming and you can control your dream then it&#39;s called a lucid dream. In this kind of a dream you know what you are doing or saying. You can even control your actions, words and even the person you want to be with.</p>
<p>In lucid dreaming, you can get as creative as you want, almost living a dual life once you have mastered how to recall the dreams.  You can be the star of a movie where you experience romantic fantasy adventures on a desert island or some action hero that saves the day in lucid dreaming.</p>
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<p>Lucid dreams give you more control than normal dreams, which can sometimes turn into nightmares that you can&#39;t seem to stop or control and may make you wake up with a helpless or scared feeling. Lucid dreams may feel like you are awake instead of just dreaming.</p>
<p>To check whether you are dreaming or not, all you need to do is trying getting something to read. If the words constantly change making reading absolutely impossible then you can be rest assured that this is a lucid dream.</p>
<p>You may be fantasizing about something that you really want badly, such as a promotion, or a new home. This may be impossible in real life, but in your lucid dreams where you control the outcome, you may see yourself already doing the new job and details of it, or vividly see you moving into the house you want to purchase, for example.</p>
<p>When you are dreaming and you know that you are dreaming all you need to do is change it. For instance you can dream about your favorite rock star falling in love with you and getting crazy about you. You can even choreograph your dream to the extent that your rock star talks to you, touches you and makes you feel loved. The only tool you need is your limitless imagination!</p>
<p>If you think it&#39;s not possible to experience a lucid dream, and then think again. Yes, it&#39;s true that the body needs relaxation and rest for the next day but a part of the brain can actually remain in a conscious state though the body is physically relaxed.</p>
<p>Lucid dreaming is not something that everyone experiences or can master easily. It can be learned with proper techniques over a period of time.</p>
<p>Recalling your dreams as soon as you wake up is a sign of lucid dreaming because you are more aware of the details. Remember what happened as much as you can and write it down as soon as you get up. If you keep it handy, it is easier to remember to write it down and lucid dreams can fade quickly after you wake up. When you have the dream again, write down what you remember, since lucid dreams can often repeat themselves. You may eventually recall the most important details of the whole dream, especially if it is recurring.</p>
<p>Lucid dreams are quite beneficial for writers since they can create plots, settings, and characters and even determine the end of the story. Lucid dreams can satisfy our dormant desires while at the same time help us to realize them in real life.</p>
<p>Recalling more each time you try. When you wake up during a dream, sit and try remembering everything about the dream. Once you do that, then go to bed again and then try returning to the point in the dream where you woke up and carry on dreaming from there. These dreams repeat often so more you recall the more vivid your dream will become.</p>
<p>When you awake ahead of your normal time is the prime time for lucid dreams, since you are not in a deep sleep, but in a semi-sleep state. While it might seem like you are awake and cognizant, you might be having a lucid dream.</p>
<p>These days there are a lot of short cuts and easy ways to have lucid dreams. You can try self hypnosis to enhance and accentuate your dream recall ability.</p>
<p>Several other options, like binaural beats, for example have been used to help induce a semi-conscious state that resembles or can put the brain into lucid dream mode almost instantly by using sound waves to coordinate and stimulate the proper portions of the brain for lucid dreaming.</p>
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		<title>Understanding Conscious Dreaming</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps more commonly known as lucid dreaming, conscious dreaming includes the ability to realize that you are dreaming while you are doing so and the ability to take control of your dreams, dictating the happenings. Once you are able to realize that you are dreaming, you can go anywhere or do anything in your dream.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps more commonly known as lucid dreaming, conscious dreaming includes the ability to realize that you are dreaming while you are doing so and the ability to take control of your dreams, dictating the happenings. Once you are able to realize that you are dreaming, you can go anywhere or do anything in your dream.</p>
<p>The idea of being able to do anything you want in your dreams is amazing to think about, but anyone can learn to do it. It is not hard at all to do and offers an outlet for living out your fantasies and releasing your hidden desires.You can learn step-by-step proven ways to achieve the state of lucid dreaming.</p>
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<p>The first thing you should do is to figure out what your goals are in learning conscious dreaming. Do you hope to have more enjoyment from your dreams, or is conscious dreaming a vehicle for you to achieve some of your other life goals?</p>
<p>Once you know why you want to start conscious dreaming, you will then need to become more practiced in the techniques which can produce lucid dreams. Dream recall is the way that most people choose to begin ? this is simply training yourself to remember your dreams.</p>
<p>You need to remember the dreams you have every night in order to start conscious dreaming. Try to remember every detail. A good way to do this is to keep a journal of all your dreams. Keep it beside your bed and record everything you can recall about your dreams. Do this every morning when you wake up. Do not wait until later in the day as you may forget. The longer you are awake the more you forget about your dreams.</p>
<p>Keeping a dream diary trains your mind to recall and recognize dreams; this makes it easy to ?awaken? during a dream and start asserting control over it.</p>
<p>Together with a dream diary or by itself, hypnosis can be a valuable tool in dream recall and conscious dreaming. In just a few sessions of hypnosis, most people find that they can remember each and every little detail of their dreams. After this can be done, conscious dreaming will start to happen more readily.</p>
<p>Occasionally you may find you suddenly woke up from a lucid dream in the beginning and that?s very normal. Just recall as much of your dream events and fall back into sleep. Focus on those events and you will get back into your dream. You may even have control over your dream and bring it to whatever conclusion you want.</p>
<p>Get to know your sleeping patterns. This will help you find the right time to have the most success at having these dreams. Do not lose too much sleep, if you become very tired, lucid dreaming is not likely to occur.</p>
<p>Watch your sleeping patterns closely. In this way, you will be able to tell what time is more likely to have this type of dream. Do not deprive yourself of too much sleep, as being extremely tired makes you sleep deeper and lucid dreaming is unlikely to occur in this stage of sleep.</p>
<p>However, it happens that lucid dreaming can be helpful to those afflicted with some sleep disorders including insomnia ? you?ll learn to banish the worrisome thoughts that can keep you from getting to sleep.</p>
<p>You may think that lucid dreaming will take years to master ? however, it?s something you can do with relatively little practice!</p>
<p>If you are asleep and aware you are dreaming, this means you are having a lucid or conscious dream. This means you can control what happens while you are in this state. You will know you are dreaming so you can decide what happens next.</p>
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		<title>The Joys Of Being A Lucid Dreamer</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have heard about lucid dreaming and think it is something you would like to do. That is a good starting point but exactly how do you begin and what are the steps to being a successful lucid dreamer?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have heard about lucid dreaming and think it is something you would like to do. That is a good starting point but exactly how do you begin and what are the steps to being a successful lucid dreamer?</p>
<p>You need to know why it is that you want to be a lucid dreamer. Are there benefits to be gained through lucid dreaming? There are, but to understand them we should first start by examining normal sleep.</p>
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<p>When you lie down to go to sleep, your eyes close and hopefully you go to sleep. When you wake up you remember dreaming something or you don?t remember anything at all.Kind of strange when you think about it.</p>
<p>The human body has a built in requirement for sleep. It rests the body so that we are prepared to continue our lives. Without it, there is strong evidence for insanity. That is all well and good but there is nothing saying we cannot control certain aspects of sleep is there? </p>
<p>Consider the idea of taking control of your own dreams. What would it feel like to purpose what direction your dreams would take you? Explore new worlds that are only limited to your control and imagination. This is what it means to be a lucid dreamer, kind of the ultimate fantasy world where you call all the shots. </p>
<p>How does a person train themselves to be a lucid dreamer? A dream initiated lucid dream or DILD is when the dreamer realizes he or she is dreaming. When you are having a dream and know you are dreaming, you are having a lucid dream.</p>
<p>Another popular method is to have a wake initiated lucid dream (WILD); this is a straight shot from awake to asleep with no lapse in your consciousness. This is usually achieved by purposefully retaining awareness during the hypnagoogic state, which directly precedes sleep. </p>
<p>How do you go about achieving these two states of lucid dreaming?</p>
<p>Dream Recall</p>
<p>Remembering your dreams is the first step; this is known as dream recall. It will help you to realize when you are in a dream because we often have the same dreams and see the same or similar objects in our dreams. This is one of the best ways to learn the art of lucid dreaming.</p>
<p>Writing down everything you can recall dreaming, this is called keeping a dream journal. The more you do this the more likely you will be to remember your dreams. If possible do this as soon as you wake up as this is the time when you will remember the most about your dreams.</p>
<p>Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (MILD)</p>
<p>One of the leading scientists who studies lucid dreaming is Dr Stephen LaBerge. He developed the MILD system. Keep telling yourself you will remember your dreams. Think of something in the dream and resolve to remember it. When you see this in your dream it will remind you that you are dreaming.</p>
<p>WBTB refers to Wake Back to Bed</p>
<p>In this technique, you sleep and set your alarm for only a few hours from the time that you go to bed. Upon awakening, don&#39;t go right back to sleep ? stay awake for about an hour, then go back to bed.</p>
<p>This technique of learning to lucid dream has a sixty percent success rate according to Stephen LaBerge. You have waked up during the dream cycle of your sleep which is referred to as REM. This is like a trigger telling your mind that you want to be aware when you are dreaming. </p>
<p>Cycle Adjustment Technique</p>
<p>This method was created by Daniel Love in this technique you set an alarm to awaken you 90 minutes before you normally would awaken. This is done for approximately a week. After a week, you begin to alternate between normal wake up and early. On the normal waking days, the body will come alert earlier thereby increasing the chance of lucidity.</p>
<p>Wake-initiation of Lucid Dreams (WILD)</p>
<p>Keep your mind aware and let your body sleep is the theory in this technique. Prepare to go to sleep but imagine you are staring at a blank screen waiting for the movie to appear, perhaps even daydream about something you like. Soon your dreams will begin to play out and you will be aware enough to have a part in what happens there.</p>
<p>You need to stay aware; it is a lot like self hypnosis. This is not a good exercise to try when you are tired as your mind may not stay as aware. Try to focus on things that require brain activity such as doing math puzzles, jogging or anything to keep your mind active. Breathe evenly and focus on relaxing every part of your body.</p>
<p>There are also technological innovations which can help to induce lucid dreaming, among them strobe lights and dreaming masks.</p>
<p>Possibly the best method of all is to play binaural sound frequencies on headphones.</p>
<p>These binaural sounds induce lucid dreaming by causing the hemispheres of your brain to synchronize, making your brainwaves reach the state required for lucid dreaming.</p>
<p>Anyone can learn to be a lucid dreamer. Practice the self hypnosis and keep telling yourself when awake that you will be aware when you are dreaming. This will prepare you for your lucid dream experience.</p>
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		<title>The Life Of A Lucid Dreamer</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wouldn?t it be nice to have lucid dreams, to be aware you are dreaming and control what happens? Of course you do, but how does one learn to do this?</p>
<p>It can be helpful to know why you would like to be a lucid dreamer. What do you have to gain from the process? In order to find the profit in lucid dreaming we should begin with the normal dream process.</p>
<p>Sleep itself is not so interesting; you get ready for bed, lie down and close your eyes. Then you may have uncontrolled dreams or not and several hours later you awaken. </p>
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<p>This kind of sleep allows us to get the rest we need to go about our activities the following day. Have you ever wondered, though, what it would be like if you could actually take control of your dreams and dictate their events?</p>
<p>What if you could be an active instead of passive participant in your dreams? What if you could take control of your dream instead of being controlled by it? Someone who has managed to become a lucid dreamer can do all of this ? they are not bound by anything except for their imagination.</p>
<p>How can a person achieve this? How do you learn to be a lucid dreamer? DILD refers to a dream initiated lucid dream. You need to realize you are dreaming. In other words, if you are dreaming and know it, you are having a lucid dream.</p>
<p>The other method is by having a wake initiated lucid dream  (or WILD) this is where the dreamer transitions from a state of wakefulness to lucid dreaming without a sensation of falling asleep. The dreamer simply goes straight from being awake to lucid dreaming.</p>
<p>How do you go about achieving these two states of lucid dreaming?</p>
<p>Recall your dreams</p>
<p>You will need to learn how to remember your dreams if you want to be able to have lucid dreams. It is referred to as dream recall, the ability to remember your dreams. If you can remember your dreams you are more likely to realize when you are dreaming because many of the dreams you have will be the same or almost the same. </p>
<p>To make dream recall easier you can keep a dream journal. This is a notebook or pad of paper that has the sole purpose of recording your dreams. Whenever you have a dream, you should write all you can remember in the journal as soon as you wake up. The longer you are awake the more details of the dream that will be lost. </p>
<p>MILD refers to Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams</p>
<p>Developed by renowned lucid dream researcher Dr. Stephen LaBerge, this technique works by telling yourself to recognize a certain object or situation when you see it in your dreams. When you see this object, it triggers the realization that you are in a dreaming, allowing you to begin lucid dreaming.</p>
<p>WBTB refers to Wake Back to Bed</p>
<p>This simple process has you taking no action except to set an alarm that will waken you in less time than you normally sleep. For most of us about five or six hours will do it. After the alarm awakens you do not try to fall back to sleep. For about an hour you should read, watch TV or concentrate on lucid dreaming then go back to sleep.</p>
<p>The creator of this, Stephen LaBerge believes it has a success rate of sixty percent because you awoke during REM sleep which is the time when you are dreaming. It is like informing your brain that you want to be aware of your dreaming, to have lucid dreams.</p>
<p>Cycle Adjustment Technique</p>
<p>This method was created by Daniel Love in this technique you set an alarm to awaken you 90 minutes before you normally would awaken. This is done for approximately a week. After a week, you begin to alternate between normal wake up and early. On the normal waking days, the body will come alert earlier thereby increasing the chance of lucidity.</p>
<p>WILD refers to Wake Initiation of Lucid Dreams</p>
<p>To get into this correct frame of mind if you will there are a few tricks you can use. Focus seems to be key so try to focus your mind on things like your breathing, counting, perhaps chant or meditate. In a way, you are practicing self-hypnosis. Use this technique when you are not extremely tired, perhaps during a late nap. </p>
<p>You need to stay aware; it is a lot like self hypnosis. This is not a good exercise to try when you are tired as your mind may not stay as aware. Try to focus on things that require brain activity such as doing math puzzles, jogging or anything to keep your mind active. Breathe evenly and focus on relaxing every part of your body.</p>
<p>They now have tools you can use to make it even easier to induce lucid dreams. You can get dreaming masks and devices with strobe lights to help you get into the right state of dreaming.</p>
<p>With self-hypnosis and a conscious preparedness before you go to sleep anyone can practice lucid dreaming.</p>
<p>Binaural beats induce lucid dreaming by causing the hemispheres of your brain to work synchronously, making your brainwaves shift to the frequency required for lucid dreaming.</p>
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		<title>The Conscious Dreaming Experience</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lucid dreams (or conscious dreams) are the state of sleeping and, at the same time, maintaining total awareness of those dreams. In this dream state your aware of dreaming and may even be able to consciously control those dreams.</p>
<p>Think about what you will want to do when you are lucid dreaming. Do you want to enjoy your dreams more, fly in your dreams, hunt down the villain as in a video game or use them to help you solve problems in other areas? It does not matter why you want to lucid dream as long as you have a goal and a mindset to achieve it.</p>
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<p>You need to know what you would like to do in order to achieve this state. Would you like to do something new, something you?ve never tried before or meet someone you thought about and do not know? Regardless of what you want, you need to learn how to achieve conscious dreaming.</p>
<p>Once you have a clear idea of your goals, you are ready to start practicing the techniques which lead to conscious dreaming. The first step for many is dream recall, which involves training yourself to remember you dreams in detail.</p>
<p>Remembering your dreams is the first step in having conscious dreaming experiences. The easiest way to train yourself to do this is to keep a dream diary. Keep your dream diary right by your bed and as soon as you awake from a dream, write down everything you can remember about it. </p>
<p>You will soon find you are remembering your dreams more clearly and in more detail. You can use your journal to help you remember more. Once your mind is used to remembering your dreams you are ready for the next step and that is to be aware you are dreaming. You may wake up in a dream so to speak but still know it is not real and only a dream.</p>
<p>There are additional methods used in lieu of the dream diary. Hypnosis is a popular method and can help achieve the state of mind needed to enter lucid or conscious dreaming. After a few sessions, hypnosis may help an individual to remember the smallest facts that he or she may have forgotten. Your ready to start after learning this technique.</p>
<p>A common problem people have when they get started in conscious dreaming is suddenly awakening from their conscious dreams; to return to your dream, go back to sleep while concentrating on the events of the dream in as much detail as possible.</p>
<p>You can also use this method. Wake up several hours earlier than you would normally and then try slipping back sleep. This mode of sleep and dreaming makes it much easier to stay aware of what you are dreaming.  You may not even be sure if you are dreaming or just lying awake in your bed thinking. By doing this on a regularly basis, lucid dreaming is much more likely.</p>
<p>Watch your sleeping patterns closely. In this way, you will be able to tell what time is more likely to have this type of dream. Do not deprive yourself of too much sleep, as being extremely tired makes you sleep deeper and lucid dreaming is unlikely to occur in this stage of sleep.</p>
<p>Those afflicted with insomnia and other sleep disorders may be pleased to hear that conscious dreaming can help them to get a better night?s sleep ? it makes it easier to clear away the worries which can keep you from getting to sleep at night.</p>
<p>You may think that it would take years to learn the techniques for conscious dreaming, but the opposite is true. In a short period of time with a little work on your part, you can achieve your goal of conscious dreaming. Explore, control and manipulate your dreams.</p>
<p>It is so easy to lucid dream that almost anyone can achieve it. Put a little time into it and choose one of these methods to learn the power of lucid dreaming. Try all three methods and see which one works best for you. Discover what lies within your dreams.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lucid dreams (or conscious dreams) are the state of sleeping and, at the same time, maintaining total awareness of those dreams. In this dream state your aware of dreaming and may even be able to consciously control those dreams.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lucid dreams (or conscious dreams) are the state of sleeping and, at the same time, maintaining total awareness of those dreams. In this dream state your aware of dreaming and may even be able to consciously control those dreams.</p>
<p>Think about what you will want to do when you are lucid dreaming. Do you want to enjoy your dreams more, fly in your dreams, hunt down the villain as in a video game or use them to help you solve problems in other areas? It does not matter why you want to lucid dream as long as you have a goal and a mindset to achieve it.</p>
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<p>The first thing you should do is to figure out what your goals are in learning conscious dreaming. Do you hope to have more enjoyment from your dreams, or is conscious dreaming a vehicle for you to achieve some of your other life goals?</p>
<p>Once you know why you want to start conscious dreaming, you will then need to become more practiced in the techniques which can produce lucid dreams. Dream recall is the way that most people choose to begin ? this is simply training yourself to remember your dreams.</p>
<p>Remembering your dreams is the first step in having conscious dreaming experiences. The easiest way to train yourself to do this is to keep a dream diary. Keep your dream diary right by your bed and as soon as you awake from a dream, write down everything you can remember about it. </p>
<p>This a powerful technique for training yourself in the skill of dream recall. When you are able to recall your dreams, it becomes easier to recognize a dream while it is in progress. In fact, a lot of people find that before long, they will start to ?wake up? in the middle of their dreams, beginning to have lucid dreams.</p>
<p>Either on its own or along with a dream diary, hypnosis is a powerful technique for training your mind to recall dreams. In fact, many find themselves able to remember every detail of their dreams with only a few sessions of hypnosis! Once you have gained this ability, you will be able to begin conscious dreaming.</p>
<p>When you first start lucid dreaming, you might awaken suddenly from them; this is a pretty common occurrence. To get back into these dreams, focus on the details of the dream as you return to sleep.</p>
<p>Another method which many find useful for inducing conscious dreaming is to wake up a few hours earlier than normal. Simply set your alarm about two hours early and then go back to bed after awakening. In these last few hours before you are accustomed to waking up, it is much more common to have lucid dreams. These dreams can be hard to tell from simply laying awake and daydreaming! This is a good way to begin conscious dreaming.</p>
<p>It may surprise you to know that lucid dreaming is good for curing insomnia and many other sleeping disorders. The process of learning to dream consciously also teaches you to banish unruly thoughts that are keeping you from falling asleep.</p>
<p>You will be happy to know that lucid dreaming is helpful for insomnia as well as other sleeping disorders. If you can dream consciously, you can condition yourself to turn off nagging thoughts that keep you awake at night.</p>
<p>Conscious dreaming is easy to learn and anyone can do it, in fact some do it without learning or practice. Find a method you like to use and learn to lucid dream. Do not miss what others are doing every night. Explore your dreams.</p>
<p>All of us can have conscious dreaming experiences; and by using the techniques listed here, you?ll be able to get into the driver?s seat of your dreams quickly.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[While most people sleep they dream (mini moves) and as mysterious as dreams are, they occur while we are soundly sleeping and without our control, at least it seems that way. Some of these dreams are pleasant while others are disconcerting and not so pleasant. We do know, however, it is possible to make controlling [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While most people sleep they dream (mini moves) and as mysterious as dreams are, they occur while we are soundly sleeping and without our control, at least it seems that way. Some of these dreams are pleasant while others are disconcerting and not so pleasant. We do know, however, it is possible to make controlling your dreams a reality. And this is achieved by learning about and inducing a state known as lucid dreaming.</p>
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<p>Just what is lucid dreaming, exactly? Can anyone gain the ability of dream control? What is there to be gained by lucid dreaming? Read on for a look at dream control and how it can be helpful to you.</p>
<p>What Is Dream Control?</p>
<p>By using lucid dreaming, to control your dreams, it is a means to be fully aware of dreaming and that you will be able, while dreaming, to control what happens during these dreams. When completely asleep you will be aware that you are dreaming and solely in control of the dream and the outcome of that dream.</p>
<p>For people who suffer from recurring nightmares, this method, simplistic as it is, is powerful and may be just the system they need to rid themselves of the recurring nightmares and begin to enjoy a decent night&#39;s sleep.</p>
<p>Common Ways of Bringing About Lucid Dreaming</p>
<p>One of the most effective ways of inducing lucid dreaming is also one of the newest ? binaural audio. This is a technology which involves listening to two different frequencies at the same time. This listening produces deep relaxation and allows your brainwaves to synchronize, leading to the REM sleep state necessary for lucid dreaming to occur.</p>
<p>Self-hypnosis and meditation were the methods used to induce lucid dreaming before binaural audio recordings became available on DVD and CD formats. Self hypnosis and meditation both work to achieve lucid dreaming, but they can take a while to master, making them not necessarily the best choice if you?d like to start lucid dreaming sooner rather than later.</p>
<p>Many additional techniques, since then, have been developed as methods for inducing lucid dreaming by those experts in both fields of psychology and science. And regardless of any of the earlier methods used the basic purpose still remains the same. To train the mind while in the state of sleep to be aware of being in a dream. The state needed to begin lucid dreaming.</p>
<p>This training will begin, of course while you are wide awake. You need to set a cue for yourself ? an action which you will perform or a certain thing which you will say that will be your reminder that you are dreaming so that you can begin using dream control.</p>
<p>It&#39;s as simple a thing as reminding yourself while you are awake and  before going to sleep you&#39;ll be dreaming and in that dream you&#39;ll remember to say or do something, something specific, at which time you will know that you are dreaming.</p>
<p>This form of dream control training is called MILD (mnemonic induction of lucid dreams) and was developed by the scientist Dr. Stephen LaBerge. This mnemonic technique allows you to start using dream control to decide how your dreams will play out. Once you are lucid dreaming, there are no limits except for your own imagination!</p>
<p>Keeping a dream diary is a good way to train yourself to use dream control. Keep a notebook and pen by your bedside so that when you awake from a dream you can write down anything and everything which you remember. After keeping your dream journal for a few week, you may find yourself having a dream which you have written down over again ? except this time, you?ll be in the director?s chair for the experience!</p>
<p>With lucid dreaming you can go anywhere you desire, meet anyone you would like to meet and tame those creatures from your nightmares. Explore the fantastic imaginary worlds of fantasy and adventure of your dreams. Become a free spirit. Anything you want is yours and only limited by your imagination. You can be a free spirit, free of societies restriction, constraints and limits. With lucid dreaming you will be in complete control of all your nightly fantasies and adventures.</p>
<p>Experts warn though, that the one danger to lucid dreaming, is doing it too often can have adverse effects. The central reason being that dreaming naturally often informs us of critical things we would otherwise not know. Go ahead and have fun with lucid dreaming. It truly is an interesting experience, but always also let yourself have some times when you just dream regularly!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are unfamiliar with the term, a lucid dream is one in which you are aware that you are dreaming. Lucid, of course denotes consciousness. The extent to which you are lucid within your dream depends on how stable the dream is, how much of the dream you can recall upon waking and how [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are unfamiliar with the term, a lucid dream is one in which you are aware that you are dreaming. Lucid, of course denotes consciousness. The extent to which you are lucid within your dream depends on how stable the dream is, how much of the dream you can recall upon waking and how much control you have over the course of the dream.</p>
<p>Control over your dream is the most important element of Lucid Dreaming. It is an incredible experience to be in the midst of a dream and to know that you are in fact dreaming. You are in control of everything in your dream and can have any experience you choose to have.</p>
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<p>Just take a moment to consider the possibilities. When you are Lucid Dreaming, everything feels and looks real, but you are aware that you are dreaming and will be safe no matter what happens in your dream. This is the kind of personal virtual reality experience which no computer yet created can come close to.</p>
<p>Lucid Dreaming is an incredible skill and many more people are learning to experience it. The Lucid Dream is very rarely experienced by those who are unaware of it or who have not taken the time to learn how to do it. Can you imagine how fun and thrilling it would be to be able to have a lucid dream whenever you wanted to?</p>
<p>You can open your own doorway to some amazing experiences by learning and mastering the practice of Lucid Dreaming. Imagine if you will, having the ability to meet and interact with famous people, taking fantastic sci-fi adventures, visiting galaxies far away, creating and manipulating fantasy worlds and touring them or ruling them, and even finally having your dream job or hobby without all the work or mess to get there! You can even meet lost loved ones or distant relatives since anything is possible with your lucid dreaming imagination!</p>
<p>Having regular Lucid Dreaming experiences is something which until recently it took months to achieve. People would spend as long as a year in training to have their first Lucid Dream ? and it remained out of reach for some people no matter how long they tried.</p>
<p>Are There Simpler Methods for Training &#38; Experiencing a Lucid Dream?</p>
<p>Some say that eating certain foods shortly before going to bed promote Lucid Dreaming. Some of these foods are cheese, orange juice, milk and mustard. </p>
<p>Others recommend popcorn, pickles, fish and ice cream. While these people say that these foods prepare your mind for Lucid Dreaming, it should be noted that many of them are also high in salt and fat, which won&#39;t necessarily help you to get a good night&#39;s rest.</p>
<p>Is There Technology That can be of Assistance?</p>
<p>Your chances to experience Lucid Dream session improves with the new advancing technology. There are now devices on the market that alerts you that you are dreaming and which can induce a Lucid Dream Session. These are quite innovative in that they are simply masks which monitor your eyes. When they detect REM or Rapid Eye Movement, which is an indicator of dreaming, a red diode blinks into your eyes. This beam is registered in your brain and serves as a reminder that you are in fact dreaming and that you are still in control. It is then that you can take control o the dream. </p>
<p>The most exciting developments have been in audio technology. Sound waves at slightly different frequencies are played in to each ear of the listener ? a technique known as binaural beats. This can open the experience of Lucid Dreaming to many people.</p>
<p>These binaural beats are designed to assist the dreamer in synchronizing both hemispheres of the brain. Just by simply listening to these special frequencies the mind goes almost instantly into the REM sleep mode. This is exactly where they need to be in order to begin a Lucid Dream session. </p>
<p>If you have always wanted to try Lucid Dreaming for yourself, binaural sound presents the quickest and easiest way to begin.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lucid Dreaming &#8212; that is, Conscious Dreaming &#8212; is the craft of having awareness while you are deeply dreaming. In other words, while you dream, you know with perfect clarity that every event is not happening as fact, but also this not the &#34;it&#39;s just a dream&#34; experience. For you see, when lucid dreaming, your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lucid Dreaming &#8212; that is, Conscious Dreaming &#8212; is the craft of having awareness while you are deeply dreaming. In other words, while you dream, you know with perfect clarity that every event is not happening as fact, but also this not the &quot;it&#39;s just a dream&quot; experience. For you see, when lucid dreaming, your awareness gives you tremendous power over how the dream goes, almost like consciously fantasizing but having all of the vividness and time-and-place-bending powers of the usual dream.</p>
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<p>The power of having mastery over shaping the events of your own dreams is part of the very definition of the metaphysical. All of the normal dream-time rules, like &quot;timelessness&quot;, &quot;teleportation&quot;, and so on still apply: so, step into an existence where your usual limitations have suddenly vanished without a trace. </p>
<p>So, you ask, can it really be that simple? Surely not every single common person who wants to can experience lucid dreaming! </p>
<p>But the fact of the matter is, lucid dreaming is not at all that difficult, as long as you know what you&#39;re doing. You really just need old fashioned determination and passion. </p>
<p>In order to master the art of lucid dreaming, you must establish your objective clearly. For instance do you only want a private haven in the form of lucid dreaming or do you want to learn for a precise reason of developing your skills? You must have a clear objective in mind, no matter your reason for learning to lucid dream.</p>
<p>Once you understand your reason you will begin the learning process of how to lucid dream. You will need to learn Dream Recall. This is the ability to recall a dream from the previous night. You will not be able to lucid dream until you can recall a dream.</p>
<p>Also, many have discovered that hypnosis, and even only a session or two, can drastically cut down on their necessary prep-time for making their subconscious mind ready to experience lucid dreaming. </p>
<p>Hypnosis has been used quite often to significantly reduce the time a person needs to train their subconscious mind to the point where they&#39;re ready for lucid dreaming. Only one or two sessions of hypnosis may be all one needs to do the trick.</p>
<p>On occasion, you may suddenly find yourself wide awake during a lucid dream. However, you will easily be able to recall all the essential details of your dream with the power you have achieved thus far. You can simply relax and fall back asleep, while you continue in the desired direction in your dream. Upon awaking you will realize that you have experienced the power of conscious dreaming the previous night.</p>
<p>Lucid dreams can be readily induced by going back to sleep for a couple of hours after you wake up in the morning. These dreams are the closest to lucid dreams, because they seem to be borderline between actual dreams or your conscious thoughts manifested in anticipation of an event for that day. Just set an alarm clock to go off a couple of hours before you will be waking up for the day, then turn it off and go back to sleep to experience lucid dreaming.</p>
<p>Insomnia can be cured with lucid dreaming, too! If you can&#39;t get to sleep when you put your head down on that pillow, all you need to is suggest to your mind that to sleep is to lucid dream, and you&#39;ll find your mind will take care of everything and make it so you can sleep soundly.</p>
<p>It&#39;s always been hard, however, to actually take the time to prepare the mind for lucid dreaming. But recent advances in sonic technology have made it all more egalitarian.</p>
<p>More and more people are saying that binaural audios are giving them a faster, easier way to enter through the door of the realm of lucid dreaming.</p>
<p>The technology of binaural audio recordings has been tested and proven to give enormous help to people who want to lucid dream.</p>
<p>Before this technology was made available, lucid dreaming had to be ultimately induced by meditation techniques; and these usually took several years to learn, on top of the fact that their austerity a touch too much for most people who then quit trying to master lucid dreams.</p>
<p>Before the discovery of this system of binaural sound waves you could only achieve this level of relaxation by many years of meditation study.</p>
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