The only book that worked for me

After 3 months of failed attempts to lucid dream, came this book. So straight forward and simple to follow. I love that every chapter adds to the one before it and doesn't just go back and forts like most books about lucid dreaming.
After 2 days of listening I got till chapter 9 or 10 and decided I have enough information to start. I went for the "wake back to bed technique" they mentioned. In the first night of trying it (last night) I became lucid!!!! I have no doubt that if I keep at it, this will be the book to make me a full time lucid dreamer. Great narration also!

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Best book on the topic yet

I've read a good number of books on the topic and I'm throughly impressed. It's a good mix of instruction, inspiration, and entertainment. It was clearly improved by having multiple contributors.

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Starting the Lucid Dreaming Adventure

Would you consider the audio edition of A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming to be better than the print version?

I didn't read the print version.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The "character" in this book is a person's unconscious or imagination, and learning dreaming techniques to become awake in it in dreams.

Which scene was your favorite?

My favorite scenes was when I became lucid in dreams again, as I have previously done.

What insight do you think you’ll apply from A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming?

That I need to be more diligent about getting up early to have more chance to become lucid when I go back to sleep, and in recording my dreams.

Any additional comments?

This is a book that will interest beginners, and people who are trying to have more lucid dreams. The presentation that promises big results may disappoint people who think those results will be immediate. I read in another book that it takes a person who is actively trying to have a dream, by such techniques as asking yourself if you are dreaming during the day, between one and three months for the first dream. It is worth the effort to try to have a lucid dream because of the emotional release in the dream. I used one technique that the author suggested while having a lucid dream, and that was to try meditating during the dream. I went into a sitting position while in the air, and found myself rushing through the air which was enjoyable. This is not a book for more regular dreamers, who will know this information already, as other reviewers have said.

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Very good - great explanations - interesting

Worthy of a relisten, maybe a a few. The writing is clear, easy, and kind conversational in tone. The explanations are interesting. The technique overviews are to-the-point and credit to other author or experts is given where due. I'll be listening to this book again.

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A Good Beginner / Refresher Course

It's been a lot of years since I tried this sort of thing. When I was a kid, I used to suffer from night terrors, so I learned to control my dreams. Over time, the terrors - and the need - went away. Fast forward through some decades of insomnia in later years, and curiosity drives me to try it out again now that I've recovered the ability to sleep more often. Lucid dreaming is the first step towards dream control, and it's a rewarding experience in and of itself.

On the whole, if you're familiar with other works on the topic, you can probably skip this one. If this is your first step into the world, or if like myself you've been away for a while, this is a good little book to get you on the fast track. As with anything else, the efforts you put into it will determine your results, and casual readers will get virtually nothing from it. It's one of those skills you have to want to learn, and it's possible the ideas presented here will give the reader that desire simply because it sounds so easy. Be aware it will take active participation, and much of what's within might be more difficult than you first think, but the ideas and techniques within are effective.

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Play this by the left ear in your sleep

I've noticed that I have lucid dreams sometimes allowing by more sound access to the left ear than the right, if the sound is talking about lucid dreaming. I do not know why.

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Loved it.

Definitely has helped me in my spiritual journey in life. A great tool to practice and master.

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These techniques have helped a great deal!

Would you consider the audio edition of A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming to be better than the print version?

This audio book is helpful for folks who learn best by listening. Reading distances me from the task at hand and my mind will wander while trying to incorporate written information. For me, and for others with the same bent, this audio book will get you further into the subject while retaining more of it's advice.

What was most disappointing about the authors’s story?

The incessant need to describe the dream world as a separate reality grinds my gears. This is neuroscience, not pseudoscience. A simple example of the brain talking to itself more-so than while awake. What is impressive about lucid dreaming, is how incredible this synthetic reality can be. Isn't that amazing enough without dumbing down the subject with notes on collective unconsciousness, vision questing, talking to the dead or other -FAKE- ideas?

What three words best describe Andy Paris’s performance?

Airy, dreamlike and patronizing.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I haven't been able to listen to the book in one go but I put it on my Sansa Fuze+ and listen to it while on break or in the truck.

Any additional comments?

This book does an excellent job of describing how to use your dream journal. 10 years of trying to make this work without one was a problem. Not knowing how to implenent, use and style the thing was another. The book helps streamline the Dream Journal and tells you what the thing is good for other than wrote dream recall.

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Becoming lucid

After listening to this book, my dream recall has increased from thinking I didn’t dream at all to remembering multiple dreams every night. I’ve also had multiple lucid dreams and will continue to work on mastering my lucidity with the steps taught in this book. Great book!

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Love love love this!

Fantastic instructional style of teaching!

Really enjoying this!!!
Sharing this with all interested!
Field guide is accurate description!
Thank you!

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