Conscious dreams

Dear readers, since now, you will see a psychological calendar of essential events before each topical post. This will let you be in line with history of psychology as well as to share this information with friends.
So, today, 13th of October, Albert Michotte van den Berck was born to become a well-known for it’s research of human’s visual and tactile perception.

Well, have you ever seen a consious (lucid) dreams? Have you ever tried to achieve it?
Personally I had conscious dreams twice in my life. I dreamed that I am in captivity with terrorists and it was u unbelievably terrible and scare. Suddenly, I understood that I am dreaming (it was very exciting feeling caz you can do whatever you wish, like being in virtual reality!!). I took tommy gun and started to fire! I understood that they are not able to kill me as soon I am sleeping) really cool but unfortunately I dont remember a second one but anyway, in order to control your dreams you need exercise very very regularly (at least 45 minutes a day).

Kastaneda wrote a lot about techniques of dreams control where it noticed that lucid dreams up to the regularity of trainings and degree of imagination, but essential steps to get a conscious dream are:

1. Before go to sleep lie without falling a sleep at least 20–30 minutes
2. Turn off the light and keep trying to visualise different images (any) to activate some memory zones
3. Don’t move and breath deeply as a sleeping man
4. Repeat exercise early morning.

If you do have such an experience, please write me what have you seen and how did you do this!