Sound induced lucid dream?

[Sara]

Not sure where to post it, please move if necessary.

Last night I listened to a podcast on my iPod while sleeping and suddenly I could hear the sound of the mp3 very clear in my dream! I was even making comments about it to my DCs.

This brought me to the conclusion that if I made a recording talking about lucid dreams, I could induce a lucid this way.
I never thought of using this, cause I was convinced you can't hear sounds from RL within your dream. But last night it sounded all so real! If only there was a word about lucid dreaming in the podcast...

Who has experience with using spoken text while dreaming to induce a lucid?

[DrTechnical]

I've never used this to become lucid but there's merit to your idea.

Many times I have fallen asleep in front of the TV and had the audio of the TV find it's way into and influence the circumstances of my dreams.

[Clairity]

Sara , I've used sound a couple of times to induce a lucid dream.  I've provided the links below because the dreams are quite lengthy:
 
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/showthread.php?p=496013

http://www.dreamviews.com/community/showthread.php?p=496006

http://www.dreamviews.com/community/showthread.php?p=496014

[phoenelai]

about 50% of my Lucids were induced by audio file. Yes it had brainwave entrainment (I'm sure that help) but it also had affirmation statements such as:

"This is a dream"
"you are dreaming"
"do a reality check now"

These statements directly came into the dream (either) a dream character was saying it, or I could just hear it in the environment of the dream. So yes, it's been very successful for me at least.

 

[Sara]

Ah, good to hear some success stories about the sound induced lucid dream!
I wonder if this works so well, why not more people are using it... or is it not that reliable?

@Clairity: very special dreams! Thanks for placing the links!

@Phoenelai: you created an mp3 especially for this purpose, right? I couldn't download it, cause the link doesn't work anymore :(

[iadr]

I use sound files with affirmations on them all the time and have found them to be especially beneficial in helping to remember dreams.

I am currently using a sound file I made up with my own voice with the following suggestions which I have come on every 10 minutes during the first 60 minutes, so that they are not overpowering and keep me awake, then have them come on every 5 minutes for the next 30 minutes, then after 90 minutes have them repeat every 2 minutes.

Here's the suggestions I use.

Remembering all of your dreams upon awakening.
You remember all of your dreams upon awakening.
[pause]
You are dreaming!
You are dreaming!
You are dreaming!
[pause]
You are dreaming!
You are dreaming!
You are dreaming!

The dream recall suggestions work the best of all, but sometimes the You are dreaming suggestion works as I find myself telling myself in my dream that I am dreaming and then become lucid.

[pj]

Been torn about leaving this in Aids or moving it to Techniques.  I think it belongs in Techniques... but we'll leave a link in Aids too.

[Moonbeam]

Sara, I used phoenelai's induction once, and I dreamed that it was stuck in my head, and I was going to have to listen to it forever.  I did get lucid from it, but that particular time I just went around thinking I had driven myself insane by trying to get lucid.  I blamed him in the dream for it.

about 50% of my Lucids were induced by audio file. Yes it had brainwave entrainment (I'm sure that help) but it also had affirmation statements such as:

"This is a dream"
"you are dreaming"
"do a reality check now"

These statements directly came into the dream (either) a dream character was saying it, or I could just hear it in the environment of the dream. So yes, it's been very successful for me at least.