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Jim 9/19/2011 6:25:55 PM
Hello Robert, thanks for such a great book. I have a question about dream recall. I have been practicing dream recall for months now with little success. I try meditating on dream recall every night and bought your book in order to increase my intent by reading it before bed. Even now, I remember no more than one dream a week. I even keep a journal of dreams. I guess I am a dream recall hardhead. Any advice? Submitted By: Jim

Robert Waggoner 9/13/2011 3:19:04 PM
Hi Stuart, Thanks for your lucid question (you may have a future in book editing :-). When the sentences between those two quotes are read, you see that the second piece has to do with "what" your "intent" is , and that is why you are focusing there - so it is about one's ultimate "intent". In the first quote, we are talking about the "process" of intending; you concentrate your focus on your goal, and then you "intend" yourself there, whereupon your awareness moves effortlessly towards the focused upon goal (by the process of intending). I hope that explains the distinction. Lucid wishes! Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Stuart Old 9/6/2011 8:20:01 AM
Yes..So far this is a very informative; instructive; and a good read. Although, I am currently only on page33. Which brings up my troubling question. Rule #8: (The 12th-13th line down from the top of page, in italics) you mention; "Concentrating on the goal as your sole focus, THEN INTENDING yourself there, moves your awareness effortlessly." Then go on down to 18th-19th line (I don't know about anyone else, but there seems to be a slight contradiction going on here; as the text says): "In any case, your FOCUS follows your INTENT, and you find yourself where you want to be." Needless, to say this leaves me wondering, "so which is it?" Maybe you could, please, clarify this for me. Thanks. Stu. Submitted By: Stuart Old

Robert Waggoner 8/26/2011 1:28:55 PM
Hi Jason, Sorry for the time lag in responding -- I was on vacation for much of it. When it comes to dream locations, they may have symbolic meaning to you (for example, Washington DC as representing "personal power" or Hollywood as representing "glamour" or "fame" or the childhood home as representing "early personal issues" ) - so a dream location may have symbolic significance. In some rare dreams though, the location may have actual significance to you personally on some level. Again, it seems rare, however. Best wishes! Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Jason 8/11/2011 1:20:51 AM
Hello Robert, I just recently picked up your book, I enjoying it alot. I did actually come to a point where I realized that I was dreaming (Thank you!) but couldn't maintian control. I'll get it though. I did have a question to ask: If you have a dream that involves a location you know of or vist frequently, does visting that location in reality have any significance at all? What could that end up telling me? Curious to know. Submitted By: Jason

Robert Waggoner 8/1/2011 10:00:47 AM
Hi Steph, I decided to write a book after 30 years of lucid dreaming, because of the complexity of this mentally dynamic environment (something it appears that you are experiencing) - so I feel you might gain a lot of insight from it. From your examples, I think you are progressing nicely. Because lucid dreaming is mentally dynamic, the environment responds and to a large degree reflects our own beliefs, expectations, focus, intent, will, along with the subconscious. So briefly the most appropriate answer -- you need to look at your own beliefs/expectations and see how they are being 'materialized' in your experience. Lucid wishes! Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Steph 7/31/2011 5:35:42 PM
Hello Robert, I'm collecting reading material on lucid dreaming so although I have yet to read it your book is of great interest to me. I've found myself very close to having fully lucid dreams a few times, but I am experiencing some problems. I've heard it is important to set a goal to achieve in the dream, for example asking yourself a question or visiting a particular person, but I can't seem to manipulate my environment at all. The first time I became able to control myself and remembered my goal, I was immediately hit by a truck and woke up. The second time I found the person I was looking for, but it was a silent doll version of them and I woke up soon after. Last night I was walking down a corridor towards them, and I could sense their presence, but there was a blank space where they should be, kind of like a computer glitch. Then I decided "They will be behind this door!" A door appeared, I opened it, but there was only the weird wavy blank space. It's frustrating because I've

Robert Waggoner 7/29/2011 9:52:49 AM
Hi Gary, So glad that you enjoyed my book and have begun to do your own experiments! As you know, it seems very difficult to extricate the lucid dreaming experiencer from the experience. His or her beliefs, expectations, intent and all become embedded in the experience. That said, it does appear possible to explore what Carl Jung called "the objective psyche" or larger Self (in my book, I suggest asking questions to receive unknown information that can be later verified). In your particular case, however, you seem to pose a difficult question (and it would be nice to know the exact wording) -- since it seems an "either/or" type question and the response may be outside of the either/or parameters. Finally, I feel it important to notice the response to a question, as you did, since it may reveal hidden beliefs that when challenged, seem 'earth shaking' (or 'dream shaking in this case). Sometimes the answer appears when we closely examine the details of the entire experience.

Gary 7/28/2011 8:57:15 PM
I read the book and enjoyed the information so much that I had to read it again. I've been trying to induce a lucid dream for about a week now, and it finally happened two nights ago. I've had lucid dreams before (only a handful), but never knew the potential. My question revolves around what happened in this recent lucid dream. I took your advice from the book and asked the dream directly a question about a deceased family member that constantly appears in my dreams. I asked if he represented something or if it was truly him (my grandfather). Anyway, the dream began to shake violently and all of the dream figures seemed to begin to shake their heads as if that was off limits. I thought that maybe this was because I'm not experienced enough with lucid dreaming to seek this kind of information, or maybe I'm just afraid since I'm still new to it. I was wondering what you thought, and if it does seem like I'm afraid, how best to deal with that. Submitted By: Gary

Robert Waggoner 7/26/2011 10:21:48 AM
Hi Vonda, It is quite rare to meet someone who lucid dreams every night. However, the reason for feeling exhausted likely has nothing to do with lucid dreaming -- rather it seems a function of only sleeping three to four hours a night. Most anyone would feel exhausted with that small amount of sleep. So I'd recommend taking naps during the day, and also suggesting to yourself before sleep, "In the morning, when I wake, I will feel completely refreshed and full of energy." If you try this pre-sleep suggestion, I believe you will notice the benefits immediately. All the best! Submitted By: Robert Waggoner