The easiest way to enter a lucid dream is spontaneous while dreaming. For instance, you could be experiencing a regular, fuzzy dream and then something completely illogical happens which forces you to ask "Am I dreaming?" Often the answer is a resounding "Yes!" And that simple observation can set you on a giddy journey into a world of lucid dream control.
The instant you become lucid, your surroundings will surge into focus. You'll have an awesome sense of self-awareness, of being in your body and in the 'here and now'. Your conscious brain is now awake, yet your body is still firmly asleep in bed.
While your unconscious will populate the dreamscape on your behalf, you will have complete control over how you direct your awareness and, if you like, what happens next in the dream.
You may choose to fly over the ocean, dive to its greatest depths and breathe without oxygen, shrink yourself to the size of an atom, pass through a wormhole into an alternate dimension, meet up with your favorite celebrity, dine in the world's flashiest restaurant, practice martial arts in bullet time...
The list, of course, is endless!
How to Have Lucid Dreams Tonight
The key to conscious dreaming is to plant the intention to do so in your unconscious mind. After all, it's your unconscious that reigns inside regular dreams. All you need to do to become lucid is to have your unconscious ask the question "Am I dreaming? Or am I awake?"
The Most Effective Ways To Program This Question Include:
Freud determined years ago that our dreams are an expression of our daily lives, mixed in with unconscious urges and anxieties that we may consciously suppress. So, place lucidity on the mind during the day, and it will crop up at night in your dreams. What's more (and this may seem like a paradox) if you deliberately try to repress the idea, you're more likely to become lucid. After I watch a horror movie at night, I try to suppress the idea of the terrors I've just witnessed as I fall asleep in the dark. But what happens? I dream about the exact terrifying images and fears I've tried to suppress. Thanks, Freud!
Get a digital watch that beeps on the hour, and when it does, try to perform an impossible action. My favorite one is to try to push my hand through the nearest table or wall. You can also look at a clock (numbers are regularly distorted in dreams) or look closely at the palms of your hands. At the same time, ask yourself "Am I dreaming?" Soon enough, you will perform a habitual reality check inside a dream - and the impossible will happen! Your hand will sink through the wall, the clock will make no sense, or your palms will appear in extraordinarily high definition. This reality check will frequently trigger lucidity. (Plus, hearing your digital watch beep in your sleep can also trigger a reality check, so keep it close by at night.)
Your final thoughts of the day tend to impact what types of dreams you have. If you go to sleep stressed and nervy, you're more likely to have disturbing dreams and nightmares. If you fall asleep dreaming of beautiful scenery, you're more likely to find yourself dreaming of such a landscape. So the idea is to picture your ideal lucid dream location. Beaches and gardens work best for me. Then I vow to do a reality check the next time I find myself in that location. I also do an immersive visualization as I fall asleep, moving around my imaginary garden, for example, and inspecting the plants and wildlife. I engage multiple senses, and spontaneously to ask myself if I'm awake or dreaming. I also silently chant the mantra: "The next scene will be a dream."