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Your Own Lucid Dream Triggers
© 2003 Lucy Gillis Besides using various lucid dream induction techniques it helps to remind yourself that you will become lucid by spotting hints or clues in your dreams. These triggers can be anything - usually anything that is out of the ordinary in your dream, like talking animals, flying people, etc. But what if your dreams are mostly ordinary, everyday life scenarios? What if there is rarely anything strange in your dreams to begin with? If keeping an eye out for dream triggers feels a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack, why not create your own trigger? Dream incubation techniques are used to program oneself to have certain dreams - anything from healing dreams to lucid dreams, from fantasy dreams to problem solving dreams. Reality checking techniques are used to prompt the dreaming mind to remember to reality check when in a dream. Why not use similar methods to create specific "custom made" dream triggers? One way to set signposts in your dreamscape is to choose an object or a symbol that has some meaning for you. For instance, say you associate butterflies with lucid dreaming. In a quiet state of mind, focus on a butterfly. See its movement, its graceful flight. Remind yourself that when you see a butterfly in your dream, you will become lucid. Then imagine you are in a dream when you spot a butterfly and become lucid. Imagine what you will do when you are lucid. Enhance this technique by reality checking in your waking life whenever you see a butterfly, whether a real one or a symbol. In this way, you are programming your dreaming consciousness to plant butterfly triggers in your dreams, as well as programming the suggestion to become lucid. Disclaimer: All material in The Lucid Dream Exchange is the copyright of the respective contributor, unless otherwise indicated. No portion of The Lucid Dream Exchange may be reproduced or used in any way without the expressed written permission of the individual author, or editors. Views and opinions expressed are those of the contributing authors and are not necessarily those of the editors of The Lucid Dream Exchange. ©The Lucid Dream Exchange - www.dreaminglucid.com This page was last updated:
January 27, 2009
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