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Beginner - hitting a plateau

For the lack of knowing anything about your history, I recommend reading about the first 2-4 stages in the book the Mind Illuminated. Here's the thing, some sits are just going to suck a lot more tha…

r/Meditationcomment4/7/2026
Website Review

Website Review — Hey everyone. I’ve newly launched my product/website but I’m not convinced people really understand what my product does as it’s unique. We’re patent pending and this product has personally changed my…

r/ecommercepost5/6/2025
True kindness is displayed under circumstances where being unkind would have been justified.

True kindness is displayed under circumstances where being unkind would have been justified. — I am currently reading Marcus Aurilleus' *Meditations* as my first Stoic book. > When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, …

r/Stoicismpost3/8/2026
Ingo Swann, did anyone experience something similar to what he did?

Ingo Swann, did anyone experience something similar to what he did? — I want to be careful here because I’m not trying to promote pseudoscience. At the same time, I’ve had some dreams in my life that have turned into reality exactly as I saw in the dream, so I’m open-mi…

r/AstralProjectionpost3/10/2026
Finally Got a Lucid Dream... So I Tested your Queries in it

Finally Got a Lucid Dream... So I Tested your Queries in it — Hey guys, this is gonna be a bit of a long one lol. \[CONTEXT\] For a while, I've been trying to lucid dream, but was too lazy to consistently do training, write in journals, or set multiple alarms …

r/LucidDreamingpost3/15/2026
I tracked my dreams every day for 6 months. Here's what actually worked and what was a total waste of time.

I tracked my dreams every day for 6 months. Here's what actually worked and what was a total waste of time. — So I've been into lucid dreaming for a while now and decided to actually get serious about it. For the last 6 months I tracked everything. Techniques, sleep times, supplements, all of it. Figured I'd …

r/LucidDreamingpost3/15/2026
THINGS TOXIC "SHIFTERS" SAY/DO (they are more normalized than you think)

THINGS TOXIC "SHIFTERS" SAY/DO (they are more normalized than you think) — Soo days back I made a post voicing frustrations about my shifting experience and mentioning a few a of my roadblocks. Two days ago I shifted successfully to the Odyssey and when I came back to my cr…

r/realityshiftingpost3/17/2026
“EASIEST AP TECHNIQUE IN HISTORY!” (Update)

“EASIEST AP TECHNIQUE IN HISTORY!” (Update) — “History’s simplest projection technique” (Tweaked and updated for better results!)  I posted the 30 second head lift technique a few months back and I wanted to update it hopefully to add to y…

r/AstralProjectionpost3/18/2026
Floating white glowing dots

Floating white glowing dots — So i was taking a shower & for like 5 seconds I saw these tiny white glowing crystal (?) like dots moving around left & right really fast but they were also floating upwards & this was happening in on…

r/energy_workpost3/20/2026
How do you wake up and start your day when you have crippling anxiety?

How do you wake up and start your day when you have crippling anxiety? — It usually takes me too long to get in the shower which helps reduce my chronic acniety. How do you get your day started?

r/Anxietyhelppost3/21/2026
How I broke free from panic attacks

How I broke free from panic attacks — For 3 years ago I was at the gym. I was doing my normal push routine while all of the sudden I felt immense pain in my chest. I laid the weights beside me and sat down, my heart was pumping, it was pu…

r/Anxietyhelppost3/24/2026
Coming to terms with the fact that I am a stalker, and I'm not sure where to go from here

Coming to terms with the fact that I am a stalker, and I'm not sure where to go from here — I met a girl online about 4-5 months ago, and she basically love bombed me. Was super into me, kept pushing to meet, and told me she loved me. I was initially really indifferent about the whole thing …

r/DecidingToBeBetterpost3/24/2026
But more than anything we were friends

But more than anything we were friends — I understand falling out of love. It’s human. I can’t hate you for that. I’ll never hate you but for you to just discard me. I don’t have the words to explain how painful that is to be kicked to t…

r/ExNoContactpost3/29/2026
How many of y’all grind or clench their teeth at night?

How many of y’all grind or clench their teeth at night? — I was reading an article the other day and it mentioned that 32% of adults in the US suffer from teeth grinding (sleep bruxism). Just wondering who else has this issue? How do you feel when you wake u…

r/CPTSDpost3/29/2026
I understand getting a divorce is normal and you will finally move on after some time. But its different when it is your turn and you lived more tgan a decade together. Especially when you have to give up the custody of your kids and all the life to begin again at 40, from zero again.

I understand getting a divorce is normal and you will finally move on after some time. But its different when it is your turn and you lived more tgan a decade together. Especially when you have to give up the custody of your kids and all the life to begin again at 40, from zero again. — ​ Tell me if its any better as i so scared of being alone, hate to wake up in the morning and realising that you are personally and financially broke? How you feel or live when u dont the cu…

r/Divorcepost3/30/2026
Being an adrenaline junkie in my DR

Being an adrenaline junkie in my DR — ​ I’ll be completely honest with you guys: I originally only got into shifting because I wanted to get boned. I have a terrible time connecting with people in this CR, so that was my main moti…

r/realityshiftingpost3/31/2026
An Experiential Argument for Non-Local Consciousness and how this is connected to OBEs

An Experiential Argument for Non-Local Consciousness and how this is connected to OBEs — This morning I woke up from two hours of dreamless sleep and a thought hit me that I haven't been able to shake since. It started simple, when you wake up from deep sleep, you had zero dreams, zero re…

r/AstralProjectionpost4/1/2026
Lucid dream of Astral Projecting

Lucid dream of Astral Projecting — I had an experience that I'm 80 percent sure was a lucid dream, but the crazy part is that if it was, it was one about astral projecting. Super weird. From what I remember, it seems like i woke up in …

r/AstralProjectionpost4/2/2026
My complete astral projection system explained

My complete astral projection system explained — Hey everyone! Before I share my system, I want to give a bit of context. I’ve been practicing astral projection for about 26 years now. A few years back, I wrote a book where I shared my experiences,…

r/AstralProjectionpost4/3/2026
It's funny thinking back to when I first read Neville, it felt like everything could finally be better, like there was a way to live that wasn't how we doing it, because something always felt different.

It's funny thinking back to when I first read Neville, it felt like everything could finally be better, like there was a way to live that wasn't how we doing it, because something always felt different. — ​ and from then on a read and read and read , and everytime I finished a book I would read a new one one why? because then there was always that hope again, because once I started practicing ,…

r/nevillegoddardpost4/4/2026
My first lucid dream.(Now Help me to increase my skills )

My first lucid dream.(Now Help me to increase my skills ) — So yesterday I got my first lucid dream. I used the method when you wake up and read your intentions and write them again for 10-15 minutes. I guess it was MILD method. Then sleeping. I dunno but my a…

r/LucidDreamingpost4/4/2026
What does it really feel to lucid dream?

What does it really feel to lucid dream? — I was wondering, how is it really to lucid dream, like how do you gain that conciousness and moving around, is it 1:1 real life but in some sort of other world thats your sandbox? do you wake up in y…

r/LucidDreamingpost4/4/2026
Shazaam

Shazaam — I've brought this up a few times but recently discovered my Sister is also an experiencer of retroactive continuity, or commonly known as the Mandela effect. When I was a kid there was a popular kids …

r/realityshiftingpost4/5/2026
We’re building a dream journal that connects dreams to sleep stages — what would lucid dreamers actually want from that?

We’re building a dream journal that connects dreams to sleep stages — what would lucid dreamers actually want from that? — Hey r/LucidDreaming, We’ve been working on **Dreamside**, a dream journal that connects dream entries to Apple Watch sleep data through HealthKit, and we were curious what people here would actually …

r/LucidDreamingpost4/6/2026
had a very vivid dream last night need advice

had a very vivid dream last night need advice — I had an extremely vivid dream last night that I was in a relationship with this one celebrity I kinda like and it was amazing. I could feel my hand on his cheek and when we hugged I felt it. It was i…

r/LucidDreamingpost4/7/2026
learning to guide your awareness will help you shift

learning to guide your awareness will help you shift — After years I discovered something that really opened up a world to me about shifting. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS AWARENESS, that's all you need to dwell on. The moment you're trying your method don'…

r/realityshiftingpost4/8/2026
How does meditating in a lucid dream to access a deeper state of consciousness work?

How does meditating in a lucid dream to access a deeper state of consciousness work? — Can I access the void state that way? How would I go about that? When you stop meditating do you wake up or go back into a dream?

r/LucidDreamingpost4/8/2026
Lifelong lucid dreamers, did you often wake up and not know where you were as a child?

Lifelong lucid dreamers, did you often wake up and not know where you were as a child? — I have a little theory and I'm curious to see if it may be true for others. I've lucid dreamt for as long as I can remember, 30+ years, it's always been my normal for me. I have always known I was in …

r/LucidDreamingpost4/8/2026
How I Astral project

How I Astral project — How to Astral project (Casper/Egragor) : I want to prepare you first, so before you try out my method, make sure that you are capable of sensing spiritual energy and has some understanding of what is…

r/AstralProjectionpost4/11/2026
A corner of the house that you cannot look at

A corner of the house that you cannot look at — Has anyone here had a similar experience as a child? You're playing alone in the living room for example and then one day you suddenly start screaming and panicking so intensely that you faint.. W…

r/experiencerspost4/11/2026
I'm so scared

I'm so scared — (Sr if I make mistakes, English is not my first language) I often get sleep paralysis and today it happened again, I always get a bit scared when it happens, had one yesterday too and I was very cal…

r/AstralProjectionpost4/11/2026
How i learned Self Improvement

How i learned Self Improvement — Tips and Tricks I started trying to build discipline because every self-improvement video made it sound like once you're "disciplined," everything gets easier. You wake up early. You stay focused.…

r/DecidingToBeBetterpost4/12/2026
day 1/9: hidden manifestation techniques i found randomly day 1/9 – methods y’all probably haven’t tried (and no, not the basic pinterest ones 😭)

day 1/9: hidden manifestation techniques i found randomly day 1/9 – methods y’all probably haven’t tried (and no, not the basic pinterest ones 😭) — day 1/9 – methods y’all probably haven’t tried (and no, not the basic pinterest ones 😭) so this is the “two-glass method” but not the mainstream version… this one is more subconscious-focused and ki…

r/Manifestationpost4/13/2026
START HERE! - Beginner Guides, FAQs, and Resources

There aren't many but as far as I can tell there are a couple which could qualify. 1. Escapism. Just like anything fun, let alone of the "reality substitute" type, there is the potential to use it e…

r/LucidDreamingcomment11/20/2017
START HERE! - Beginner Guides, FAQs, and Resources

I just saw that no one answered this but I would say that yes, after quitting smoking pot your dreams will probably be very vivid and that is a great time to start using to gain lucidity. Make sure yo…

r/LucidDreamingcomment2/23/2018
If you are new here..

Just a few questions Mr Moonbeam. If you are so against the “act/live as if” what do you have to say about Dr. Joe Dispenza, Gregg Braden and Dr. Bruce Liptons, Napoleon Hill, Jim Rohn, Eckhart Toll…

r/JosephMurphycomment4/18/2020
Astral Projection: Quick Start Guide

How often do you astral project? Also how do you get back to your body and wake yourself up? Also how much time passes while your projecting? Is it infinite like a dream. Can it feel like lots of time…

r/AstralProjectioncomment7/2/2021
START HERE! - Beginner Guides, FAQs, and Resources

Just wanted to say that my first lucid dream was successful with the "piano key" method. I forget the actual terminology but basically you wake up in the middle of your sleep (3-5 hours) and you're no…

r/LucidDreamingcomment12/17/2021
START HERE! - Beginner Guides, FAQs, and Resources

“Lucid dream”is when you wake up in a dream just like when you are awake in real life,you have the ability to think get things done do what you like and look for people or just navigate in it just lik…

r/LucidDreamingcomment2/17/2022
START HERE! - Beginner Guides, FAQs, and Resources

I have a trick when you wake up very early to pee or something similar and you are still tired go back to sleep but turn on the tv. If for example you want to dream your batman put a batman movie on …

r/LucidDreamingcomment1/27/2024
Question about POSM

I would imagine so, but it’s not about doing it throughout the day but rather doing it when you wake up and before sleep, maybe occasionally during the day if you need to get yourself in the right hea…

r/JosephMurphycomment10/21/2024
Before you make that post about some avoidant ex ask yourself……..

And I think the point we are trying to show you is that your role is continuing to subject yourself to said pain. It’s not like you wake up one day in the thick of an unfulfilling, painful relationshi…

r/attachment_theorycomment3/24/2025
I despise myself for having avoidant tendencies.

Thanks for that insight! >he would ask me “how are you doing?” In the morning. I didn’t know why at the time, but that question used to really annoy me. I can resonate with this. While usually I app…

r/attachment_theorycomment7/30/2025
Why hold out hope for other people to meet my needs when it feels more productive and ultimately better to want nothing from other people?

People are everything. They're fickle, they're stupid, they're disagreeable, they shove you away at times, they're not solid...but they're also beautiful, and dependeable, and deep like the sea, and e…

r/HealMyAttachmentStylecomment8/9/2025
Weekly Rant/Vent Thread

chatting with my friend again after 6 months of self isolation. he’s really nice and all but i can’t help but feel suffocated even at the bare minimum. messages like “text me when you wake up ok?” “up…

r/AvoidantAttachmentcomment2/6/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - February 25, 2026

It’s not that risky. Be on birth control, use a condom. If you want to be extra safe, let your friends know where you’ll be.  It’s also not that fun imo..I mean the sex can be great and you get a sit…

r/datingoverthirtycomment2/26/2026
The Cheat Code to the Universe

It seems surreal because it is! Living in delusions feels so real until you wake up from them. Like seeing a snake in the dark and then turning on the lights and discovering that it was only a stick.

r/Meditationcomment3/8/2026
The post-abuse life is rarely worth it

I totally understand. If it makes you feel any better, my emotional age was around 2-3. I am in recovery from a personality disorder so I was stuck in the terrible twos. It’s quite shameful when you w…

r/CPTSDcomment3/9/2026
I have been trying to astral project for 12 years but nothing works

I think best trick would be if you wake up to pee middle of the night, afterwards when you fall back asleep try to keep your mind open for that experience while your body falls asleep. After a moment …

r/AstralProjectioncomment3/9/2026
Do people with aphantasia need bigger doses for the same visuals?

Welcome. I think it's is Hypnopompic (?) As you wake up. It's very normal for everyone not just Aphants to experience this but likely Aphants pay more attention given we have no voluntary visualis…

r/Psychonautcomment3/10/2026
Do people with aphantasia need bigger doses for the same visuals?

EVERYONE dreams. It's a believed part of neurological function. It's how you wake up, in phases which determines if you can rescall them or not. Dreaming has absolutely nothing to do with Aphantasia…

r/Psychonautcomment3/10/2026
read this if you are confused

So how I read this, is that it’s my Ego holding me back? But what happens after saying we’re in the 3D? Do you wake up one day and you’re actually there? Does it just switch? Where I want to go is…

r/realityshiftingcomment3/10/2026
read this if you are confused

Thinking you are the ego and that you are this person having all sorts of thoughts and feelings is what is holding you back. Thinking that you are this human stuck somewhere is holding you back. You n…

r/realityshiftingcomment3/10/2026
Has anybody found awareness to be functionally unhelpful?

I think taking a step back might be helpful.  Think about how many emotions you can cycle through in an hour.  If the current emotion has you in a grip, what is causing that, and how long do you think…

r/Meditationcomment3/11/2026
Can you lucid dream in first attempt?

I did it the first try, do the affirmations and SSILD cycles after you wake up at like 4 o’clock, few mins do something and go back to sleep (after doing SSILD)

r/LucidDreamingcomment3/11/2026
Struggling really hard to get out of bed and wake up quickly.

Wear less going to sleep so you wake up cold. used to double layer quilts and wear a hoodie and pajamas to bed + leave the windows open, so that would mean that I never got out of bed bc it was just s…

r/DecidingToBeBettercomment3/11/2026
Knowing the exact time when waking up - psychic or circadian?

I'll argue that many things that are psychic in nature, recieve dismissive and/or pathologized names to try and explain it away. I would like to share a list of things that I observe that fall into th…

r/experiencerscomment3/12/2026
Knowing the exact time when waking up - psychic or circadian?

When you wake up, your intention is to know what time it is. Normally you'd need to read a clock to know that. But you're probably still semi asleep, or in those brain waves. You're connected to the f…

r/experiencerscomment3/12/2026
Knowing the exact time when waking up - psychic or circadian?

Oh god I feel for you lmao, my sleep is all over the place currently as I'm unemployed and so don't have any kind of strict sleep schedule. What's the cause of your late sleeping? Insomnia? It's c…

r/experiencerscomment3/12/2026
Revision is where it's at.

Wow! This is my goal! How long did it take, and did you wake up at that weight, or was it a gradual loss .

r/nevillegoddardcomment3/13/2026
Ghosting

My ex left me suddenly after 4 years and living together for 3. It's been almost a year and I've barely heard from or seen him. You wake up next to someone every day and then they vanish. It's insane.

r/ExNoContactcomment3/13/2026
r/LucidDreamingcomment3/16/2026
How do I just observe my thoughts without letting them affect me?

Don't try to do that practice. It doesn't work. Try shamatha. Watch your breath, sitting straight, eyes open and fixed on a spot on the floor. Just watch. When you notice your mind has wandered, drop …

r/Meditationcomment3/17/2026
THINGS TOXIC "SHIFTERS" SAY/DO (they are more normalized than you think)

GLADLY as I feel as if this is also neglected when the average shifter try to explain to others how exactly shifting works on a fundamental level, it's literally so simple. I saw a post a while ago wh…

r/realityshiftingcomment3/17/2026
Potentially unpopular opinion re: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

I am genuinely enjoying this exchange, thank you! You don’t often find real conversation from a place of openness online. I would like to also validate your perspective and agree that there are deep-s…

r/EmotionalNeglectcomment3/17/2026
THINGS TOXIC "SHIFTERS" SAY/DO (they are more normalized than you think)

Sooo for me typically when we "focus on a dr" most think we mean the reality itself, like the environment, where we get up, etc. If you have a clear version of what you want, strong confidence, and fe…

r/realityshiftingcomment3/18/2026
Baby astral projector

Wowwwww!!!!! I am new to the concept of AP and your response just blew my mind! I just read a technique of AP - when you wake up in the middle of the night or after/in between a nap and within 30secon…

r/AstralProjectioncomment3/19/2026
I saved a family member’s life and my narc parent tells everyone they’re a hero.

Imagine just laying there for 6 days... You wake up... You go to sleep. Just laying there. I can't imagine the horror this person must have gone through. It's awful that she didn't care, even worse th…

r/raisedbynarcissistscomment3/19/2026
Can my parents deny me sleep because I got in trouble?

I know you don't want to get into trouble, but let me give you an idea of the cost that you will be paying for the rest of your life if you don't do something now: Sleep anxiety. Insomnia. Unable to…

r/raisedbynarcissistscomment3/20/2026
Can my parents deny me sleep because I got in trouble?

>Sleep anxiety. Insomnia. Unable to function day to day because of sleep deprivation. Falling asleep will be almost impossible, and every time you wake up it will be in a panic. Spiraling, emotional d…

r/raisedbynarcissistscomment3/20/2026
You had an OBE, right?

Anyone else had slightly different to this? I had OBE’s and other intense experiences but then out of nowhere everything just switched off. I don’t dream at all anymore, went from very vivid imaginati…

r/gatewaytapescomment3/21/2026
What surprised you the most about going through a divorce?

This. Everyday you wake up you’re unsure of how you’ll feel. Some days are good and others are awful

r/Divorcecomment3/21/2026
“EASIEST AP TECHNIQUE IN HISTORY!” (Update)

So basically the previous head lift method was lift as soon as you wake up And this one is lift right before you fall asleep?

r/AstralProjectioncomment3/21/2026
The fastest way identify every limiting belief blocking your manifestations.

Then you start a daily meditation routine to calm the mind down.  30 mins meditation soon as you wake up 30 mins meditation just before bed and go to bed right after. Don’t do anything to make your mi…

r/Manifestationcomment3/22/2026
Those of you who were blindsided, discarded, or abandoned- how are you doing now?

Found my husband of 20 yrs was having an affair, months of gaslighting and lies. I had to file for divorce because of course he wouldn’t even though he was living with his married ap. Just over a year…

r/Divorcecomment3/22/2026
The moment you stop paying attention… they stop existing.

This is the best part: God is Liquid Love - and we are extensions of God, i.e. Our True Nature is to BE Love. So, in the worst case scenario: 1. Meditate. When you quiet your Thoughts, you put y…

r/Manifestationcomment3/22/2026
Is it possible to get fully conscious in a lucid dream?

When I say the dream dissolves I mean you wake up essentially. It can also mean that your lucidity dissolves too and the dream continues only you aren’t lucid anymore. Sure it’s happened to me. Both w…

r/LucidDreamingcomment3/23/2026
You can manifest anything, literally

My theory is that u can manifest everything u can touch, sense, see, hear, feel...which means thing that u know it exist in the 3D. Because manifest basically means attract, not create, and how do u …

r/Manifestationcomment3/23/2026
I'll pay, help.

Also as soon as you wake up try not to move or open your eyes, just try remember what you were doing earlier, like in the dream. Sometimes I remember to recall my dreams right away when I wake up an…

r/LucidDreamingcomment3/23/2026
I can’t do it, been trying for years. The gateway tapes don’t help as well

Maybe try indirect methods instead of direct. Use your natural sleep state instead, like with WBTB, or do the head-tilt thing that's popular on here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AstralProjection/comments…

r/AstralProjectioncomment3/24/2026
New method *Forceful- lucid dream

Okay, my theory is when you wake up but the thoughts(dream) is still going on there and then you get back into that position of eyes which you were in while dreaming and it directly throws you back in…

r/LucidDreamingcomment3/24/2026
New method *Forceful- lucid dream

When you wake up, meaning the dream fades as you become concious, do you completely snap out of sleep like start to feel your body, or maybe sometimes feel like you are centered in the mind? If you …

r/LucidDreamingcomment3/24/2026
I astral projected to someone's house and they saw me and wet terrified

1) we actually we APing together. There are numerous cases recorded in podcasts, social media and I suspect, books as well. I’m aware this is not the case, but I chose it as an example of people not …

r/AstralProjectioncomment3/24/2026