> How to Create A Persistent Realm - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views. <https://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/nerefa/how-create-persistent-realm-94016/>. Accessed 31 Aug. 2022. # How to Create A Persistent Realm ## How to Develop a PR ^099ad0 Developing a [[Persistent realm]] can be done either inside it or while you are awake. You can either develop things from scratch, or work off of existing things. ### Dream-initiated PR development In-dream development of PRs can be done with lucid dreaming simply by using [[dream control]] and engaging in whatever it is you want to do. If you repeat the same activities in multiple dreams, they will easily become habits that repeat naturally over time. However, wake-initiated PR development is still recommended for kickstarting your ideas, especially if you want specific things to happen in your PR (see below). If you are not lucid, wake-initiated PR development is recommended. You can still develop PRs from within dreams, but not as deliberately. Going with the flow of your dreams and letting them unfold over time can result in natural PR-forming. The act of simply practicing dream recall, journaling, thinking about dreams, and increasing your awareness in dreams tends to result in more naturally recurring PR elements. PRs also develop naturally from paying attention to particular elements in your dreams, or doing the same things until you form consistent habits/routines. The more you pay attention to certain things in dreams, the more likely they are to naturally recur. Use this to your benefit by focusing on the things you want, and putting less attention onto the things you do not want. ### Wake-initiated PR development Prospective memory is a powerful tool to actively plan your PRs and make specific elements recur. You can choose to see a specific dream character in your next dream, or revisit a location to which you have been before. You could perhaps do this on the fly in a lucid dream, but we often do not have access to the same memories in dreams that we do while awake, so planning it ahead helps to ensure you will remember what you want to do and enhance your dream control, especially in the case of more complex goals. Before going to sleep, think about the setting you want, characters you want to meet, and things you want to experience. Imagine being in the dream you want while awake, and set your intention to have these dreams. Walk yourself through them before and after, how you will get to what you want, and what you will do with it. Make connections to strengthen your plans, walking yourself through narratives that make sense and have as much logical cohesion as possible. ## PR Development Strengthening ^226883 - **Connect your goal with something you already have.** Connecting scenery, characters, and other elements can create a more cohesive structure that makes you more likely to revisit the PR. - For example, if you want to set up a persistent area where you can go eat chocolate cake, think back to a previous dream you had with any building in it. Now imagine that there is a bakery with cake in that building. Imagine walking inside and meeting the chef, who wants to give you unlimited free cake! - **Connect elements that make sense to you.** This will strengthen dream plans into something believable that you will have an easier time dreaming about. For example, it makes more sense to find chocolate cake in a bakery than under the sea. So if your goal is to eat chocolate cake, take the path of least resistence and create a persistent bakery in a city or town, not underwater. - Note that you *can* create fanciful things like underwater bakeries! If that is your goal, it is absolutely doable. I just recommend, as a general rule, to stick with things that "make sense" unless you have a specific other goal in mind, simply because it's easier. - **Associate a feeling.** In addition to imagining your senses, you can also imagine the feelings in dreams to help form connections and create PRs based on those powerful emotional connections, which can have incredible influence over our dreams. - For example, a small town bakery might elicit a feeling of old-timey personalized cakes with homemade frosting and higher prices, as opposed to a city bakery where you might have a greater selection of decadent premade cakes at lower prices. - **Take advantage of pre-existing consistency.** It's okay to deviate from previous plans, but staying consistent helps strengthen your PR. Personally, I go into PRs with a "don't fix it if it ain't broke" mindset. This gives the PR a much more consistent framework (80%+ of my PRs formed naturally, and I don't change things unless there's a reason to change them). - **Set intention!** Intention to do something in the future is a brilliant tool when put towards dream planning. Telling yourself X is going to happen is surprisingly effective at making X happen in dreams. Have you ever anticipated waking up early to do something you're excited about, and then found that you woke up naturally before your alarm? Even if you aren't a well-practiced lucid dreamer, people have a natural sense of intention and follow-through that naturally transfers into dreams. - **Use repetition.** The more you think about dreams and develop your PR, the more likely you are to succeed. You can even do it during the day. However, repetition that is mindless and devoid of your thoughtful presence is not as helpful. If you are doing something like a mantra, make sure you're being mindful and not just repeating empty phrases. - **Consider details.** As you go through dreams in your head, include as much or as little details as you want. You don't have to think in great vivid detail for it to be effective, though you can if you enjoy doing so! Considering details can help reinforce your intention. Be aware that what you focus on now is what your dream will likely focus on later.