Sleep Paralysis

[reverendjeremiah]

I know what the clues are, I just have trouble reaching that level of awareness.

Okay. Here is what you do. Whenever you see the clues, immediately try to find something to read. The parts of your brain that handle math and letters tend to either be almost shut down or completely shut down when you are dreaming. So if you are dreaming, and you try to read something, the letters and numbers look more like heiroglyphs instead of english. Letters and numbers also look fuzzy and tend to vibrate, move, dance or swirl around.

Now that you know this, the next time you see the signs, look for something to read, and CONSCIOUSLY look for this secondary sign. When you look at the letters or numbers, ask yourself in your mind if you are dreaming. It should work. It did for me.

Here is another thing that I used to speed up the process. Every now and then look at the palms of both of your hands and ask yourself if you are dreaming. If you realize you are looking down at yourself looking at your hands, then you are dreaming. If you hands look fuzzy, vibrating, or transparent then you are dreaming. When you are dreaming, the concept of "self" and "others" tend to be greatly blurred together. This is because the ENTIRE landscape in the dream, the trees, the floor, everything you see, the other people..are all YOU. It is something that your brain has created. So the ego blends into the entire dreamscape to where you can often find yourself "looking down" on yourself and watching yourself do things.

I would also suggest that you have a plan on what you want to do AFTER you realize you are dreaming. Set your practice. Keep your eyes open for the signs. Verify that the signs are correct. Then accomplish a goal. If you follow these steps, I bet it will happen for you. Walk through a wall? Fly? Shoot fire balls out of your hands? Give yourself a simple and single goal. Once you attain that goal in dreamscape you will find that you quickly get the hang of it. The first thing I thought when I realized I was in dreamscape was "I'm dreaming. I can do anything!" SO I ran through the wall of my room, through the walls of the room next door and came through the outer wall and began to fly very high into the sky. I turned over on my back, spread my arms and legs out wide and free fell down to the ground and through the earth. It was wonderful.

Then again I have read about some people who cannot do it no matter how hard they try, and they therefore think that the ones who CAN do it are pulling their legs, making stuff up for attention, etc... Lucid dreaming is very steeped in your own personal psychology, fears, etc.. be prepaired to confront your inner demons within a matter of days after you learn how to "wake up" in your dreams..because they WILL present themselves to you in the dreamscape.

The biggest test is to look at yourself in a dream mirror.