Lucid Dreaming - A useful skill?

I've been trying to have lucid dreams recently. I had 2 of them 2 nights in a row last week, but have since had no luck. I've been able to find a ton of info about it online. I'm trying to keep a dream journal to increase my ability to remember my dreams, which is supposedly the number one thing that increases chances of lucid dreaming. I should probably get better sleep, that would sure help. Here I am at 4:45 in the morning typing away when I should be asleep! I have tomorrow off so maybe I can sleep in a bit. Lucid dreams are supposed to happen at the end of the dream cycle right?


As far as LD's being useful, well that's arguable. They're useful in the sense that they can be fun to have, but I don't see much use beyond that. I'd like to create some cool worlds and characters in my LD's once I get better at it. I guess they can be useful for exploring creativity and releaving frustration.

Has anyone seen the movie "Waking Life"? I saw it in philosophy class a couple weeks back, that's what got me interested in lucid dreaming in the first place. "360 degree vision" lol. Anybody try that?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Damn, I can't do this Lucid Dreaming stuff! I've been keeping a dream journal and looking for dreamsigns and everything, but it's just not heppening. Am I doing it wrong?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by XSO

I know that http://www.warpmymind.com/ has a couple of MP3 track hypnosis thingies that may help. Some people have reported success on them, others haven't.

Thanks, I'll try it out. I know that one of my dreamsigns is that I'm at work/ seeing people or things from work in my dream. Unfortunately it's hard to recognize that I'm dreaming even when I see work-related stuff because I'm always at work when I'm awake anyway! I can't say to myself: "Hey, I shouldn't be at work right now, I must be dreaming!" because I'm ALWAYS at work.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.