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The first step to lucid dreaming is remembering your dreams.
Reading other people’s dreams before bed is a great way to prime your own brain to lucid dream. So here are two for tonight...
These two pair up nicely. Both readers became lucid - that magic moment where it clicks that none of it is real. And both of them, the second it happened, ran into the same question: now what do I actually DO?
Kiara went first.
From Kiara’s Dream Journal:
I love this one. She went from afraid to gleeful in a heartbeat, flew up a tree laughing at a lion that couldn’t touch her, and then landed on the instinct that turns a fun lucid dream into a meaningful one. Instead of fleeing next time, she wants to turn around and ask the lion who he is.
That’s exactly how Robert Waggoner approaches dream figures - even the frightening ones - as aspects of yourself worth talking to rather than running from. The lion that keeps turning up in Kiara’s dreams probably has something to tell her. (He teaches the whole technique in his course over in the Academy, if you ever want to learn it.)
Then there’s Gina, who had the opposite problem.
From Gina’s Dream Journal:
So close :-)
Gina nailed the hard part - she became lucid - but then spent the whole dream trying to force herself awake, because part of her was worried about being late for work. (She woke up late anyway. The dream got the last laugh.)
Funnily enough, pushing your hand through your palm is a trick for proving you’re dreaming, not for waking up - an easy mix-up in the heat of the moment.
If you ever catch yourself doing what Gina did, remember this: once you’re lucid, you don’t need to escape. The dream can’t make you late. Struggling to wake up often does the opposite and pulls you deeper, which is just what happened to her. Relax into it instead, and you’ll surface on your own when your body is ready.
Two dreams, one lesson. Becoming lucid is step one. What you do next - turning toward the thing instead of bolting from it - is the real skill. And the good news is it’s one you can practise.
Big thanks to Kiara and Gina for sending these in. :-)
As always, keep the conversation going on our Discord, or just reply to this email with your own dream - you could be the next one featured in the Dream Journal.
Sweet dreams,
Jake
P.S. Our friend Ryan Hurd has a brilliant community for experienced lucid dreamers over at the Dream Portal - worth a look if you want to connect with other practitioners.
P.P.S. Come say hi on Facebook, YouTube, Discord, or TikTok. And if you want to go deeper, the Lucid Dreaming Fast Track Academy is waiting for you right here :-)
P.P.P.S. Speaking of dream journals - if you’d rather keep yours on your phone than scribble by the bed, take a look at Mirror. It lives in your pocket, nudges you with recall prompts, and helps you notice the recurring patterns in your dreams (the kind Kiara spotted with her lion). :-)
The first step to lucid dreaming is remembering your dreams.
Reading other people’s dreams before bed is a great way to prime your own brain to lucid dream. So here are two for tonight...
These two pair up nicely. Both readers became lucid - that magic moment where it clicks that none of it is real. And both of them, the second it happened, ran into the same question: now what do I actually DO?
Kiara went first.
From Kiara’s Dream Journal:
My most recent lucid dream was to do with a recurring dream. In these dreams I am always in a vast wild landscape. There are wild animals up ahead and lurking in the hills around me. Some are harmless grazers and beautiful birds, some are predators, lions and tigers etc, and I am very wary of them. I go out of my way to avoid them and feel vulnerable and unprotected.
This time, I am as usual in the wild landscape with wild animals around me. I see a big lion up ahead and feel afraid. Then all of a sudden I realise I am dreaming! I say I am dreaming! This is a dream. You cannot hurt me! and I laugh. The lion moves towards me and I fly up into a tree laughing saying you can’t touch me! I feel gleeful and playful. The lion becomes a tiger and starts to climb the tree I am in so I zoom off to another tree very pleased with myself. Then I wake up. This is great, but next time rather than fly away from the lion I would like to talk with him and ask him who he represents or why he appears regularly in my dreams. Maybe even hug him. So now I am holding that intention.
This time, I am as usual in the wild landscape with wild animals around me. I see a big lion up ahead and feel afraid. Then all of a sudden I realise I am dreaming! I say I am dreaming! This is a dream. You cannot hurt me! and I laugh. The lion moves towards me and I fly up into a tree laughing saying you can’t touch me! I feel gleeful and playful. The lion becomes a tiger and starts to climb the tree I am in so I zoom off to another tree very pleased with myself. Then I wake up. This is great, but next time rather than fly away from the lion I would like to talk with him and ask him who he represents or why he appears regularly in my dreams. Maybe even hug him. So now I am holding that intention.
I love this one. She went from afraid to gleeful in a heartbeat, flew up a tree laughing at a lion that couldn’t touch her, and then landed on the instinct that turns a fun lucid dream into a meaningful one. Instead of fleeing next time, she wants to turn around and ask the lion who he is.
That’s exactly how Robert Waggoner approaches dream figures - even the frightening ones - as aspects of yourself worth talking to rather than running from. The lion that keeps turning up in Kiara’s dreams probably has something to tell her. (He teaches the whole technique in his course over in the Academy, if you ever want to learn it.)
Then there’s Gina, who had the opposite problem.
From Gina’s Dream Journal:
I wanted to give you my recent dream that I thought was lucid but I couldn’t get out of it!
I was at my old house where I grew up and my old coworker came up to me and was just looking at me like she was waiting for something. I looked at her and go “you’re following me because you want to talk to me. Do you want an apology?” And she says “well. Yeah I do”. while this was going on, I was getting ready for work. I had my scrubs on and felt like I needed to leave for work or else I’d be late, but I stopped to talk to my old coworker. At that moment, I realised I was lucid dreaming. I was excited and started laughing. I ran to go find my mother and asked her “you wanna go flying outside?!” And she laughed. (This is a real life joke because when my mother lucid dreams, she always flies). I ran outside to see what I could see. I also tried pushing my hand through my other hand to wake myself up. I said out loud “I need to wake up! I’m in my scrubs but I’m still sleeping which means I have to get ready for work in real life or I’m going to be late! Wake up Gina!!” I’m trying to wake myself up but nothings working.
I end up going into a deeper sleep and forget I’m lucid dreaming. I’m walking through this alley that turns into this huge sketchy warehouse.
I get nervous and try to find my way out and I finally wake up to real life. I Look at the time and realise I’m actually late for work.
I was at my old house where I grew up and my old coworker came up to me and was just looking at me like she was waiting for something. I looked at her and go “you’re following me because you want to talk to me. Do you want an apology?” And she says “well. Yeah I do”. while this was going on, I was getting ready for work. I had my scrubs on and felt like I needed to leave for work or else I’d be late, but I stopped to talk to my old coworker. At that moment, I realised I was lucid dreaming. I was excited and started laughing. I ran to go find my mother and asked her “you wanna go flying outside?!” And she laughed. (This is a real life joke because when my mother lucid dreams, she always flies). I ran outside to see what I could see. I also tried pushing my hand through my other hand to wake myself up. I said out loud “I need to wake up! I’m in my scrubs but I’m still sleeping which means I have to get ready for work in real life or I’m going to be late! Wake up Gina!!” I’m trying to wake myself up but nothings working.
I end up going into a deeper sleep and forget I’m lucid dreaming. I’m walking through this alley that turns into this huge sketchy warehouse.
I get nervous and try to find my way out and I finally wake up to real life. I Look at the time and realise I’m actually late for work.
So close :-)
Gina nailed the hard part - she became lucid - but then spent the whole dream trying to force herself awake, because part of her was worried about being late for work. (She woke up late anyway. The dream got the last laugh.)
Funnily enough, pushing your hand through your palm is a trick for proving you’re dreaming, not for waking up - an easy mix-up in the heat of the moment.
If you ever catch yourself doing what Gina did, remember this: once you’re lucid, you don’t need to escape. The dream can’t make you late. Struggling to wake up often does the opposite and pulls you deeper, which is just what happened to her. Relax into it instead, and you’ll surface on your own when your body is ready.
Two dreams, one lesson. Becoming lucid is step one. What you do next - turning toward the thing instead of bolting from it - is the real skill. And the good news is it’s one you can practise.
Big thanks to Kiara and Gina for sending these in. :-)
As always, keep the conversation going on our Discord, or just reply to this email with your own dream - you could be the next one featured in the Dream Journal.
Sweet dreams,
Jake
P.S. Our friend Ryan Hurd has a brilliant community for experienced lucid dreamers over at the Dream Portal - worth a look if you want to connect with other practitioners.
P.P.S. Come say hi on Facebook, YouTube, Discord, or TikTok. And if you want to go deeper, the Lucid Dreaming Fast Track Academy is waiting for you right here :-)
P.P.P.S. Speaking of dream journals - if you’d rather keep yours on your phone than scribble by the bed, take a look at Mirror. It lives in your pocket, nudges you with recall prompts, and helps you notice the recurring patterns in your dreams (the kind Kiara spotted with her lion). :-)
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