 Alright so let's talk about what a layer 4 lucid dream is. This is the one of the highest levels of lucid dream that you can actually attain and it has some distinct differences between layer 3 and layer 2. So firstly let's just recap. Layer 1 is just the base level you're just having a normal dream. Layer 2 is where you're semi-lucid so you're sort of aware that you're dreaming but you're not really in control of what you're doing. Okay and then layer 3 is where you're having a normal lucid dream so you're dreaming, you're aware of the facts that it's not real and you're able to sort of decide what you do. By the way before we get on with this video please just go ahead and subscribe it'll take two seconds and then you'll get all the updates for my future videos. Like I said I'm doing daily videos now so you really don't want to miss these. Anyway on with the video. Now layer 4 is where you're lucid, you're in control, you're aware that it's a dream and you're at a higher level of control and there's not really a sort of linear way of deciding whether you're actually a layer 3 or a layer 4. It's really just down to how much control you feel like you had. So for example with the layer 3 you might be lucid but then you might lose lucidity. That can still happen. Whereas with layer 4 it's a much more stable experience. Layer 4 lucid dreams are very sort of rock solid and stable. You're not going to likely wake up from a layer 4 unless you want to or unless you know you've had a very long time in the dream. Whereas with the layer 3 lucid dream you can be you know aware of the facts you're dreaming but then you could wake up. You could excite yourself or get carried away. So like I said layer 4 you're not going to likely wake up unless you choose to. It's not the sort of layer where you would be distracted or you'd have sex because you know that these things would wake you up and distract you and collapse the dream. Okay so in layer 3 you can be lucid, you can be aware, you can be in control but you will tend to do low level things in layer 3. You'll tend to do things like like flying around or like having sex or like being excited about the fact that you're lucid with no real goal or you know thing that you're aiming for. Nothing you're trying to achieve. It's more just sort of about the feeling of the dream which is fine. Like there's nothing wrong with that at all. It's actually really good. It's a good experience but layer 4 is what you should strive for. Layer 4 and above. So layer 4 you want to be when you're in a layer 4 dream you're going to be focusing on the more profound aspects. You're going to be doing things like practicing skills like overcoming fears. This is where you'll be in a stable dream and you'll talk to your fears or you'll talk to your subconscious mind because at this level because it's so stable and it's less likely to collapse you're going to be able to interact with your subconscious mind in a way that you never could in layer 3 lucid dream. And to be honest with you layer 4 is what we should all be aiming for. This is the holy grail of lucid dream. This is where the most work happens and the most results happen. All of these benefits that you've been hearing about where you can you know there are two types of lucid dream benefits okay. Two reasons why people want to lucid dream. Firstly you've got the fun novelty experiences so you've got things like flying like sex like you know running around or doing whatever. And then you've got the other type of experiences which is the more personal and inward journeys the more profound meaningful and spiritual journey things like overcoming your fears talking to parts of your subconscious mind you know connecting with lost loved ones traveling to different places talking to your subconscious as I said interacting with the dream itself and actually working on various aspects of your psyche okay. This is what you achieve in layer 4. You don't do this in layer 3 because in layer 3 it's not stable enough. So if you're in layer 3 and you're just normally lucid there are a few things you can do to get to layer 4. So firstly you've got stabilization you can do things like spinning around on the spot like meditating in the dream itself like gathering Chi energy. You can do things like rubbing your hands together. You can also use dream commands. So this is a dream command is where you actually shout out to the dream itself and you say things like increase lucidity or make this dream more stable. Now these are dream commands that are very simple to shout out but you must really expect them to work in order for them to actually do anything. So you need to really expect that when you say increase lucidity the dream is actually going to respond and it's going to change the dream experience and the dream scene and that is how you go from layer 3 to layer 4. Just by doing these techniques and these you know doing these stabilization methods you're going to go from one lucid dreaming layer right to the next layer. You don't need to practice this outside of that you just need to become lucid and then when you're lucid tell yourself right I need to stabilize this in order to go deeper in order to go into a layer 4 lucid dream. Now a layer 5 lucid dream is something that I really want to make an entirely new video about but just to sort of set the tone for it just to get you prepared right for what you're going to need to do to get to a layer 5. You really need to be building the basics into your routine. You need to be meditating for at least 10 minutes a day. At this level you need to be meditating. You also need to be writing your dreams down every morning. You also need to be doing reality texts during the day but beyond all of that you need to be doing a holistic sort of self-development routine. You need to be focused on what you want to do in life. You need to have some sort of goals some sort of passion about something that's going to drive you to do things. You also need to be eating healthily and sleeping right. These sound like simple things but you'd be surprised how many people don't do these things and still expect to have these profound life-changing lucid dreaming experiences when their sleep tools screwed up or they don't eat the right food or you know whatever they take drugs or whatever. So in order to go into a layer 5 lucid dream I'm going to make another video about it like I said but just try and prepare yourself mentally and physically for some deeper level of experience. This is going to be much more profound than any of the other layers combined. A layer 5 lucid dream and beyond is really serious stuff. This is where you're directly interacting with your subconscious mind in a way that will actually change your mind and the way you think. It's not to be messed around with or taken lightly. So make sure that if you are going to go beyond the layer 4 or even the layer 3 actually just be prepared for it. Be wary of the fact that you are interacting directly with your mind. You are potentially changing your fundamental beliefs and your thoughts and the things that make up who you are you're going to be actually interacting with these things on a direct sort of one to one level. Anyway so to recap a layer 4 you're lucid but you're much more stable. You're in control but you're not being distracted by things that would collapse the dream. So in a nutshell that means you're not really doing things like having sex or running around or fighting. You're doing more profound calm and relaxed things because you know that this is how you stay lucid for longer.