I live with two good friends who both are interested and (somewhat) practitioners of lucid dreaming. The last month I've heard them talk about different techniques to achieve this state and how to recognize that you're dreaming.
Over the past weeks I've had 2 very short lucid dreams, though as soon as I realized I was dreaming I awoke, as you normally do when you realize it. I spoke to my friend who's read alot about the subject, and he told me to, as soon as I realized I was probably dreaming, to turn around and get as much visual impression as I could - that way my mind would try to construct the images, rather than return to the awake state.
Last night, I realized I was dreaming again, and did as instructed. It worked for some time, but I think I got too excited about it, and eventually woke up.
Now for the title subject, everytime I had these experiences it was on an afterglow from either LSD og 4-aco-dmt. Could it be that the monoaminergic and glutamatergic activity of psychedelics help induce these lucid dream states? And has anyone else experienced this?
I will try exploring this alot more, and keep a dream journal, but I'd like to hear from others who've had similiar experiences (especially with psychedelics) and what's helped them achieve this lucid dream state.
Over the past weeks I've had 2 very short lucid dreams, though as soon as I realized I was dreaming I awoke, as you normally do when you realize it. I spoke to my friend who's read alot about the subject, and he told me to, as soon as I realized I was probably dreaming, to turn around and get as much visual impression as I could - that way my mind would try to construct the images, rather than return to the awake state.
Last night, I realized I was dreaming again, and did as instructed. It worked for some time, but I think I got too excited about it, and eventually woke up.
Now for the title subject, everytime I had these experiences it was on an afterglow from either LSD og 4-aco-dmt. Could it be that the monoaminergic and glutamatergic activity of psychedelics help induce these lucid dream states? And has anyone else experienced this?
I will try exploring this alot more, and keep a dream journal, but I'd like to hear from others who've had similiar experiences (especially with psychedelics) and what's helped them achieve this lucid dream state.
