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"IN DREAM" TECHNIQUES
Dream Stabilization
Once you are able to lucidly dream, you may find
that it is difficult to stay in the dream; for
example, you may wake instantly or the dream may
start “fading” which is characterized by loss or
degradation of any of the senses, especially
visuals.
If you wake immediately after becoming lucid
(make sure you do a reality check to be sure
you're not still dreaming!), you simply need to
continue practising all your techniques. If you
find that you are lucidly dreaming often, it
will be less of a shock when you become lucid,
and you'll be less likely to wake up.
If your dreams fade out (or “black out”), you
should try these methods before your
dream starts fading:
Hand rubbing
Rub your hands together and concentrate on the
rubbing. You should feel the friction and the
heat of your hands. If you can concentrate on
the feelings that this action generates, your
dream is likely to stabilize and cause the dream
to become more vivid and detailed, along with
some other effects. You can also keep one hand
on your arm while exploring the dream for a
constant sense of stimulation. This technique is
most effective when used in conjunction with the
“Slowing it down” technique, by staring at your
hands while rubbing them together.
Spinning
You spin
around in your dream much as you would if you
suddenly want to feel dizzy in real life. The
sensation of movement is the key here to
stabilizing the dream. Although many people
report success with this, this technique is
likely to have some side-effects on the dream,
such as finding yourself in a totally different
scene. For this reason, this technique is also
effective in changing the dream scene. If the
dream scene disappears (e.g., becomes black), it
is necessary to visualize the dreamscape to
return to the dream.
Slowing It Down
Some people like to stabilize the dream by
“stopping to smell the roses” and slowly stare
at a dream object until it becomes clear. The
dreamer would then look around elsewhere,
noticing how detailed everything is, thereby
stimulating the visual portion of the dream.
False Awakening
A couple
of the users on the ld4all.com forums have had
success with creating a false awakening to
stabilize a dream. If the above techniques are
failing and you find your dream still fading,
and you really want to continue your lucid dream,
do the following:
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Expect to
have a false awakening.
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When you
think you wake up (false or not), perform a
reality check.
You will either have a false awakening, reality
check, and then end up with an even more vivid
lucid dream, or will really wake up, perform a
reality check, and realize that you just woke up
(unfortunately).
The most important part of this is the reality
check. This is what will continue your lucid
dream. You should be performing reality checks
when you wake up. If you plan to induce false
awakenings in order to stabilize a dream, the
reality check that you perform as you wake up is
as important as the one that got you lucid, if
not more.
Perform every check in the book until you are
positively, absolutely, and completely sure
that you aren't dreaming. A series of 10 reality
checks are more likely to produce dream results
in a dream, especially if you are expecting
dream results. Again, this technique is for
those who are desperate!
If you have had a good experience with this
technique, please go to the talk page and post
your experiences, as there have not been many
anecdotes of it working yet.
If you didn't do any of these, your best option
is probably to try to wake up. That way, you
will remember more of the dream.
The general rule of dream-stabilization is to
stimulate the senses. If you listen for
sounds, feel around with your hands, and pay
attention to what you see and smell, you will
stimulate your senses. The idea here is to load
your senses with stimulation from the dream so
that your senses cannot shift to the real world.
If you close your eyes, you are removing a great
deal of sensory information and might wake up.
If you hear something loud in real life and are
hearing nothing in the dream, your senses may
shift to the real world, causing you to wake up.
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