I usually lucid dream a few times a month and find the best way to do it is to simply think about it a lot while you are awake. The first time I did it was about fifteen years ago after reading about it in Omni magazine. While the article mentioned various methods you could try I didnâ??t use much of a trick as given that we naturally dream about events of the previous day, simply focusing on it a lot while awake seemed to do it. I did read the article several times and found it fascinating so I feel that if you think and read about it enough you will eventualy dream about lucid dreaming and presto!

I find there are a few tricks to being able to â??hold ontoâ?? it if it comes in weak or you feel it slipping. One is to envision that you are looking through a peep hole on a door into a small scene that starts out blurry and slowly snaps into focus. Somewhat like a guided Rorschach. Once the scene comes in clear you then walk through the door into the scene. From here the confidence boost that you gain from having gradually manifested the scene will allow you to hold it and then plant new elements.

A few weeks ago I was having a hard time falling asleep so I thought of trying this peephole method while awake and sure enough I managed to drift off into sleep and dream without any loss of awareness. I had no idea this was even possible and have yet to do it again. Having been so exhausted and therefore suggestible may have had something to do with it.