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?

Its the focus of the assemblage point if you want more proof try Salvia

Very good point. I never saw it like that. Smoking salvia to me is very similar to a dream fading away or disintegrating.

I have tried Salvia but I find it near to impossible to put it into words. At the very least it was the most intense mind boggling puzzle Ive ever tried to solve. First noticable effects was pins and needles in my face followed by my jaw turning to jelly which was accompanied with uncontrollable laughter. Then I casually sank into the couch and all I can remember of the peak is me trying desperately with some luck so solve some intense mind puzzle which visually looked like a big collague of different shades of light blue.

I dont know if I learned anything from the experience or not.

Actually if you stay focussed on the now and do reality checks after a while you begin to have dreams pop up while you are awake, something will trigger it or you will remember it as if it was life.

Im gonna start doing that actually. I havent had a real lucid dream in months and Im starting to miss it. I hear a good one is to look at my watch and ask myself what time is it, is this a dream?

Try the Toltec method of stalking it will show you the truth.

I could never figure out what was meant by stalking in Castaneda books. I think it was reading some of these Castaneda excerps. http://www.prismagems.com/castaneda that triggered me to start having lucid dreams and once I had one I started having them nearly every night. Like you said in previous posts cannabis is no good for dreaming. At least remembering dreams. When I stop smoking it I start to remember my dreams every night so I have to get back into the habit of making myself lucid while dreaming.

Also something that caught my interest in Castaneda books but I couldnt understand was when he made the distinction between "dreaming" and just regular dreams. Any idea what he meant by dreaming?

Auric sight is easy to obtain as a dreamer and i actually have to vconcentrate to not see them anymore if need to that is.

Do you mean that learning the ability to see auras in dreams also gives you the ability to see them in your regular waking state?

This post has been edited by Xochipilli: Dec 9 2006, 11:50 PM