Dream Control, or the ability to control your dreams is something that is crucially required or finds much importance in the subject of lucid dreaming. A lucid dreamer is that person who can successfully travel to the realm of dreams with full consciousness and a wakeful of mind. Thus, he only lets his body rest while his mind remains wakeful and focused and completely aware of its journey to the realm of dreams.
Which starts off as a mere awareness that one is dreaming, in advanced stages involves the power to change them as one desires. Thus, an expert lucid dreamer has absolute dream control where not only does he know that he is in the dream world but also changes and manipulates his dream settings in order to so, see, or feel whatever it is that he desires.
If you are a regular in the field of meditation then this rare phenomenon of lucid dreaming may be brought about, but only in its basics. Advanced lucid dreaming with full dream control can only be achieved with increased meditation, use of special techniques, a lot of focused effort and most of all practice and experience.
The problem faced in case of dream control is that of continuing the lucidity in the first place. One might be successful at minute changes at first, like that of changing the setting or scenes of your dream and the like, but when you want to gain more control and really manipulate your dream, it requires a considerable amount of force. Now, the problem lies in the fact that the more force you apply or the more frustrated and distressed you get over not being able to control you dreams as much as you would like to, you snap out of your dream and wake up.
The first technique for dream control is that of dream spinning. Starting from a situation where you find your dream scenes fading away, or when you really want the entire dream setting to change, or if you are loosing your grip on whatever is happening in your dream, the best way is to stand in one spot and start spinning around. You will be amazed to see that something that you once did as a kid will help you in distressing situations to bring back or restore your dream control anytime that you need it.
The second technique for dream control is verbal commands. Whenever you find yourself loosing control, simply state whatever it is that you need, loudly. Many a times, you’ll find that the required change in your dream has taken place.
Moreover, if you are wanting to manipulate your dreams but are not being able to do so, going around it in a creative way can be a solution. E.g. You want a particular celebrity to feature in your dream but somehow you cannot bring him, you might just try calling him up and suddenly the person comes in front of you.
Another hindering factor in your dream control that you need to be aware of is false awakenings. Many a times it happens that you wake up from sleep in your dream and you mistake it as waking up in reality. The best thing to do is to do a reality check so that such false awakenings do not spoil your dream control.
It can be concluded that success in dream control is all about being focused and comes with continuous practice. Having the right attitude and constantly believing that you are in control is crucial. Moreover, never get worked up or distressed and always remember that the techniques above will get you out of anything. If you have this right attitude, sincerely practice and indulge yourself into mind control exercises such as meditation, dream control would come as naturally as hand control to you.
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