How to Explore Lucid Dreaming - Lesson 2 - Remembering Dreams and Dream Recall

Want to learn how to lucid dream but are struggling to remember your dreams? - Today we'll examine easy ways to help improve dream recall. Learn how to explore lucid dreaming in easy to follow steps! These daily lucid dreaming lessons will help you to unlock the power of lucid dreaming! Lucid dreaming is the amazing ability to be awake and aware during your dreams. If you're looking to learn how to lucid dream, then an important first step is to improve dream recall.
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In today's lesson we'll explore remembering your dreams, dream journaling, and how to improve general dream recall and psychological clarity.
Welcome to Learn How to Explore Lucid Dreaming - Your step-by-step guide to learning how to lucid dream (for beginners). This series is designed to give those new to lucid dreaming a clear and concise guide to exploring the world of lucid dreaming.
Each day you'll learn simple and easy lucid dreaming lessons, with guided advice and tasks designed to help you to become a regular lucid dreamer. This logical and progressive guide to lucid dreaming, designed by lucid dreaming expert and author, Daniel Love, should be your first step on the amazing journey of lucid dreaming.
Lesson 2 - How to remember dreams.
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[@DanielLoveOrg]

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[@TheRealBatty]

This condensed series is massively helpful, it's like a culmination of all the lucid dreaming intelligence you've collected in a beautifully presented summary package, well done Daniel Love!

[@DanielLoveOrg]

Thank you so much CheezyCEA (and please explain your username to me sometime). I really appreciate you supporting the series and helping to keep it available to all. It's very decent of you and you have my deepest gratitude. Also thanks for the kind words. Wishing you much lucidity and many wonderful adventures. Stay lucid!

[@ruined_life2671]

Here are some of the excuses I have on why I assume I am awake. -everything looks,feels,tastes and hears real. So i must be awake (Source: trust me bro) -i spend most of my life awake so there is no reason to ask if I am dreaming. (This is stupid because we spend a third of our life's sleeping. Not only that, but there is a 1/10 chance I could be dreaming RIGHT NOW. So it's not unreasonable to occasionally ask if I am dreaming) -lack of belief that lucid dreaming exists. (Again, it's stupid because it's been scientifically verified) There is probably more. But these are the ones that I can remember. I can't wait for lesson 3

[@Me87main]

I’m awake because things around me stay where they are, I can interact with things, small details like the time are consistent, and sounds around me only come from their source.

[@SaffrinianOfficial]

I love dreams! ❤️

[@Karin-eo2oc]

How to be sure that I am awake? Continuity, things seem to be as usual, a special kind of feeling clear, shadows are at the right place, remembering why I am in a special situation, what I did before, and before that. Gravity is working, things like that. But I cannot be sure, I can only assume that I am awake.

[@solomodz._.]

If you talking about that you don't know if you are in dream or not do a reality check or you can't hit yourself if you don't feel pain it's a dream💀

[@gloriakalengelayi8294]

@@solomodz._. I've felt physical pain in my dream a few times before. Tasted and also smelt things. The crazy thing is that is either one of the 1st time or the 1st time I became lucid. It was so many years ago that I didn't even know it was called lucid dreaming. I remember feeling physical pain(A guy I went to school with was beating me up). I thought to myself I shouldn't be feeling this pain because I'm dreaming but I kept on feeling it. Probably wasn't as painful as it would of felt in the awaken world but it still hurt.

[@solomodz._.]

@@gloriakalengelayi8294 actually happened with me also but when I know it's a dream so I know that I can't get my self hurt so I try to hurt myself and I don't feel pain then in this way I confirm it's a dream sorry for bad English (English is not my native language just trying to explain)

[@gloriakalengelayi8294]

@@solomodz._. I understand what you are trying to say. I might try that next time but I have a problem with staying lucid. When I get better I might add that to my technique.

[@solomodz._.]

@@gloriakalengelayi8294 it was 5 years ago when I used to had lucid dreams I know that feeling but Know no matter how hard I try I can't lucid dream sometimes I have control but it's my subsconciousness controlling I have difficulty gaining consciousness I used to be very good at wild I managed to lucid dream 90% of time using wild but now I can't even use mild idk I know it's a dream but it feels like I can't awake my awareness if you have any suggestions please can you share

[@FireboltJB]

Daniel, I took choline and had the longest dream I ever had in my life last night and wrote two whole pages in my dream journal. I also got lucid three times. During the long dream a dream character gave me the lucid talisman along with my wallet lol. I just laughed and went you shouldn't have done that haha. I do also notice a lot of mental clarity as well. I spoke to a Dr and he just said it be fine to take additional choline. I'm doing 300mg of it.

[@DanielLoveOrg]

Amazing stuff Justin, and well done for discussing with your doctor beforehand, it's always wise to do so. It sounds like you may have been lacking it, and the results you've mentioned definitely sound like the influence of higher acetylcholine levels! So glad to hear that this has been beneficial for you.

[@Factskimg]

Thank you for again for this video daniel ❤

[@makaylam5950]

Doing good so far! I think I'm awake because I just ate breakfast and it tasted normal. Normally I can't taste things in dreams. I know what I'm doing, why I'm in the room I'm in, etc. And that normally isn't present in my dreams.

[@kikorangi8]

I’ll need to watch this a bit later, so commenting and letting this play in the background for now.

[@practicallystudios1165]

I had my first lucid dream last night! It was short and not very controllable but it was amazing thank you

[@knowone4907]

Really

[@jenskessen5278]

im still committed i wasnt able to record my dream last night but ive been reality checking all day long by looking around my room and seeing if everything was right, hold my nose to see if i could breath through it, look at the time and check if anything was weird

[@DanielLoveOrg]

Just to be strict here, and for your benefit, you're jumping ahead in the lessons - as that was not was was suggested in the homework - and this won't do you any favours and might hold you back. There is a reason things are being laid out in the way they are in these lessons, so it's important to follow as laid out. Try not to assume jump ahead in the way you assume things will go. That is like trying to bake a cake before you've cracked any eggs or opened the flour.

[@jenskessen5278]

@@DanielLoveOrg ok so do i just question why this is reality and record my dreams for now?

[@DanielLoveOrg]

Yes, I want you to think deeply and with critical thinking about why you assume you are awake, on as many occasions as you can throughout the day, and to record your dreams. Those are your priorities for now. I know it's tempting to take what you've learnt elsewhere and apply it in advance, but try to avoid that. Think of this like a recipe, each step has it's right place and time.

[@persephoneabbot9125]

Still here. Update from yesterday, I literally had a lucid dream this morning after trying for so long. I had a blockage cause of all the things I was doing wrong. I was watching your videos all day yesterday and I finally had a lucid dream after so long

[@AJ-lk6gg]

Thank you for this course. Last night I had a conversation with the other people in my house about why they were so sure they were awake and not dreaming - it was fun to hear their perspectives. As for right now, I seem to be awake because everything I inspect looks and feel as I'd expect; when I noticed smoke going by my window I was able to look out and find a sensible source for it (a bbq in next door's garden attended by the neighbours I recognise); I can remember how I got here and what I've been doing earlier; cause and effect seem to be working usually (I'm typing this, I can play and pause the video, the ticking I can hear is from my clock). This is all distinct from the kind of logic in my dreams last night where I'm in rooms or beds I don't recognise, but do not find it unusual or logic may shift from one moment to the next, e.g. In one moment I'm watching a cartoon and then it's partly live action and then I have an object from the cartoon in my hands which turns out to be an Easter egg which I'm part way eating and suddenly disappointed as I think "I'm supposed to be eating healthily"! My dream recall last night was decent with several distinct dreams across two long periods of sleep. However, I'm very aware of some forgetfulness - when I was drifting into sleep, I immediately started going into strange, changey dreams which were distinct to the experience of lying in my bed. I remember that this happened both times when I was falling asleep, but I cannot recall the content.

[@Lekereki]

Just leaving this here to motivate myself to keep going trough these videos.

[@MichaelStanwyck]

When I consider how I know, I am not dreaming most of the time the most salient indicator is the consistency. I am aware that everything around me is the same as it was moments ago and days before. For example, I still have the scratch on my arm that I got last weekend. my experience with dreams is that details like that are always in flux people, things, environments, etc. change with regularity. I only notice it after I wake up. But at the moment, everything is stable and consistent.

[@chance6991]

I know I'm awake because I'm typing and reading which wouldn't be as clear in a dream, I also looked at the time and it matched up with my current location in the day.

[@PuffinsRcute]

Best lucid dreaming videos on youtube. Thanks so much.

[@ajk892]

I think I am awake because, 1) I can feel pain if I pinch myself 2) Looking around, there is consistency in the images I see i.e. they don't change abruptly to something else 3) I can hold my breath or can't breathe if I block my nose and mouth 4) I can touch solid objects i.e. cannot walk through walls 5) I feel my weight on the chair or floor 6) I can eat and feel all the sensations while eating 7) I feel full after eating 8) I cannot float in the air or levitate 9) My mouth moves when I speak 10) I can close my eyes

[@moonlight_cat_27]

...I somehow had a lucid dream last night! I became lucid because I looked at the course playlist (for this course) in the dream and realised there was 3 lessons in it, not one :) And then I realised that the date in the dream was when the first lesson was uploaded (which for some reason was the 9th of June, in my dreams the date is nearly always wrong)! I'm not sure what I did after that. Though, the dream was not vivid and it only lasted for about 30 - 60 seconds... but it's only my 2nd lucid dream I've ever had. And I'm awake right now because: -Nothing weird is happening right now. -It's normal for me to do this. I watch your videos quite a lot and when I do, it's quite similar to what's happening right now. -I know why everything around me is there and I know why I'm doing this.

[@DanielLoveOrg]

Amazing Luna, I was expecting a few people to have a lucid dream after the first lesson, as often just these simple processes are enough! Seems like the series might work really well for you!

[@Shaki2589]

Nice. Good for you😊

[@corealing]

The only reason I thought I knew I wasn't dreaming was because of how familiar I was with this environment, but as I continued to ponder I thought that that was how I would feel in my dreams, then struggled to find other reasons for why I thought I knew I wasn't dreaming. But for now I've devoted a section of my dream journal to notes for your so far great videos about 9 pages, I do have some prior knowledge from your other videos but I've decided to go about this step by step, knowing what I need to know at certain times to not overwhelm my mind with different ways of going about things. I also sadly didn't get any dreams last night ): but ill make sure I get some tonight and I will be commenting on every video to keep that devotion I made yesterday alive! And if you ever stumble upon this comment keep up the good work my man!

[@dacooker_1448]

Hello, this is gonna sound crazy ive been tryin to lucid dream for the past two weeks and yesterday after watching the first tutorial in this series i might have done it, i woke up in the middle of the night, wrote in my journal, and then I combined that mild technique that I learned from your videos and multiple other videos talking about it and your dreamwalker technique to fall asleep, and then in the dark i did a reality check without moving by blocking my own nasal passage with diaphragm muscles and trying to breathe (thing i learned from FILD tutorial from Explore lucid dreaming yt channel) so I realised i was dreaming but i wasn able to realise that i didnt take the time to develop full awareness of my control in the dream and not being fully critical of the dream so maybe it was a fake lucid dream but I used multiple reality checks like: That Blocked nose check, the digital wrist clock check, and hand check and from what i can remember and they all failed so it was cool, After waking up i did a quick reality check, wrote my dream experience in the dream journal and went on with the day. Today i think that the reasons why i am not dreaming are -Because when I do multiple reality checks they seem real -It seems that I can not breathe through a closed nose or closed nasal passage using my diaphragm to close it -The environment around me seems to stays the same when I look back after averting my gaze -I seem to be able to feel pain -It seems that When I will something in existence it does not appear -I seem to know where I have been prior, through memory, it seems I know why I am here, and I probably have a vague idea of what i am most likely to do in the future Even though i provided all of these reasons, I am still questioning reality itself and trying to be present most of the times. And I could even be dreaming right now as of writing this and my mind is convincing itself that these reasons are true Reality itself could be fake but I feel that dreaming world is not the same as the waking world I am slowly learning the difference between them, I am very grateful for discovering lucid dreaming, this channel and many others like it as well as having the experience of a semi lucid dream last night.

[@AliceTaylor-re5wj]

first of all, I am still commited and have done the homework, one of the main reasons, is that for example, I do a lot of reading, and, if I am reading or watching a video like this, i've never seen these things before and therefore could not be dreaming

[@odeziobi8693]

I believe that I'm awake because : I don't move through my phone, not too emotional, can't control my surroundings, not blurry, can read texts and that's all I know so far. I'm enjoying this series my guy

[@kikorangi8]

These are fantastic tips on dream recall. I feel like other lucid dreaming channels, teachers, etc. tend not to focus enough on this aspect of the practice, so thank you. A very painful headache is preventing me from elaborating further for now, but I may return to do so later.

[@jkerr88]

Hope it didn’t last too long! I get tension headaches fairly frequently and they are not fun!

[@kikorangi8]

@@jkerr88 Thank you! Oh, yes, those are the ones I get too. It’s still there, even after painkillers, so I think I’ll just have to wait for it to pass.

[@shipsability]

I wish i hadn't stopped lucid dreaming for 1 year, if only i discovered this channel more early so i could do the techniques the right way, i would've been a great lucid dreamer.

[@StumpedSlicken]

The issue I commonly face isn't dream recall but dream recording. Due to my surroundings, I can't really voice record my dreams and I kind of hate recording dreams where they don't have anything fantastical going on. To be honest, it was hard to record the dreams I had last night (factors which I'll talk about later), but, I have most of them written down. I'm going to try not to be a twaddle-head in this series and hopefully my own self-imposed nerf will be taken away! Last night I kept waking up in the middle of the night and, at one of those points, I had a sweet dream I remembered that I kept repeating to myself before I fell back asleep. This morning all I could recall of it was "electro". I have no clue what that means, but, I had 2 (now 4, an interaction with someone and strangly this video made me remember 2 more) dreams that I could write down. This is basically just confirming what Daniel was saying about sleep erasing memories (I almost had a complete lucid erased due to this!) so be careful (and write down your dreams!) Now, the factors that prevented me from writing down my dreams as soon as I woke up. On Friday, I had an anxiety attack that kept on for an hour and I've felt sick since them. I actually wanted to quit lucid dreaming last night but I wouldn't be "good" if I did. This morning, I woke up feeling sick and felt sicker if I thought about dream journaling. Not only this but I know my diet has been off and I had too much sleep (11 hours in the past 24 hours). It's probably clear why my dreams were able to be recalled but I felt really out of it this morning - all were anxiety or anger based. Anxiety and overfill the body with chemicals and I'm sure that's what's making me feel sleepy but keeping my mind hyper focused. The mood tracker is definitely something I'll have to do waking up from here on out! Anyway, great video and I'm here again for the check-in! I'll have to rewatch this video again as I was jotting down dream parts as I remembered them! Loving this series so far as I don't feel all the pressured to know everything in order to interact with the video!

[@Sadly-yz3be]

Amazing series!!

[@josesclaymations5855]

I'm still here. Reasons why I think I'm awake: everything is in the right place, I can think freely, nothing weird has happened, and time is flowing normally.

[@TCAnimates2023]

I will still continue to stay comitted to lucid dreaming

[@GhostBride2019]

I feel like I'm awake now because I have clear memories of yesterday and past events, which shows me there is a continuum to my life, whereas dreams for me are more disjointed without any kind of continuum. But of course, I don't remember much of my dreams, so maybe there is a kind of continuum to them. Hopefully, I'll discover the answer.

[@leshalesha9404]

I think I am awake, because I am fully aware of my surroundings and everything is located in its place. I remember what I did throughout the day. Everything is like it is supposed to be.

[@arceusxanime]

I assume that am awake because the environment around seems real and I pinched myself I felt pain. Also thanks for these course Daniel your videos motivates me to not give up exploring lucid dream

[@lou-roc0450]

I assume I'm awake due to my surroundings and the consistency of my schedule. Most of my days are the same, and I wouldn't question my reality unless something bizarre happens. Great video, will definitely be doing my homework, can't wait to get a lucid dream!

[@lou-roc0450]

Side note: I was able to record a dream where I was vaping nonstop and was caught by my parents. Don't know what this means, and I've never vaped nor smoked a day in my life either.

[@mikkareads]

Ah, always an important topic! Dream recall is something I really want to improve.

[@pandog1566]

Firstly, Thank you so much for this series, it's been a huge help so far!

[@manoloexplaintome6348]

This is my first week writing my dreams and the same happens to me. Today I didn't remember anything and at the moment I was writing that I didn't remember any dream the dreams came to mind I wrote 3 dreams, very curious.

[@daisyip-f6f]

Thank you, Daniel! My lucid dreams were a bit absent for the last couple of months, but thanks to your lessons I had three in a row last night. They were short and a bit weak. But nevertheless, lucid.

[@shiba31]

I think I'm awake because I've never had a dream where I watch video about lucid dreaming, well it's not enough to be 100% sure though, therefore, the second reason is fact that I remember how I've got here in the first place, I was doing workout, then gone to my friend house then to my home and after having a supper I started watching this video, oh and I've done 2 reality checks right now, so for sure it's not a dream

[@seokai4008]

Still committed I assume that i'm awake, because everything seems normal when i look around my room, everything is where i put it and nothing seems weird or off

[@Peter_snow]

Had 4 dreams last night, one was lucid,thank you so far for helping me.

[@z771p]

I recently dreamed a friend saying, "Too bad it's already November, we missed the chance to hang out." And I thought, "What, November already? Wow, I thought it was earlier in the year! Wasn't it just August?" But I checked the nearby calendar and it did indeed say November, quashing my doubt. Why do I assume I'm awake right now? I can recount what happened today, yesterday, the week before, and I can look back at my notes for the time beyond without any suspicious gaps. Dream journaling is such a powerful tool. I've been journaling for about four months now, and I'm honestly amazed that I'm able to look back at dreams from months back and still remember scenes and imagery for most of them that would've been nigh-impossible had they not been written down.

[@volcanosquidward8815]

extremely surprised with this in a good way, normally i can remember 1-4 dreams per month but the morning after watching this i managed to recall 2 medium sized dreams as well as one tiny one. honestly i have no idea how your video managed to do that but its extremely impressive, thank you!

[@nived.s973]

I am following this journey , i already tried lucid dreaming a month ago or so, but i could only see fake lucid dreams, and lucid dreams lasting 2second, i stopped for a moment but restarted with full motivation, i will become a lucid dreamer , and the reason i think this is reality is: i can think clearly , even when i check i see's everything in place, and everything is acting normal , i am paying attention to the things lately and didnt feel weird , thats all , thank you bro for the support and motivation, you are a real lucid dreaming teacher :D

[@שגהש]

Sux yesterday I had about 8 consecutive short lucid dreams and today nothing. Thanks for the videos they’re helpful!

[@DanielLoveOrg]

Hopefully this series will help those nights be a little more regular. But small steps, we're only on the second lesson :)

[@cloverlence1401]

I think I'm awake right now because... I can feel pain, sharp pain, that I don't usually feel when I'm dreaming. I can feel hot and cold. I can think logicaly, like if I drop a plate on the ground it'll break. If I hold my breath I can't breath. I can look in mirror, I don't think I have ever done that in a dream.

[@LeEpicSRG]

One of the reasons I feel like I’m “awake” is because I can actually type properly. Like if I was in a dream even typing one word on my phone or computer would be a very difficult task. Either I keep typing the wrong letter or my dream “autocorrect” replaces it with different word entirely, but in real life it’s super easy to type properly, I also probably wouldn’t be able to write this comment in a dream. Also in most of my dreams I’m mostly either at work, high school (I graduated a year ago), watching some weird movie or TV show, or even in a random assortment of infinite rooms. Right now I’m in my bedroom and everything seems the way it should be, so that’s one of the reasons I feel like I’m awake.

[@drluciferphantom666]

I am having decent dream recall recollection.. That's cool knowing what I am dreaming about. I have had experience with lucid dream and it's quite buzzy.. So I am looking forward to my next one..

[@mikkareads]

Alright, first homework report. Homework 1: I did record last night's dreams, though the pickings were pretty sparse, so I additionally wrote down a dream I'd like to have. One dream suddenly returned to me (at last partially) later in the day, though. Homework 2: I tried to not simply resort to my usual reality tests, but approach it as if I was completely new to the topic. I mostly tried to question what my senses were telling me and if there was anything unusual, illogical, unbelievable etc. about that I was experiencing. Here is why I think I'm awake right now: The apple I just ate tasted just like I would expect an apple to taste. The lighting is right for this time of day, and the shadows look like a natural result of the lighting. My ankle friggin' hurts, and I do not experience true pain in my dreams. My hair is short, and since this is a very new thing, I expect to still have long hair in my dreams for a while. I can hear two dogs barking, noises of several cars, music from next door, some neighbors talking in their garden, my husband watching a documentary downstairs, the beeping of an alarm from somewhere farther away etc. Noises are never quite as overwhelming in dreams as they are in real life. Same is true for all my other senses - too MUCH for a dream. My fingers are still stained from the painting I did yesterday. There don't seem to be gaps in my memories. Btw, since you featured in my last lucid, I also had to draw you in my creative dream journal. Geez, it's HARD to achieve any kind of likeness in a quick sketch, but I think it at least somewhat looks like you.

[@DanielLoveOrg]

Perfect - I'm glad you're following step-by-step and not using previous knowledge to taint the homework. Absolutely the right approach! And I absolutely would love to see the sketch!

[@mikkareads]

Will send it you later! (But don't laugh, I don't have a lot of practice drawing real people.)

[@synchroneyez2720]

Been doing my dream journal for about 3 almost 4 years now and for some reason im slipping with my dream recall even though i write in it multiple times a night when i wake up(anything in doing wrong lemme know ). So now im going back to the basics😂. honestly though i love your content/videos your super informative and keeping me captivated wanting to learn more❤🎉

[@DanielLoveOrg]

Thank you for the lovely comment. Just a heads up, this course does require channel membership from lesson 4 onwards (part of the way the channel can sustain itself for new content). But it is less than the cost of a coffee. Just thought I'd mention it so you'd not be frustrated - as many people miss the pinned comment. I'm sure we can get you having regular lucid dreams!!! Stay lucid!

[@connerlee6494]

As another commenter said, I like the way you are posing the question as "why do you think you are awake" instead of "this could be a dream." The former forces you to question your assumptions. Nice idea, turning this question on its head

[@patrickwwallace89]

Coming back to comment since I didn’t yesterday. This series is inspiring me to start back again!

[@revolutionaryredhead4813]

I am still here, a little more than just a beginner (and a couple years late to this video) but always looking for more stuff to refine and hone the craft to a higher degree of consistency. I realized for the first time today as I contemplated this and in particular the moon as it was very big and orange tonight, I realized that one of the ways I know I’m awake (that seems to be a little different than the standard stuff others are sharing) is that there is an obvious light source. I never realized it till today but the vast majority of my dreams appear to be self luminous, even if they are at night time or in dark places. There may be lamps and stuff but it seems more like furniture for decoration than actually light giving. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a solar body (moon, sun, stars, anything else light giving in the sky) in any of my dreams so that was a fun little breakthrough moment today thanks to your contemplation suggestion🙏🙌

[@eliasblaesing]

I do think this is the waking world. Because it has no similarity whatsoever of my dreams. I'm just sitting around, writing this list. I'm in my room, the place where only a few hours ago I woke up. I wrote in my dream journal, had breakfast and now I'm here. I can remember everything and it is totally logical and normal.

[@brolol1232]

Day two. I proceeded to not have a dream, but I usually do have dreams. We shall see tomorrow.

[@fredsfreshbeats]

I've been trying to strengthen my lucid dreaming abilities for over a year now. I've had some luck, but I would still consider myself a beginner. I'm an Android guy, so I wake up to piano music with ambient noise (such as birds chirping, waterfalls, etc.) but on my good nights I find myself waking up about 10 to 15 minutes before my alarm goes off. Thanks for making this series, it's very helpful.

[@nang5421]

Day 2 of my journey: I have been using loud alarm clock for a year before I realize that it can stop dream recalling, this explains well how I only remembered 3-4 dreams a year even when I wrote my dream journal. Also I know that it's the real world when I see no change in the physical appearances of things around me.

[@HonkaPa]

Already had a lucid dream, first night of these series 😅👌 2-3 months with nothing and barely any dream recall. From last night I remember five dreams with one lucid dream.

[@ايمنالعنزي-ص6ص]

Reasons why I think I’m awake? I don’t know, I guess I just never assume that I’m not not awake, I interact with the world in a way that makes sense and everything is right where I remember it being, I also breathe manually sometimes and I guess I don’t think I can do that when I’m asleep. I also have all of my senses, when I touch something I feel it, I feel the texture, temperature, how solid it is, everything.

[@GeoffreyHochart]

I believe to be awake because I have a sense of self. I can feel my breathing, my thought are only mind and I can feel every part of my body. When I remember a dream, even if I'm never lucid, I have this feeling that I was spectating what was happening rather than actually being part of it.

[@C.A.Newman]

Was out of town overnight but still made sure to write my dreams and then wrote them in detail just now after getting home. I believe I'm awake right now. I could be wrong, but my surroundings seem correct, and I can recall my whole day so far. Nothing out of the ordinary.

[@kijenasa]

im making this comment to mark my journey and to say good luck to anyone else is who is also doing this also i know im awake because I know what i did before i went into my room and started this video

[@johngriffon2118]

Alright, i hardly ever remember my dreams and both these past two night i have had super weird and active dreams that i remember at least enough to wonder what the hell i was doing. Im finishing this course just to see what magic your working.

[@treesh1968]

I listend to your advice and on the first day it worked and I dos the homework and wrote a full page on the dream

[@chrisa2144]

I think I am awake because I am completely aware of my surroundings. Nothing seems off. I remember very clearly what I was just doing earlier today.

[@e_t_t9553]

This is invaluable stuff your putting out. I dont think im currently in a dream because everything throughout the day happened as usual per my routine. Still, I kept trying to find reasons to challenge the notion of whether or not i was actually dreaming. I take a good long look at my hands and myself in the mirror, hyper focus on the sensations I felt in my body. I really tried to *feel* it as much as i could. It definitely put me in a weird state of mind but it undoubtedly had an impact on my dream experience last night. 1 of my many dreams last night involved my beloved dog Lola. (one of the few dreams i was able to recall) I had heard a bark outside our house. Which was strange because i had already seen my dog a few minutes ago. I open the front door to my shock to find an exact copy of Lola that was indistinguishable from the original. I remeber feeling extremely put off by this and the impossibility of the situation caused a vague sense of lucidity which quickly melted away. I chose to let the Lola inside, so now i had 2 of them. No one in my family seem to be surprised or even care really. Many other dreams proceeded after this one but cannot fully remember them in detail, maybe faint glimpses and images but no concrete narrative. Question: Is it normal that when lucidity comes during a dream that the dream melts away almost instantly after realization ? Like your brain realized you were trying to control and cause a reboot. Do you have insight you could share ? Thanks for the great video!

[@DanielLoveOrg]

Thanks e_t_t, I really appreciate you sharing your experiences! To answer your question, yes that is perfectly normal - and very common. This and ways to resolve it will be covered in future lessons. For now stick with the homework, as everything is being laid out in a very structured (and planned) approach - so it's not something to concern yourself with just yet.

[@e_t_t9553]

@@DanielLoveOrg Will do! Thanks for taking the time to answer my question.

[@gabi7663]

I consider that I am awake because i remember waking up in the morning and writing down my dream. The day has been long and my dreams aren't this long. Nothing out of the ordinary happened. Also I've done my usual routine, something I don't do in dreams.

[@vividchilling2492]

I am awake because I can recall my whole day today, I have also been checking my reality a lot today, espiecially in the morning. Thank you so much for this video man, I struggle with recall but have a LOUD modern alarm to wake me up... that's probably one huge reason to it... Also the eggs things was very helpful, I had done previous research on that and am glad you brought that up, you seem like the realest monder resource for LDing, thanks for everything.

[@PianoSquarda]

So far i love your Lessons. You give me the feeling it´s the right choice to learn how to lucid dream from you. I will definitely finish this course - i´m on fire! :) Oh i have maybe a good tip for people who are using alarm clocks. If you have a Smartwatch, try to let it wake you up with vibration alert (best 10 sec or something with auto off - so you dont have to move at all!) In the past alarm clocks destroyed my dream memory at all. I now have to start at the beginning but thats why iam here :) Thanks so far Daniel!

[@simeonslavoev5702]

I think I'm awake, because I remember everything I did during the day up to this point, but also because I feel no anxiety whatsoever. I my dreams anxiety is present almost always and I just treat that as a big red flag that I might be dreaming. As for last night, the only thing I remember is I was on a beach and there were five really large giraffes, I was just watching and admiring them. Very weird stuff :)

[@sharpy9540]

Day 2: I was finally able to remember my dreams. Was gory on some bits but I remembered it. I’m glad I was able to remember and got stressed about it lol. Now I gotta start questioning reality.

[@MarinS1319]

It's day 2 (I still haven't watched the third video) and I already had a lucid dream. Tho it was short and I woke up It's still good for me. You're a legend. I'll continue with this series. Thanks so much.

[@RipJuice999WRLD]

Thank u 🙏

[@jradlr]

day 2 recalled my dream at about 7am and yesterday did multiple dream doubts and picturing myself looking at these vivid structures of buildings and faces moving around me. and since I knew most of the reality checks I did that as well, something I collected from doing this is that color makes it easier to remember the visual scenes throughout the day.

[@noahulliger7068]

I'm awake right now, because everything in my room looks as usual. I can remember when i put my bag in the corner and I know why I've chosen to put up the poster on my wall. Whenever I recall a dream I did something really exciting or weird in it. Right now I'm just sitting in my room which is normal for this time of the day.

[@twaddlehood]

Reasons I think I'm awake: 1. I am in the town/home/Country I am normally in tho of course I could still be dreaming. 2. I remember waking up at 1:30 to record a rather negative dream. Also waking up for the day I think 7:30 and recorded another dream that I remember little of but I wrote what I could remember. 3. I remember I worked yesterday and I talked to a coworker and walked home last night which is how I got to be here in the first place. 4. I remember last Wednesday.

[@RainisaurusRox]

Hi, only like 20 pages into your book I can't stop thinking about our ancestors and how they experienced the dreamworld, or that french guy. Oo What an amazing chapter to begin with "a briefly history of lucid dreaming". Had to get up for work. Unfortunately I can't do a morning nap cuz REM is clearly incoming. 😢😂 My creative mind I have in that state raised a question while reading your book: How should I tread old dreams? I remember many dreams, even some of my early childhood. Should I record them in a separate journal? And also. I had night terror in my childhood. I sometimes do a "technique" I call dream hopping 🐇. I count very slowly, 1, break, 2 break, 3 break. In between I remember my more reasent dreams, jump to the next one with each count. My mind at some point will take over and random dreams appear. I can now drift off a little or slightly control the process to get near to a dream I would like to remember. That onetime I could recall a nightmare I had when I was like 4, when I was sleepwalking and my mom had to collect me from our yard😮. Could remember the dream as if I just woke up from it.. What is that all about? What am I doing? 😂 Keep up your great work 🎉 With kind regards Raini

[@DanielLoveOrg]

Hi Raini, Firstly, thank you so much for your kind support and lovely words, it means a lot to me! I'm so glad you enjoyed the history section in "Are You Dreaming?", that was definitely the hardest part to write as there are so many fascinating stories from the past, picking the most important ones was the difficult part! So here's the best way to look at dream journaling: Think of dreams like weather, the more recent the weather, the better it is for predicting upcoming weather. The same is true of dreams, your dreams follow themes that are running through your mind currently. So your dreams this week are likely to follow themes that are important to you at the moment. Older dreams, again like weather, can show you long term trends - think of this in a similar way to seasons or specific regional weather patterns. Older dreams can give you an insight into long term patterns etc. So yes, older dreams are best kept in a different journal. Your younger years sound very similar to mine - a bonkers time! It seems like you also found some personal "hacks" that worked for you. Mostly it seems you were working with expectation based dream control. I hope this all answers your questions! Thank you again

[@RainisaurusRox]

@@DanielLoveOrg Thank you so much. Just one misunderstanding I think. I do the dream hopping thing when I'm awake. It works best before sleep. Somekind of controlled [only very subtle] daydreaming I think. As a kid I developed some hacks to wake me up from this mightmares and I overcame them by that but I didn't really get the hang of lucid dreaming back then. I think I was very close thou

[@katharinabrenn-struckhof7136]

I woke up at 3am last night after watching the first video of the series just before going to bed. At first I was really excited thinking "oh, I'm aware of being in a dream right now" but realized quickly that I had just woken up. I wrote down the dream, went back to bed and woke up in the morning with another dream. Glad the intention to remember my dreams really seemed to work. To why I think I'm awake right now: everything seems as it should be, nothing out of the normal. I can focus my attention to thoughts or objects of my liking, I can feel and follow my breath, body sensations etc...

[@jeaninezuidhof]

I had some struggles with the question why I assumed this was the waking world? I could come up with: - memories attached to places and things (how am I related to this person, where/when did I acquire this item) and - familiar places (like my own house) normally in dreams (from what I can remember) I'm in unusual/uncommon places. I'll have to sit with the question a bit more 😊 thankyou for these lessons 🤗

[@danielleklinkenberg8773]

Started again with new motivation

[@damonsscreenname]

Thanks!

[@DanielLoveOrg]

Thank you so much Damonscreenname, I really appreciate your support!

[@superjanembaishappy5512]

I am awake because I can tell I am in control of where I am and what am doing. Too many times I've had dreams where I get overwhelmed by the hectic almost undending pace of different visions that are presented to me. It gets even worse when I become slightly aware of that in the dream. In fact, the worst nightmare I've ever had was feeling I will be stuck forever in my dreams, the successive visions pulling me further and further away from the exit all while getting me lost in an unending maze of thoughts and ideas.

[@theodorandrews3589]

Another fantastic video! I can confirm everything you said.

[@bootleggergarage7737]

The reason i feel awake.....main thing is everything feels normal at a normal pace with normal clarity. As others have said i know how i got where i am and were everyone around me has come from. And conversations are of things i couldnt have known other than being told.

[@morgan4146]

I believe I am currently awake for a number of reasons. The first being that everything is in the correct place at my house, nothing being placed out of the ordinary. The second being that I remember how I got to where I am currently, as well as where I went and when today. The third being that everything looks, and feels the way it should.

[@theoneandonly1235]

I will absolutely dedicate myself to lucid dreaming

[@nidhi4482]

Day 2 I can feel pain and different temperatures I can only see clearly with my glasses on I can smell food I have 5 fingers I can look at myself in the mirror Gravity works Things happen in order (i cannot teleport from one place to another)

[@noahhansenvre4618]

Reasons why I believe I’m awake right now: I feel in control. I am almost entirely new to the concept of lucid dreaming, and my dreams are often whimsical or nonsensical. My cognitive abilities are at 100%, I am able to take my time, I can feel the entirety of my body et cetera, these are all feelings that I usually can’t recall that I have you in my dreams. Memories. I can perfectly recall just what I’ve been doing the last 10 minutes, and I can even make plans for the future right now. As I said, I do not think I am this present doing my dreams. Consequences. If Iceland open the door to my bedroom, and shouted some hefty glossary down to my parents in the first floor, or taking some other extreme course of action, the consequences would be long tern and rather unpleasant. Last night, I threatened a guy by his life in a parking lot in a cave underneath a fortress, and I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t do this in the waking world.

[@noahhansenvre4618]

I’m very sorry for the typing mistakes, this thing does not always hear what I’m saying.

[@benitomercia7643]

I remembered one dream last night! I usually have 3 per night but I went to bed later than usual and had to wake up to an alarm today. I think I'm awake right now because: -Nothing weird or suspicious is happening around me (I'm not in any crazy scenerios or doing anything out of the ordinary) -time on my watch and phone is not unstable -I can read text on the decor hanging on my wall -my hands together have 10 fingers and aren't abnormal -I can't breathe through my pinched nose

[@DanielLoveOrg]

Just to be strict here, and for your benefit, you're jumping ahead in the lessons - as none of that was suggested in the homework - and this won't do you any favours and might hold you back. There is a reason things are being laid out in the way they are in these lessons, so it's important to follow as laid out. Try not to assume anything, add anything, or jump ahead in the way you assume things will go. That is like trying to bake a cake before you've cracked any eggs or opened the flour. Unfortunately, this means that you've not quite performed the homework as requested. Please follow the steps laid out, don't add anything extra, or assume. There is a logic behind the way these lessons are laid out. To remind you of the homework: I asked you to think deeply and with critical thinking about why you assume you are awake, on as many occasions as you can throughout the day, and to record your dreams.

[@benitomercia7643]

@@DanielLoveOrg oh no! Ok so I just need to question my reality by thinking more critically and not just assume I'm awake because of certain aspects?

[@DanielLoveOrg]

So the point here is, deeply question why you assume your awake. This is you engaging your logic and critical thinking. It might be worth rewatching the first video to clarify. Basically, try not to add anything other than what is included in the lessons. I know it's hard for people with prior experience, but this lesson plan is designed to help avoid common errors where people learn the "how" but not the "why" behind behaviours.

[@benitomercia7643]

@@DanielLoveOrg ohhh I understand! I'll rewatch the last video then. Thank you for the clarification and feedback!

[@DanielLoveOrg]

My pleasure - I can understand wanting to try to jump ahead and use previous knowledge. Unfortunately a lot of people's previous knowledge has come from weird or unreliable sources, so I want this to be a fresh reset so everyone can learn the basics without any confusion or bad habits they may have picked up elsewhere.

[@platinumsunset2170]

Started my journal again, but was staring at a blank page this morning. Thanks for the reasons we should not leave it blank! I am going to slip in a strange dream from a few days ago. You have got me motivated again. My last entry was June 8, 2020, it was one of my lame short lucid dreams. Thanks again will share with friend and brother.

[@danielbuckley5415]

Lately, I’ve been using my heartbeat to see/sense of I’m awake. It makes me more aware during the routines and conversations throughout the day. I’ve just started doing this over the last 4 days. Mindfulness and physical heart meditation are helping to become more aware throughout waking times so that I may one day wake up in my routine/normal life dreams.

[@DanielLoveOrg]

I'd definitely recommend putting any other practices aside if you're planning on following the lesson plan (and also to avoid any assumptions or jumping ahead). This will help keep things simple, stop you from missing some vital elements, and help these things take root. Think of it like a recipe.

[@danielbuckley5415]

@@DanielLoveOrg Thank you, i will do just that. Perhaps I have too many ideas running through my mind and not establishing the basics.

[@dominicpike]

The reason why I think I am awake is because my cognitive function is very good/ high right now in the middle of the day. In addition to that, everything look in place and everything looks normal/ not out of place. Secondly I think I am awake because my senses feel very real. Thank you Daniel for this series. I am enjoying this series and am interested to learn how to lucid dream. Edit: I guess to put it simply throughout the 24 hour day I am only dreaming for a little bit of time and mostly awake so my brain assumes that this is real life because it makes my day simpler and easier and kind of like AI as I am not really thinking whether I am dreaming so I automatically think I'm not dreaming.

[@AkshayDhoundiyal]

I am committing myself to this course, It's day two and while I did do my reality checks and journal one of my dreams last night I almost forgot to see the second video on day two today and it's 10:41 PM so going to bed right after but I am still committed to complete this course.

[@damonsscreenname]

Thanks again for making these videos.

[@jaredbowen3527]

Tips from the best!

[@spookycentaur1792]

I think I'm awake because nothing / nobody seems out of place. I can also remember what I did earlier today and what I am going to do later today.

[@isy_isabella]

I will become lucid!

[@FaerieEnderHare]

Back for day 2, I am an experienced beginner in Lucid Dreaming (who also wants to become a Lucid Dream Researcher) I am starting my practice again from scratch taking in your theory as a guide as I believe it is the most suitable for scientific people like me. I have had about a dozen lucid dreams in my life, on a not so regular basis. But I can tell reality and a dream apart because of the warping and shifting nature of a dream. Something like the clock changing time dramatically having only looked away for a moment, specks on the wall that look off every time. So, I do this little analysis first, and then at the same time as I take a moment to question if I'm wrong, I perform a couple tests. Thanks for the Great Series. From Hazel, a future Lucid Dream Specialist/ Researcher

[@dostvc7272]

In my first dream I wrote in my dream journal and couldn't understand why the entry I made did not stay the same 😂. I think that I am awake now because: Everything I touch feels solid and clear , reading and writing is easy and undisturbed and some more . Those are all things I discovered didn't work for me properly in previous dreams. I find it hard to lie still to recall my dreams, because I become drowsy again and start to forget, the same as if I stood up.

[@manifestationmeditations8885]

because reality is stable and I can feel hear and see clearly

[@SparlordPrime]

First of all thanks for this series Daniel. Seriously comitted to making this work. I believe I am awake right now because I am conciously experiencing a logical chonological order, because my senses feel crisp and clear with no abnormalities in things I see or feel and because I still need to do basic survival tasks such as eating, drinking etc.