Many people out there, even within lucid dreaming communities, lose contact with the true meaning of a lucid dream. A lucid dream is simply a dream in which you are aware that you are dreaming. Chances are, if you’re reading this, you’ve already had this interesting experience. Many people will merely shrug it off as “one of those things,” but others will take this special situation and use it to gain dream control. Which is exactly what it sounds like.

Lucid dreaming is the entryway to a world unlike any other. A world where you can rule or you can explore. A world where you can terrorize your nightmares and relive your favorite memories and moments as if they were real life. A world infinitely vast and only as expendable as your own imagination.

Now, if lucid dreaming is such a great thing, why do so few know about it? To be honest, I don’t know. It has been given a bad name, lobbed in with mysticism, and called a psuedoscience, but if you go out and ask someone, “Have you ever had a dream where you knew you were dreaming?” they will almost definitely say yes. Studies show that almost everyone will experience a lucid dream at some point in their life. So, if everyone has the ability to do it without any noticeable effort, isn’t it reasonable to think that those who do put effort into it could achieve this fantastical feat?

There are many methods to increase the frequency of lucid dreams, but the first step is almost always believing that this thing exists. Inside yourself is the most enjoyable experience in the world, all it takes is a little determination.