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Where I can I master the art of lucid dreaming
start here: http://www.angelmessenger.net/wp-content/uploads/luciddreaming.pdfWhere I can I master the art of lucid dreaming
Tell me how it goes with the mask, I'd like to know how good those are to know if they are worth recommending.I struggle to get and maintain these. Bought an remee eye mask but haven't tried it yet. I agree it's a beautiful thing. Wish i could do it properly.
just dream theory
You have the basics alright, this should be easy. The document I linked earlier has most of the basics covered, it is a good read:
http://www.angelmessenger.net/wp-content/uploads/luciddreaming.pdf
1) I've had false awakenings before, it really all comes down to coincidence, most dreams happen in places we've been a lot in, like school / work, or in this case your room. Reality checks still work though, checking when in doubt is never a bad idea.
2 / 3) In my experience how lucid you are is not a 0 or 100% thing, dreams can be somewhat blurry (like your 2) or hyper realistic (like your 3), 100% lucid dreams will mostly be hyper realistic because the signals for touch / smell / etc are simulated / generated directly within your brain by the cortices that handle them so there is no signal degradation as they don't travel through the spine, plus there is no delay in timing. The level of lucidity / clarity depends on multiple factors (in no specific order):
- which stage of sleep are you on? (maximum would be during REM)
-how comfortable are you in your sleep
-temperature in the real world
-what you ate last day (make sure you are getting enough vitamins / minerals)
-how tired were you when you went to sleep
-it does get better with more experience
-I once had a lucid dream while having high fever, it was complete overdrive, the textures and smells were incredible. This remains my upper limit for lucidity until today.
-etc...
Light perception is special within dreams compared to other perceptible things, it has to do with how the eyes and visual cortex work, because light gets filtered mechanically through the iris, global light intensity doesn't need to be processed at the cortex level so the cortex can't simulate those changes, most people claim that the light intensity of general illumination (no point light sources) can't change rapidly within a dream which is why flipping a light switch works as a reality check. However closing your eyes and "teleporting" to a room with different illumination is possible.
In the early stages of learning almost all lucid dreams will be super short, you'll get excited an wake up, it takes some time to learn how to stabilize the dreams.
It is worth noticing, (if not obvious already) that your real body will react to sensations as if they had been real, hormone production isn't simulated, it actually happens. If you get really stressed or do run a lot your heart-rate actually goes up, the adrenaline and sweat is real (I'm sure you've had nightmares where you wake up with your heart pumping and drenched in sweat), of course also positive hormone production is real, so doing something you really like and makes you happy or eating something really good will get you in a good mood, and that good mood will remain after you wake up. Orgasms are also real, and you need to clean after you wake up (they are called wet dreams for a reason), prepare accordingly.
I've known about the whole tulpa thing since 2012 when I read about it on 4chan. I tried "forcing" for a while a couple times in 2012 and 2014 and never made any real progress.
I've lurked various tulpa communities (tulpa.info, /r/Tulpas, tulpa threads on 4chan, etc.) and I've come to the conclusion that most of the people claiming to have a tulpa are just LARPing teenagers. That's not to say there aren't some who genuinely can see and hear their "tulpa" but I honestly think in order to get to that point, your brain has to be hardwired in a certain kind of way...like you have to be at least a little schizophrenic or something.
I still have an imaginary girlfriend, who i've had for half of my life at this point, but ultimately she's just that...an imaginary girlfriend that I daydream about.