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sandy puisis 2/7/2011 8:14:48 PM
Hi Robert, I so want to thank you for writing this wonderful book. I have always been aware of dreaming since I was a young child. At that young age I learned how to make a very scary dream character disappear and actually was able to fly on occasion. I have always just went along with the dream as I knew that you could learn answers to waking questions and delemas. I never realized that I can actually control and ask questions or interact with actual other people in the dream state very intersting indeed! I just finished the book and intend to re read and make notes. Very disappointed that you were in Charleston for a seminar and I didn't know about it. Would of been nice to meet others like me to talk too and shake your hand. I have had 4 lucid dreams since reading your book and other dreams where I sit up and say duh how could you have missed that one. Thanks again. Submitted By: sandy puisis

Jim 2/7/2011 8:40:19 AM
Robert, I'm reading Lucid Dreaming. Before I picked the book up I had my first lucid dream a little over a week ago with amazing success (using the method of seeing my hands). Actually talked to a dream figure and recalled good clarity. Since then, I've not had success in lucidity. The dreamscape is often a night seen with shady characters. The feeling is fearful. I think my expectation is that I'm treading into the unknown and that the dream characters will notice me in some negative way. Should I meditate on positive fun intentions prior to bed? Is there a way to influence becoming lucid when confronted by a fearful dream? Submitted By: Jim

Robert Waggoner 2/3/2011 10:34:12 AM
Stuart, Lucid dreamers who read my book learn that you need to modulate your emotions, when you become lucidly aware. So if you feel too excited, look at the ground, or your hands, or any neutral stimuli and tell yourself to calm down. I do not recommend closing your eyes in a lucid dream, because often this will allow a new scene to appear (in this case, you saw your bedroom) - which will bewilder the lucid dreamer. Try to remind yourself, "If the lucid dream ends and I find myself in my bedroom, I will do a reality check" and determine if you are still lucid dreaming. In the Appendix of my book are 25 pages of induction techniques and tips on stabilizing the lucid dream. Good luck! Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Stuart 2/3/2011 10:08:15 AM
Hi Robert, I have been trying to have lucid dreams for about three months but I do not become lucid. I do take Choline before I sleep but usually I only have vivid and "real" dreams but never lucid ones. I recently had a dream where I became lucid and realized I was in a dream. I was holding a samurai sword and was in a brightly lit room with some dark figures around me. Upon realizing I was lucid, I became emotionally excited as I had been trying to become lucid in my dreams for the past few months. I told myself that this is a dream and closed my eyes. I felt the room and everything else around me shake but the whole time I felt the grip of the sword. After what felt like a few seconds, the shaking stopped and I woke up in my room. I was over-joyed and excited that I had a lucid dream. However, I was holding the samurai sword when I woke up in the room and did not realize it was a false awakening. Soon, I woke up for real and was upset as I thought I could have had a l

Robert Waggoner 1/21/2011 7:11:05 AM
Samson, Congrats on your interesting lucid dream! In my book, I suggest that lucid dreaming seems a co-creation of the lucid dreamer and his or her subconscious mind. Most lucid dreamers experience the "Expectation Effect" - that is, they get what they expect to the degree that they expect it and at the moment they expect it. So your lucid dream may be an example of that "projected" expectation. In a number of lucid dreams, I have asked dream figures to show me something, and then watched as their face morphed into a completely new face/hair color, etc. In such cases, we apparently watch the effect of mental energy (our thoughts, intent, expectation) "form" the perceived item or dream figure. Lucid dreaming seems a way to study the effects of mental physics in action. Good luck! Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Samson 1/20/2011 1:09:48 AM
Hi, After watching Inception, I was curious about whether my mind was really so creative that it could 'invent' peoples faces that I may never have seen in waking life. Anyway, a couple nights later I became lucid in my dream. I happened to be going down an escalator. My first thought after realising I was lucid was to look at the faces around me. As I was going down the escalator I looked at a man in a suit with a briefcase going up on the other side. To my suprise, he had no distinguishable facial features, just a skin coloured appreance where a person's face usually is. I am curious as to whether I perhaps projected this 'lack of face' so to speak, perhaps because on some level I doubted my dreaming mind's creativity. Surely my dreaming mind is that creative, I have seen people's faces, just not whilst lucid in my dream. Any thoughts... Many thanks, Samson. Submitted By: Samson

Robert Waggoner 1/18/2011 11:00:54 AM
Aaron, In the appendix of my book, I mention using "suggestion" before going to sleep. In your case, I think using the suggestion, "Tonight in my dreams, I will be much more critically aware, and when I see something odd, I will realize I am dreaming." As you point out, critical awareness seems key -- so tell yourself before sleep that you will be critically aware and realize you are dreaming. Best wishes! Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Robert Waggoner 1/18/2011 10:58:00 AM
Eric, Well, I just returned from a workshop in Charleston, SC. I don't know when I will be back on the East Coast - normally, people invite me. I very much enjoy talking with other lucid dreamers, hearing about their experiences or challenges, etc. So if you know of a group, or a university that would like to invite a speaker, have them contact me. Submitted By: Robert Waggoner

Aaron 1/12/2011 9:33:47 AM
I've been attempting to become lucid while dreaming but seem to have a major hurdle to overcome; nothing ever seems unusual to me while dreaming. I've had brief moments of lucidity but often when I wake and go back over my dreams, I never have that moment that says, "Hey, that's odd maybe I'm dreaming." Is it possible to be so open minded that it has a negative impact towards lucid dreaming? Submitted By: Aaron

eric 1/10/2011 7:14:27 PM
love hearing your radio interviews and looking forward to buying your book very soon. can you please tell me if you will be on the eastern shore for any talks, interviews, or lectures that i can see? thanks, keep up the great work eric Submitted By: eric