Top Five Ways to Induce Lucid Dreaming
4. WAKE INDUCED LUCID DREAMING (WILD)
The principle of WILD is to wake yourself after about 5 to 6 hours of sleep and spend some time out of bed focusing on having a lucid dream.
Do something to make your mind receptive to lucid dreaming by watching a movie about dreams or reading articles about lucid dreaming.
As you lay back down to go to sleep, try to imagine the type of dream you’d like to have. Or, better yet, repeat to yourself what you are going to do in your dream until you fall asleep.
5. EXTERNALLY INDUCED LUCID DREAMING (EILD)
EILD, also known as technology-assisted lucid dreaming or electrically induce lucid dreaming, is a good method for those that have trouble having lucid dreams on their own. There are many dream devices on the market to help induce lucid dreams, but the original and most effect device is a dream mask, such as that offered by The Dream Mask LLC.
Dream masks work by detecting the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) stage of sleep and stimulating you in order to awaken your mind, but not your body. Artificial cues, such as LED lights or tones will alert the user of a dream mask that he or she is dreaming. Once you are aware that you are in a dream, you can then enter a lucid dream.
As you can see, there are several effective ways to dream lucidly, but there are a few tried and true methods and devices that aid in the process.
Additional lucid dreaming tips that may help include:
Keep a dream journal. This will increase your dream recall, which is a great aid in inducing lucid dreams. Alter your sleep cycle. Sometimes being jarred out of your normal sleep patterns can result in lucid dreaming. Drink caffeine before bed. This helps keep your mind awake while your body falls asleep: the key to inducing a lucid dream.
Try one or more of these options, or a combination of these induction principles and you will greatly increase your chances of having a lucid dream.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bruce Gelerter is an author and inventor of electronic products for the mind. His current project is the DreamMask. At [http://www.TheDreamMask.com] you can view a Fox News Special where Bruce was interviewed which aired nationwide.
