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Vonda 7/23/2011 6:19:27 PM
I we wondering if you knew of anyways to NOT have lucid dreams. I don't sleep very much (maybe 3-4hrs a night) as a result I fall right into R.E.M. I lucid dream 5 nights a week ! I don't feel like I've slept at all. I am always exhausted. My dream characters even remind me that I'm dreaming. How can I stop this?? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank's for your time. ~V Submitted By: Vonda

Robert Waggoner 5/3/2011 2:51:36 PM
Hi Christie, I get so many letters from people who tell me that they have had five lucid dreams after reading the first fifty pages of my book -- so forgive me for asking. but have you read my book? Many people have discovered that when they begin to get engaged by the ideas in a lucid dreaming book and read it right before sleep, they then become lucidly aware! Dream theorists call this "Continuity Theory" - that is, we continue in our dreams with the ideas that we are thinking about when awake. To your other point, I have written an article on The Crucial First 30 Seconds of a Lucid Dream, which you can find at www.dreaminglucid.com The ideas there will help you "remain" in the lucid dream. Good luck! Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Robert Waggoner 5/3/2011 2:45:02 PM
Hi Michael, The past week I have been giving talks at universities, so please excuse my slow response. In my book, I attempt a response to your basic question of whether the lucid dreamer's subconscious simply produces "something" when questioned - OR if it produces a valid response. To experiment with this, the lucid dreamer has to ask the subconscious for information that the lucid dreamer does not know, but which can be later verified. If the results shows that the subconscious ("awareness behind the dream") responds with verifiable information, then you have good evidence that its responses are valid. If not, then the subconscious responses would seem random. In my experiments, the awareness behind the dream seems to respond with amazing accuracy to questions whose answers are unknown to me. Robert Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Christie 5/2/2011 9:48:42 PM
A few months ago, I got really interested in lucid dreaming and did everything to have one. Reality checks and subliminal videos and recently I've gotten into binaural beats. The closest I've gotten is having a few awakenings that are more like "I have more control than I was aware of" than "I'm dreaming". I wake up within seconds of this realization. Anyway, any advice on having a REAL lucid dream that is fully awakened and longer than a few seconds? I think it might me a mental block from being discouraged. What should I do? Submitted By: Christie

Michael Farber 4/27/2011 3:59:51 PM
Hey Robert, I've been fortunate enough to lucid dream for 10 years or so now. I'm about halfway through your book and one of the many things that stood out was the idea of the 'feeling-tone.' A few nights ago while lucid I yelled, "I want to hear my feeling tone" and was rocked by an increasingly loud sound that consumed me. I 'woke up' on the floor of my lucid dream and a dream character helped me up. I spent the rest of the dream contemplating if the sound and idea of the 'feeling-tone' was significant, or if my (sub?)conscious was simply reacting to my expectations after reading your experience. I guess my question is: how do you interpret what is unique and meaningful in lucid dreams, or what is subconsciously expected? Sometimes I feel as though searching for deep meaning while lucid makes it less meaningful. I was also wondering if you've ever tried to walk into an old memory while lucid dreaming? Thanks! Submitted By: Michael Farber

Robert Waggoner 4/15/2011 10:57:34 AM
Samson, Thanks for the big question! To preface my comments, even a regular dream necessitates a certain level of "awareness" to react within the dream and be recalled upon waking. However, as the awareness increases, the dreamer may become "semi-lucid" and think, "This reminds me of a dream" or "This seems odd." Now at a certain threshold of critical awareness, the dreamer becomes lucid - and his or her faculties to make conscious decisions and deliberate, etc are engaged. This "meta-awareness" (aware of being aware) is a hallmark of lucid dreaming. So was it Yeats who said, "The child is the father of the man"? Said otherwise, the dreamer is the father of the lucid dreamer.... Lucid wishes! Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Samson 4/14/2011 7:09:30 PM
Hiya Robert, I'm curious to know to what extent the non- lucid dreamer and the lucid dreamer who has become consciously aware in the same dream, are the same person? What I'm grappling with is that the 'me' in the non-lucid phase of the dream makes decisions, experiences emotions etc, all of which (seem to) require awareness as a necessary condition to be able to make decisions in the first place and experience emotions etc. But it is only when I switch into lucidity that I experience any sort of awareness at all (I only have memories of the non-lucid dream phase). So if decision making etc requires an awareness, and I don't experience awareness in my non-lucid dream, then is the non-lucid dreamer the same person as the awareness in the later lucid part of the dream?Bit of a mind twist, hope I stated my question clear enough. Also, thanks for writing such an amazingly interesting book and for all your time dedicated to answering questions and the dreaming lucid website. Cheers, Sa

Robert Waggoner 4/12/2011 9:28:34 AM
Andrew, Interesting questions. In my book, I note the importance of exact wording in a request and 'focus.' So, what does "receive healing" mean? A broad goal like this needs to be focused and within the limits of your expectation of the possible. Also in my chapter on healing, I noted that those with the most success acted directly on the ailment - they did not ask another for help - they simply acted directly. You might want to consider whether to act directly on a specific issue versus making a general request. Lucid wishes! Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Andrew Martinson 4/11/2011 9:32:44 PM
Hey Robert My question has to do with dream healing. I haven't been able to stabilize a lucid dream recently to try this, so I'll ask for your opinion before I do. Do you think there is a limit to dreaming healing? I'm going to send my intent in the form of a command when I am lucid: "I ask to receive healing of my family and I's physical, emotional and mental ailments." Is this too much to ask for? :P - Andrew Submitted By: Andrew Martinson

Robert Waggoner 4/6/2011 10:34:45 AM
Julio, When lucid dreaming, we are "aware" inside our subconscious mind. So like those people in deep hypnosis, we can make affirmations or suggestions in a lucid dream. For example, when lucid, you could announce, "My waking self will now find it very easy to understand calculus!" or "I now allow myself to write brilliant papers easily and without hesitation!" I believe that you will see a change in your waking behavior as that suggestions influences your subconscious mind. Best wishes! Submitted By: Robert Waggoner