all right so we've got a few a couple of questions from my buddy gabby
uh and the first question is is there any way you can close your eyes in dreams
and the second question every time i try to expect something to happen it doesn't i know lucid dreams
you can do and control what you want but why isn't it working okay so first question yes you can
close your eyes in dreams however more than likely it will wake you up or at least end the lucidity
because it's just a very easy and straightforward way to wake up from a dream whenever i used to
have nightmares i used to have nightmares about this dog chasing me and to after a while i
realized that when i just closed my eyes i woke up and the nightmare was over that was before i
discovered lucid dreaming and how to actually you know confront the dog and understand the fear and
realize that it was because i was chased by a dog when i was younger but that's neither hail or that
the fact is i learned that by closing your eyes in a dream you end the the dream usually that's
usually what happens okay the second part of the question this is slightly more interesting
slightly more of a an involved question every time i try to expect something to happen it doesn't
right the the issue with this is that if especially if you're new to lucid dreaming
when you expect something to happen it usually won't and this can be discouraging and it
can sort of reinforce a negative loop because you expect something to happen
and then it doesn't so then the next time around you expect it slightly less and so on and so on
until eventually you just have no control over the dream and you can't it seems like you can
never learn to lose a dream and control it because you become discouraged i mean if you expect to fly
and you don't fly then obviously you're going to doubt your ability to fly in a lucid dream
it's it's pretty simple but there is something you can do about that and that is you have to become
more stable in the dream before you expect something to happen and let me explain why
what i mean by that okay so this is i'm not going to talk about the layers of a lucid dream because
i'm going to explain that in a later video this is uh i'm just going to sort of reference that idea
okay so if you imagine when you first become lucid you could say layer 1 of a lucid dream
you usually snap out of that lucidity pretty quickly unless you're focused and know what
you're doing so this is the reason why most beginners become lucid and then almost instantly
become awake or they they excite themselves too much and they just end the lucid dream so that is
sort of the first stage okay and at that stage you can't control hardly anything in the lucid dream
or you can sort of really do is look around you and think well i know this is a dream
i'm lucid dreaming and you sort of you get all excited like wow i'm lucid dreaming
um this this can't be real so it must be a dream and that is sort of the first stage and if you
try to control things at that stage more often than not you won't be able to control things
because you're not fully lucid and although it feels like you are
although it feels like you know you're dreaming and you should be able to control things i mean
why not you know you're dreaming so technically you're lucid dreaming but it's not quite that
simple okay there are different levels of lucidity and therefore different levels of control
it's not the case that you can just do a reality check in a lucid dream in a normal dream sorry and
then instantly be able to control the entire dream and the entire dream world it doesn't quite work
like that okay it comes down to skill and also different as i say layers and levels so at the
first level you can be aware that you're dreaming but at the same time it almost feels like you're
it almost feels like you're exploring the dream world as if it were a real place
uh and this is this is where it gets a little bit confusing although it does definitely
feel like a real place and the sensations and experiences you have in a lucid dream
feel very vivid and real i'm not saying that it's not all i'm saying is that at the first
the lower levels of lucidity you feel like it's an actual place that you're exploring
rather than a place that you're creating and there is a bit of a difference here
and as you get to the higher levels you not only become aware and in control of your actions as
as your dream character in a dream but you also be able you also become aware and in control of
the other dream characters and the other elements of the dream and eventually the entire experience
and the entire dream world and that is sort of the highest near the highest level of lucidity
where you can you can do anything you can you can switch dream characters you can
experience two people's views at once you can experience different times at the same time
if that makes sense you can experience different dimensions and all of this advanced sort of stuff
uh but and in the lower levels you can't really do that all you can really do is um
you can look around and you can be aware that you're dreaming you can decide for example
to you can decide to pick up your phone or pick up a ball from the floor whatever you want to do
you know you can decide to go over and talk to someone you can decide to open a door
and although it feels like you're lucid dreaming and you're in control
you're still as i said just it still feels like you're discovering and exploring the world rather
than creating and controlling it and that for that reason when you expect something to happen
as you say and it doesn't it's because you're not completely lucid you're only lucid in the
sense that your dream character is aware of what he or she is doing so in order to advance the
levels it's really about practice meditation and more practice i hate to say this but that it's
just going to take time okay it's going to take a lot of exploring and experimentation on your part
to get to those higher levels i mean even i've been dreaming five to eight years i mean i can't
even remember when i started it's been years and i still sometimes have the dreams where i'm
on the lower level on the first layer of lucidity you know it comes and goes it varies
wildly but time and practice will really help you to get to those higher levels but
i hope you can understand now why when you expect something to happen and it doesn't it's not really
a case of you or your lucid dreaming ability not working as such it's just the case if you're not
really on the right level of awareness and that's something that comes with time and practice so
don't worry at the moment just enjoy it for what it is explore the dream
and i guess try and when you become lucid try and stabilize it and that will sort of help you
advance to the higher levels so when you become lucid instead of exploring the world and sort of
going flowing down the river of the dream and letting it carry you instead decide to
stop and just look at one detail of the dream world for example rubbing your hands and this
will stabilize you and ground you in the dream and sort of relax you and slow slow things down a bit
so that you can really take the time to look at the details think about what exactly you're doing
and then hopefully when once you've grounded yourself and if the dream is stable enough you can
you can try this little technique and just try and stop whatever you're doing for a second stop
looking around and walking in the dream and just think to yourself and maybe even say out loud
i know this is all a dream and i know that i am creating everything okay and just really
try and wrap your mind around the idea that you are not only creating your dream character and
your decisions in the dream but your mind is also constructing absolutely everything
you see and experience around you in the dream and this includes feelings temperature
ever sights um sounds your mind is constructing all of that so when you really understand that
and when you really believe that because that is essentially what's happening
it's all in your mind when you believe and understand that then it will be much easier to
do things you haven't given an example in your question you just said every time i try and expect
something to happen it doesn't i'm going to give you an example let's say you expect to be able to
fly this is quite a common thing in lucid dreams you expect to be able to fly so you might sort of
jump up and expect yourself to stay off the ground and maybe travel upwards but instead of trying to
expect it to happen and trying to force it just just try and realize that you are the whole dream
you're not just your dream character exploring and experiencing it you are the whole dream
your mind and your awareness with practice because remember i said you can progress and regress down
up and down the levels but just with practice you will realize that you are the whole dream so
it's not a case of learning how to fly it's just you just do it you it's within your capability
because you are creating and experiencing it at the same time and this is where it can
get confusing you have to have a balance between control and creation and experience and subjective
experience there is another way of saying it so i hope this has helped if you have a question
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