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Dream Control is linked with lucid dreaming, although one doesn’t have to be there without the other. It’s common to think that you have to be lucid during your dream to have dream control, but this is actually not the case. In fact, some people have frequent dreams where they can impact the direction, plot, and setting of the dream without realizing they’re dreaming. Only after they’re awake do they realize that they controlled what parts of the dream they remember.

However, dream control is certainly more common for lucid dreamers, particularly since it’s one of the goals of lucid dreaming. Being able to control your dreams is great on many levels. There are plenty of benefits to dream control, and there are several different ways you can gain control of your dreams.

80 Benefits of Dream Control

There are tons of theories out there about what dreams are really for. Most scientists and psychologists seem to agree, though, that when you’re in REM sleep and dreaming, as you experience it every night, you’re basically processing what you went through during the day. This is why dreams often hold symbols of things that have happened recently.

When you can practice dream control, though, you can use this processing ability and take it to a whole new level. For instance, you can use your dreams to work through problems. Dream control allows you to actually think through and try out solutions to interpersonal or professional problems during your dreams, so you’re leveraging extra time you have while asleep to work on these problems.

For many, dream control is a form of imaginative stress relief. Once you can control your dreams, you can go anywhere and do anything you want. It’s a really cheap vacation, essentially. You can fly, have superhuman powers, go to Tahiti, or even have a famous actor or actress fall in love with you. These fantasy scenarios can just be fun, but they can also balance your mind and help you blow off some steam.

One other common benefit of dream control is that it can allow you to face your fears in a safe environment. When you’re lucid enough to realize you’re dreaming, you understand that the things you’re afraid of really can’t hurt you. Turn small spiders into big ones, and watch yourself get close to them without fear. It’s a great way to conquer phobias and minor fears in real life!

Methods of Dream Control

The first step to having control of your dreams is to induce lucid dreaming. There are many ways to do this, but the best is simply to train yourself to do reality checks during the day and during dreams. Eventually, you’ll realize things in your dream can’t be real, and you’ll become lucid while you’re dreaming.

Controlling your dream once you’re lucid inside it is as simple, really, as thinking about what you want to dream up. Once you know you’re in a dream, you can direct your imagination to take hold. Of course, it’s a little more complicated than this when you want to do things like time travel or fly, but this is the basic idea.

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One thing many experts recommend is turning around in your dreams. Close the eyes of your dream body, and expect what you want to see to be there when you turn and open your eyes. Do a complete rotation, open your eyes, and the thing you want to see should be there. This works for changing clothes, changing locations, bringing specific objects into a dream, and even bringing specific people into a dream. As you get better at lucid dreaming, dream control will come more naturally, too.

Flying and how to fly in Lucid Dreaming

Flying or even drowning in dreams is pretty common even in non-lucid dreams. Lots of people relish in the feeling of freedom and weightlessness that you get when you fly in a dream and can’t experience anywhere else except in a rocket ship! If you want to fly in your dreams, there are a few specific things you need to do to exert this sort of dream control. Here’s what you need to know.

Essentials for Dream Control

Dream control is essentially believing in and understanding that you can do whatever you want in your dreams. Of course, the first step is to become lucid. After that, you’ll need to understand that you can do whatever you want in your dreams. Believing and imagining what you want to happen in your dreams, as well as thinking about specific people, places, and things you want to experience in your dreams as you’re falling asleep, are great ways to start gaining control over your lucid dreams.

Steps for Flying in Your Dreams

Many times, you can fly in your dreams by becoming lucid during a flying dream. Since flying is an impossibility in real life, when you find yourself flying in a dream, it’s a great time to do a reality check. Becoming lucid during a flying dream often allows you to simply take control of how and where you fly in that dream.

If you become lucid in a dream where you aren’t already flying, you can start telling yourself a story involving flying. Storytelling and visualization are great ways to start moving toward actually flying. As you’re telling yourself a story, your dream will most likely start to follow after the story that’s found in your mind.

As you’re dreaming, you can start to fly, as well, by starting to move in that direction. For instance, you can start by jumping just a little ways off the ground, and each time you jump, allow your dream body to get higher and

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higher. Visualize yourself becoming lighter and lighter as you go, and eventually you can start to become weightless and fly.

Another option is to visualize that you have wings. Then it would just make sense that you can fly. This is a good technique to use as you’re falling asleep. Picture that you have wings as you’re falling to sleep, and you’ll be more likely to have them – and be able to use them! – in your dreams. Other options for this technique include visualizing that you have a jetpack or a flying bike, or you can picture yourself jumping off of the Empire State Building or a diving board in the sky.

Visualization as you’re falling asleep can be a great option, as well. If your goal is really to fly in your lucid dreams, you can paper your ceiling with posters and photos of flying. If you’re stimulated by the written word, you might also want to put up some quotes about flying. Since your dreams tend to mimic what you see when you’re awake, this can help you be more likely to fly in your dreams. Finally, using MILD, or mnemonics, can help you increase your odds of flying during a dream. Come up with a phrase you can tell yourself as you’re falling asleep, such as “I will fly in my dream tonight.” Say it over and over to yourself as you’re falling asleep. This sets your intentions toward flying in your dreams, and intentions can make all the difference when it comes to flying and doing just about anything else in your dreams.