Need fast-track to lucid dreaming

In My Humble Opinion
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There was a stretch of time about 20-years ago in my life when I was having many wonderful and exciting dreams, and some were even of the full-blown lucid variety.

During that time and because of all those amazing dreams, I couldn’t help but feel really connected to the Universe; like all is well and that the little ship that was my life was doing a good job of navigating through this strange world and that eventually I’d make it into a place where everything would be beautiful and mystical, like a gorgeous Halloween night that never ends.:slight_smile:

But that was then and this is now.:frowning:

I’m not sure what happened that caused this curse to happen back then. I do know that I took a ride on my KLR 650 up to Lake Tahoe and parked the bike, walked into a casino (spending no money), and while soon walking back out, smiled at this lone, attractive, young gal sitting there in this long hallway at what might have been a coat desk.

To my smile and hello, she just gave me a dirty look and didn’t reply back in kind.:eek: I know it may sound stupid, but, for all these years whenever thinking about why my dreaming has run dry, I find myself thinking about that little incident, like “maybe” something cosmically went awry … and it resulted with me and the Universe splintering apart, with me now having to walk around morning, noon and night sad and depressed at the core of my being.:frowning: (There are in fact times when I do feel happy, though just not so much at the core, if you know what I mean.:()

My question is this: Is there ANY easily available drug, herb, drink, or some other remedy to SOMEHOW kick start my brain into returning to the old days when times were happy and light due to amazing dreaming?

I might add that I walked into a vitamin store some months back complaining to the lady running the place about my lack of dreaming … and a gal in there overhearing me suggested that I smoke some pot. (She quickly and somewhat nervously laughed and said she was “just joking.” Sure.:rolleyes:)

But in my pot-smoking days, long preceding the time period in question, I don’t recall smoking it being of any use in terms of having dreams.:cool:

One thing out there that I’ve heard about for a long time is DMT. Only problem there (besides it not being legal) is that I have no clue as to how to go about procuring some. (My thinking is that THAT stuff might unblock my pituitary gland, should that be what’s ailing me.) Also, some of the stuff I’ve heard about DMT makes me wonder if I really want to have "an LSD hydrogen bomb’ going off in my head for a half an hour, as I’m by no means the bravest person on the planet!:o

Anyway, forgive me for rambling on so much. Any thoughts or insights you might have about my situation is very much appreciated!!:slight_smile: I’m at 60-years young and I’d certainly like to not have to transition into the next world in this frame of mind if I don’t have to.

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First of all, if you smile at someone and they don’t smile back, I think it is useful to believe that it’s a message from the Universe that this person is bad news. Consider it a warning and be grateful.

Second, melatonin seems to work quite well for me when it comes to very intense dreams.

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Overuse of emoticons will stunt your spiritual growth.

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Look up lucid dreaming and nicotine patches. It’s reported fairly often. There are whole sites dedicated to lucid dreaming.

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Youtube has videos that purport to facilitate lucid dreaming. Have no idea how effective they are.

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Not really a GQ answer but in my experience such dreams seem to be related to people I know and who have opened their heart to me - and as you said the connection to the universe. It IMHO is our natural state, a connection and oneness with everything and everyone.

I take it as that heart to heart connection which allows a flow of, to put it in other terms’ spiritual energy. As such some people are wonderful this way and can lead to other wonderful things such as visions, others are just dark, and some will draw that from you leaving you dark. It is a operation of our heart, which are meant to connect, not our head which sometimes blocks our heart.

So meet some new people, go to a place woo filled for some sweat lodge ceremony or something and embrace it and be open hearted, leave behind the people and just be in that new environment would be my advice.

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I have taken melatonin a number of times in the past and while it did help to get to sleep, I can’t say it blew my socks off in the dream department, though maybe I didn’t take a high enough dose.

Thanks for the comments!

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True, I am guilty of liking those things a little too much.:smiley:

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Thanks!

I will for sure checkout nicotine patches, as I wasn’t aware of them having an association with the dreams in question.

I know about some of the different methods out there to get to lucid dreaming, such as the sleep mask and different exercises, but these days my rather calcified brain isn’t up for too many workouts, and so a pill or such seems more up my alley.:stuck_out_tongue:

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Thanks! I’ll check 'em out later for sure.:slight_smile:

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Thanks Much for sharing all that!

These days I’m in a place of abject poverty and so I’m pretty limited and, too, would be reluctant to involve myself at this time with others in the way you described because of my embarrassing financial state. I will keep your excellent advice in mind, as I’m sure this will end in the not-too-distant future, Lord willing.:slight_smile:

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I did do a lot of lucid dreaming at one point in my life. I am no expert, and I would never have thought lucid dreaming as somehow related to being more connected to the universe (for that I would suggest being awake, outside and observant).

The trick for me was pretty simple; get in the habit of regularly asking yourself if you are dreaming when going about your daily activities. If this becomes a habit in your regular life, it becomes a habit in your dreams. Set up some tests if you like to see if you are dreaming or not, but these quickly become unnecessary.

It is a useful skill for deescalating a nightmare. It is also a useful skill in life, doesn’t hurt to be more self aware, stepping back and reassessing your surroundings and situation. I think I became board with lucid dreaming as an activity, more interesting to let a dream take me where it will, and you know, sleep.

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Probably not the answer you’re looking for but Larium (Mefloquine) did it for me. I don’t often remember my dreams and never vividly remember them - but when I was on Larium as an anti-malarial pill my dreams were vivid, crazy, and fun as hell. Apparently this is not unheard of with Mefloquine - there are numerous reports about it on people’s travel blogs and such.

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Since the OP is looking for advice, this is better suited to IMHO.

Colibri
General Questions Moderator

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Thanks for the input. I guess we’re all different with respect to how we connect with life.

I think your advice about asking myself the question of whether or not I’m dreaming is a good one, and have seen others, namely that Stanford researcher, Steven LeBerg (sp?), say that doing that as an exercise helps take one to LDing.

Btw, not to sound like a boaster, and understanding that it’s all subjective, I must say that a couple of lucid dreams I’ve had were simply BEYOND amazing! I say that because sometimes I get the sense that for some folks their LDs go as far as what I would regard as rather bland flying dreams.

But, I would be inclined to think that if they had experienced one particular lucid dream that I had – i.e. finding myself completely free of my bod while floating down a seashore with the waves crashing on big rocks jutting out, and with a burnt-orange sun on the horizon with a black sky and dunes … – they would absolutely mark that down as one of the greatest and best mystical experiences of their life because while short-lived, IT WAS AWESOME!:slight_smile:

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Cool, that’ll be another thing I’ll look into, thanks for sharing it!

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Try a good, heavy snack of melted cheese just before retiring. Pizza does the trick, but the classic dish is a Welsh Rarebit.

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I’m the huggist cheese eater in the world, honest.:eek:

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For me it’s Chipotle chilies. My dreams are like pumped up LSD trips, both good and bad ones. I avoid them whenever I can. YMMV.

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Galantamine is known for that side effect. It is a drug taken for Alzheimers via prescription and also available as a supplement from Amazon. My MIL was taking it, and started having lucid dreams, so she stopped.