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WHAT CAN YOU DO?

This final section should see you off with a few ideas of what to do in a dream.

 

But first, a warning. You should have a clear purpose for your lucid dreams whenever you go to sleep. In other words, every night you consider what you want to do when you have a lucid dream, and select one thing, or perhaps two or three if you are skilled. Avoid this:

"What am I gonna do what am I gonna do? I wanna fly, walk through walls, eat until my stomach explodes, spy on my neighbours, drive in a car real fast, woooeeey I'm gonna..."

You will either end up doing none of these things in your dream or simply wake up from overexcitement.

 

Now that that's clear, here's a list of possible things you could do, ordered in difficulty. Remember that you might find some things unusually hard (or easy) compared to most lucid dreamers, this is perfectly normal!


This is a very rough guide — if you've managed something in the Easy section, don't be scared to try for something from the Medium section.
 

Easy

    Fly
Most people enjoy flying around in dreams. There are different styles of flight that people use, each with a varied level of success for each individual. Methods such as “swimming through the air”, “Superman style” (one arm outstretched), “Neo style” (both arms at your side), and “Airplane style” (both arms out) are often used. There are a few methods of getting up into the air, such as simply jumping (you can jump really high in dreams if you believe it) or imagining a great force pushing you from your feet. Some people summon jetpacks and slip them on to fly. Be creative and dream up your own methods.

      Explore Your Dream World
Be warned, you are quite likely to forget you are dreaming when exploring! Doing reality checks often and muttering to yourself about how real everything seems can help to avoid this. You can also ask a dream character to tag along with you and remind you when you forget that you're dreaming.

    Walk Through a Mirror or Wall
You can pass through dream objects such as walls, glass, trees, and everything else. Confidence is really the key here. Some variations on going through stuff can be going in slowly, wiggling your finger in first, or running quickly into the object and telling yourself you would go through it. Some people particularly like to go through mirrors because of the unpredictable effects this action produces. However, if you tell yourself you will end up at a certain location before passing through a mirror, you can change the dream scene quickly. Be warned, some people experience nothing and wake up after passing through. You may want to hold your arm to keep yourself in the dream.


    Kill People
Some people consider killing people in dreams immoral, undermining the morals you uphold in real life. Alternatively, when considering people in dreams as aspects of oneself, killing them can be “rude to your subconscious”. However, nobody can tell you what you should and should not do in your dreams, and the choice remains up to you.


    Look At The Sky
People often report amazing skies in lucid dreams. You can also shout colours at it and paint some sunrises.

 

      Show Off To Your Friends (“Look everybody; I can go through this wall!”)


      Do Plenty Of Sports (trampolining, skiing, etc.)


 

Medium

      Eat until you're near bursting!

 

      Create some dream characters (possibly from a book or film)

 

      Try to find your spirit guide

 

      Experiments (in fact, researchers will often want people of various skills)

 

      Body swapping (where you enter a different body)
 

      Morph

 

      Take some drugs (this is more realistic if you've done so in real life)

Many people have also experienced realistic effects when trying drugs in dreams that they have never taken in real life.


 

Hard

      Have sex (The excitement, or closing your eyes, can cause you to wake up.)
 

      More morphing like 360 degree vision, sonar vision, etc.

 

      Create false memories, etc.

 

      Compose music or poems (or request them from your subconscious)

 

      Build a fantasy dream world! (some people build a dream world naturally)

 

      Have precognition (your subconscious can be very good at predicting the future with relationships and career)

 

      Experience death in the dream (remember, it's only a dream, it can't hurt you)

      Ask the dream to show you your worst fears/deepest traumas/etc. (be prepared for some bad stuff to surface)

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