Techniques For Retaining Lucidity Options

I havent had a lucid dream in about 4 months now but when I have one I keep having them. I started practiciing ways to maintain lucidity and hold the images I see in the dream.

One thing I know for sure is if I concentrate on a certain object for more than a few seconds the whole dream disintegrates or I fade back into unconscious dreaming. I heard of a technique in which you look at your hands and just as they start to disintegrate you shift your attention to another object and keep doing it. The more you do it the longer you can stare at a certain object before it starts to fade.

From just practicing this everytime I find myself in a lucid dream ive managed to hold my lucid dreams for what seems to be about 20 minutes sometimes. I havent attained the ability to manifest objects at will but when im lucid dreaming I can stop traffic, break walls with my fist, jump 50 feet into the air, and ive actually gained the ability to fly at will and sometimes move through solid objects such as walls (I find that the hardest to do, usually I get stuck inside the wall and wake up).

I could never fly up until one day I just started doing it by accident I found myself flying by holding onto a bin in the subway station. Now every time im in a lucid dream all I have to do is run and jump and I can fly.

Do any of you know any good techniques to maintain lucidity, prevent the scenery from fading, and increase your abilities while lucid dreaming?

My experiences in lucid dreaming have all occurred during short naps a day or two after a night of intensive meditation and (more recently) AP. Every time I dreamt that my teeth fell out and sometimes my skin peels off. I don’t know how to classify these weird occurrences but they are like subconscious “triggers” which immediately inform me that I am in a dream at which point I have a choice to continue or wake up. Have any of you experienced such “triggers”?

I have also found that while I am in some control of the dream environment, certain laws of physics still apply … For example however hard I try I cannot fly. Next time I’ll try a subway bin LOL.

In terms of maintaining lucidity, there is (at least for me) a correlation between the strength of my visualizations while meditating and strength of my dreams. I guess the lesson learned is that by strengthening ones visualization capabilities while awake you are rewarded more vivid and lucid images while asleep.

Enochian, that’s some good advice on food consumption and MJ, I have definitely found it to be true.

My experiences in lucid dreaming have all occurred during short naps a day or two after a night of intensive meditation and (more recently) AP. Every time I dreamt that my teeth fell out and sometimes my skin peels off. I don’t know how to classify these weird occurrences but they are like subconscious “triggers” which immediately inform me that I am in a dream at which point I have a choice to continue or wake up. Have any of you experienced such “triggers”?

I have also found that while I am in some control of the dream environment, certain laws of physics still apply … For example however hard I try I cannot fly. Next time I’ll try a subway bin LOL.

In terms of maintaining lucidity, there is (at least for me) a correlation between the strength of my visualizations while meditating and strength of my dreams. I guess the lesson learned is that by strengthening ones visualization capabilities while awake you are rewarded more vivid and lucid images while asleep.

Enochian, that’s some good advice on food consumption and MJ, I have definitely found it to be true.

Teeth falling out and skin means you care a lot about how you appear to others, self-appearance means a lot to you.