In recent years, the study of dreams has developed even within scientific circles. The study of our dreams is interesting in that it can teach us a lot about ourselves. It is known that the dream phase during sleep is physiologically indispensable, and the brain functioning during the dream can be compared to that of a meditative state.
Dreams highlight our subconscious mind and can provide us with useful information in various areas of our lives, especially about our health. Thus, some dreams can symbolically translate biological or physiological processes that need to be monitored or revived in order to stay healthy. In such cases, we understand the usefulness of conscious induction and dream awareness. In addition, these "command dream" techniques can be an invigorating and very positive experience for the whole organism, the effect of which can last for several days.
It seems to be easy to consciously induce your dreams, for this you need to observe the following 7 steps:
1. First of all, just remember your dreams
To achieve this, the technique is simple, every night at bedtime, repeat to yourself several times the expression: "I will remember my dreams as soon as I wake up", until you fall asleep. You will see that very quickly, already after a few days, you will start to remember your dreams clearly and easily.
2. The dreamer's journal
Take a notebook and write down even a few short and meaningful sentences about your dreams. This will allow you to recall your most common dreams and research their symbolism and meaning later.
3. Highlight significant symbols
Common dreams usually contain objects or people that are or have been part of our daily lives. These situations or people are highlighted and we remember or discover them through our dreams.
4. The state of being and the feeling upon waking
In order to become well aware of your dreams and the dream world, you must increase your awareness upon awakening to the world around you and to your state of being. One of the ways to sharpen our awareness of things is to focus our attention on what surrounds us and to be aware of what we feel, what we hear, what we see, what we touch. It is essential to express this feeling. We must learn or re-learn to focus on the world around us. The accentuation of this consciousness will also extend to the world of dreams.
5. "Am I dreaming? "
When you are awake and aware, ask yourself, "Am I dreaming? ". In the waking state, the answer will seem obvious: "No, I'm not dreaming".
How can you be sure that you are not dreaming at that moment?
Try to find out and understand why you can say that you are not dreaming at that moment. This same question will eventually come up in your dreams as well.
6. The first conscious dream
Many people have their first experience of conscious dreaming, naturally and simply as a result of deepening their self-knowledge or as a result of personal evolution or development work. This first experience may seem exhilarating and thus lead to the loss of this faculty of conscious dreaming. Even if this first experience occurs "by chance", there is a good chance that it will remain engraved in the experimenter's memory for a long time, even if he or she cannot reproduce it afterwards.
7. Keeping this lucidity in front of your dreams
Maintaining this faculty of conscious dreaming requires calmness and centering on oneself and on our environment. If the technique seems to escape you after a while, go back to the exercises as in the beginning, note the significant signs that dot your dreams. As soon as your mind is focused on your dream world again, the lucid or conscious dreaming process will start up again very quickly.