Thread: Theory And Ways To Get The Best Out Of Lucid Experiences

Passive lucidity: (the "opposite" of the below definition) what happens when lucid dream techniques - especially the RCs - become an unconscious habit. You might, for example, have done so many RCs for the day - or have been doing RCs for a few months or years - what you don't want to happen is that you automatically say 'oh, i'm definately awake..' ---- to prevent this, i strongly recomend the below because usually after months/years of lucid dream techniques - it's really easy to hit a plateau or even go down slowly in the lucidity of your dreams because we (LDers) basically turn this into an unconscious habit - just like the habit of whatever it was that made us NOT have lucid dreams - so it defeates its own purpose IF YOU READ BELOW IT WILL MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE>>>>

Being AWARE OF YOUR AWARENESS: (the "opposite" of the above definition) What you do to make your lucidity continue to go up (if you do it correctly and if even this DOES NOT BECOME A HABIT ALSO - this last point is very important&#33. What basically happens is what is said above: it become a habit (unconsioully - like most of the other things you do that started out where you had to think about it - think back to when you were taught to eat/speak/bathe/read/etc....what evenutally happened with these was you did them automatically - in the begining you had to think about it -- the same thing happens to so many who learn LD techniques and it is a downfall and it is ironic/ defeats it's own purpose..keep reading...).
an example, very good example, was one time i literally looked in the mirror and saw my self looking at my self - not the physical self, but it was as though i saw myself for the first time and that i saw the charater i played in life 'collapse' --- your reality basically does collapse, in a sense, when you do practice lucid dreaming.
OBSERVE YOURSELF is another way for me to explain this. if u meditate you know exactly what i am talking about - it's as though you see through your ego and become super aware, but during the day you get lost in keeping up your appearance(reputation, etc) - but it's a state that really CANNOT be explained in words but i have tried my best above, if it's still confusing, tell me and i'll try to explain, but have it be more of a specific question.......

(I'm Actually thinking of posting these two because they are too important)