How to Control Your Dreams

Controlling your dreams is one of the most captivating experiences a human being can have. Have you ever wanted to re-dream your most imaginative dreams, or simply be the king or queen of your sleeping subconscious?

Part 1

Recording your dreams

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   Buy or start using a small notebook. This will be your dream journal, or a dream diary. In your dream journal, you'll write down what you hope to dream and what you remember dreaming.

   • Set the journal close to your bed and keep a pen nearby so that you can quickly write down what happened in the dreams you remember when you wake up. If you leave it any longer, the memory quickly fades.
   • You could write your dream journal in a word processor on a computer, but it's recommended to write it in freehand. You'll spend more time putting pen to paper, making a larger connection in your brain between the dream and your recording of it.
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   Write down what you want to dream about in your notebook. Call this your target dream. Do this every night before you go to sleep. You are imagining the environment you want to experience when you fall asleep.

   • Draw pictures and write down directions, using lots of detail. In fact, put in as much detail as possible; get to the point where you think you may have too much detail. Even the smallest things are important.
   • The trick is to tell yourself what you are going to experience when you dream, so that you can become aware of your dreaming state while you dream.
   • Don't watch television or movies before you go to bed, or you may dream about what they involved instead of your target dream.
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   Record your dreams. Every morning, as soon as you wake up, write down your dream. Even if you didn't have the dream you anticipated having, write it down. See "Tips" below for recommendations on what to record.

   • Like an athlete practicing a routine, you are training your mind to recall its dreams. The more consistently you train your mind to recall its dreams, the sharper and more heightened your dreams will become.
   • Write down any parallels you remember between your target dream (the dream you wanted to have) and the dream you actually had. Be as specific as possible. Think about the similarities and differences. When interpreting the dream, keep in mind that dreams do not offer exact images or answers to your questions the way that your brain does in a waking state. Instead, the brain communicates by means of metaphors.

Part 2

Practicing wakefulness

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   Read through your target dream. Every night, right before going to bed, go through it as many times as possible to set it fast in your head.

   • After reading something one or two times, your brain thinks it knows what the words mean and gets lazy: it only processes the outline of the words and not their sense. Be sure to fully grasp the sense of your target dream so that you feel you know it inside and out before you go to sleep.
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   Lie down, close your eyes, and think hard about your target dream. Relax. Think of specific details.

   • Daydream about the images from your target dream as they appear in your subconscious. Your subconscious will generate a lot of images that have nothing to do with your target dream, so cycle through the ones that are irrelevant and try to focus hard on relevant images.
   • Imagine the sounds and dialogue in the background of your target dream; really try to hear them in your mind. Try to feel the sensations associated with your feeling, mood, etc.
   • If no sounds or images appear clearly, try reading through your target dream again in your dream journal.
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   Walk through your target dream. Do this in the first-person point of view, from start to finish. Imagine what it would seem like through your eyes.

   • Try to walk through the target dream in the exact sequence you expect it in your dream.
   • Think hard, but maintain a calm posture. Do not get tense. Just relax.
   • Go to sleep with these images and sounds in your head. Remember to record your dreams, whatever they are, when you wake up.

Part 3

Getting control in dreams

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   Try "reality checks" throughout the day. A reality check is when you ask yourself: "Am I awake, or am I dreaming?" This will ultimately help you tell the difference between the dream world and reality when you are asleep.

   • Reality checks call attention to a fundamental difference between dreams and reality: in dreams, states are fluid; in reality, states stay the same. In dreams, text will change into different words; trees change color and shape; clocks tell time backwards instead of forwards. In reality, text stays the same, trees stay rooted in the ground, and clocks move clockwise.
   • A good reality check to perform, both in reality and dreams, is looking at text. Suppose a poster in your room says "Justin Bieber." Turn away for a minute, and look at the poster again. If it still says "Justin Bieber," the reality check says that you're awake. If you turn away, then look at the poster and it says "Selena Gomez," the reality check will tell you that you're dreaming.
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   Ace your reality check. When you're having a dream and realize that you are having a dream, then you start to be able to control most of what happens in your dream.

   • When you make the leap and realize you're dreaming, try to calm yourself down. If you get too excited about finally being able to control your dreams, you might accidentally wake up from excitement.
   • Try small activities at first. Again, this is about staying in control of your excitement and not accidentally waking up. Even mundane things like cooking food, climbing a ladder, or skateboarding can be fun when you realize you're in full control.
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   Gradually build up to bigger activities. A lot of people enjoy flying, swimming deep into the ocean, and time travel. Try moving huge objects, passing through walls, or even telekinesis. The dreams that you can have are limited only by your imagination! 
    
   Source : wikihow.com

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How to Fly in a Lucid Dream

Have you ever daydreamed about soaring through the sky, completely free? If you learn to control your dreams (lucid dreaming), it's easy. However, one of the biggest problems for beginners seems to be an inability to fly.

Steps

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   Before you try to fly, make sure your lucidity is clear. Try repeating affirmations out loud, such as "This is a dream," and "I am lucid," If your mind is hazy and murky it will be harder to control the dream.
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   Now, find a good spot to fly. It should be free of obstacles and dangerous objects. Although you can fly from anywhere, it may be easier to find something to jump off of or to launch yourself.
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   Just fly. Without thinking about it too much, just run and jump into the air with energy. Flying should be like walking. When walking, you don't think about putting one foot in front of the other. You just walk. Flying should be the same, a natural movement that you don't have to consciously consider. Don't consider the physics of it, just run, jump, and fly.
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   Maintain your flight. Many rookies experience the freedom of flying and soar away, only to look down, notice how high up they are, and fall to the ground. The problem is the nature of dreams. Whatever you focus on in a dream is automatically drawn towards you, so don't let yourself focus on the ground or you'll fall. If you notice the height just accept it and move on. Remember that nothing can hurt you in a dream. Feel confident- you can fly if you choose to!
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   Have fun. Many lucid dreamers like to try aerial acrobatics and tricks such as dives, loop the loops, and rolls. Draw on roller coaster and the graceful movement of birds for inspiration. Or try just flying and looking at the scenery. You can also try super-fast flight or using flight to navigate obstacle-filled environments. 
   Source : wikihow.com

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