With practice, you can still have complete control over your dreams. You can create anything you can think of, change the environment, even change your appearance, chat with abraham lincoln, or fly over the Grand Canyon. The earliest record of lucid dreams can be traced back to the fifth century. This is a letter written by Saint Augustine in 4 15. Another famous record about lucid dreams comes from a book about death written by the Tibetan Lama in the eighth century. Lama recorded a special kind of yoga, which was used to stay absolutely awake in dreams. It is said that this ancient document is deeper than what we know now. Lucid dreams have existed since human beings dreamed. The word "lucid dream" first appeared in Frederik van Eeden's paper "A Study of Dreams", which was published in Journal of Institute of Psychosocial Studies 19 13. He also wrote a novel, The Bride of Dreams. Since then, "lucid dreams" have been accepted by the mainstream. Before entering lucid dreams, "I don't dream." Have you ever heard someone say that? Or did you say it yourself? This is not right. Everyone dreams at night, but some people just don't remember. The first step in learning to enter lucid dreams is to have the desire to remember dreams. Before going to bed, stay awake and tell yourself, "I will remember my dream when I wake up." This proved to be an effective way to help recall dreams. Confusion or anxiety will prevent you from remembering your dreams in the morning. Keeping a regular sleep schedule and trying to go to bed and get up at a fixed time every day can also help you recall your dreams. Avoid alcohol and drugs before going to bed. These things will stop the memory of dreams. Diet also plays a big role. Rich food or eating before bed will keep your body busy digesting instead of resting, thus reducing the energy supply to your brain. The most important step in recalling dreams is to make dream records. Put a pencil book or a small tape recorder at the bedside so that you can get it as soon as you get up. Record dreams in the most convenient way. Put a small desk lamp at the bedside in case you wake up in the middle of the night and record your dreams. Don't get up as soon as you wake up, lie in bed with your eyes closed and try to minimize exercise. Wake up slowly, keep relaxed, maintain the feeling in the dream, let your thoughts wander in the dream just now, write down the details of the dream as much as possible, don't judge, just record it, and then evaluate it when you are more awake. Talking about dreams with friends or participating in some online forums can also help to recall dreams. Once the dream record is kept for a period of time and more than two dreams can be recalled every day, you can begin to practice how to enter lucid dreams. There are many ways to confirm whether you are in a dream, but I just want to say two of the easiest ways for beginners. The first is reality detection. The test of reality is to ask yourself: "Am I dreaming?" It is not easy to answer this question in a dream, but you can clearly determine whether you are dreaming or not. If you find yourself in a strange place, or doing or watching the impossible in reality, you can be sure that you are dreaming. . Suppose you are in bed, or in your room, you can try to look at the clock, read a book, or something, then look away and look back to see if the time has not changed, or if the words in the book are still the same. Try to change the color of an object by imagination. Ask yourself more if you are dreaming during the day, so that you can ask yourself more smoothly in your dreams. The second way to confirm that you are dreaming is to set some dream goals. When you recognize the signs of these dreams, you can realize that you are dreaming. For example, a pink elephant meets a dead person or magically flies. ) Go back and find out the things that often appear in your dreams through the dream book, and choose some unique dreams. In this way, once you see the goal of the dream, you will immediately realize that it is a dream, and then you can do what you want to do next in the dream. For beginners, the biggest obstacle to staying awake is that once they realize that they are dreaming, they will be so excited that they will wake up from their dreams. In fact, experienced people will encounter such problems. There are many ways to continue your dreams. If there are signs that the dream is coming to an end, some people say that you can successfully return to the dream by spinning, that is, let yourself spin like a skater in the dream, and then remind yourself that the next scene is in the dream and be determined by reality detection. Sometimes, simple running or jumping can keep your dreams alive. Once you have mastered how to achieve lucid dreaming and can maintain this state to a certain extent, you can start the next step of dream control. Controlling dreams here is the most interesting part. Once you enter a lucid dream, the world is under control, and anything you can think of can happen in your dream. Do you want to be a hero? Invisible, become a millionaire, travel around the world. I have experienced flying in dreams myself. When I successfully flew in my dream for the first time, you could experience an unprecedented sense of freedom. Think about it, if you can fly like a bird, the wind will pass through your hair, and you can go anywhere freely, see? People also improve their real life through the experience in The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival. For example, better playing the piano, better skating skills, or commercial success, some people even say that they can get a religious experience. Science has just begun to study the process of lucid dreaming. Some researchers believe that this is the result of human evolution and an extension of consciousness. Not used to evolution, or always having this ability, we certainly haven't fully enjoyed the benefits it can bring.