What is a lucid dream?

A lucid dream is a dream where you are conscious and aware that you are dreaming. While you are viewing everything within the dream, you know that none of it is real and that it is all created from your own mind. You know that even while you are watching all the events within the dream, your real body is in bed, lying down, and relaxed. In many ways, it's very similar to the idea of being in a virtual reality. Everything is vibrant, the colors are rich. It's an amazing experience!

Unfortunately, almost every night when we go to sleep, we fall into a state of unconsciousness. We believe that everything we are dreaming is real and even the most outrageous situations are unable to snap us out of the idea that we are dreaming.

For example, we might meet an old friend who has dog paws instead of hands or get transported to a different planet...and the way our minds work, we'll invent memories and excuses to explain and support the idea that all of it is real and that we are not actually dreaming.

When most of us in the real world would pinch ourselves to see if we are dreaming, when we are actually asleep, the idea of questioning our surrounding environment as a dream seems to be the last thing from our mind.

Only in very rare circumstances do we become lucid in our dreams without practice and learning techniques. Some have had a lucid dream by accident, because what was happening in the dream was so insane that no other rational explanation could be made. It suddenly occurs to the dreamer that they are dreaming and this brings on the lucidity.

The good news is that lucid dreaming can be learned. There are techniques that have been developed by researchers over the years that have helped many learn to have lucid dreams frequently. Some have even mastered the ability to induce lucid dreams on a regular basis each night.

This is where the purpose of this site comes in. It is the hope of this website, to present you with the prerequisite steps and following techniques for you to learn and master lucid dreaming so that you can have them more frequently. So that you can begin exploring them and enjoying all that they have to offer.

To begin learning, continue on to the Lucid Dream Primer lessons...