How to stay in a lucid dream forever. Lucid dreaming

The people of the most different professions and ages, having tried at least once to "realize", they can no longer stop. Traveling in a dream through other worlds is breathtaking, and the usual night rest turns into an unrealistic extreme. To visit Paris, to become a billionaire, a famous artist - everything is possible in lucid dreams.

School of out-of-body travel

Usual Ulan-Ude two-room apartment. The kitchen, hallway, corridor and one of the rooms look casual, nothing special. But the situation in the hall is a little strange: there is no furniture here, some rugs and mattresses lie in rows on the floor. Near the window, curtained with thick curtains, there is an armchair with a plaid. As it turns out, it was here that some of the Ulan-Ude residents first tried what a waking dream is.

“We are not a sect, we are not drug addicts and we are not psychos,” smiles Dmitry Kukshinov, one of the practitioners of lucid dreaming. “Here I sometimes give lessons to those who want to realize themselves. I myself do it a little more than a year. So I'm just learning myself. And I had no intention of becoming a teacher. I taught this to my friend, he told someone else, and that's how word of mouth got to me. People call, ask to tell, show - you have to help. It's completely free, I'm just very interested in it myself.

The essence of this practice is simple. We are all used to having dreams at night. At the same time, it’s as if someone is showing us a movie, without asking whether we want or don’t want to see this particular movie right now. Lucid dreamers make the rules themselves. They dream whatever they want. And they can do whatever they want in their sleep the day before, while going to bed. The main thing is to learn the basic things: to be able to correctly enter a special dream, to be able to determine and realize in a dream that you are sleeping now, and so on.

Dmitry remembered his first lucid dream in detail. He had never experienced such vivid sensations.

- Amazing feeling! Very bright and like nothing else. Realizing that you are in a dream, you realize that you can do whatever you want. And it's real. Of course, the first thing I decided to try was to fly. Probably, many people have such a dream since childhood. And I did it! All sensations, pictures, emotions - everything was real.

After the first successful experience, Dmitry could not find a place for himself. All the time I wanted to go to bed as soon as possible. But, as it turned out, not everything is so simple. Nothing happened the next time. And then fail again and again. Then I had to take up books, the Internet, in order to study the experience of other people, to understand my mistakes. It started to get better. But until now, “realizing” does not work every night. But Dmitry is not going to give up.

5 minutes is like a lifetime

Natalya Alekseeva also knows how to see lucid dreams. She did not learn this from anyone, she independently collected information bit by bit on the Web.

- I got it on the first try. But for the first time throws out very quickly. Literally in moments. You don't get to do much of anything. And so several times a night - it throws me out, and I get there again. Gradually time in lucid dream began to increase, emissions back became less frequent. By the way, in a dream, time seems to stretch. You sleep for only five minutes, and in a dream you get the feeling that you are there for a long, long time. It always happens in different ways: sometimes you spend several hours there, sometimes months, and sometimes it’s like you live your whole life, Natalya assures.

Like Dmitry, Natalia started with flying. Then I moved on to travel. Like many other women, she always dreamed of visiting Paris. Now the opportunity presented itself to her.

“I wandered the streets of Paris, saw people around, looked at the sights, it was interesting,” recalls Natalya.

After exotic desires, the woman decided to remember about earthly affairs. She suddenly wanted to see people dear to her heart, whom she had not seen for a long time and who live in other cities and countries. It was after these dreams that something happened that she did not expect. Dream and reality are intertwined.

- AT again I realized and decided to visit my old friend Vadim, whom I had not seen for a long time. He lives in Novosibirsk. I've already seen what it looks like from photos on social media. And in a dream he was the same. We chatted, laughed, I wandered around his apartment, watched how he lives. When I woke up the next day, I decided to contact him.

Vadim laughed for a long time when he learned that an hour ago he, it turns out, talked with Natasha. Neither in a dream nor in reality did he feel anything like that. The playful mood disappeared at the moment when Natasha began to tell her friend about what she had seen in his apartment, what kind of furniture was there and where everything was located. With rare exceptions, all descriptions coincided with reality.

“Then I first encountered something fantastic. It was scary, but still interesting. Since then, there have been other moments that also struck me and sunk into my soul. My friends who do such things also told me about their experience of a similar “clairvoyance,” says Natalia.

According to Natasha, the experiment is as follows. Before going to bed, a person opens any book without looking and puts it on the table next to him. The main thing - in no case do not look at the numbers of the opened pages. Then the person falls asleep, is realized in a dream. Gets out of his body and walks over to the book. Remembers the page number. Waking up, he checks the numbers. As a rule, the number - the number of the open page seen in a dream, always coincides with the one in reality.

Limitless Possibilities

But all these little miracles are nothing compared to what lucid dreams can actually give. Natalya is sure that during such a dream a person connects to the information field of the Earth's biosphere, and therefore at this moment he can ask any questions and receive comprehensive answers to them. By the way, unlike Natalya, other "dream hackers" explain the prophecy of dreams with clues from the subconscious, which, as you know, knows everything and everything.

One way or another, but dream hackers are sure that in a dream you can not only find out the truth about your life, any person or make the right decision in vital important issue but also to learn something useful.

On the one hand, it's fun. But there is another side. This can be an unusual form of learning. If there is a desire to learn something and become stronger in something, then welcome to sleep, Natasha laughs. - Here you can learn any business or master some skills: driving, swimming, skating - it can be anything. You can also work with your fears and complexes.

Most practitioners of lucid dreaming do not think about what and where it comes from. They just get an unreal buzz from what is happening. But is there some kind of trap here? After all, being introduced into the laws of nature, as you know, is always fraught with consequences.

Scientifically proven but not verified

Interestingly, the church treats such an experience condescendingly. In the practice of lucid dreams, no obscurantism or intrusion into the forbidden was seen in the Ulan-Ude diocese.

“I don't see how this applies to us. Most likely, we are talking about connection with the unconscious - what Freud and Jung were doing. All this is very close to the field of psychology. By the way, Salvador Dali painted his paintings based on images taken from dreams. And there are a lot of such examples, starting with Mendeleev and ending with Freud, - says Alexey Shevtsov, head of the department for relations between the church, society and the media.

However, the church has its own view of dreams.

- During sleep, a person does not belong to himself. Therefore, having seen some kind of "prophetic" dream or seeing the saints, he can believe what he was told in a dream. But from which side this dream came, no one knows. Therefore, we say that we should not believe and be guided by dreams in Everyday life and, moreover, to decipher your dreams, look into different dream books.

According to Father Alexei, perhaps such practices are entertaining. But nothing more interesting than life itself has yet to be invented.

“Life is much more interesting. And she is too limited in time to devote her time to such things as computer games, virtual reality or dreamy things like dreams. Moreover, there is a danger of getting carried away too much. The same Jung was led far away, and then he went headlong into esotericism and occultism. A person opens a hole in the soul through these exercises, what will then penetrate there - he will no longer be able to control.

Psychologist Oksana Simonova considers the phenomenon of lucid dreams to be a scientifically proven phenomenon. However, at the same time, this area has not been sufficiently studied by scientists, which means that it may have pitfalls. After all, all people are different, for one such activities will be safe, while for others they can turn into psychological or even mental problems: the appearance prolonged depression, the development of schizophrenia or even a split personality.

“Imagine a man lives in the world. He once had many ambitions, plans, but life turned out differently: he did not amass wealth, and even then he does not have his own apartment. On the personal front, too, a complete fiasco. And then he started lucid dreaming. And he became, at least in a dream, an almighty God. There he is lucky, kissed by fate. A lot of money, the attention of women, power, the ability to fulfill any desire. Every time he wakes up, he will regret that it was just a dream. The difference between the two worlds is so striking that a person can withdraw into himself, fall into depression. And there is close to more serious problems, - says Oksana Simonova.

According to the psychologist, the inadequacy of perception real world may appear if a person has mental disorders, the presence of phobias or a predisposition to them, as well as if there are diseases or health conditions in which vivid emotional impressions and experiences are undesirable.

– But in general, if there are no contraindications listed above, I have nothing against such activities. The main thing is to understand for yourself why you need it. If to broaden one's horizons - this is one thing. But if you resort to the practice of managing sleep in order to escape reality, then you should think about whether your life brings you satisfaction and what problems you are hiding from in the world of dreams, sums up Oksana Simonova.

Hello, please help me, it is very difficult for me to accept this for real and I don’t want to wake up, because I see dreams every night and they seem to me more interesting than my real life.
A not very pleasant period has come in my life, a problem with school, friends, parents, health, with everything that is possible. I have no one to talk to and few people support me. My parents and sister moved 300 km away from me, leaving me with my grandmother, because I interfere with my mother and stepfather to recreate their family where I will not be because I was from another and was not wanted in principle. It really stressed me out, and moreover, the problem is in personal life broke up with a loved one. I am alone and there is no one who can support me.
But the most interesting thing is that I have been having dreams for almost two years now, all the time. They're connected, they're interesting, they're light, and I don't want to get out of them. As if I live in two realities, if choosing, then I would stay in another. I started sleeping a lot, I lost interest in life and no matter what I do, nothing comes out. I go to bed during the day, in the evening, on weekends I sleep until 3 in the afternoon not wanting to wake up, because in my dreams I am more comfortable and I am calm there.
I don’t know what to do, but that feeling of hopelessness that fills me binds my hands and I again fall into a dream to that serene life.
I had many suicidal thoughts, I don't want to live in this reality anymore.

Christina, hello!
What you write is a departure from reality, in which there are problems, resentments and, most importantly, loneliness. You write:

for I prevent my mother and stepfather from recreating their family where I will not be, because I was from another and was not desirable in principle.

That's the reason for your condition - a feeling of uselessness. Christina, you know what I want to tell you. If the world didn't need you, you wouldn't be born. How many women around the world suffer from the fact that they cannot give birth to a child! How many miscarriages! Have you heard about natural selection? All for the survival of the human race. Now many non-viable children are being preserved, hence the number of disabled children. And you were born on your own, healthy and smart, because the world needs you, it needs your genes. And from the point of view of religion, your soul chose your mother to solve some of its problems. So you are very welcome! Mom, apparently, is offended by your father, and transfers this insult to you. Forgive her.
You live in a beautiful city (my close friends live in Dubna, and I have been there many times), the Volga, the forest! I envy.
Be healthy, get enough sleep - and live!

Surzhina Oksana Fedorovna, child and adolescent psychologist, Voronezh

“We keep dreams or twist-circle, I want to stay in a dream”

“We keep dreams or twist-circle, I want to stay in a dream”

Our customers often send me the same question, they say, did we buy or, did you use your tips and techniques for achieving lucid dreams, did we receive sustainable results. But in dreams it is impossible to hold on. Either fear or delight and BAM - wake up, what to do?

In this regard, I offer you a few, in my opinion, the most effective ways maintaining awareness in a dream (I personally prefer the one at number 2 “twisting”).

Yes, before I forget, I want to remind you for instrument holders. You can not go to bed with him, set an alarm and dress him (having set all the settings in advance) at 5 - 5.30 in the morning. You can drink some water, take 20-30 deep breaths / exhalations and go.

Why stay in a lucid dream? Why "tame" sleep? The answer is obvious: the longer you will be aware of yourself in a dream, the more chances, opportunities and prospects to fly, travel, play tricks, rehearse, etc.

So, let's list the main ways to prolong lucidity in a dream.

1. Release from too much emotional arousal
In a lucid dream, the feeling of freedom, permissiveness, impunity, knowledge of the unknown inspires, intoxicates and captivates. From these extreme emotions, the inexperienced dreamer often wakes up. Here he sleeps, realizes that this is a dream, flies through the galaxies and from the thought “God, what a beautiful dream! What euphoria! wakes up. Of course, this does not mean that in a lucid dream one should not rejoice and experience positive emotions, just ... learn to moderate their ardor so that the excessive intensity of "passions" does not wake you up.

2. Takeoff or whirligig
If a lucid dream suddenly begins to melt like a haze, try to either soar up in a dream or spin like a spinning top. These actions will make the dream more vivid, voluminous, and help preserve its original charm.

3. A look at the hands
This exercise was recommended by Carlos Castaneda in The Art of Dreaming. In a lucid dream, you need to "look" at your hands. Naturally, these will be the hands of the “dreaming body”. This exercise will again make your sleep many times brighter and richer.

4. Sharpest Concentration
If, some time after the start of a lucid dream, you realize that you are about to wake up, or if you feel that the dream has begun to melt, blur, fade, try to focus your attention on any one object from the dream. It could be anything and anyone. For example, squeeze an apple in your hands with all your might, hold on tightly to a chair, look at a book, a closet, etc. Then, most likely, the dream will acquire new bright features and bloom with all colors.

5. Abrupt change pictures and plot twist
If you feel that your lucid dream is losing clarity, try to quickly change the scenery, plot, characters of the dream. For example, you want to see yourself on an island, but for some reason the dream plot with the island began to fade away. Quickly imagine yourself in some other place, even at home! With the same success, you can come up with new plot twists for a previous dream.

6. Learn to Distinguish False Awakenings from Real Awakenings
“What nonsense! Do I really not know when I woke up and when not? - you will say in amazement. But, probably, at least once in your life it seemed to you or dreamed that you woke up, but in fact you were sleeping peacefully. The more dreams you have about being asleep, waking up, or writing down dreams, the more lucid your dreams become.

Your Dmitry

People often ask me questions: “How can I stay asleep longer?”, “Why, as soon as I become conscious, I immediately return to the body?” etc. The issue addressed in this topic is one of the most important in dream practice. Almost every beginner faces this problem, so it is very important to give ways that will help you stay longer in the dream world.

For most people, the time in a dream ranges from a few seconds to 15 minutes. It can be extended up to 30 minutes, sometimes up to an hour. In this article, I will talk about how to increase the time spent in a lucid dream.

There are only 2 things you need to do:

1. Carry out dream tuning (deepening).
2. Stay aware.

If you do not take into account at least one of these points, then the time spent in a dream is significantly reduced.

How to set up a dream? Many experienced dreamers insist on this important action. As a result of experiments, I myself came to a method that I will describe below.

When you confess in a dream, begin to focus on each organ of perception. Rub your hands, touch objects around: a TV, a table, a computer - everything that comes to hand. At the same time, look at what is happening in the smallest detail, peer into the surrounding space, quickly shifting your gaze from one object to another, without fixing your attention on one thing. If possible, include other senses: hearing, smell and taste buds. Smell things around, listen to the sounds, if necessary, you can lick the wall if you don’t find anything tasty around. So, mixing sensations from various bodies perception, you must go deep into the space in which you are.

The problem of many dreamers is inattention. The world can charm you. At the same time, you lose awareness, the surrounding space is “blurred” and you are already lying in your bed or sleeping soundly. Therefore, focus on what is happening. in a good way will be a reminder to yourself: “Now I am in a dream. I need to fix myself in the picture of the dream.” Repeat this as often as possible. You also need to monitor your every action, what is happening around. It doesn't matter what you are doing - having sex or flying around the city. Sex can be followed tactile sensations, in flight feel the touch of the wind. Observation not only increases the time in the OS, but also improves its quality, enhances the range of feelings.

So, focus your attention on your surroundings, adjust the dream as soon as you feel that you need to do it. And travel the world of dreams longer!